Hank Chaney

United States Air Force Veteran and Experienced Maintenance/Operations Professional with a strong mechanical and operational background and expertise in mining, grain production, people and equipment management. Well-versed in all aspects of preventative, predictive, and innovative maintenance, along with risk assessment and mitigation. Proven track record in developing and implementing comprehensive maintenance programs to ensure operational reliability.

Known for exceptional problem-solving skills and the ability to lead teams effectively, with a leadership approach grounded in loyalty, diligence, sustainability, and safety.

Plant Manager at Atlas Energy (2025-03 – Present)

Directed all operations for a 12-million-ton-per-year frac sand facility, overseeing production, maintenance, mining, dredging, safety, and logistics functions.

• Lead a team consisting of 144 hourly employees, six managers, 18 supervisors between the dredge, mine, wet plant, dry plant, maintenance, and safety.
• Reduced overall operating expenses by $1.32 per ton through process optimization, workforce development, reliability improvements, and cost-control initiatives.
• Built and developed a maintenance department from the ground up, establishing organizational structure, maintenance standards, preventive maintenance programs, and reliability-focused practices.
• Developed and implemented standardized operating procedures (SOPs) for dryer operations, improving operational consistency, equipment reliability, and production efficiency.
• Managed annual operating and capital budgets while maintaining safe, efficient, and profitable plant operations.
• Implemented and enforced a strong safety culture, tracking key KPIS, and setting up safety initiatives for the teams' buy in.
• Reduced useable product in waste from 40%-19%.
• Increased wet production from 25,000 TPD-36,00TPD with limited spend.
• Managed a monthly budget of $7.5 million.

Sr. Maintenance Manager at CHS (2022-11 – 2025-03)

Overall maintenance management of a 220 million bushel a year grain terminal.

• Commissioned $110 million dollar expansion project.
• Reduced unplanned downtime by 39%.
• Managed the mechanical, electrical, and reliability maintenance department. Responsible for 5 salaried, 22 union member, and 12 permanent contractors.
• Cultivated and drove a culture of planned and predictive maintenance within the department, enhancing operational efficiency and minimizing downtime.
• Implemented innovative techniques to streamline critical preventive maintenance (PM) processes, reducing man-hours and enhancing safety by minimizing employee exposure to high-risk tasks.
• Provided oversight, leadership, mentorship, and training to continue development and improvement of plant personnel, and maintenance leadership team.
• Developed and implemented a comprehensive reliability program, utilizing advanced techniques such as vibration analysis, oil analysis, thermography, online motor testing, GoPro inspections, automatic lubrication, and ultrasound lubrication to optimize equipment performance and reduce downtime.
• Developed long term vision for maintenance department that consists of goals and direction towards sustainability and reliability of operations.
• Developed, implemented, and tracked long-term projects, utilizing key performance indicators (KPIs) to identify areas for improvement and ensure successful outcomes.
• Experience with barge unloading equipment such as; CBU, barge haul system, gates, scales, belt conveyors, bucket elevators, trippers.

Maintenance Manager at Lehigh Hanson (2021-12 – 2022-11)

Overall management of both mechanical and electrical maintenance systems throughout plant.

• Responsible for 20 crew members, and allocation of all duties in daily plant operations.
• Provided oversight, leadership, mentorship, and training to continue development and improvement of plant personnel.
• Developed long term vision for maintenance department that consists of goals and direction towards sustainability and reliability of operations.
• Delivering continuous improvement of MTBF.
• Reviewed and approved bid documents, aided in the plant's maintenance budget; helping to provide a cost-effective and efficient budget.
• Development and refinement of the overall maintenance plan to maximize productivity and minimize downtime.
• Daily, weekly, maintenance planning, scheduling, and coordinating.
• Developed reliability inspection program for all plant operations to include both production and maintenance pm's.
• Buying, purchasing, evaluating vendors, and maintaining great working relationships.
• Creative problem solving and on-the-job flexibility to continue operations in a high stakes environment.
• Complying with MSHA regulations, safety guidelines and company guidelines by proactively managing health and safety.

Sr. Reliability Engineer at Lehigh Hanson (2021-02 – 2021-11)

• Deliver continuous improvement of OEE and MTBF (mean time between failures).
• Developed reliability inspection program, to decrease downtime and increase longevity of machinery.
• Ensured the preventative inspection program is being executed.
• Perform root cause analysis on equipment failures.
• Experienced in SAP system in planning, budgeting, purchasing and parts categorization; worked with SAP to procure and support projects with orders of services and materials.
• Developed and refined the preventative maintenance program.
• Manage, control and analyze data, records, and equipment histories to continually review and refine inspection frequencies.
• Developed vibration measurements and analysis capabilities and ensured a comprehensive program.
• Developed, planned and managed small and large scale projects; including project planning and project management for Outage.
• Managed the lubrication program, including inspection of oil analysis and testing.
• Managed union and non-union employees on small to large scale projects to meet and improve equipment safety, regulatory compliance, reliability, performance, and maintenance costs, to achieve desired product quality and production rates.
• Knowledge in kilns, rotary, ball mills, crushers, fans, conveyors, elevators, slurry pumps, f.k. pumps, and separators.

Maintenance Supervisor at Lehigh Hanson (2020-08 – 2021-02)

• Supervised crew of over a dozen union employees.
• Experience with kilns, raw grinding and finishing mills, crushers, fans, material conveying systems, bucket elevators both chain and belt, air slides, slurry pumps, f.k pumps.
• Lead a union orientated workforce and assigned specific daily work activities on the approved schedule and set expectations, oversight, and coordination of daily work.
• Worked closely with maintenance managers, plant managers, productions managers, maintenance planners and other staff to meet plant's goals.
• Ordered equipment parts and put in work orders using the SAP software.
• Provided training, mentoring, performance improvement and career development to hourly union millwrights.

Wet Plant Production Supervisor at Signal Peak Silica (2018-01 – 2020-03)

Strong understanding of production strategies for a large-scale mining operations.

• Lead two crews of ten plus over a 2M TPY wash plant frac sand operation.
• Kept accurate and detailed records of personnel progress and productivity.
• Maintained clean and well-organized production areas to avoid violations or unnecessary work delays due to hazards or equipment failure.
• Trained all employees and supervisors on plant process.
• Communicated issues, quality specifications with departments and customers.
• Set and made aggressive targets for employees to drive company success and strengthen motivation.
• Constantly worked with quality control to ensure top line production.
• Conducted safety audits and investigated plant quality issues.
• Assisted managerial duties such as scheduling, payroll, employee relations and coordination with department heads.
• Performed repairs, replacements and general maintenance on mining equipment.
• Ensure compliance of both company and MSHA guidelines.

Maintenance Tech III at Signal Peak Silica (2018-01 – 2020-03)

• Inspected and tested machinery and equipment to diagnose malfunctions.
• Installed replacement parts and components as well as entire systems.
• Used problem-solving skills to alleviate issues efficiently with minimal supervision.
• Worked with production to predict failures.
• Completed partial or full dismantling of equipment to quickly repair or replace defective components and restore functionality.
• Trained junior maintenance professionals on correct repair and cleaning procedures.
• Worked heavily with conveyors, pumps, dryers, and rotex to complete knowledgeable inspections and skilled repair.

Maintenance Tech at Fairmount Santrol (2016-01 – 2018-01)

• Performed electrical and mechanical repairs of production equipment.
• Worked with conveyors, pumps, crushers, dewatering screens, dryers, hydrosizers and rotex to complete knowledgeable inspections and skilled repairs.
• Fabricated and welded structural repairs.

Bachelor of Science in Business and Management – University of Phoenix

Vibration Analyst Cat 1

Green Belt in Lean Six Sigma

Certification in Six Sigma Root Cause Analysis

Level 1 Lubrication Cert in Moira