Robert Spargur has over 25 years of experience in maintenance planning and scheduling. He is proficient in hydraulics, pneumatics, welding, electrical work, plumbing, and pipefitting. He has extensive experience maintaining equipment for food processing and packaging facilities.

1. ROBERT A. SPARGUR
SUMMARY
My experience in this field has spanned for more than 25 years. I am familiar with hydraulics, pneumatics, tig-welding of
stainless steel, 3 phase wiring, installing electrical wire and conduit, plumbing, and Pipefitting and blueprints. I have
created and updated preventive maintenance forms, updated inventory and parts for all equipment. I am also strongly
familiar with the use of SAP systems.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Johnsonville Sausage
Momence, Ill
Maintenance Planner (April, 2014- Present)
List of Current responsibilities as Maintenance Planner/Supervisor.
1. PM schedule and changes in SAP.
2. Adding and removal of equipment in SAP.
3. Close out of completed work orders.
4. Reports upon request.
5. Weekly paperwork packets to be given to Maintenance Supervisors.
6. Creating and using follow-up orders to track the effectiveness of our PM’s.
7. Equipment history (cost of orders, cost of parts, downtime, cost savings justifications).
8. Attempting to improve shift and department communications with development of standardized notes and daily pass over
meetings.
9. Sprint teams resource and active members.
10. Downtime reports by systems and cost of downtime. Downtime trending (graphs and actual data) by posting and
sending out to key individuals.
11. Developing a sustainable order scheduling system.
12. Scheduling of PM’s and work orders for down days on (weekend PM’s).
13. Percentage of time –vs- order type (time to standing, PM, routing).
14. Train and follow-up with maintenance on policy and procedures (Ex. Using M6, labor reports, estimation of time and
priorities).
15. Track completion of orders to schedule.
16. Review of equipment PM’s monthly by top 5 downtime for the plant emergency orders.
17. Provide weekly report on PM’s scheduled vs PM’s completed per shift .
18. Research better parts or help find substitute parts. Ordering parts thru SRM system. Contacting vendors for price
quotes.
19. Provide top 3 DT issues broken down to each area of the plant, Done weekly and sent to Production and Maintenance
Managers to be discussed at weekly meeting with all involved.
20. Follow up on M2 Audit issues scheduled, completed and update to Sanitation spreadsheet.
21. Involved in creating all BRC Maintenance documentation, involved in BRC Audit for Maintenance documentation.
22. Creation of BOM’s per equipment in SAP.
23. Part of weekend Maintenance Supervisor coverage rotation.
24. HACCP Certified.
25. Creation of asset equipment numbers and functional locations plant level.
26. Understanding and tracking Budget on a monthly basis.
27. Cross training of maintenance personnel to better utilize skills throughout the plant. (Reduction in Maintenance
Overtime).
28. Budget meetings to discuss maintenance spend.
29. Weekly reports on maintenance current spend compared to budget.
30. Working with Corporate engineers on capital projects discussing outside contractors, and maintenance personnel
needed.
31. Working with Production, Sanitation and Outside contractors concerning in house machine rebuilds or modifications.
32. One on one counselling with direct reports.
33. Weekly meetings with Production to discuss concerns and solutions.
34. Maintaining Kronos time keeping for Maintenance department.

2. Schwan's Global Supply Chain Atlanta, GA
Senior Maintenance Planner Scheduler (2013-2014)
Schwan's Global Supply Chain Florence, KY
Senior Maintenance Planner Scheduler (2001-2013)
• Maintained all equipment on my line at this pizza producing facility is a pizza producing facility.
• Gained extensive knowledge of machinery used to bake, process and package pizza's.
• PM Schedule and changes in SAP.
• Adding and removal of equipment in SAP, Reports upon request, Equipment history (Cost of orders, costs of parts,
downtime, cost savings justifications.
• Downtime reports by systems and cost of downtime.
• Downtime trending (Graphs and actual data) by sending out to key individuals
• Scheduling of all PM’s
• Track PM’s by shift responsibility-PM Completions-weekly and monthly
• Part of the BRC Steering team to establish documentation for maintenance per the BRC Guidelines
• Implementing new run time projects development plant level-user testing plant level- with cooperation of IS
personnel at corporate level.
• Assumed additional duties as Supervisor when personnel are on vacation PM schedule and changes in
SAP.
• Adding and removal of equipment in SAP.
• Close out of completed work orders.
• Reports upon request.
• Weekly paperwork packets to be given to Maintenance Supervisors.
• Creating and using follow-up orders to track the effectiveness of our PM’s.
• Equipment history (cost of orders, cost of parts, downtime, cost savings justifications).
• Attempting to improve shift and department communications with development of standardized notes and daily
pass over meetings.
• Developing a sustainable order scheduling system.
• Scheduling of PM’s and work orders for down days on (weekend PM’s).
• Train and follow-up with maintenance on policy and procedures (Ex. Using M6, labor reports, estimation of time
and priorities).
• Track completion of orders to schedule.
• Review of equipment PM’s monthly by top 5 downtime for the plant emergency orders.
• Provide weekly report on PM’s scheduled vs PM’s completed per shift .
• Research better parts or help find substitute parts. Ordering parts thru SRM system. Contacting vendors for price
quotes.
• HACCP Certified.
• Budget meetings to discuss maintenance spend.
• Weekly reports on maintenance current spend compared to budget.
• Working with Production, Sanitation and Outside contractors concerning in house machine rebuilds or
modifications. Weekly meetings with Production to discuss concerns and solutions.
Kahn's &Hilshire Farms Cincinnati, OH
Maintenance Technician (2000-2001)
• Started in the bacon department maintaining all the equipment for slicing and packaging of bacon
• Moved to ham wrap department to maintain all packaging equipment for doing whole and spiral hams
Cook Family Foods Grayson, KY
Maintenance Technician (1995-2000)
• Responsible for maintaining all the equipment to process and package ham products

3. • This employer provided specialized training as a member of the Hazmat team and training in basic first aid and
cpr.
Equipment Manufacturing Chicago, IL
Purchasing Agent (1995-2000)
• Responsible for the purchasing of all materials needed for the building of food customized machinery and
materials
• Pricing of materials, selecting vendors, inventory control, negotiating blanket order accounts, U.P.S. of all incoming
and outgoing parts
R&S Meats Chicago, IL
Maintenance Technician (1987-1993)
• Started out with this company in the position of maintenance mechanic. Duties included running the ham and
bacon department.
EDUCATION
High School Diploma- State of New Jersey
Cincinnati State College Courses Completed Include:
Basics of Electricity- 40 hours
Electricical Ladder Designs- 24 hours
Electrical Safety- 24 hours
Motor Controls 1 & 2- 48 hours
Motor Control Devices-, Programmable Logic Controllers- 24 hours
PM Optimization Marshall Institute,Planning and Scheduling Marshall Institute