RUSSELL HESS

Newark, DE 19711
443-910-8208 hessruss@aol.com

Engineering/Maintenance Manager
A highly skilled Engineering and Maintenance Manager with more than 25 years of experience.
Experience includes 9 years as a facility engineering manager, 5 years as an electrical/instrumentation
engineer, and 16 years as a reactor operator of nuclear reactors in the US Navy, as well as 6 years an
instructor at the Navy Nuclear Training Units. Proven track record as a leader and manager overseeing
facilities with up to 50 technicians and staff. Skilled at shifting maintenance culture from predominantly
reactive to predictive/preventive. Skilled at maximizing use of maintenance technicians, contractors
and vendors to achieve customer satisfaction, increase productivity, and meet deadlines and goals.
Documented success at implementing and coordinating both strategic and tactical plans to enhance
performance. Significant experience at taking planned capital investment/improvement projects from
the drawing board to completion. Six Sigma Green Belt.

CORE COMPETENCIES
Engineering Maintenance Management Nuclear Reactors Program Management
Team Management Leadership Cost Reduction Resource Management Facilities Management
Continuous Quality Improvement Strategic Decision Making Public Speaking Communication
Predictive/Preventive Maintenance Opportunity Identification Subcontractor Management
Performance Improvement Project Management Capital Projects Process Engineering

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
ALCORE, INC., Edgewood, MD
July 2013 May 2015
Facilities Engineer
Oversaw the plans and implementation of production lines in order to maximize the use of available
space and improve production efficiency. Managed facilities, including cost estimates and budgets
related to design, equipment and materials, labor and production processes. Ensured that established
efficiency and safety targets were met.
Key Achievements:
Upgraded sites electrical station, allowing continued business growth at current location.
Built out new F-18 bond room to meet Boeing aerospace requirements.
Improved anodizing line throughput to increase output capacity by 70%.
Managed installation of new $1.7 million PAA Coater to improve facility production capacity.
Upgraded anodizer and PAA coater tension controls systems to allow strike grid runs without
tension losses, resulting in an annual savings of approximately $450,000.
KIMMEL CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS, Philadelphia, PA
July 2010 July 2013
Engineering Manager
Managed all engineering, maintenance and housekeeping activities at the $265 million Kimmel Center
for Performing arts, which includes a 2,500-seat concert hall, a 650-seat theater, and a black box
theater space, as well as several other facilities, gardens, plazas and restaurants. Similar duties applied
to the 2,800-seat Academy of Music. Guided the union engineering department from silo-based
operation to a collegial group that contributed to the overall function of the Kimmel Center.
Key Achievements:
Initiated an energy conservation project that slashed utility usage to the lowest values in 11
years.
Orchestrated all aspects of a 55-person corporate office move.
Managed multiple projects including the $5.7 million enclosure of the Perelman Theater rooftop.

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VALASSIS DIRECT MAIL INC., Newark, DE

Nov. 2004 July 2010
Engineering/Maintenance Manager
Oversaw all engineering and maintenance functions, including spearheading and maintaining a Lean/5S
project at the Delaware facility. Executed projects adding in more than $5 million of production and
support equipment upgrades. Responsible for R&M budget of $880,000 and a facility budget of $2.7
million annually.
Key Achievements:
Led safety team that reduced OHSA safety incidents from 5.86 to 1.8 annually.
Created a low energy lighting project that saved $12,000 per month in utility costs.
Analyzed and executed a project that shuttered an underperforming facility that saved the
company $6 million per year while maintaining production standards during equipment and
production load integration.
Teams overall production costs were cut by 50%.
FMC, Baltimore, MD
Jan. 2000 Nov. 2004
Electrical Engineering Resource
Acted as an Electrical/Instrumentation Engineer and Engineering Resource for an agricultural chemicals
facility. Established a store room inventory to stock broadest range of equipment for all possible
applications, reducing inventory by $2 million and plant down time.
Key Achievements:
Served on team that analyzed and corrected plant deficiency causing vacuum pumps to fail,
resulting in $7 million in yearly savings.
Implemented appropriate predictive/preventive maintenance of instrumentation in the main
process in-area to achieve 100% on stream time for the first time in plants 19-year history.
Developed and initiated an instrumentation/electrical CMMS program to track the plants 17,000
instruments and 1,700 motors.

EDUCATION & MILITARY SERVICE

Bachelor of Science, Electronics Engineering Technologies, World College, Virginia Beach
ET A School
Nuclear Power A School
Nuclear Power Prototype Training Unit
Nuclear Propulsion Plant Maintenance Supervisor
ET-C7
LMET Leadership, Management, Education and Training
FIKE Explosion Suppressions System Tech School, 2000
Six Sigma Green Belt
Allen Bradley PLC School
Honeywell DocuMint
Video Jet Ink Jet Printer School
OSHA Certification Course
PIT Powered Industrial Truck Train the Trainer Certification, 2008
United States Navy, Chief Reactor Operator on Nuclear Submarines, Honorable Discharge, 1983 1999

TECHNICAL SKILLS
MS Office Suite AutoCAD Minitab SAP
Oracle Honeywell DocuMint A computerized maintenance management system
Programmable Logic Controllers