Irwin Axalan Email & Phone Number

Winnipeg, Manitoba

• Supervises the Electrical Integration - Programming and Schematic Group (EI_PS Group) comprising of four (4) Electrical schematic designers/programmers
• Review the Bid technical specification (electrical requirements) on all major contracts (i.e. New York CNG builds, Washington, DC Electric Hybrid builds, Ontario Consortium Electric Hybrid builds, etc.) to determine.
• Review of all electrical schematic design and Multiplex PLC Program prior to Production release, ensuring that the electrical schematic design and program logic functionalities complies with the Bid Specifications.
• Allocate electrical engineering design workload and manpower to support the successful completion of the various bus contract builds
• Coordinate with other departments (Sales/Marketing, Product Data Management, Bids Group and other Engineering groups) to address all electrical related inquiries from the Transit properties (i.e. explained the details.
• Coordinate with vendors and suppliers in regards to new electrical system requirement interface (i.e. design integration of the following systems and components: new ZF transmission with full J1939 interface, new.

Winnipeg. Manitoba

• Review in details the technical specification of the Bid in order to define all electricalrequirements for the assigned contract build (i.e. Fairfax diesel-electric hybrid, San Diego Compressed Natural Gas builds, Long.
• Design the complete electrical system requirement of the bus in compliance with the Bid technical requirements, incorporating all property specific electrical functionalities from previous builds and compliant with the.
• Design the complete Vansco PLC multiplex programming for all assigned contracts, ensuring that the Vansco multiplex program matches the functionality from previous builds and complies with the latest Bid Specification.
• Coordinates with other groups to ensure that all property requested electrical requirements are incorporated into the latest electrical schematic and PLC multiplex program
• Coordinate with vendors and suppliers when integrating new vendor electrical system into the existing bus electrical system
• Undertake facility visits to New Flyer’s U.S. facilities in Crookston, ND and St. Cloud, MN to support production in regards production build issues affecting schematic and programming

Winnipeg, Manitoba

• Review in details the full technical specification of the Bid in order to define all technicalrequirements in order to create the required Engineering Hrs Report
• Create the Engineering Hours Report that would show the required amount of engineering manpower to complete new installation designs. This report will be used as part of the Engineering Workload Analysis in providing.
• Propose the required Approved Equals (A/E) or Deviations in cases of non- compliance to the Bid technical requirements. These includes alternative technical proposals in lieu of the Bid technical specifications
• Collaborate with other departments (Sales/Marketing, Product Data Management, other Engineering Groups) and other members of the Bid Group to ensure that all technical requirements are addressed and open issues resolved.
• Participate in Risk Assessment meeting to review and resolved all potential technical show-stoppers
• Participate in Bid Pricing Meeting to review the effect of the Engineering associated costing on the over-all Bid pricing.

Winnipeg, Manitoba

• Responsible for the complete Project Management of the various transit bus manufacturing contracts
• Create Engineering task with appropriate hours for new installation requirements. This would enable Engineering to design contract specific requirements as per Bid Specification.
• Coordinate with other groups and departments to review all property specific requirements
• Create Engineering task with appropriate hours for new installation requirements. This would enable Engineering to design as per Bid Specification requirements
• Provide work schedule prioritization to Engineering in order to assure on-time completion
• Create Bill Of Materials (BOM) using Oracle Business application to the MRP System through the release of Engineering Change Order (ECO)

Laguna, Philippines

• Prepares and process accurate direct material costing for Electrical, Electronics and Mechanical components for new, existing projects and prototype designs with R & D Division and Procurement and Vendor Management Group
• Recommends Approved Equals / substitutes for available or unavailable Electrical, Electronics and Mechanical materials, parts and supplies
• Develops Alternative Vendor Sources to supply the Electrical, Electronics and Mechanical component requirements based on the required Bill of Materials (BOM)
• Evaluates suppliers/vendors, their quotation and recommend purchase in conformity with the technical specifications of the project and company’s procurement procedures
• Responsible for Technical Evaluation of all Electrical, Electronics and Mechanical components required in the prototyping stages of projects through Product Testing and Evaluation
• Interfaces with both local and foreign vendors through telephone, faxes and e-mail in price negotiation, Strategic Alliances and /or Joint Ventures, Terms of Payment including after sales services, warranties, delivery.

Pampanga, Philippines

• Responsible for Technical Evaluation on all new Electronics / Electrical parts and equipments, General Hardware, Mechanical / Motorpool parts and equipments
• Evaluates suppliers/vendors, their quotation and recommend purchase in conformity with the technical specifications of the project and company’s procurement procedures
• Responsible for all contract evaluation and negotiations
• Keeps track with the development in the prices of raw materials and new technology for Electrical, Electronics and Mechanical parts and equipment
• Initiates corrective actions on logistics and Supply problems through Supplier Management Program, working closely with Materials Receiving department
• Evaluates existing suppliers in regards to vendor performance on a yearly basis

Pampanga, Philippines

• Responsible for the design of electrical / instrumentation control system used in the Paper Manufacturing production (i.e. pulp mixing controller system, pulp tank level monitoring system, etc)
• Responsible for prototype testing and implementation of approved electrical / instrumentation control system (i.e. newsprint roll width monitoring system, etc)
• Responsible for the installations of the different electrical / instrumentation control system (OEM and In-House Design) used in the Paper Manufacturing production control process (i.e. installation of various Foxboro.
• Responsible for troubleshooting of all electrical / instrumentation control system
• Responsible for Preventive Maintenance of all electrical / instrumentation control system through regular equipment calibration and regular maintenance schedule.
• Supervises Hired Electrical/Instrument technicians used in Special Projects ( Paper Mills Electrical System Upgrade, Fiber Process Building Expansion, etc.)