This document summarizes the professional experience of Kevin Rabe, who has over 15 years of experience in plant maintenance management roles for food and pharmaceutical companies. He has a strong background in predictive maintenance techniques, team leadership, project management, regulatory compliance, and process improvement. His career includes positions as Maintenance Manager, Maintenance Lead Technician, and Maintenance Supervisor for various companies.

1. Kevin Rabe
N3852 County Road E
Waldo, WI 53093
Kevinrabe6@gmail.com
SUMMARY
Highly skilled business professionalwith several years of experience specializing in plant maintenance management
of food and pharmaceuticals industries.Key attributes and expertise include but are not limited to:
 Maintenance Reliability  Team Leadership  Project Management
 Capital Asset Management
 Regulatory Compliance
 Predictive Maintenance
 Performance Management
 Root Cause Analysis
 Fulfilment & Logistics
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Maintenance Manager 2012 – 2014
Schreiber Foods
West Bend, WI
 Lead the Maintenance function at each plant facility. This includes maintaining and improving the facility and
production equipment through predictive reliability maintenance methodologies (i.e., infrared thermography, oil
analysis, and ultra-sonic)
 Develop and maintain plant preventive maintenance programs as well as lead projects involving installation,
modification, or renovation of current building and equipment.
 Work closely with corporate engineers,suppliers, contractors,and plant partners to insure customer needs are met.
 Lead a team of 20 union and 9 non-union employees including goal setting,coaching, and feedback.
 Contribute and support plant executive team.
 Lead efforts to upgrade facility for efficiency, safety, and reliability.
 Ensure all LEAN and 5S manufacturing process improvements continue to support organizational objectives.
 Control labor cost, hiring, scheduling,and developing of maintenance partners in team oriented environment.
 Manage repairs and supplies, procurement, and budgets.
 Work with sales,and technical support partners to design,install, start up and maintain capital expense projects.
 Oversee waste water treatment facility to ensure all regulatory requirements are met and exceeded.
 Ensure compliance with government regulatory agencies (OSHA, USDA, FDA, EPA, NFDA, DNR).
Maintenance Lead Technician 2011- 2013
High Tech Tool
Sheboygan, WI
 Maintained and scheduled preventative maintenance for tool and die department and press operations
 Assisted in progressive die prototype designs.
 Maintained and fully organized maintenance shop to a 6S standard.
 Installed Computer Maintenance Management Software (CMMS), vendor managed inventory to assist in accurate
documentation, and inventory management.
 Equipment maintenance included but not limited to ; Computer Numerical Control (CNC)s, Wire Electronic
Discharging Machine (EDM)s , water jets, lathes, mills, 80 thru 400 ton presses,rotary de-burring machines,
auto parts washing machines, robotic packing arms, HVAC systems,and air compressors.
 Worked closely with operations managers to understand production requirements and scheduled preventative
maintenance accordingly. Continuously monitored production to understand bottlenecks as well as limitations, and
offered solutions and upgrades.
Maintenance Manager 2008 - 2010

2. Kleen Test Products
Port Washington, WI
 Managed Maintenance Team with Safety, quality, and customer commitment with the priority being Safety.
 Realized $1.6M in annual savings through researching and redesigning packaging equipment.
 Determined line layouts for new product development in the non-woven paper industry
 Managed and scheduled equipment downtime including full rebuilds and preventative maintenance for all
buildings.
 Organized “WE Energies” cash back audits creating more efficiency in utilities and operations.
 Modified and designed equipment to customers’ product specifications while using controlled change
techniques,including Maintenance of Certification (MOC) documents and Standard Operating Standards (SOP)
documents.
 Streamlined requisition process and parts procurement.
 Introduced (CMMS) Computer Maintenance Management Software.
 Worked daily with validation, quality, and production staff to ensure all customer needs were met.
 Served as a member on several teams such as Safety, Lean Culture 6S, Productivity, and MasterProcess review.
 Examined production techniques and processes continuously,to become more efficient and lead the industry.
Maintenance Supervisor 2006 - 2008
Lakeside Foods
Manitowoc, WI
 Introduced and implemented computer maintenance management software planned to be networked to all 14 of
Lakeside Facilities. This program in turn improved line efficiencies, parts procurement and a substantialsavings
in down time proving to have a 28% return on investment.
 Developed Standard Operating Procedures and initiated a preventative maintenance program directed at the
reduction of unscheduled down time.
 Conducted Maintenance and Repair Operations (MRO) purchasing while staying under targeted budget.
 Assisted in new layout of production areas to maximize productivity while keeping plant flow in perspective.
 Installed new high-speed packaging lines and altered equipment to become as efficient as possible, while creating
maximum performance.
 Streamlined Requisition/ purchasing process.
 Managed and scheduled the maintenance team of 15 to meet production demands.
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
Millwright-Maintenance Technician 1999 - 2005
Johnsonville Foods
Sheboygan, WI
CERTFICATIONS
SKF Bearing Maintenance, Hazardous Material Technician, Electrical Troubleshooting,Compressed Air
Technology,Boiler Treatment and Basic Water Chemistry, PLC Fundamentals and Troubleshooting,Confined Space
Rescue, Mig &Tig Welding, High Pressure Steam and Pipe, Wisconsin State Certified Backflow Tester/Cross
Connection surveyor,Incident Commander for Hazwoper, OSHA Safety Compliance Program for General Industry.
EDUCATION
Associate Journeyman Millwright 1999
Lakeshore Technical College -- Cleveland, WI