Philip W.

Van Der Elst Tel: 972-330-0103

eMail: Phil4435@gmail.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/philipvanderelst
Postal: 8500 Riverwalk Trl
Mc Kinney, Dallas , Tx 75070
Objective
Seeking permanent position as Maintenance Manager in the Distribution arena, maintaining/managing electro-mechanical
machinery.
Work Experience
Maintenance Supervisor
Present: Supervising the maintenance Team for Sears +-1ml sq ft supply chain distribution center (DC) in Texas and
reporting to the Maintenance Manager.
Role:
• Carrying out P/M’s with the aid of Maintenance Management Software System and taking leading role in diagnosing
hardware issues contributing to DC productivity & operating expenses.
• Insuring constant site safety practices in conjunction with Loss Protection (LP) Team as defined by the Occupational Health
and Safety Acts and Company policies.
• Managing all their DC facilities which includes; Conveyors, Pneumatics & Compressors, Hydraulics, PEC’s, Encoders,
PLC’s (Allen Bradley), Industrial Electronics, Bar Code Scanners, Instrumentation, 3 Phase Motor Control Centers, General
Lighting, Building Maintenance, Forklifts/Reach Trucks/Tuggers & their battery Maintenance, to mention a few.
• Managing maintenance expenses and capital projects to insure compliance with company monthly & annual budgets.
• HR issues such as: facilitating team development and training on ‘Lock Out Tag Out’ procedures, Blood Pathology
procedures, Safety, eScreen123 Drug testing.
• Supervision of the out sourced Housekeeping personnel.
Maintenance Manager
1996 - 2007 EDCON, South Africa, Durban, Kwazulu Natal -- Bain Capital – Boston - USA http://www.edcon.co.za/Edcon/
Role:
• Service, maintain & keep their two distributions centers material handling systems & associated equipment world standard
through staying abreast with leading technology including careful daily, weekly & monthly scheduled maintenance planning
which included experience with: Conveyors, Pneumatics, Compressors, Hydraulics, PEC’s, PLC’s incl MMI (man machine
interfaces) and PLC Programming, Industrial Electronics, Forklifts, Generators, UPS, Power Factors, 3 Phase Motor Control
Centers, General Lighting, Instrumentation, and bar code scanners.
• Manage capital projects from conception to completion, analyzing of maintenance systems, safety and environment and
reporting to senior management team.
• Implementation of energy saving systems.
Technical Manager
W.G.Dixon Electrical Contracting – Western Cape, South Africa - http://www.wgdixon.co.za/
Role:
• To manage their maintenance team of 15 Electrician Teams & 5 Highly Skilled Technicians and being actively part of the
teams.
• Maintenance in all various industrial fields, including; animal feed silo’s, PVC industry, textile, bottling, foods, printing,
construction, LV & HT reticulation incl. transformers, ring mains & over heads, Domestic housing.
Education
1. Gold Fields Mining Of South Africa, Krugersdorp, Gauteng (ex Transvaal) Electrician Apprentice
2. Electrician Trade Diploma (4 year Associate Degree) – South Africa
3. Installation Electrician Certificate of registration – South Africa
4. Certified General Electrician – California USA No:139365 {http://www.dir.ca.gov/DAS/CA_Electricians_Certified.pdf}
5. Texas Journeyman Electrician - pending
Military: South African Air-Force and Commandoes - Warmbaths Regiment
Skills
Skill Name Skill Level Skill Level
Material Handling Intermediate Computers Intermediate
Management Intermediate P.L.C. programming Intermediate
Pneumatics, hydraulics Intermediate Piece & RF picking systems Intermediate
Languages
English (Fluent - Full Knowledge) = Dutch (Conversational - Advanced) = Afrikaans ( Fluent - Full Knowledge )
Key Accomplishments.
Plastic Bag Project. - To modify material handling equipment to accommodate merchandise in plastic bags, to replace
small cartons - saving on wasted shipping of 'air'. - This was a Team project.
Distribution thru-put improvement process. - Research various sorters abroad. Purchasing and installing same
within set budgets of +-$6.5mil. Improved thru-puts from 450k units/day to 1ml units/day
Carton sealing process improvement. - Pilferages were on the increase during transport and loading.
Introduced a deferent carton style and using an in-expensive cold glue applier to seal cartons leaving the DC before
transport.