Joshua Bostick, CMRP Mechanical Engineer & Industrial Machinery Expert

Experience with the operation, maintenance, and process management of industrial equipment; root cause analysis of failed processes, components, equipment, and safety incidents; project management of industrial manufacturing equipment design, specification, installation, repairs, and replacement.

Equipment Experience: furnace and dryer systems; Regenerative Thermal Oxidizers (RTOs), Regenerative Catalytic Oxidizers (RCOs), and Wet Electrostatic Precipitators (WESPs); mills, chippers, and debarkers; belt, drag chain, screw, roller, and bucket elevator conveyors; centrifugal and piston pumps; centrifugal, axial, and high-pressure fans; flexo, gravure, and offset printing presses; truck dumps, bulk material silos, and reclaimer systems; plastic and foil bag converting equipment; baghouses, filters, cyclones, and airlocks; forklifts, palletizers, gantry and arm robots; heat exchangers and centrifuges; Alternating Current (AC), Direct Current (DC), and Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) motors; spur, bevel, and helical gearboxes; gantry, overhead, and mobile cranes.

Engineering and Maintenance Management: project management for equipment specification, design, installation, repairs, and replacement utilizing contractor or skilled craftsmen labor; implementing and maintaining maintenance work process management and Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS); budget management of maintenance and engineering departments for industrial facilities; training and development of skilled union and non-union craftsmen; outage planning, scheduling, and management.

Manufacturing Processes: paper, plastic, and foil printing and converting; wood handling, milling, drying, and pelletizing; bulk material conveyance and storage; environmental air handling and processing via RTOs, RCOs, and WESPs; air particle filtration and dust extraction systems.

Industrial Safety: Lock Out Tag Out (LOTO) procedure development and auditing; machine guarding design and installation; ergonomic assembly workstation and process development; industrial system safety improvements; hazard analysis and risk assessments; deflagration and combustible dust explosion investigation, confined spaces.

Product Design: injection molded component design; component quality and testing standard development; equipment tooling design for production; Computer Numerical Control (CNC) drilling, cutting, and milling; custom equipment design including mechanical and electrical controls; design tolerances for additive and subtractive manufacturing of components.

Codes and Standards: ANSI, ASME, and OSHA standards for general industry and construction related to personal protective equipment, equipment guarding, ergonomics, confined spaces, hazard analysis and risk assessment, LOTO, walking/working surfaces, hazardous materials and communications, electrical equipment, materials handling and storage, and hand tools.

Reliability Engineering: Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) program implementation for industrial manufacturing facilities; condition-based monitoring of equipment using predictive technologies such as vibration analysis, tribology, thermography, ultrasonic analysis, and motor current analysis; precision maintenance of equipment including alignment, torque specification, detailed job planning and specification, balancing, and baselining; asset management using criticality analysis, storeroom management, and work order planning and scheduling using CMMS; root cause analysis of mechanical, electrical, safety, and controls systems failures; data analytics using statistical analysis and modeling.

Professional Experience

Provide technical investigations, analysis, reports, and testimony toward the resolution of commercial and personal injury litigation involving all types of industrial process systems and associated equipment failures.

Reliability Engineer 2020-2024
Project Engineer 2020

• Implemented Root Cause Analysis (RCA) program
• Built a predictive maintenance program that included: vibration analysis, oil analysis, thermography, ultrasonic lubrication and analysis
• Capital project management: new installations and maintenance rebuilds
• Developed and Implemented Risk-Based Asset Criticality Ranking
• Introduced company-wide standardized downtime codes to align organizational downtime goals and data recording
• Subject Matter Expert (SME) for site and equipment drawings
• Directed Root Cause Analysis for multiple sites across North America including reliability-based failures as well as significant safety incidents

Engineering and Maintenance Supervisor 2017-2019
Mechanical Engineer 2016-2017

• Implemented Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS)
• Managed skilled maintenance technicians including training and development, coaching and mentoring, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Capital project management: new installations and maintenance rebuilds
• Continuous Improvement (CI) projects
• Subject Matter Expert (SME) for equipment troubleshooting
• Designed machinery in CAD (Solidworks) for fabrication

Reliability Engineer 2014-2016
Management Development Associate Engineer 2012-2014

• Established Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) program
• Built a predictive maintenance program that included: vibration analysis, oil analysis, thermography, ultrasonic analysis, precision maintenance
• Implemented Root Cause Analysis (RCA) program
• Capital project management: new installations and maintenance rebuilds
• Planned and scheduled maintenance activities for skilled craftsmen
• Facility manager for auxiliary equipment for 575k ft2 production facility that included: air compressors, pump stations, fork trucks, hoists and cranes, overhead doors, roof repairs, and warehouse areas
• Advised all levels of plant management on SAP (CMMS) as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) while managing data integrity, new hire training, equipment Bill of Materials (BOM), and storeroom inventory management
• Established maintenance and reliability Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Managed skilled maintenance technicians including training and development, coaching and mentoring, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Assessed pipeline records and maps to determine regulatory compliance with the federal government's current and future standards, recommending improvements based on risk factors and establishing testing plans based on findings

Professional Credentials

• ISO Category III Vibration Analyst, Technical Associates of Charlotte, 2023
• ISO Category II Vibration Analyst, Technical Associates of Charlotte, 2022
• Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP), SMRP, 2021
• Engineer in Training, Certification No. EI.0030877, Louisiana Professional Engineering and Land Surveying (LAPELS), 2012
• Level I Machinery Lubrication Technician, ICML, 2015 (Expired)
• Level I Machinery Lubricant Analyst, ICML, 2015 (Expired)

Education

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana, 2012

Continuing Education

• Precision Maintenance…Essential Craft Skills, Machinery, Assembly, and Installation, Reliability Solutions, 2015
• Practical Machinery Lubrication, Motion Industries - Des-Case, 2015

Professional Memberships

• Society of Maintenance and Reliability Professionals
• Order of the Engineer
• Pi Tau Sigma - Tau Xi Chapter - Member ΤΞ S11-01

Other Interest

Amateur woodworker who designs and builds custom wood furniture such as cabinets, tables, chairs, and children’s toy rocking horses and cradles using table, circular, and miter saws, routers, planers, sanders, and various hand tools.

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