The Leadership Connection  

Episode 5: Marc Zimmerman

Doug Plucknette | Contributing Host, RELIABILITY CONNECT

Welcome to Episode 5 of The Leadership Connection! On today’s episode…

The Leadership Connection Host, Doug Plucknette, interviews reliability leader Marc Zimmerman in Episode 5 of this series. Marc specializes in the oversight and management of field operations, managing budgets and schedules on both renovations and new construction on public school projects. His broad background and experience across the different trades has provided him with the knowledge and understanding of all the trade interactions and needs, which proves valuable for prioritizing and scheduling work as the Sr. Field Leader at CAMPUS Construction Management Group, Inc.

More about Marc Zimmerman…

Marc’s interest in trade related work surfaced at a young age while helping his father do home improvement and renovation work on the family home. Later as a teenager, he was attracted to repairs and performance improvements on his car.

It was during the summer of 1972, when he was offered a summer job at Eastman Kodak Company working as an assistant to a Millwright in the Film Manufacturing Division.  This work brought him up close and personal to the machinery and materials involved in manufacturing.

When the summer job was over, he was able to join the Kodak Construction Division on a full time basis as a Laborer.  In the summer of 1975, an opportunity to enroll in an apprenticeship as a Pipefitter and after graduation, he landed back in film manufacturing.

His roles and assignments at Kodak over the next nearly 30 years included everything from mechanic to manager, and it gave him a broad knowledge of all trades and practices.

2007 brought an opportunity to take a buy out from Kodak and Marc found himself at a small manufacturing facility as the Facilities Manager, overseeing the maintenance of the manufacturing facilities as well as buildings and grounds.

After just two years, he was recruited to CAMPUS Construction Management Group, Inc. as a Field Manager in 2009.  His role from then until now has been the oversight and management of field operations, managing budgets and schedules on both renovations and new construction on public school projects. His broad background and experience across the different trades has provided him with the knowledge and understanding of all the trade interactions and needs, which proves valuable for prioritizing and scheduling work.   Along the way he came to understand and leverage the value of personal relationships and their value in the business world.

We hope you enjoy this episode!

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About the Author

Doug Plucknette Contributing Host, RELIABILITY CONNECT

Doug Plucknette has been in the Field of Asset Management, Maintenance and Reliability for 38 years. In 1999 he founded Reliability Solutions Inc. As the founder of RCM Blitz™ and author of the book Reliability Centered Maintenance using RCM Blitz™, he has provided reliability training and consulting services to numerous companies around the world, large and small, including such Fortune 500 companies as Cargill, Whirlpool, Honda, Kraft-Heinz, Schlumberger, Corning, Invista, and Newmont Mining.
Doug has made key contributions to standard reliability measures for manufacturing, and reliability training programs worldwide. He has trained numerous client RCM Facilitators and performed RCM analyses on hundreds of pieces of manufacturing equipment.
Prior to his work as a consultant, Doug worked 19 years at Eastman Kodak Company in Rochester, NY in positions as a skilled tradesperson, lead person, Maintenance Supervisor, and Reliability Engineer.
Recognized as an Industry Expert, Doug has published over 50 articles, written two books, has been a featured speaker at dozens of conferences and Key Note Speaker for two Global Reliability Conferences.