Serena Blount
Barnegat,NJ
Summary
Provide leadership and mentoring to organizational personnel. Facilitate reliability plans that support facility uptime and maintenance efficiency. Drive business best practices of strategic thinking, continuous improvement work methods, standardization, and safe work execution. Focus on people development, training, roles and responsibilities, and Lean and Six Sigma methodologies to identify and improve performance indicators and the customer experience. Offer guidance to an organization’s leadership team, provide oversight for budget development and execution, and project planning. Develop maintenance and operations personnel for improved uptime, yield, and effective maintenance execution. Focus on continuous self-development and continued education.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Maintenance and Utilities Area Manager
Dupont
09.2021 - Current
- Operational and maintenance leader with overall accountability and responsibility for all aspects of performance relating to utilities services, storeroom management, and maintenance activities at the Parlin, NJ Dupont facility
- My Area Manager organization consists of 5 Boiler House/Refrigeration operators, 1 storeroom employee, 1 Utility Engineer, 2 maintenance planners, 1 SAP resource, 1 maintenance First Line Supervisor, and 16 site mechanics
- I also provide functional direction to 2 site maintenance coordinators
Contract Administrator
Dupont
04.2019 - 09.2021
- Focus on planning, coordinating, and the successful completion of the Circleville site’s contracting activity, in a safe, efficient, and cost-effective manner
- Maintain a safe and productive work environment that focuses on FELT leadership and the DuPont Core Value directives of respect for people, safety, health, and good stewardship of the environment
- Drive accountability and people development while ensuring the adherence to all Contract Administration and regulatory policies and procedures, implementation of the site contracting strategy, regulatory compliance guidelines, continuous improvement opportunities, and training implementation and verification
- Coordinate tasks with multiple work centers including, but not limited to, operations, maintenance, management, and 500+ contracting partners.
Maintenance Coordinator/Supervisor
DuPont
01.2013 - 04.2019
- Drive our company’s Work Management Process while establishing system standards that promote efficiency, safety, and productivity for Powerhouse, Converting, and Stabilizer maintenance work
- Lead weekly Site Services/Film backlog reviews with the site contracting partners, area management, planning support staff, and technical support groups
- Prioritize and schedule area work and review job plans and area PMs
- Change PM plans and work activities to decrease downtime and improve efficiency, and implement maintenance work and PM changes with area engineers, site Master Data Resource personnel, and maintenance groups based on the changing process environment
- Schedule equipment and site steam outages as well as Stabilizer and Converting outages based on APO scheduling and area prioritization
- Coordinate with the site design team on project initiation, implementation, and completion
- Lead maintenance and planning personnel with work activity, materials procurement, vacation, and training
- Participate in area audits and contractor training assessments with contract administration and off/on-site contracting partners
- Implement process changes utilizing Six Sigma methodologies to improve asset uptime and area processes.
Maintenance Planner
DuPont
10.2009 - 01.2013
- Drove our company’s Work Management Process while establishing system standards that promoted efficiency, safety, and productivity for Powerhouse, Converting, and Stabilizer maintenance work
- Trained multiple site planners on the planning role and systems for multiple areas
- Coordinated with multiple work groups to safely complete job tasks while encouraging and creating system sustainability
- Standardized boiler outage planning PMs and materials needs
- Kapton Operations— DuPont
- Level 3 line operator for casting lines 1,2, and 3
Education
Master of Business Administration - Circleville
Ohio Christian University
05.2020
Bachelor’s - Business /Operational Management
Ohio Christian University
05.2018
APICS Supply Chain Management-Online - undefined
Fox Valley Technical Institute
Associate of Applied Science - Electronic Engineering Technology, Electronic Engineering
University of Akron, Columbus State Community College
05.1998
Skills
- Skills & Abilities
- Maintenance Planning, Coordination, and Management Experience
- Project leader
- Contractor Management and Safety Leader
- Proficient in MS Excel, Word, Visio, and PowerPoint, SAP, SharePoint, and Office
- Manufacturing and First-Line Supervisory Experience in Maintenance and Contractor Management
Certification
RCFA and Facilitation of People Management Training Completed
Incident Investigation Training and Experience
Verbal and Written Communication Capabilities
Trend Analysis Assessment for Continuous Improvement Opportunities
Six Sigma Green Belt Certified
APICS Supply Chain Certification
PSM and Project Implementation/Leader Experience
QMS ISO 9001:2015 Auditor Certification
Employee Complaint Investigator Certified
Environmental, Health, and Safety Knowledge and Process Integration
Ability to Enact Sustainable Processes and Procedures
Timeline
Maintenance and Utilities Area Manager
Dupont
09.2021 - Current
Contract Administrator
Dupont
04.2019 - 09.2021
Maintenance Coordinator/Supervisor
DuPont
01.2013 - 04.2019
Maintenance Planner
DuPont
10.2009 - 01.2013
Master of Business Administration - Circleville
Ohio Christian University
Bachelor’s - Business /Operational Management
Ohio Christian University
APICS Supply Chain Management-Online - undefined
Fox Valley Technical Institute
Associate of Applied Science - Electronic Engineering Technology, Electronic Engineering
University of Akron, Columbus State Community College
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