Audie Twiford

Maintenance Manager @ SWISS KRONO USA

About

Skilled Maintenance Manager with 30+ years of industrial manufacturing experience in progressively responsible positions. ♦️ Recognized for natural ability to build, motivate, and guide teams to consistently achieve and maintain exceptional plant quality and standards. ♦️ Initiated, led, and completed major capital projects ranging from $250,000 to $630,000 on time and within budget. 👉 Managed an aggressive mechanical and electrical maintenance program promoting continuous improvement, while lowering production costs, and ensuring the highest level of equipment reliability. 👉 Built a world-class mechanical and preventative maintenance team to keep production equipment in excellent condition, lines running at high efficiencies, and proper inventory of parts. CORE COMPETENCIES Facilities Maintenance | Preventative Maintenance | Continuous Improvement | Process Improvement | Parts & Machine Inventory Management | Capital Budget Management | Vendor Management | Contractor Management | Operations | Logistics | Root Cause Analysis | Safety | Quality Assurance | Quality Control | Inventory Systems | Mechanical, Electrical, & Pneumatic Equipment

Country

United States

City

Laurinburg

Industry

Consumer Goods

Skill

Equipment Maintenance, Engineering, Reliability Centered Maintenance, Logistics Management, Project Management, Electrical Maintenance, Industrial Maintenance, Capital Project Management, Root Cause Analysis, Contractor Management, Inventory Management, Quality Assurance, Troubleshooting, Team Leadership, Analytical Skills, Collaborative Problem Solving, Pneumatic Tools, Facilities Operations, CMMS maintenance software, Microsoft Office

Experience

Maintenance Manager

SWISS KRONO USA

2025-10 - Present · 1 yr

Maintenance Manager

Triangle Brick Company

2023-6 - 2025-9 · 2 yrs 4 mos

Wadesboro, North Carolina, United States

Maintenance Manager

Mid-South Baking Company

2022-7 - 2023-6 · 1 yr

Bryan, Texas, United States

Maintenance Manager

Meridian® Brick - A Legacy General Shale Brand

2018-5 - 2022-7 · 4 yrs 3 mos

Henderson, Texas, United States

Deep experience managing wide breadth of projects, multi-million-dollar budgets, and major capital projects. Success training and leading 3 team members to achieve internal promotions. ♦️ Oversaw all facility installation, repair, and maintenance operations. Developed routine inspections to monitor conditions, identify/prevent failures, take ownership of evaluation of findings, and execute necessary corrective actions. ♦️ Developed, recommended, and implemented measures to improve production methods, equipment performance, and quality of product. ♦️ Implemented preventative/predictive maintenance programs using FMEA, RCFA, and RCM to ensure reliability and maintainability of equipment, processes, facilities, controls, and safety/security systems.

Assistant Maintenance Manager

MID-SOUTH BAKING COMPANY, LLC

2016-2 - 2018-5 · 2 yrs 4 mos

Bryan, Texas, United States

Directed operations and maintenance of mechanical and utility systems onsite. ♦️ Coached and managed team of supervisors and mechanics. ♦️ Managed maintenance shop, monitored stock levels, and ordered parts. ♦️ Documented all maintenance and repairs. Worked closely with production to achieve goals and minimize down time.

Maintenance Supervisor

MID-SOUTH BAKING COMPANY, LLC

2014-4 - 2016-2 · 1 yr 11 mos

Bryan, Texas, United States

Hired as Maintenance Supervisor and promoted to Assistant Maintenance Manager within just two years for outstanding performance and achievements. ♦️ Set up and implemented lock out tag out procedures. ♦️ Presented solutions and recommendations to management for improving operations. ♦️ Managed maintenance shop, monitored stock levels, and ordered parts.

Chief Maintainer

Ball Corporation

2001-12 - 2014-4 · 12 yrs 5 mos

Conroe, Texas, United States

♦️ Supervised the operation and maintenance of equipment, ensuring high-quality products were produced on-time. Monitored product standards and quality control. ♦️ Performed production equipment preventive maintenance and rebuilt equipment. ♦️ Controlled and monitored mechanical equipment. ♦️ Conducted emergency machinery repairs using troubleshooting skills to determine root cause of malfunctions and failures.