James Keith Maples 3632 Seleste Dr.

Mobile AL 36618 251-645-9888 Objective A manufacturing leadership or engineering position with a company where I can co ntinue to grow my career while aiding in the development of others and drive con tinuous improvement throughout applicable business areas. Summary Led paper machine assets, sharpening abilities in leadership, asset maintenance and process/product Improvement and development. Skilled in the design of, imple mentation and evaluation of process and equipment trials as it relates to pro duction efficiency, cost reduction and product improvement saving the company mi llions of dollars. Experienced in the area of Quality Function Deployment, stati stical process control, employee training and management, and leading employees in process issue resolution.. Presently Stay at home father. Experience Tencel Corporation April -November 2003 *Managed and maintained plant chemical tank farm *Managed and maintained 5 step liquor refinery Process Engineer II Kimberly Clark Corporation: Marinette, Wisconsin 2000-2001 *Managed 24 operations employees in the areas of safety and process/production t rials *Created and implemented process/equipment trials, evaluated results and execute d changes on proprietary double re-crepe paper machine improving production 6% *Pulp preparation asset leader and maintainer *Machine clothing leader accountable for all purchases, inventories, installatio ns and changes of machine felts and wires. *Assisted in planning and executing all machine maintenance outages and start-up s. *Completed Quality Functional Deployment on asset. North American AFH Corporate Business Support Kimberly Clark Corporation: *Atlanta Georgia/Mobile Alabama 1998-2000 Supported all Away From Home North Ame rican paper machine assets in a process engineering capacity *Development of cost reduction projects on above assets *Mobile mill business support, process improvement and quality resource liaison to corporate *Designed and implemented manufacturing process and quality control systems for AFH and Family Care businesses Paper Machine Manager Kimberly Clark Corporation, Mobile Alabama 1997 *Accountable for asset leadership of 22+ salaried and hourly employees in all bu siness and operational areas, including safety, employee development and discipl

ine on light wet-crepe towel machine *Planned, led and executed all machine maintenance, process and product developm ent work, creating a host of new products and hundreds of thousands of dollars in savings *Prepared and tracked all machine capital budgets and projects as well as grade and maintenance budgets Electrical Maintenance Leader, Process Engineer II Kimberly Clark Corporation: M obile Alabama 1993-1997 *Planned and supervised all electrical maintenance including extended 1 week out ages *Developed Quality Functional Deployment systems for Family Care and Away From Home paper machine *Performed manufacturing and converting process and product trials, executed cha nges, established and maintained centerlines resulting in record efficiencies on each of two light dry crepe paper machines *Regularly led crews in process troubleshooting and process improvement work Co-operative Education, Scott Paper Company 1986-1990 *Programmed DEC Mainframes which controlled each of 3 paper machines *Used Autocad to change paper machine equipment drawings *Programmed Honeywell TDC picture editor to control various components of the pa per making process *Worked with machine tenders on special process improvements Education Auburn University: Auburn Alabama 1993 Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering - GPA 3.56/4.0 Honors Eta Kappa Gnu, Electrical Engineering Honorary Tau Bet Pi, Engineering Honorary Development Analytical Troubleshooting GE Drive/MMI School Manufacturing Instrumentation Zinger Miller Management Paper Machine Wet End Chemistry Roll Products Statistical Process Control Software Excel MS Exchange Lotus Windows 95/98/98SE/2000/Vista MS Project Autocad MS Word

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