Larry Ferguson
Maintenance Manager at Clearwater Paper Corporation
- Role
- Maintenance Manager at Clearwater Paper Corporation
- Location
- Plainfield, IL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Larry Ferguson
Manufacturing professional with extensive experience in the areas of Maintenance Management, Engineering Management, Production Engineering, Process Engineering and Lean Manufacturing. Demonstrated success in improving shop floor productivity.• Responsible for implementation of Total Productive Maintenance in a manufacturing operation. • Extensive training and experience in developing and implementing projects from minor and routine to over $10MM. Successfully managed major capital equipment installation.• Highly motivated engineering and maintenance leader with a proven track record in hiring, coaching, developing, training, and promotion of hourly and salaried personnel.• Excellent maintenance, engineering and project management background and technical skill sets in Total Productive Maintenance, Reliability Centered Maintenance, Electrical, Mechanical, and Process systems, Drives ( AC; DC; Servo), PLC’s, Extrusion Dies, Winders, Heat Sealing Equipment, Bag Making Machines, Laminating Equipment, Tooth Brush manufacturing equipment, Injection Molding Machines, Automation, Vision Systems, Paper Converting Equipment, Laser Guided Vehicles.• Experience in Oral Care Production environment producing and packaging toothbrushes, interdental pics, and flossing products. Managed relocation of maintenance team to new facility.
Experience
Maintenance Manager
Jun 2018 — Present · Elwood, IL, US
Equipment Supported - Towel and Tissue Converting Machines; Packaging Machines; Laser Guided Vehicles; Auxiliary Support Equipment; Building Facilities.* Responsible for maintaining maintenance budget, maintenance department overtime, and maintenance storeroom, while driving the effort to improve equipment reliability toward site OEE targets. Lead improvement of equipment up-time; manage KPI targets for maintenance.* Aggressively address Safety Issues as part of the leadership team for the plant.* Responsible for supervising and implementing improvements for an extensive PM program.* Aggressively address machine breakdowns – effectively focus resources to minimize downtime.* Oversee and support engineering upgrades to the equipment and support facilities.* Provide key, effective coordination between the available maintenance resources and the Business Unit Structure. Remove roadblocks; strengthen cooperation.* Identify and address key weaknesses in the electrical support resources for the mill. Refine Qualification criteria for the electricians to aid in improvement in mill support for 24/7 operation.* Responsible for driving upgrades to the PLC and Drive Systems to maintain machine uptime.* Responsible for all service contracts supporting this operation; HVAC; Compressed Air; Fork Lift maintenance; Process Water Treatment; Cooling Towers for the process lines and mills; and Electrical Power System Components.
Education
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Skills
- Product Development
- Continuous Improvement
- Manufacturing
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