DON MCGEE

Rosemount, MN 55068 1364

dmcgee1975@charter.net

612.282.3381

linkedin.com/in/donmcgee

PROACTIVE EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE MANAGER

IMPROVE RESPONSE TIME | ENRICH QUALITY | REDUCE DOWNTIME
Leverage diverse range of business experiences to lead teams with versatility of a solid
technical manufacturing background and comprehensive knowledge of facility maintenance,
manufacturing, business processes, and systems to maintain systems and productivity.
Including a broad range of industry experiences in healthcare, medical, automotive,
aerospace, electromechanical devices and printed circuit boards manufacturing. Possess a
unique flexibility to manage cross-functional teams and departments to maintain workflow
and utilize in depth manufacturing engineering and supervisory expertise.
Demand Flow | JIT | Lean Sigma Techniques | Project Management |
Construction
New Product Introduction | UHL Energy Management System
Electromechanical Device & Printed Circuit Board Manufacturing
Software Evaluation & Validation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
GILLETTE CHILDRENS SPECILITY HEALTHCARE, Saint Paul, MN

2009 2014

Housekeeping / Maintenance Manager

Supervised and managed housekeeping and maintenance department. Managed 2 different
aspects of healthcare environmental cleaning, preventative maintenance, and outside
projects. Provided technical, work direction, budgeting, planning, and monitor / maintain
daily activities. Led 65 staff members, including 4 supervisors, 58 housekeepers, and 7
maintenance mechanics.

Improved patient issue response time by establishing 24 /7 equipment maintenance

group, supporting expanding business needs, growing technicians from 5 to 7,
expanding staff skill sets.
Enhanced hospital equipment tracking by evaluating and validating Footprints software,
creating new preventative maintenance system.
Increased consistency and quality by developing, implementing, and maintaining
maintenance procedures for all the equipment supported by the maintenance
department.
Constructed new buildings and evaluated installed systems by utilizing knowledge of all
aspects of building systems, monitoring building systems using UHL energy
management system, including Mechanical, Electrical, Electronics, Plumbing, HVAC, and
Security.
Supported and managed 10 clinic facilities with maintenance / housekeeping issues by
working with outside contractors on any issues pertain to these clinics, reviewing
contracts, budgets, and upgrades.

Enriched quality by developing inventory control system with outside vendor to

come weekly, evaluating all housekeeping / maintenance supplies and order.
Developed strong relationships with outside vendors and contractors by coordinating
and working with vendors and contractors, getting things done, ensuring maintenance
technicians availability for other patient/staff issues.
Enriched quality by passing 3 external Joint Commission accreditation surveys.

MCGEE INVESTMENTS, LLC, Lakeville, MN

2005 2009

Owner / Operator
Managed all aspects of real estate business as Landlord for 8 rental properties (4 duplexes
and 4 single-family homes.
CELESTICA, INC., Minneapolis, MN

2007 2008

Customer Engineer
Oversaw, coordinated and implemented printed circuit assembly (PCA) through
manufacturing engineering team; new production processes, procedures, tooling, capital
equipment and supporting documentation for manufacturing and delivering high quality
products to major customers in aerospace and defense, industrial, medical and
telecommunications market.
Enhanced customer satisfaction by translating customer requirements into factory
activities, providing time estimates for pricing model, documenting associated factory
support activities, and developing preliminary program timeline for customer quote.
Introduced new products by participating in new product introductions, DFMA reviews,
router generation / improvements, and process refinements.
Enriched customer involvement by maintaining ongoing communications with customer
during and after building NPI, including prototyping, testing, and systems assembly,
setting up conference calls and discussing all issues/changes, making any necessary
changes immediately, and verifying results in advance.
MEDTRONIC, INC., Minneapolis, MN

1999 2007

Equipment Maintenance Manager

Managed equipment maintenance department, 4 production divisions in breakdown,
preventative maintenance, and project / build actions. Provided technical, work direction,
budgeting, planning, and monitor activities. Supervised 14-electro-mechanical technicians
and 2 senior inventory analyst personnel.
Established 24 / 7 equipment maintenance group for supporting expanding business
needs by growing from 5 technicians to 14, expanding skill set, ensuring quicker
response time to production issues.
Improved quality by validating Xsite system, designing, and facilitating training for 200
employees on system usage.
Introduced Xsite maintenance system to equipment maintenance group by transferring
1,500 pieces of equipment from DOS-based system into new Xsite maintenance system,
setting up Preventative Maintenance (PM) schedule.
Tracked costs yearly by developing parts ordering system, supporting production
equipment turnaround time, setting up 17 credit cards one for each cost center.

Reduced production equipment downtime by creating, organizing, and managing $1.5M

in spare parts.
Facilitated installation and setup of $10M of new equipment by organizing maintenance
and engineering team and collaborating with outside vendor in planning and scheduling.
Passed 10 internal and 5 external audits, while working in regulated class 100 clean
room environments by maintaining 1 percent humidity for building lithium batteries, and
meeting critical and necessary specifications.

ADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

PAR SYSTEMS, INC., Minneapolis, MN
Project Engineer, Electrical
MICROTRON, INC., Minneapolis, MN
Manufacturing Engineering Manager
OTC DIVISION / SPX CORPORATION, Owatonna, MN
Senior Manufacturing Engineer
NORTHERN TELECOM INC., Minneapolis, MN
Manufacturing Engineer
HONEYWELL, INC., Minneapolis, MN
Production Engineer
MAGNETIC PERIPHERALS, Minneapolis, MN
Project Engineer
Test Engineer
Summer Intern
SOUTHERN NATURAL GAS COMPANY, Houston, TX
Summer Intern

EDUCATION
BS in Electrical Engineering, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX