Thomas S Maher
Zebulon,NC
Summary
Versatile maintenance technician with 20+ years of experience in preventive maintenance, machine repair, and emergency troubleshooting. Recognized for root cause analysis, low callback rates, and consistent uptime improvements. Skilled in electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, and control systems.
Overview
35
35
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Maintenance Technician I
Amgen
Holly Springs, North Carolina
07.2025 - Current
- Executed preventive maintenance on biomanufacturing equipment and utility systems, ensuring operational reliability.
- Troubleshot mechanical issues on processing systems to minimize downtime.
- Assisted in validation activities for new manufacturing equipment in Holly Springs facility, contributing to successful equipment integration.
Senior Maintenance Technician
Cummins
Rocky Mount, North Carolina
02.2025 - 07.2025
- Executed emergency repairs on production equipment to minimize downtime and maintain operational flow.
- Conducted preventive maintenance on engine conveying, painting, and packaging equipment, ensuring optimal equipment performance and reliability.
- Performed all activities in strict compliance with lockout/tagout policies.
Bridgestone Maintenance Technician II
Bridgestone Americas
Wilson, North Carolina
02.2021 - 02.2025
- Troubleshot complex electrical, mechanical, and pneumatic systems, emphasizing a "Right the first time" approach.
- Repaired conveyors, pneumatics, VFDs, servo motors, drives, and various industrial sensors to maintain production flow.
- Performed preventive and emergency maintenance on complex tire assembly equipment.
- Consistently maintained the lowest callback rate in my department.
Maintenance Engineering Technician II
GSK
Zebulon, North Carolina
08.2015 - 02.2021
- Maintained and repaired complex medical device assembly equipment, cartoners, case packers, and blister pack form-fill machines.
- Trained new technicians on equipment operation and maintenance procedures, enhancing team competency in repair tasks.
- Acted as department liaison with reliability engineering, facilitating communication and collaboration on equipment reliability initiatives.
Process Maintenance Technician II
Novo Nordisk
Clayton, North Carolina
07.2009 - 07.2015
- Performed preventive and emergency maintenance and overhauls on vial filling and capping equipment.
- Collaborated on capital projects to replace vial capper and install semi-finished vial palletizing robots, enhancing production capabilities.
- Completed extensive training in GMP, GDP, and aseptic processing methodology to uphold industry standards.
Maintenance Engineer
Angelica Textile Services
Durham, North Carolina
08.2008 - 07.2009
- Executed maintenance and repair on commercial laundry equipment, enhancing operational reliability and minimizing downtime.
- Transitioned maintenance approach from reactive to preventative, leading to improved operating efficiency and reduced equipment failures.
Maintenance Technician III
Unilever - Lipton Tea
Suffolk, Virginia
05.2006 - 08.2008
- Executed electrical and mechanical maintenance and repair on equipment used in the production and packaging of tea bags.
Senior Mechanical Electrical Technician
Visteon Regional Assembly and Manufacturing
Chesapeake, Virginia
11.2002 - 05.2006
- Maintained and repaired molding and assembly equipment used in the production of fuel tanks for Ford trucks.
- Designed and fabricated various production fixtures, including a cooling fixture storage system which reduced cooling fixture changeover time by over two and a half manhours.
Fiber Optic Development Technician
Corning Incorporated
Corning, New York
05.1996 - 10.2001
- Modified, maintained, and repaired equipment used in the development of fiber optics.
- Invented method to industrialize the assembly of dispersion compensating fiber preforms, which enabled the product to transition to commercial production.
- Hand-selected to participate in next generation fiber optic preform process development team.
Control Systems Engineering Technician
Manpower Technical Services
Elmira, New York
11.1991 - 05.1996
- Contracted to Corning Incorporated's Fiber Optic division's Capital Project Engineering Department.
- Facilitated all phases of control system projects, including control panel layouts and wire routing, vendor selection, vendor acceptance testing, on-time delivery, installation, and operational testing.
- Procured and installed control systems on capital projects at Corning's domestic and international optical fiber manufacturing facilities.
Education
Certificate - Digital Electronics
CHI Institute
Southampton, PA06-1984
Skills
- Preventive maintenance
- Equipment troubleshooting
- Electrical repair
- Pneumatic systems
- Control systems
- Lockout/tagout compliance
- Root cause analysis
- Machine repair
- Robotics maintenance
- Schematic reading
- MIG welding
- Stick welding
- Soldering techniques
Timeline
Senior Maintenance Technician I
Amgen
07.2025 - Current
Senior Maintenance Technician
Cummins
02.2025 - 07.2025
Bridgestone Maintenance Technician II
Bridgestone Americas
02.2021 - 02.2025
Maintenance Engineering Technician II
GSK
08.2015 - 02.2021
Process Maintenance Technician II
Novo Nordisk
07.2009 - 07.2015
Maintenance Engineer
Angelica Textile Services
08.2008 - 07.2009
Maintenance Technician III
Unilever - Lipton Tea
05.2006 - 08.2008
Senior Mechanical Electrical Technician
Visteon Regional Assembly and Manufacturing
11.2002 - 05.2006
Fiber Optic Development Technician
Corning Incorporated
05.1996 - 10.2001
Control Systems Engineering Technician
Manpower Technical Services
11.1991 - 05.1996
Certificate - Digital Electronics
CHI Institute