Kevin Wright

Linkedin:www.linkedin.com/in/kevinlw
1046 Margate Circle
London, Ohio 43130
H: 1.740.852.4212
C: 1.614.209.6111
E: kwrigh3@columbus.rr.com

Maintenance Manager ~ Maintenance Supervisor ~ Maintenance Technician

Career highlighted by both administrative and hands-on contributions
to maintenance and business development agendas. Specializes in issue
identification and resolution, productivity improvement and quality
control.

Core Competencies ~ Strengths & Expertise

* Relationship Building
* Customer Service
* Staff Development
* Staff Supervision
* Maximo Maintenance Program
* Program Implementation
* Recruiting/Staffing
* Performance Evaluations
* Budgeting & Expense Reports

Career Highlights ~ Contribution Highlights

* Consistent with OSHA specifications (and avoiding $21,000 in
company fines), led major project placing guards on overhead
conveyors. Maintenance Supervisor - Gordon Food Service
* Pursued and won bid providing Columbus Metropolitan Housing
Authority with pest control services for 5,000 units; recruited and
hired 10 employees to service contract, directed crews servicing
complexes and tracked units serviced; decided and administered
products used in units. Manager - Able Pest Control
* Developed document addressing improvements for upcoming
distribution center; initiatives included energy saving lighting and
compressors, instant-on water heaters, auto flush toilets, catwalks
(for hard to reach equipment), energy management for conveyors in PLC
programs, and improved follow up on bearings and pulleys for conveyor
system. Maintenance Supervisor - Gordon Food Service
* Secured use of energy consultant to monitor new compressors and
acquire real dollar savings; identified nearly $30,000 dollars in
single year versus previous years. Maintenance Supervisor - Gordon
Food Service
* Circulated company distribution centers and developed report
enabling overall improvements at all facilities; report praised and
widely accepted by upper management. Maintenance Supervisor - Gordon
Food Service
* Provided company president with strategy improving rotating
weekend schedule and met with company vice president to discuss and
launch initiative; utlimately retained high-performance employees and
became recognized throughout other branches due to increased amount
and quality of time off. Specialist - Chemlawn

Professional Experience
Gordon Food Service, Inc. - Springfield, Ohio July 1998 to Present
Nation's largest independent food distributor; local distribution
center includes work areas with all temperatures down to -20 degrees,
565,000 square feet of floor space, and 10+ miles of conveyor with 9
automated storage and retrevial cranes.
Maintenance Supervisor/Maintenance Technician/Inventory & Receiving
Associate
Provide comprehensive support to distribution center maintenance,
capital project management and building safety/security operations;
currently supporting projects in maintenance technician role.
Maintenance technician responsibilities include repair of conveyor
system and controls, electric photo-eye connections, material
handling equipment, racking, banding, and general facility
equipment/systems; maintain safety and security related fixtures and
supplies.
Assisted with department planning and budgeting; distributed work
order assignments; communicated with other department supervisors (on
maintenance affecting production); managed vendors; purchased and
maintained parts and supply inventory; inspected equipment; oversaw
repair projects; hired, scheduled, supervised, trained and evaluated
performance 12 staff per shift and total of 30 staff throughout all
shifts.
Inventory responsibilities included operation of 9 ASRS robotic
cares and pallet conveyor system, warehouse inventory and selection,
product receiving, and quality control.
* Appointed member of "Green Team" (formed to lower operating costs
through "green initiatives") and assisted with $120,000 in savings
YTD; e.g. major contribution included introduction of concept
utilizing single new compressor (versus utilizing two old compressors
simultaneously).
* Recognized with equipment performance knowledge and trusted to
inspect equipment repair results (affecting employee pay).
* Enhanced employee performance through adjustment of schedule
providing consistent work days and days off; modified previous 6-
day/12-hour weeks with various days off per week.
* Improved ability to repair conveyors (with drive units elevated
80 feet) through suggestion adding catwalks to relative areas;
presented suggestion during 2nd interview with company and
immediately began project after hire.
Early Career History
Wal-Mart Distribution Center - Columbus, Ohio
Maintenance Technician (July 1992 - July 1998)
Chemlawn Services - Columbus, Ohio
Specialist (Tree and Shrub and Pestfree) (May 1985 - July 1992)
Able Pest Control - Columbus, Ohio
Manager of Columbus Office and Pest Doctor Systems
Manager of Columbus Metropolitan Housing Contract

Education ~ Professional Development

Clark State Community College -Springfield, Ohio
Certificate: AC/DC Electrical Systems
Tolles Technical Center - Plain City, Ohio
Certificate: Welding, 2010
* Dealing with Difficult People
* Discipline without Punishment
* Employee Motivation
* Team-building Skills/Methods
Ohio Fire Academy Courses
* Haz-Mat Awareness level 10/2000
* Haz-Mat Operations Level 10/2000
* Haz-Mat Technician Level
Gordon Food Service Training
* Dale Carnegie Course
* Documenting Employee Performance
* Effective Interviewing Skills
* Giving Constructive Feedback
* Improving Results through People Skills
* Communication Strategies for Leaders
* Emergency Preparedness - Response
* Preventing and Dealing with Workplace Violence
* Diversity Valuing Team Dynamics
* Developing the Leader within You
* Drug and Alcohol Awareness
* Dealing with Sexual Harassment
* Bearings Mounted Units Certificate
Springfield North High School - Springfield, Ohio
Graduate Diploma

Performance Awards/Commendations
~ Gordon Food Service: Pride of GFS Award, 2009 (Peer Award)
~ Circle of Excellence (Peer Award), 2007
Wal-Mart: Associate Commendation
~ Train the Trainer Award
~ Employee of the Month
 ~ Chemlawn: Sales Award

Community Memberships
~ Friends of Madison County Parks and Trails
~ Founding Board Member/Board Member (2001 - 2009)
~ Honor Flight Volunteer

Keywords:
Manager, Supervisor, Technician