PERSONAL DATA
Kenneth E. Miller
308 Farmall Road
Grantville, Pa. 17028
(717) 469-0697
Date of Birth: 3/19/48
Marital Status: Married
Children: 5
FORMAL EDUCATION
Graduate of Annville-Cleona High School, Annville, PA
Curriculum: Academic
CAREER OBJECTIVE
To obtain a position where I can be an asset to the company.
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Dates | Employer | Duties |
| 12/01 to present | Glenn's Towing, Jonestown, PA | Driving rollback / tow truck |
| 7/01 to 12/01 | self employed | Trucking, building, welding, electrical, mechanical repairs, painting |
| 10/00 to 7/01 | Ingram Micro, Jonestown, PA | Warehouse work and driving fork truck |
| 03/98 to 10/00 | K L Harring Transportation and Warehousing, Bethel, PA | Over the road truck driver driving a full blown Kenworth condo pulling 48' and 53' dry box vans and refrigerated vans. Also drive forklift to help unload and load trucks when needed in the warehouse occasionally. |
| 05/96 to 03/98 | self employed | Trucking, building, welding, painting, electrical and mechanical repairs |
| 07/71 to 05/96 | H. B. Reese Candy Company, 925 Reese Avenue, Hershey, Pa. 17033 |
Positions, Time Held and Duties as follows |
| 7 months | Production | All phases of plant operations from fork truck operator to janitorial and machine/line operators. |
| 11 years, 6 months |
Maintenance | Practically all phases of the plant in all departments from lubrication to line maintenance, machinery overhaul and machine shop fabrication to include welding with both a stick and tig welder, operating lathes, milling machines, surface grinder, shear and brake as well as sheet metal fabrication. |
| 1 year | Maintenance Trainer | Trained packaging attendants. Also involved writing training procedures, manuals, etc. |
| 7 years | Assistant Maintenance Supervisor | Worked primarily with the maintenance supervisor on 2nd shift. Occasionally, it was necessary to cover for 1st or 3rd shift supervisors for vacations, etc. After 4 years in this position, I was running the shift and the maintenance supervisor was off on other assignments as various situations and needs dictated. |
| 6 months | Maintenance Supervisor | Responsibilities ranged from coordinating all maintenance schedules
to assigning jobs to ensuring all lines (12) and equipment were kept
running as well as working with all shift production supervisors and
reporting daily, weekly, monthly and yearly in addition to building
teamwork within the groups of employees as needed. **(During the last two years as assistant supervisor and maintenance supervisor, there were many times I acted as the 2nd shift manager to fill in for vacations or absences as needed. In this position I was responsible for all personnel in the plant (hourly and salaried) |
| 5 months | Engineering | Implemented several capital projects involving up to $50,000, successfully. |
| 5 months | QTE Coordinator | Position involved setting up a workable system that could process a backlog of 1100 ideas submitted by anyone in the plant to optimize and improve operations within the plant. It dealt with receiving the written idea on a form (hardcopy or electronically), coordinating the idea with any or all departments, plant personnel, and tracking and reporting on a weekly basis from plant manager to lowest level of supervisory personnel electronically. |
| 3 years, 5 months | Work Order Scheduler/PM Analyst/Maintenance Systems Coordinator | Position entailed processing, tracking and reporting daily, weekly,
monthly and yearly or as needed of all work orders, preventative maintenance
checks and QTEs. It also involved the coordination of several other
systems that tied to payroll for maintenance and corporate and general
ledger systems for the corporation. During this period of time I was
a key player in the purchase, development, setup and installation
of a computerized maintenance management system which was to replace
the old systems and tie the new one to the necessary ones needed in
the corporation known as Chief by Maintenance Automation Corporation. **Note: While working in all of the above management positions, I worked very closely with both Storeroom and Purchasing departments and became very familiar with their interests, needs and procedures to maintain inventory and control. |
| 7/69 to 7/71 | Shafer Trucking and Modern Trucking Companies | Drove tractor and trailer and logged a quarter of a million miles
in 2 years. During this time I pulled flatbed, dump, van, refrigerated van and pole trailers hauling 70' concrete beams, concrete products, stone, steel (coils, wire coils, sheets, rods and barstock both oiled and dry and overwidth loads), general freight, army eguipment including bomb shells as well as foodstuffs from candy to swinging meat. |
| 6/66 to 7/69 | Aamco Transmissions |
Rebuilt automatic and manual transmissions |
ACHIEVEMENTS
- Have attended several training courses as:
a. Teambuilding
b. Communications
c. Building interpersonal skills
d. Conflict resolution - Have received dozens of Qte certificates for recognition of ideas
that improved Reese plant operations, a few of which are:
a. Designed and coordinated with the engineering department a gating system that improved case output 41,000 cases annually on one line and generated a cost savings of $65,000 annually.
b. Streamlined maintenance systems that generated a cost savings of $82,277 annually by reducing labor/scheduling requirements. - Worked diligently with employees and gained their trust to manage effectively.
- Was sent to Italy by the company to study and make a recommendation for purchasing bunch wrap equipment totaling $13,000,000.
- Worked closely with Personnel Department in the interviewing process for hiring hourly maintenance employees on various occasions.
- Wrote several papers and circulated titled "Setting Goals," "Cost Savings," "Tools for Successful Team Building," etc. to improve plant operations.
- have had several years of perfect attendance or nearly perfect attendance in my past employment.
- Received the "Award of Merit" in 1993 for setting up the Qte System and working the plant through a heavy backlog of 1096 ideas.
- Designed a Computerized Maintenance Management System by means of a block sketch and flow chart process which we had a contract programmer assemble and it worked well.
- Successfully designed and literally built our own house and barn with
our own hands as well as several small sheds. Also raise various
cattle/animals for our own use. - Have rebuilt and driven micro-sprint race cars at Lanco Speedway.
- Have authored and copyrighted (6) books known as:
a. How to "Understand Homestead Building." (published)
b. "A Work of God from A to W"
c. "A Work of God from B to W"
d. "A Work of God from C to W"
e. "A Work of God from D to W"
f. "A Work of God Compiled and More" - Have restored two antique tractors being a Farmall "M" and a Massey Ferguson for home use.
- Am very computer literate and own a high grade pentium that has Windows 98, Word Perfect, Paradox, Keycad, Bible CD, as well as a Typing Tutor and various games along with an excellent laser printer being Panasonic KXP 4440 as well as being connected to the internet.
- Have obtained a CDL-A with hazmat and tanker endorsement.
- Have well over a million miles of driving experience.