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República Dominicana

• Lead continuous improvement projects that improve the health and safety of the Caribbean region.• Provide strategic planning for compliance with all corporate, legal and stakeholder requirements.• Keep senior management informed about the status and compliance with all Health and Safety KPI'S.• Lead the ISO-45001 implementation project for the Caribbean region.• Provide the necessary resources and planning to guarantee the correct follow-up of the Occupational Health program.

• Implement, promote and maintain the organization's safety, health and environmental policy.• Conduct risk assessments and audits according to safety, health and environmental management systems.• Lead BD evacuation, crisis and emergency drills.• Prepare the environmental compliance reports (ICA's) and the company's occupational health and safety programs.• Monitor and document the elements contemplated in the PMAA, for their optimal management and compliance.• Develop… Show more • Implement, promote and maintain the organization's safety, health and environmental policy.• Conduct risk assessments and audits according to safety, health and environmental management systems.• Lead BD evacuation, crisis and emergency drills.• Prepare the environmental compliance reports (ICA's) and the company's occupational health and safety programs.• Monitor and document the elements contemplated in the PMAA, for their optimal management and compliance.• Develop projects aimed at minimizing environmental impacts and occupational hazards.• To act as technical adviser to the Joint Committee on Occupational Safety and Health, ensuring compliance with the action plans that emerge in said forum. Document and refer to the Ministry of Labor the corresponding minutes.• Ensure the proper management of hazardous and special waste according to applicable standards.• Ensure the availability and correct use of personal protective equipment.• Conduct audits of compliance with the park's safety, health and environmental measures.• To keep top management abreast of legislative developments and best practices in the area of management for the purpose of implementing continuous improvement measures.• Responsible of conducting accident investigation.• Responsible of leading the risk assessment programs• Provide visibility of the main management indicators to the Management on a quarterly basis, reflecting the analysis and action plan to ensure compliance with the BD Health, Safety and Environment objective Show less

Dominican Republic

• Implement, promote and maintain the organization's safety, health and environmental policy.• Conduct risk assessments and audits according to safety, health and environmental management systems.• Lead Imperial Tobacco evacuation, crisis and emergency drills.• Prepare the environmental compliance reports (ICA's) and the company's occupational health and safety programs.• Monitor and document the elements contemplated in the PMAA, for their optimal management and… Show more • Implement, promote and maintain the organization's safety, health and environmental policy.• Conduct risk assessments and audits according to safety, health and environmental management systems.• Lead Imperial Tobacco evacuation, crisis and emergency drills.• Prepare the environmental compliance reports (ICA's) and the company's occupational health and safety programs.• Monitor and document the elements contemplated in the PMAA, for their optimal management and compliance.• Develop projects aimed at minimizing environmental impacts and occupational hazards.• To act as technical adviser to the Joint Committee on Occupational Safety and Health, ensuring compliance with the action plans that emerge in said forum. Document and refer to the Ministry of Labor the corresponding minutes.• Ensure the proper management of hazardous and special waste according to applicable standards.• Ensure the availability and correct use of personal protective equipment.• Conduct audits of compliance with the park's safety, health and environmental measures.• To keep top management abreast of legislative developments and best practices in the area of management for the purpose of implementing continuous improvement measures.• Responsible of conducting accident investigation.• Responsible of leading the risk assessment programs • Provide visibility of the main management indicators to the Management on a quarterly basis, reflecting the analysis and action plan to ensure compliance with the Imperial Tobacco Health, Safety and Environment objectives. Show less

Dominican Republic

• Implement, promote and maintain the organization's safety, health and environmental policy.• Conduct risk assessments and audits according to safety, health and environmental management systems.• Lead ZFLA evacuation, crisis and emergency drills.• Prepare the environmental compliance reports (ICA's) and the company's occupational health and safety programs.• Monitor and document the elements contemplated in the PMAA, for their optimal management and compliance.• Develop… Show more • Implement, promote and maintain the organization's safety, health and environmental policy.• Conduct risk assessments and audits according to safety, health and environmental management systems.• Lead ZFLA evacuation, crisis and emergency drills.• Prepare the environmental compliance reports (ICA's) and the company's occupational health and safety programs.• Monitor and document the elements contemplated in the PMAA, for their optimal management and compliance.• Develop projects aimed at minimizing environmental impacts and occupational hazards.• To act as technical adviser to the Joint Committee on Occupational Safety and Health, ensuring compliance with the action plans that emerge in said forum. Document and refer to the Ministry of Labor the corresponding minutes.• Ensure the proper management of hazardous and special waste according to applicable standards.• Ensure the availability and correct use of personal protective equipment.• Conduct audits of compliance with the park's safety, health and environmental measures.• To keep top management abreast of legislative developments and best practices in the area of management for the purpose of implementing continuous improvement measures.• Provide consulting services for the elaboration of Safety, Health and Environmental Programs.• Provide visibility of the main management indicators to the Management on a quarterly basis, reflecting the analysis and action plan to ensure compliance with the ZFLA Health, Safety and Environment objectives. Show less

Santo Domingo

• Improve operational systems, processes and policies to support organizations mission; by creating a better management reporting, information flow and business process and organizational strategic planning.• Manage and increase the effectiveness and efficiency of support functions (HR, IT and Finance), through improvements as well as coordination and communication between support and business functions.• In charge of developing employees training programs and managing company’s annual… Show more • Improve operational systems, processes and policies to support organizations mission; by creating a better management reporting, information flow and business process and organizational strategic planning.• Manage and increase the effectiveness and efficiency of support functions (HR, IT and Finance), through improvements as well as coordination and communication between support and business functions.• In charge of developing employees training programs and managing company’s annual budget.• Oversee monthly and quarterly assessments and forecasts of organization's financial performance against budget, financial and operational goals.• Responsible for auditing construction projects, manufacturing plants, other types of industries. Those projects can be audited by reference to the ISO 14001, ISO 9001, OHSAS 18001 standards, and International standard (IFC, OMS and world bank) It also takes into consideration the Plan de Manejo y Adecuación Ambiental, PMAA according to the law 64-00, as well as the program for health and safety at work as established by the Reglamento de Salud y Seguridad en el Trabajo 522-06.• Creation of monitoring department including the negotiation of the equipment acquisition, developing operational process and technician training.• In charge of developing methodologies for environmental and occupational monitoring for physical and chemical risk such noise, gas, dust, vibration hand arms full body, fume, light, thermal stress, freshwater and waterwaste.• Develop EHS management system for Central Termoeléctrica Punta Catalina Project (+7,000 employees)• Design and develop software for manage the internal EHS audit system, AUDIR Show less

Dominican Republic

• Responsible to establish and develop quality process, such as cost out and process improvement projects to attain plant goals and improve the quality level. Administer the plant Quality program, to maintain required quality levels for plant.• Prepare report and presentation to monitor and improve the metrics that impact Quality indicators such as: Warranty, Scrap (within the plants), Quality PPM, PPAP Cycle times, DMR metrics, Hold area inventory, Focus 5 or Major Detractors to the PPM… Show more • Responsible to establish and develop quality process, such as cost out and process improvement projects to attain plant goals and improve the quality level. Administer the plant Quality program, to maintain required quality levels for plant.• Prepare report and presentation to monitor and improve the metrics that impact Quality indicators such as: Warranty, Scrap (within the plants), Quality PPM, PPAP Cycle times, DMR metrics, Hold area inventory, Focus 5 or Major Detractors to the PPM metric and Scrap, etc. • Participate in Internal ISO 9001:2008 audits to assure compliance of the Quality System and follow up on the resulting corrective actions (CAR’s) or opportunities for improvement (OFI’s).• Analyze production quality issues (including metrics trends), customer and supplier Feedbacks, prepare corrective action plan, follow up and close any actions which are documented through WISPER; maintain the communication process between supplier, external and internal customers. • Increase levels of quality through continuous improvement processes and process defect prevention.• Coordinate/Supervise the function of the Quality Assistant, quality Inspector and Process Technician. Provide training to engineering assistants and interns assigned to the line, assign tasks and monitor their performance. Show less

Dominican Republic

• Design manufacture processes for NPI (New Product Introduction).• Plan and implement continuous improvements projects to support manufacturing processes.• Follow up, improve and monitor metrics, such as Yield, Scrap, Productivity and Efficiency. • Monitor and control production processes through the development and implementation of the LEAN tools.• Develop and implement programs to reduce costs and increase efficiency and productivity.• Analyze and evaluate capital cost… Show more • Design manufacture processes for NPI (New Product Introduction).• Plan and implement continuous improvements projects to support manufacturing processes.• Follow up, improve and monitor metrics, such as Yield, Scrap, Productivity and Efficiency. • Monitor and control production processes through the development and implementation of the LEAN tools.• Develop and implement programs to reduce costs and increase efficiency and productivity.• Analyze and evaluate capital cost metrics: Scrap, rework and develop six sigma projects for process improvements.• Develop capital projects appropriations.• Maintain monthly updated of VSM, Standard Work, Error Proofing tools, PFMEA tools and Control Plans.• Follow up the Implementation of ECN’S (Engineering Change Notice) applicable to their areas. Show less

• Design power supply test equipment´s and software’s to verify conformance to specification.• Design component and subassembly test equipment to determine acceptability of product• Plan hardware and software development projects, including timelines and budgets.• Supervise the supports engineering in order to complete our entire project on time.• Supervise the troubleshooting technicians in order to repair all units from production.• Technical responsibility for the finish… Show more • Design power supply test equipment´s and software’s to verify conformance to specification.• Design component and subassembly test equipment to determine acceptability of product• Plan hardware and software development projects, including timelines and budgets.• Supervise the supports engineering in order to complete our entire project on time.• Supervise the troubleshooting technicians in order to repair all units from production.• Technical responsibility for the finish goods being manufactured out of DR facility.• Revise and approve products before giving them to production for massive production.• Analyze any possible failure on any product in order to provide corrective actions. Show less

Dominican Republic

- Technical responsibility for the finish goods being manufacture out of DR facility.- Revise and approve products before giving them to production for massive production.- Revise and approve any require changes on any products like (ECO’S, DEVIATIONS, MODIFICATIONS, IMPROVEMENTS, CAR’S, ETC.)- Searching of new components to be evaluated for less costing.- Supervise the troubleshooting technicians in order to repair all units from production.- Analyze any possible failure on… Show more - Technical responsibility for the finish goods being manufacture out of DR facility.- Revise and approve products before giving them to production for massive production.- Revise and approve any require changes on any products like (ECO’S, DEVIATIONS, MODIFICATIONS, IMPROVEMENTS, CAR’S, ETC.)- Searching of new components to be evaluated for less costing.- Supervise the troubleshooting technicians in order to repair all units from production.- Analyze any possible failure on any product in order to provide corrective actions.- Provide technical support to production, stock room and QC team. Show less

Provide technical support to production, stock room and QC team.- Improve product quality. - Analyze electrical failures, trends in order to provide preventive and/or corrective actions.- Responsible to train our troubleshooting team.- Support our test engineering department to analyze and solve any equipment failure.- Work for the validation of NPI (New product Introduction) in order to support them on first articles run.- Analyze QC report in order to provide… Show more Provide technical support to production, stock room and QC team.- Improve product quality. - Analyze electrical failures, trends in order to provide preventive and/or corrective actions.- Responsible to train our troubleshooting team.- Support our test engineering department to analyze and solve any equipment failure.- Work for the validation of NPI (New product Introduction) in order to support them on first articles run.- Analyze QC report in order to provide corrective action on long and short terms.AccomplishmentsAward due to design and implementation of manufacture process of ANOVA breaker . .(Eaton Corp.(2011)Award due to saving obtained in PCB project (US$138K per year)..(Eaton Corp.(2011)Promoted to Lead of DVT Lead Design on 2007 due to the excellent job on the areas handled & the couching to the analysis team. (Power-One, Inc. 2007)Award due to the great improvement and focus in the areas under my responsibility (DIDT line1 and line2).( Power-One, Inc. 2006). Promoted to Support Engineers on 2005 due to the great job in the areas listed above. (Power-One, Inc. 2005)Reduced Analysis Backlog 10%... (Power-One, Inc. 2004).Develop a new database for Analysis station. ( Power-One, Inc. 2004). Show less

Master Of Occupational Risk Prevention, Health And Safety, Master

Electronic Engineer

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