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Responsible for Projects and personnel for building new machines along with other projects to retrofit, upgrade and refurbish existing equipment.

• Responsible for Engineering and Maintenance personnel and associated tasks, repairs and projects of all facility and production equipment.• Performed necessary task to unload and place new equipment for installation within our capability, along with overseeing of contracted riggers for placement of larger equipment.• Tasked with design, specification and expansion of facility systems to include, new transformer, switchgear, multiple distribution panels, compressed air system and associated conduit and piping systems.• Developed Request for Quotes to provide exact, details, specifications and drawings to assure accuracy and consistency of quoting and completion of contract work to be performed.• Responsible for PLC, robot, HMI programming and machine modifications and improvements.• Updated AutoCad drawings for new equipment and layouts.• Developed CMMS system for the use of tracking, and reporting reactive maintenance and implementing preventive and predictive maintenance to improve equipment efficiency and productivity.

• Responsible all aspects of equipment installation, machine cell relocations and automation projects.• Responsible for CMMS (MP2) system and development of Preventive Maintenance Program.• Specified and ordered all parts and materials needed for projects.• Directed Mechanical and Electrical Contractors while unloading, uncrating and setting equipment and for proper location of conduits, piping, and stands etc.• Replaced multiple vision system for sorting wheels with a single system.• Initiated a more reliable robot gripper design, cost savings $15,000, lead time reduced 2 months.• Provided technical assistance modifying and troubleshooting PLC programs.

• Handled specifying, purchasing and installation of Capital Equipment.• Incorporated new heat treat oven controller to facilitate Poka-Yoke’s for proper aging process.• Managed coolant systems - Reduced raw coolant usage by $70,000/year while increasing coolant quality, and machining uptime.• Assisted with redesign of equipment to install wrist pin retaining clips simultaneously.• Replaced counterweight with pneumatics to improve safety and changeover of ringing arbors. • Developed prototype servo controlled ringer for installing piston rings.• Redesigned robot loaded work cell layout to reduce cycle time 12%.

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Industrial Maintenance Technology, Electrical & Mechanical

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