Nicholas J. Hess has over 25 years of experience as a maintenance manager at Sapa Extrusions North America in Gainesville, Georgia. He supervises 19 maintenance technicians and leads projects to upgrade equipment. Under his leadership, mechanical downtime was reduced from 7.8% to 5.8% while maintaining a safe work environment with only one recordable incident since 2004. He has experience in areas such as PLC programming, crane inspection, and project management.

1. Nicholas J. Hess
Summary Maintenance Manager with a proven track record of continuous improvement within
a complex industrial facility, managing and developing maintenance technicians and
leading and sustaining a safe work environment.
Experience
1992 – Present, Sapa Extrusions North America, formerly Indalex Aluminum
Solutions, Gainesville Plant, Gainesville, Georgia
2011 – Present – Maintenance Manager, Gainesville Plant
2004 – 2011 – Maintenance Foreman
1995 – 2004 – Maintenance Senior Lead Man
1994-1995 – Maintenance Lead Man
July 1993 – January 1994 – Apprentice mechanic
May 1992-June 1993 – Die set-up operator
The Gainesville Plant has five aluminum extrusion presses (1800-3600 ton), five
age ovens, one electro-static paint system and one vertical powder paint line, five
punch presses, one automated packing system, sixteen bridge cranes and one waste
treatment center housed under a 480,000 square feet facility. As Maintenance
Manager, I am responsible for maintaining both the equipment and facility and
supervise nineteen maintenance technicians, one rack repairman, one scheduler, one
foreman and one facilities maintenance team member. Over a progressive career, my
accomplishments include reducing mechanical downtime from 7.8% to 5.8%,
performing multiple PLC and equipment upgrades, leading installation of the third to
fifth extrusion presses, installation of the powder paint line, installation of a five
hundred ton press brake in fabrication all while maintaining a safe work environment
for my crew, suffering one recordable incident in the maintenance department since
2004. Other capabilities include PLC trouble-shooting and some programming,
bridge crane inspector, and qualified project manager.
1981-1992 US Army
Team Leader/Section Supervisor/Training Manager
1988 through 1992 Section Supervisor
1985 through 1988 Section Supervisor/Training Manager
1981 through 1985 Team Leader
Education
1992-1994 Lanier Technical College Oakwood, Georgia
Industrial Maintenance Technology SKILLS: PLC V, AC/DC Motor Controls,
Hydraulics, Pneumatics,TPM, Arc Welding, Mig Welding, Aluminum Mig Welding,
Forklift Repair, Carpentry Skills, Vehicle Repair.
Work: 770-535-1349 X3129
Cell : 770-503-5368
6149 Devonshire Drive
Flowery Branch, Georgia 30542