Barry Rivers

About Barry Rivers

currently Maintenance manager with Mauser Packaging in Charlotte, NC.Briefly was Special Projects teams Electrician, with Honeywell safety in S.C. debug, modify, install and repair machinery and equipment. Build control cabinets, resolve issues within systems, SAP, SAFETY.Maintenance Manager with Geo plastics in Charlotte. Maintain equipment, facility, and all support equipment. 5.5yrs. Maintenance with Tesla Plastics paint Fremont, Ca. primarily trained in nearly all aspects of facility and industrial maintenance management, problem solving, planning, and resource procurement over more than 35yrs. growth oriented experience. Leading project management for maintenance team, safety management, Leading positive change, continuous improvement, project management, training, engagement with “new to maintenance” techs(19, over 4 shifts)Working with multiple engineers, stake holders, vendors and contractors simultaneously on large installations)and smaller projects of any type.Designed and fabricated machinery for pouction from scraps- making them essentially free- a part take out device, and a wheel hub cutting device. Leader in truck repair on my CRC line at Freightliner, developed start of shift check lists at Meridian to gain perspectives for my team and managers. Made welds upside down to stop hydraulic leaks.Routinely make replicas of production parts or one off parts to buy time to get new parts in-house(lathe, milling machines).Learning every day, growing my resources day by day.

Experience

1. Maintenance Manager

   Mauser Packaging Solutions

   Mar 2024 — Present · Charlotte, NC, US

   Plan and execute the total rebuilding of maintenance team, facility and equipment needed for future growth, safety, and success of the fiber drum production, sales and delivery at the Lawton rd. Mauser Charlotte facility.

Education

• Yaskawa robot

  Motoman Robot Maintenance

• Union Special Technical Training Center

  Training certification - Union Special Sewing machine trouble shooting, repair and rebuilding, Sewing machine repair

  1996 — 1996

• Davie County High School

  Diploma of Education, Biology, General

• Fanuc

  Certification, Fanuc Robot Maintenance

• Davie high school

  Diploma, college Biology

  1979 — 1983

• Barber Scotia College

  Biology/English

  1983 — 1986

Skills

• Voltmeters
• Industrial Engineering
• Budgets
• Customer Relations
• Dc Circuits
• Value Stream Mapping
• Packaging
• Extrusion
• Machinery
• Solenoids
• Quality Assurance
• Injection Molding
• Inventory Management
• Shearing
• Root Cause Analysis
• Plastics
• Blow Molding
• Kaizen
• Automation
• Iso
• Maintenance Management
• Tqm
• Word
• Project Planning
• Oxy-Acetylene
• Manufacturing Operations Management
• Pneumatics
• Table Saw
• Iso 9000
• Excel
• Strategic Planning
• Pneumatic Tools
• Contactors
• Facilities Management
• Panelview Plus
• Team Building
• Machine Tools
• Quality Management
• Ppap
• Molding