James Yates

James Yates

Maintenance Technician

location of James YatesPlainfield, Illinois, United States

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    North America Sr. Technical services Manager at Monster Energy

  • Education

    • RijnIssel

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      Diploma Nederlands Taal (A2+)
    • Trustforte

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      BS Enginering Technology Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Technology
    • Heald College

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      Electrical and Electronics Engineering
    • Chabot College

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      Mathematics
    • University of Phoenix

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      Business Administration, Management and Operations
  • Experience

    • USG

      Jul 1984 - Jan 1989
      Maintenance Technician
    • Pabco Gypsum,American Brass and Iron,Celotex

      Jan 1989 - Jan 1991
      Millwright
    • Reynolds metals corp.

      Jan 1991 - Mar 1999
      Production Supervisor
    • Ball Corporation

      Jan 1991 - Mar 2011
      Production/Facilities Maintenance and Stores Management

      Maintenance Administration (CMMS,SAP,EHS,GMP)

    • Yates Enterprises

      Jan 1992 - Oct 1997
      Owner
    • IBEW

      Jan 1997 - Jan 1999
      Chief Shop Steward
    • Crown Holdings, Inc.

      Apr 2011 - Oct 2011
      Manager (Trainer/Mentor)

      Mentoring and Developing Shift Managers in all aspects of the manufacturing process.

    • EXAL Corporation

      Jan 2012 - Feb 2015

      Organized and implemented restructuring of maintenance department.Implemented CMMS system in accordance with GMP and ISO standards. Refined maintenance training and improvement for 12 trainees in various stages of the program.Responsible for 10MM maintenance budget for 15 production lines and facilities with the help of 2 salaried Managers,4 salaried Engineers, a Maintenance Planner, 17 direct hourly,16 indirect hourly reports. Closed several "open" organizational projects. Coordinated ground floor LEAN implementation.

      • Engineering/Maintenance Manager

        Dec 2013 - Feb 2015
      • Project Manager (LEAN)

        May 2013 - Dec 2013
      • Continuous Improvement Consultant (LEAN)

        Jan 2012 - May 2013
    • Monster Energy

      Aug 2016 - now

      Promoted to Sr. Technical Services Manager North America

      • North America Sr. Technical services Manager

        Apr 2021 - now
      • EMEA Technical Services Manager

        Aug 2016 - Apr 2021
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Applied Visions Champion training

      Applied Vision Corporation
      Dec 2012
    • Inventory Management Foundations

      LinkedIn
      Oct 2020
      View certificate certificate