Ryan Clay
Akron,Ohio
Summary
Pursue full-time technical maintenance opportunity that employs trade skills and robust work ethic, serving as a valuable asset to company advancement
Overview
2026
2026
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Butter Supervisor
Minerva Dairy
2025 - Current
- Oversaw daily operations, ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards.
- Trained and mentored staff on best practices in dairy production processes.
- Implemented process improvements, enhancing workflow efficiency across teams.
- Managed inventory control, optimizing stock levels and minimizing waste.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot operational challenges.
- Streamlined reporting processes, improving accuracy and timeliness of operational data.
- Oversaw daily operations of the department, ensuring smooth workflow and timely completion of tasks.
- Applied strong leadership talents and problem-solving skills to maintain team efficiency and organize workflows.
Lead Mechanic | Industrial Maintenance
Land O’Lakes Kent Ohio
01.2009 - 04.2025
- Lead the mechanical team (of 4 mechanics per shift) through production breakdown maintenance, while maintaining PM services on running lines and various process equipment. Lead center-lining projects to bring complex equipment back to nominal/OEM status, finding issues and creating lesson plans for future ease of maintenance for the team.
- Equipment: Filler machines, Accumulators, Packaging machines, Palletizers, and Wrappers
- Components/Rebuilds: Pumps (Pos. Displacement, Centrifugal, Twin-screw, etc), Gearboxes, Valves
- Troubleshooting: Gearboxes, Servos, Pneumatic cylinders, Sensors (Photo eyes, Read switches, PLC inputs And/Output), Minimal Hydraulics, Conveyors, Motors, VFD’s
Resource Specialist | Operations
Land O’Lakes Kent Ohio
01.2000 - 12.2008
- Responsible for operating in every facility position, as a specialist you fill in as needed for any operator and initiate process improvement programs to increase ease of operation or increase efficiency of tasks
- Job Role Competencies: Receiving Cream/Oil Operator, Filler/Packaging Operator, Lab Tech., Computer Controls Operator, Batch Operator, Warehouse Operator, and more.
Education
GED -
North High School
Akron, OHSkills
Personal: Attention to detail, Cross shift communication, Consistent, Reliable, Self-initiator and Team player
Certification
- Industrial Refrigeration Technician I – Utilities Maintenance Certification
- QP Certified (Quality Person – Land O’Lakes Electrical Certification)
- Tow Motor/Forklift Operator Certified
- LOTO (Lock Out Tag Out – Land O’Lakes Certified)
Timeline
Lead Mechanic | Industrial Maintenance
Land O’Lakes Kent Ohio
01.2009 - 04.2025
Resource Specialist | Operations
Land O’Lakes Kent Ohio
01.2000 - 12.2008
Butter Supervisor
Minerva Dairy
2025 - Current
GED -
North High School