Thomas R Hazlett

• Planned scheduled maintenance outages as part of preventive maintenance program.
• Created and implemented maintenance program to optimize operational efficiency and reduce downtime.
• Provided guidance to management regarding project bids for onsite improvements.
• Updated and repaired equipment to maximize efficiency and throughput of chip system doubling capacity and reducing turn around time at melter.
• Design and gain capitol approval on new transfer troughs to reduce transfer time by 1/2
• Change design and layout of robotic saw cell, improve process and time study using A3 to increase output by 1/3
• Design and successfully implement excel base preventative maintenance program from scratch to mimic INFOR CMMS system to reduce downtime and increase reliability
• Implement maintenance request tracking and monitor backlog to ensure proper work scheduling and maintenance cost.
• Communicate and update as needed to management team to ensure effective time management.

• Complete repairs to industrial mobile machinery within a manufacturing setting
• Completed repairs following closely OSHA protocol
• Used and created schematic diagrams to engineer new and improved equipment work
• Utilize excel computer software for parts inventory
• Use computer for drafting and parts purchasing
• Updated and improved maintenance department thereby turning further profit within the company
• Promoted and presented in meetings shop safety
• Worked with employees to upgrade equipment and promote productivity through example
• Delegate duties to appropriate employees and order supplies to maintain inventory for repairs
• Inspect equipment to ensure proper and safe working order
• Interviewed employees in the absence of shop superintendent
• Presented at company summit changes implemented that earned the company profits for that year

• Managed product quality to guarantee compliance with standard policies, procedures and systems.
• Addressed all personnel issues promptly and professionally.
• Established position requirements, schedules and production team processes.
• Investigated and implement ideas for quality improvement, increased productivity and cost reduction.
• Sourced materials to keep up with production goals and meet customer demands.
• Drove daily production activities with effective communication and leadership.
• Met aggressive production and safety goals while minimizing equipment downtime.
• Collaborated and created a team best suited to build a product that was the best of everyone's ideas and inputs.

Started as a machinist but quickly moved into any area of the business that needed attention.

• Improved business performance overall drastically increasing profit and production
• Networked, developing many leads to acquire new clients
• Increased profits by 60% in one year through restructure of business line.
• Worked directly with customers to ensure all demands are met and products are received on time
• Created new revenue streams through expanding the company's quality and standard
• Oversaw and completed as many as 14 projects at a time without sacrificing standards
• Directed employees to ensure quality and deadline are met
• Maintain inventory to ensure upcoming work is not stalled
• Ensured morale and safety was a high priority within the working environment
• Cultivated and strengthened lasting client relationships
• Collaborated with owners to ensure the business was meeting daily and monthly projections and forecasts
• Set project timelines and kept teams on task to complete milestones according to schedule
• Interviewed potential employees, choose new candidates, and trained many staff