Dayne Sammons
Rensselaer
Summary
Results-driven Operations and Maintenance Professional specializing in safety compliance, process optimization, and project management within aerospace, manufacturing, and renewable energy sectors. Manages site operations at Équipement d'Essai Aérospatial, ensuring adherence to budgets and safety standards while leading cross-functional teams. Expertise includes maintenance planning, quality assurance, and implementing continuous improvement initiatives.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Site Manager
Équipement d'Essai Aérospatial CEL Ltée
West Lafayette
12.2024 - Current
- Oversaw project installation and startup, ensuring adherence to budget, schedule, and safety standards.
- Coordinated execution by serving as primary liaison among project managers, clients, regulatory agencies, and subcontractors.
- Planned site resources, developed schedules, drafted specifications, and managed contractor selection processes.
- Implemented cost-effective labor and material management strategies while supervising installation teams for quality workmanship.
- Conducted daily site meetings to monitor execution, mitigate risks, and hold contractors accountable.
- Monitored progress and resolved challenges through daily communication with clients.
- Ensured accurate design implementation, validated equipment installation, and supported engine testing and performance analysis.
- Submitted reports and documented work progress to provide insights for continuous improvement.
Assistant Shop Manager
Leman Engineering & Consulting Inc.
Brookston
01.2023 - 12.2024
- Oversaw production planning by developing schedules aligned with customer demand, reducing downtime.
- Enforced ISO 9001 standards for quality control, ensuring products consistently met or exceeded expectations.
- Ensured smooth production processes aligned with ISO 9001 quality standards and optimized workflow efficiency.
- Managed resources to optimize utilization of raw materials, labor, and equipment, supporting overall production goals.
- Identified process improvement opportunities to enhance efficiency and implement initiatives that streamlined operations.
- Fostered a collaborative, results-driven work environment, motivating a skilled production team.
- Upheld compliance with industry regulations and safety standards to maintain a safe workplace.
- Collaborated with finance and other departments to manage the budget for operations.
Maintenance Planner
Albanese Confectionery Group, Inc
Merrillville
03.2022 - 12.2022
- Implemented CMMS system and conducted inspections to identify equipment requirements, enhancing maintenance planning accuracy.
- Collaborated with departments to address operational and outage planning challenges, improving coordination and response times.
- Optimized system availability, reliability, and safety by merging outage opportunities.
- Streamlined material stocks to optimize inventory management, ensuring timely availability of critical parts.
- Performed technical research to enhance maintenance efficiency.
- Supported emergency response initiatives to ensure swift action.
Operations Technician
Pembina Pipeline Corporation
Kankakee
02.2021 - 02.2022
- Documented maintenance service calibration and inspected equipment, ensuring operational readiness at pump and tank sites.
- Managed onsite excavation operations, maintaining thorough documentation to support project compliance.
- Modified sampling processes, achieving 50% savings in company sampling costs.
- Utilized RS Logic, Studio 5000, and Emerson PAC machine PLC software for maintenance across 11 remote block valve sites, 2 pump sites, 1 tank farm, and 2 injection sites, enhancing system reliability.
- Pioneered SAP utilization among teams while leading district-wide inventory initiatives.
Maintenance Specialist
Egglife Foods, Inc.
Wolcott
03.2020 - 02.2021
- Developed maintenance schedules for custom food processing equipment, ensuring operational readiness and cost efficiency.
- Inspected, tested, diagnosed, and documented findings with corrective actions on equipment.
- Managed inventory of parts, tools, and materials to maintain prompt response capabilities for maintenance tasks.
- Streamlined repairs by utilizing electronic work order platform, improving data review processes.
- Optimized inventory practices to reduce operational costs and prevent out-of-stock situations.
- Verified shipments against receipts and advised technicians on appropriate parts for projects.
Head Mechanic
Marks Cycle Store
Grass Valley
05.2016 - 12.2018
- Managed daily operations of repair shop, ensuring quality workmanship and excellent customer service.
- Supervised two full-time mechanics and one apprentice, enhancing team efficiency in troubleshooting and repairing various power sport makes and models.
- Diagnosed mechanical failures, determining and delegating corrective actions.
- Delegated tasks to subordinates while ensuring work quality met established standards, maintaining consistency in service delivery.
- Consulted with customers to provide detailed estimates and clarify necessary repairs, fostering transparency and trust.
- Performed routine maintenance services, including oil changes, lubrication, and tune-ups.
- Conducted preventative inspections on engines, electrical systems, transmissions, tires, and other components.
- Completed records and warranty documentation while maintaining tools and equipment.
Education
Certificate - Instrumentation Technology/Technician
Kankakee Community College
Kankakee, IL08.2023
Associate of Science - AS - Chemistry
Sierra College
Grass Valley, CA01.2019
High School Diploma - CORE 40
Rensselaer Central High School
Rensselaer, IN01.2008
Skills
- Site management
- Project management
- Budget management
- Resource planning
- Safety compliance
- Quality control
- Operational efficiency
- Process improvement
- Reporting and documentation
- First aid and CPR
- Team collaboration
- Effective communication
- Problem solving
Certification
- CCP151 STUDIO 5000 LOGIX DESIGNER LEVEL2, Rockwell Automation
- CCP146 STUDIO 5000 LOGIX DESIGNER LEVEL 1, Rockwell Automation
- ACTUATORS, 360training
- ALIGNMENT TOOLS AND METHODS, 360training
- BASIC TYPES AND OPERATIONS 1, 360training
- BASIC TYPES AND OPERATIONS 2, 360training
- BASIC TYPES AND OPERATIONS 3, 360training
- BEARING FUNDAMENTALS, 360training
- BEARING SYSTEM LUBRICATION, 360training
- BELT DRIVES 1, 360training
- BELT DRIVES 2, 360training
- BELT DRIVES MAINTENANCE, 360training
- BOLTED JOINTS 1, 360training
- CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS, 360training
- CHAIN DRIVES 1, 360training
- CHAIN DRIVES 2, 360training
- GAS TUNGSTEN ARC WELDING, 360training
- HYDRAULIC COMPONENTS 1, 360training
- HYDRAULIC COMPONENTS 2, 360training
- HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS, 360training
- HYDRAULIC THEORY, 360training
- LASER ALIGNMENT, 360training
- MECHANICAL SEALS, 360training
- PNEUMATIC SYSTEMS, 360training
- PNEUMATIC COMPONENTS 1, 360training
- PNEUMATIC COMPONENTS 2, 360training
- PNEUMATIC THEORY 1, 360training
- PRINCIPALS OF LUBRICATION, 360training
- ELECTRIC MOTOR CONTROL SYSTEMS 1, SACA - Smart Automation Certification Alliance
- TORQUE AND TENSION, 360training
- TYPES AND EFFECTS OF SHAFT MISALIGNMENT, 360training
- MACHINERY LUBRICATION, 360training
- GEAR DRIVES, 360training
- ROLLING CONTACT BEARINGS 1, 360training
- ICS 100, Sandhurst Consulting
- ICS 200, Sandhurst Consulting
- Provide Security for Pipeline Facilities, Veriforce, 04/01/21, 04/01/24
- Operate Valves, Veriforce, 04/01/21, 04/01/24
- Routine Visual Inspection of Breakout Tanks, Veriforce, 04/01/21, 04/01/24
- Purging - Hazardous Liquids, Veriforce, 04/01/21, 04/01/24
- Joining of Metal Pipe & Components by means other than welding - Threaded & Flanged Connections, Veriforce, 04/01/21, 04/01/24
- Small Diameter Metal Tubing and Fitting Installation, Veriforce, 04/01/21, 04/01/24
- Atmospheric Corrosion Monitoring, Veriforce, 04/01/21, 04/01/24
- Inspection of Coating Application, Veriforce, 04/01/21, 04/01/24
- Apply Approved Coating by Hand Application, Veriforce, 04/01/21, 04/01/24
- Apply Approved Coatings by Mechanical Spray & Hand Application Methods, Veriforce, 04/01/21, 04/01/24
- Damage Prevention: Observation of Excavating and Backfilling, Veriforce, 04/01/21, 04/01/24
- Purge Pipeline Facilities With Air or Inert Gas, Veriforce, 04/01/21, 04/01/24
- Locate Buried Facilities with an Electro-magnetic Device, Veriforce, 04/01/21, 04/01/24
- Install Temporary Marking of Buried Pipeline, Veriforce, 04/01/21, 04/01/24
- Launching and/or Receiving Internal Devices (Pigs), Veriforce, 04/01/21, 04/01/24
- Patrolling Pipeline and Leakage Survey without Instrumentation, Veriforce, 03/01/21, 04/01/24
- Placing/Maintaining Line Markers, Veriforce, 04/01/21, 04/01/24
- Inspect, Test, and Maintain Control Systems, Veriforce, 04/01/21, 04/01/24
- Inspect and Maintain Pressure Limiting and Regulating Devices, Veriforce, 04/01/21, 04/01/24
- Test and Maintain Pressure Switches and Transmitters in Pressure Limiting and Regulating Service, Veriforce, 05/01/21, 05/01/24
- Inspect, Maintain, and Operate Valves, Veriforce, 04/01/21, 04/01/24
- Valve (Hydraulic) Actuator/Operator Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance, Veriforce, 04/01/21, 04/01/24
- Valve (Electric) Actuator/Operator Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance, Veriforce, 04/01/21, 04/01/24
- Above Ground Supports and Anchors: Inspection, Preventive, and Corrective Maintenance, Veriforce, 05/01/21, 05/01/24
- ROW Observance (Identifying Foreign Facilities), Veriforce, 05/01/21, 05/01/24
- OHV and ATV Safety Training, Hard Hat Training Series, 04/01/21, 04/01/24
- Adult First Aid/CPR/AED, American Red Cross, 04/01/21, 04/01/23
- OSHA 10-Hour General Industry Safety, Advance Online Solutions, Inc.
- Inspection and Testing of Relief Devices, Veriforce, 09/01/21, 09/01/24
- Certificate of Locating Competency, Staking University
- Combined Cycle Plant Overview, 360training
- Applications of Design Thinking, 360training
- Writing Modules for Reports and Documents, 360training
- Capture & Share Best Practices, 360training
- Become a Reliable Leader with Integrity, 360training
- Delegating with Clear Expectations, 360training
- Combined Cycle Theory of Operations, 360training
- Performance Measures for Performance, 360training
- Air Inlet Systems, 360training
- Auxiliary Steam Systems, 360training
- Balance of Plant Systems, 360training
- Boiler Water Chemistry, 360training
Additional Information
GPA: 3.27
Honors And Awards
- HONOR SOCIETY - PHI THETA KAPPA, 03/01/17
- PRESIDENTS HONOR ROLL - SIERRA COLLEGE, 02/01/17
- PERFECT ATTENDANCE AWARD - UNIVERSITY OF NORTHWESTERN OHIO, 09/01/08
- ACE AWARD - UNIVERSITY OF NORTHWESTERN OHIO, 08/01/08
- Fall 2021 Honors List - Kankakee Community College, 12/01/21
Timeline
Site Manager
Équipement d'Essai Aérospatial CEL Ltée
12.2024 - Current
Assistant Shop Manager
Leman Engineering & Consulting Inc.
01.2023 - 12.2024
Maintenance Planner
Albanese Confectionery Group, Inc
03.2022 - 12.2022
Operations Technician
Pembina Pipeline Corporation
02.2021 - 02.2022
Maintenance Specialist
Egglife Foods, Inc.
03.2020 - 02.2021
Head Mechanic
Marks Cycle Store
05.2016 - 12.2018
Certificate - Instrumentation Technology/Technician
Kankakee Community College
Associate of Science - AS - Chemistry
Sierra College
High School Diploma - CORE 40
Rensselaer Central High School