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Tom Montgomery

Seymour,IN

Summary

30+ years of Plant/Facility Engineering. Extensive experience in Managing multiple projects simultaneously. Planning, directing, coordinating the design, construction, modification, execution of installation, commissioning and continued maintenance of equipment and machinery in multiple industrial facilities and office buildings in southern Indiana.

As a senior facility engineer covering multiple facilities, the role was an Individual Contributor. This required working as a cross functional leader at each individual facility working with senior leadership, plant leadership, Construction managers to technicians and contractors on the shop floor or construction site. The primary responsibilities covered implementation, maintenance and troubleshooting of major capital projects that include but not limited to Wastewater systems, HVAC, Steam Boilers, Hydronic Boilers, Chillers, Cooling Towers, Ventilation, Fuel Oil systems, Reverse osmosis water, Deionized water, soft water, Roofing systems, medium voltage power systems, city sewer, city storm. Multiple engineering disciplines in structural, civil, mechanical, and HVAC projects.

Overview

46
46
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Corporate Facility Engineer

Cummins Inc.
Columbus, IN
07.2011 - 12.2023

This role covered over 20 facilities in southern indiana with support to remote sites in other states. The mission is to provide cross functional direction in manufacturing and office facilities in multiple facets of engineering projects.

Work with multiple Architectural and Engineering firms to provide engineering services of multiple disciplines that will address the needs of multiple facilities.

Planning and scheduling Capital Asset management for replacement and/or repair.

Facility Manager Seymour Engine Plant

Cummins Inc.
08.2008 - 07.2011


Facility Manager for Seymour Engine Plant.

  • Cross functional leader to manage and execute processes to meet the demands of customers
  • Supervise multiple union skilled trades
  • Managed
  • Procured material, equipment and subcontractors
  • Managed and directed multiple contracted skill trades

Plant Engineer

General Electric Company
03.1993 - 08.2008

Supervisor of Application Development with Sage Software’s Healthcare Division – Responsible for leading team of 10 responsible for maintaining Sage’s Electronic Health Record (EHR) product.

  • Primary responsibility is to manage a team for Sage’s industry leading Electronic Health Record (EHR) product.
  • Additional responsibilities include acting as 1st line of support to Sage’s Clinical support department, helping developers work through functional/technical issues, manage team workload against deadlines, software development, review of work performed by team prior to delivering code to QA department.
  • Member of review board to discuss and prioritize product issues reported by customers, developers, and QA.
  • Work closely with other supervisor’s to coordinate cross team development activities.
  • Work daily with product designers (EHR subject matter experts) to work through design issues.
  • Received peer recognition by being nominated and later winning a position in Sage’s Presidents Club in my first year of employment with Sage. The Presidents Club is a yearly recognition program for outstanding service and commitment to Sage’s products, employees, and customers.

Plant Engineer

Hartco Hardwood Flooring
01.1990 - 03.1993


Director of Operations and Program Manager with Tri-Analytics Operations Team – Responsible for the client relationship at the executive level. Work closely with client sponsor(s) and provide leadership for the project and engagement strategy.

  • Achieved savings to clients in excess of $500K by leveraging best practice project management principles.
  • Managed a portfolio of $4+ million across 7 concurrent projects.
  • Managed P&L / operations for 7 teams across multiple clients consisting of 25 technology resources.
  • Managed and provided oversight for custom SharePoint development for 2 client engagements.

Machinist Mate 1st Class Petty Officer

United States Navy/Naval Reserve
12.1977 - 02.2002

Client Delivery Manager with Meridian Technologies Operations Team – Responsible for identifying opportunities with new and existing clients while delivering solutions that continue to expand Meridian's brand by exceeding customer expectations and increasing revenue and margin.

  • Managed a portfolio of $2+ million across 15 technology resources across 3 concurrent projects.
  • Responsible for successfully leading year long, 2.1 million dollar project for one of the largest banking institutions in the country.
  • Responsible for directing a team in the delivery of Functional System Design, Technical Design, Software Development, End-to-End System Integrated Testing and Product Delivery.
  • Responsible for assessing impacts of changing business requirements which included risks to project time lines, project resources, and project financials.
  • Responsible for all project financials reporting directly to the Client Delivery Executive (CDE) for this specific banking client. Technologies used on this project consist of: Teradata, Oracle, Java, and VBA
  • Responsible for successful delivery of 4.1 million dollar, multi-year project for one of the largest banking institutions in the country.
  • Responsible for directing a team in the delivery of Systems Requirements, Functional System Design, Technical Design, Software Development, End-to-End System Integrated Testing and Product Delivery.
  • Responsible for assessing impacts of changing business requirements which included risks to project time lines, project resources, and project financials.
  • Responsible for all project financials reporting directly to Vice President of Operations. Technologies used on this project consist of: C#, ASP.NET, J2EE, and WebSphere MQ Workflow

Education

Bachelor of Science - Manufacturing Engineering Technology

Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, KY
12.1989

Skills

  • Safety Compliance
  • Construction Management
  • Evironmental Compliance
  • Project Implemetation
  • Project / Program planning, and management
  • Project Management
  • Process development / improvement
  • Multi-site operations
  • Strong cross-organization communication, facilitation, and project/program management skills
  • Equipment and systems Troubleshooting
  • Mechanical Systems
  • Preventive Maintenance

Timeline

Senior Corporate Facility Engineer

Cummins Inc.
07.2011 - 12.2023

Facility Manager Seymour Engine Plant

Cummins Inc.
08.2008 - 07.2011

Plant Engineer

General Electric Company
03.1993 - 08.2008

Plant Engineer

Hartco Hardwood Flooring
01.1990 - 03.1993

Machinist Mate 1st Class Petty Officer

United States Navy/Naval Reserve
12.1977 - 02.2002

Bachelor of Science - Manufacturing Engineering Technology

Western Kentucky University
Tom Montgomery