GREGORY BLACK
Greer,SC
Summary
Focused maintenance and operations professional eager to contribute value by leveraging twenty-five years of manufacturing and leadership experience. Dedicated to safety, employee morale, reliability centered practices and lean manufacturing principles.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Maintenance Coordinator
Solvay Chemicals
11.2023 - Current
- Improved equipment uptime by implementing preventive maintenance schedules and coordinating routine inspections.
- Reduced maintenance costs through thorough analysis of repair needs and prioritization of tasks.
- Streamlined work order management for enhanced productivity, effectively managing a team of technicians.
- Increased overall facility efficiency by identifying areas for improvement and implementing necessary upgrades.
- Enhanced communication between departments, facilitating prompt responses to maintenance requests and reducing delays in repairs.
- Promoted a culture of teamwork and collaboration within the maintenance department, leading to increased employee morale and overall job satisfaction.
- Shrunk knowledge gaps with ongoing training and close employee mentoring for new and less experienced team members.
Maintenance / Facilities Manager
Motus Integrated Technologies
12.2020 - 08.2023
- Set aggressive targets for employees to drive company success and strengthen motivation.
- Established and documented protocols for preventive maintenance procedures, decreasing equipment issues, and reducing downtime.
- Fostered a safety first environment contributing to a three year non-recordable record.
- Top down restructure of MRO and stock rooms to consistently come in under monthly AOP.
- Introduced in house training for technicians ensuring capability and continuing education.
- Successful in team building with the most differing personalities.
- Demonstrated success in reducing unplanned downtime at two Motus facilities by 60 percent.
- Consistently successful IATF 16949 and ISO 14001 audits.
- Led two maintenance departments simultaneously during a multi million dollar integration program.
Maintenance Supervisor
True Temper Sports
06.2016 - 01.2020
- Determine schedules, sequences, and assignments for work activities, based on work priority, type of equipment, and skill of personnel.
- Develop, implement, or evaluate maintenance policies and procedures.
- Requisition materials and supplies, such as tools, equipment, or replacement parts.
- Participate in budget preparation and administration, coordinating purchasing and documentation and monitoring departmental expenditures.
- Meet with vendors or suppliers to discuss products used in repair work.
- Provide employee safety training to prevent, detect, and correct unsafe conditions or violations of procedures and safety rules.
- Implemented 5S organization.
- Assisted with implementation of CMMS.
- Changed culture of maintenance team.
- Reduced unplanned maintenance by 20%
Manager
B3 Enterprises
10.2011 - 05.2016
- Responsible for day to day operations of facilities' maintenance.
- Consult or negotiate with clients to prepare project specifications.
- Prepare budgets, bids, and contracts, and direct negotiation of research contracts.
- Coordinate and direct projects, making detailed plans to accomplish goals and directing integration of technical activities.
- Recruit employees, assign, direct, and evaluate their work, and oversee development and maintenance of staff competence.
Lead Reliability Technician
Janesville Acoustics
09.2011 - 10.2013
- Worked with Process Engineer and Quality Engineer to develop improved production environments.
- Participated in Kaizen events on plant floor to improve operator ergonomics.
- Study blueprints, schematics, manuals, or other specifications to determine procedures.
- Coordinate efforts with other workers involved in installing or maintaining equipment or components.
- Plan and lay out repair work, using diagrams, drawings, blueprints, maintenance manuals, or schematic diagrams.
Lead Maintenance Technician
Sanderson Plumbing Products
10.2006 - 09.2011
- Responsible for third shift maintenance operations.
- Perform routine preventive maintenance to ensure that machines continue to run smoothly and building systems operate efficiently.
- Generated and completed work orders for repairs, maintenance, and component replacement.
- Operate and maintain boilers, air compressors, chillers and cooling towers.
- Metal fabrication to repair or improve machinery.
Skills
- OSHA 30
- NFPA 70E (2023) Certification
- OSHA Arc Flash (2021 NFPA) Certification
- Competent Person; Work at Height, Scaffolding, Trenching and Excavation
- Certified Environmental Specialist
- Train the Trainer; Forklift, Aerial and Scissor lifts
- Oracle, SAP, PLEX, Microsoft Office, and CMMS software
- Allen Bradley and Siemens PLC troubleshooting
- Fanuc Robotics
- Business and Accounting, EMCC
- TPC 901 Maintenance Organization
- TPC 903 Controlling Maintenance Resources
- TPC 112 Steam Plant Operator
- 5Y and 8D Problem Solving, Root Cause Analysis
- Society for Maintenance & Reliability Professionals
- Proven team builder and leader
Timeline
Maintenance Coordinator
Solvay Chemicals
11.2023 - Current
Maintenance / Facilities Manager
Motus Integrated Technologies
12.2020 - 08.2023
Maintenance Supervisor
True Temper Sports
06.2016 - 01.2020
Manager
B3 Enterprises
10.2011 - 05.2016
Lead Reliability Technician
Janesville Acoustics
09.2011 - 10.2013
Lead Maintenance Technician
Sanderson Plumbing Products
10.2006 - 09.2011
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