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Ciudad De México, MX

Lead manufacturing operation with more than three thousand employees

Responsible to run a 530,000 Sq Ft facility with a work force range from 800 to 1,400 employees.

• Plant ManagerLeading air conditioning plant. I am in charge of sixteen salaries people and the total hourly workforce of 240 people.Important goals
• Mexico team leader for pilot Project of new plant in México, Dec 2004, $ 3 million of dollars total investment
• Overpassing target production goal 50,000, ending in 85,000 units during 1st year of operation
• Improve 6 % the cost production per unit
• Budget completion for 2005, 2006 and 2007
• Best Division Quality (340 PPM’s at final Freon-leak inspection test)

• Engineering Manager (Feb 2000 – March 2003)The principals activities has been as technology advisor, capital investment projects as well the coordination of manufacturing process improvements, with a team of six people.
• Expansion Project from 7,200 u/d a 9,300 u/d
• Evaluation, justification and implementation of different projects around the range four million of dollars fro the period f 2000 to 2002
• Lean Manufacturing Project implementation for the water heater plant located in Hamilton, Canada
• Team member division level to implement the Guardian project (Flammable Vapors Ignition reluctant), $ 30 million division wise, three plant and leading the implementation in two (Nuevo Laredo and Mexicali)

• Engineering Superintendent (Julio 1998 – February 2000)During this phase I was in charge to improve the automation capabilities.Important Goals
• Automation of the production line (Point of Use water heaters –from 4 gal to 10 gal). The heart of the automation was the PID logic implementation for the automatic welders, which consist in the speed control in real.
• Automation leader for the implementation of the 7,200 u/d project. Main responsibilities: tank fabrication area, porcelain spray booths, paint and porcelain ovens, overhead conveyors control and synchronization, final.

• Automation Project Engineer (Ago1997 - Jul 1998)The main emphasis in this time was the quality improvement of the welding process.
• Voltage filter design, improving the welding quality; the goal: leak rate reduction from 10 % to 8.5 %
• Speed control improvement; PID logic implementation, to emulate the human been movement
• Design and implementation of real time monitoring system. Touch screen and PLC’s use

Electronic field Engineer, wide experience in failure mode analysis in electronic component eqipment and PLC design machinery.Preventive and predictive maintenance analysis developing system