Cedric N. Weddington
Maintenance Manager, Mining mineral processing
Duluth, MN · (218) 555 0116 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/cedricnweddington
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Seventeen years in industrial maintenance, seven in management
INDUSTRIES
Mining and mineral processing, heavy conveying, crushing and screening
SPECIALTIES
Planned maintenance, reliability engineering, shutdown planning, spare parts strategy
SYSTEMS
Maximo, SAP, Tableau, vibration analysis software
CREDENTIALS
Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional, Category two vibration analyst
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering technology, University of Minnesota Duluth
Results at a Glance
210 hours
Hours in three
31%
Total hours
$4.2m
Year at current
$900k
Raising parts availability
Executive Summary
Maintenance manager for a taconite processing operation, seventeen years in heavy industry. Took a department that ran on emergencies and rebuilt it around planned work, which is why mean time between failures on the crushing circuit tripled. Leads 34 mechanics, electricians and planners across three shifts.
Signature Achievements
- Raised mean time between failures on the primary crushing circuit from 210 hours to 640 hours in three years.
- Reduced mean time to repair from 6.4 hours to 2.8 hours by building job plans and staged kits for the twenty most common repairs.
- Moved planned work from 31 percent of total hours to 78 percent, which is where the reliability gain actually came from.
- Cut unplanned downtime cost by 4.2 million dollars a year at current throughput.
- Delivered a fourteen day annual shutdown two days early for three consecutive years with no safety incident.
- Reduced maintenance storeroom value by 900,000 dollars while raising parts availability from 84 percent to 97 percent.
Professional Experience
Maintenance Manager
North Shore Mineral Processing, Duluth, MN 2019 to present
Processing plant running continuously, 34 maintenance employees, 260 million dollars of asset value.
- Lead mechanics, electricians, planners and the storeroom across three shifts and a weekend crew.
- Own the maintenance budget of 21 million dollars including the annual shutdown.
- Run the weekly scheduling meeting with operations and hold schedule compliance above 85 percent.
- Direct the condition monitoring program covering vibration, oil analysis and thermography.
- Chair the reliability review that decides which repeat failures get an engineered fix.
Maintenance Superintendent
Mesabi Range Aggregates, Hibbing, MN 2015 to 2019
Aggregate production site with 18 maintenance employees and heavy mobile equipment.
- Introduced the first preventive maintenance schedule the site had used on fixed plant.
- Reduced conveyor belt failures by 61 percent through alignment and tracking standards.
- Managed the rebuild program for six pieces of mobile equipment.
- Managed the parts storeroom and the vendor relationships for the site.
Maintenance Planner
Arrowhead Industrial Services, Virginia, MN 2011 to 2015
Contract maintenance provider serving three regional industrial customers.
- Planned and scheduled work for customer shutdowns of up to 200 contractors.
- Built job plans and bills of material for recurring repair tasks.
- Ordered materials and coordinated craft availability against the weekly schedule.
- Wrote the daily progress reports customers received during shutdown work.
Licensure and Certification
Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional, Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals
Category two vibration analyst certification
Education
Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering technology, University of Minnesota Duluth, 2011
Core Skills
Planned maintenance systems · Reliability engineering · Shutdown and turnaround planning · Condition monitoring · Mean time between failures improvement · Maximo administration · Spare parts strategy · Maintenance budgeting · Craft workforce leadership · Root cause failure analysis