Robert K Smith Email & Phone Number

Carleton Place, Ontario

Duties are to coordinate and control all aspects of Triacta's power meter manufacturing test processes.

Carleton Place, Ontario

Triacta builds power meters used to monitor electrical consumption. My role is to load the firmware, calibrate and test new meters. When required, I troubleshoot faulty meters to the component level.

A success driven project management and equipment maintenance manager with the capacity to focus multidisciplinary teams to achieve challenging objectives seeks, an opportunity within a manufacturing environment that requires leadership, communication and exceptional problem solving skills.Actively pursuing opportunities in either profession.

Ottawa, Ontario

• Generated annual labour savings of $220,000 by automating the product transfer process within a wafer fabrication operation that included developing a user requirement specifications document, selecting vendors for the design and manufacture of a robotic transfer system, and the installation and validation of the new transfer process. • Reduced annual water consumption by 12.5% or 12,500,000 litres and the environmental footprint of a wafer fabrication operation by leading the installation of a closed loop chiller system that generated a one year $35,000 Return On Investment and enabled the wafer fabrication process to reuse high resistivity temperature controlled water.• Reduced annual site water fees by $55,000 by monitoring water evaporation from the cooling towers of a 750,000 square foot manufacturing and applying for a sewage service rate exemption from the City of Ottawa.

Ottawa, Ontario

• Managed a team of 4 Equipment Technicians (ET’s) assigned with two main tasks. First, installation and validation of semiconductor manufacturing equipment moved from the closed site into the company’s new manufacturing site. Second, modify and upgrade equipment in order to maximize product yields• Successfully prioritized project work with a focus on increasing system availability, silicon wafer throughput and reducing wafer scrap. Wafer fab yields reached up to 98% after 2 years of work• Increased wafer fab yield by 3% on 66% of APOC wafer types by leading a design and implementation team to re-design the product transfer load mechanism on a key metal deposition manufacturing system.• Decreased product scrap and equipment downtime by hiring the original equipment manufacturer’s field service engineer to refurbish the single wafer etch manufacturing systems while simultaneously training the equipment maintenance staff on the procedures• During staff meetings, addressed safety concerns identified in incident/accident reports and implemented mistake proof solutions to prevent the issues from re-occurring• Solved a rare and random controller fault issue on one system by implementing anti-static procedures.• Project priorities were determined via an Excel spread sheet tool which weighed advantages of equipment modification and/or installation efforts versus qualification efforts• Met with the staff on a weekly basis to review progress on assigned projects• Weekly progress reports were sent to the senior leadership team, the engineering team and operations supervisors via an Excel spread sheet which allowed for easy tracking of any project of interest. • Created ‘Request for Capital Expenditure’ presentations for the Senior Leadership Team, which were required to secure funds for project work• Installed and validated equipment to meet FDA, ISO 13845 and Ontario safety requirements

Ottawa, Ontario

• Led a 5 person Equipment Technician (ET) team tasked with sourcing, purchasing, installing and validating 80 pieces of equipment for a new semiconductor wafer fab at a newly acquired plant• Led the ET’s in liaising with engineering and operations, to establish process requirements and physical layout of the equipment to be purchased. The equipment had to be ergonomically friendly and it had to meet the process requirements required for the product. The established design and user requirement specifications were sent to equipment manufacturers as part of the equipment design and selection process• Meet with the ET’s on a weekly basis to review progress on their search for equipment and updated the action registrar accordingly. The equipment had to meet the user and design requirement specifications and it had to be within budget. To achieve this at least 3 manufacturers were invited to supply bids for each piece of equipment purchased• Used MS Project to develop equipment installation plans and project schedules which supported corporate goals and milestones. Schedule Gantt charts were printed and posted on a weekly basis once the installation work began• Generated a spread sheet with 1250 entries to indicate where equipment was to be located within the new manufacturing space and what facility requirements needed to be installed at each new equipment location • Reviewed all equipment installation validation protocols and reports as part of the ISO and FDA requirements• Reviewed all lock out tag out, maintenance and calibration documents generated by staff• Ensured all equipment was inspected to meet Ontario electrical and safety standards• Presented with an excellence award for purchasing all the manufacturing equipment within the budget of $7,500,000.00• Completed the equipment installation project on time which allowed the previous plant to be decommissioned and vacated thus saving $1,000,000.00 in rent and $100,000.00 in utilities

Ottawa, Ontario

• Managed a staff of 10 equipment maintenance technicians who supported equipment in a semiconductor equipment bio-sensor fabrication area• Ensured that safety of the staff, equipment and property was always the top priority• Goal was to ensure plant equipment was being properly maintained by implementing preventative maintenance and calibration programs along with unplanned repairs in order to meet productivity targets, increase product yields and drive down manufacturing costs. • Coordinated new equipment installations, upgrades or equipment relocation activities with the maintenance, operations and engineering staff• Regularly communicated with engineering staff to diagnose product issues that may have been related to the manufacturing equipment• Communicated with operations staff to collect information on equipment issues and to schedule planned maintenance activities• Regularly communicated with senior management to provide metrics information on equipment performance• Set up and executed training plans. Trained staff on equipment. Other methods of training included sending techs to the original equipment manufacturer or have a Field Service Representative come to the facility or have the techs cross train each other• Developed job descriptions, performed year end reviews, hired staff and made the difficult decision to identify staff for termination• Hired and managed an Equipment Clerk to manage the hundreds of parts with a value well over 1 million dollars. Collaborated with the Equipment Clerk to purchase Somax inventory control software. Parts were bar code labelled and a bar code scanner was purchased to manage inventory• Participated in budget planning with the Director of Operations for the front end of the manufacturing process• Participated in periodic ISO and AQR audits to ensure the quality of the product was maintained

Ottawa, Ontario

Performed preventive and emergency maintenance on semiconductor manufacturing equipment that was modified to manufacture bio sensors for the I-Stat blood analyser. Serviced the follow systems;Varian 3000 series thin film deposition systems.FSI acid processing systemsTegal 901e and 901ACS etchers.SVG coater and develop tracks.JST and other assorted wet process benches.Thermco furnaces.Neutronix contact aligners.

Ottawa, Ontario

Performed preventive and emergency maintenance on semiconductor equipment used to manufacture telecommunications and data networking equipment.Serviced the following systems;Applied Materials PI9000 high current implanter.Eaton Nova NV 10-160 high current implanter.Varian medium current implanter.MRC 603 thin film deposition system.Applied Materials 8300 series RF etchers.

Diploma, Robotics Technology/Technician, A+

Studied C programming, Allen Bradley Studio 5000 PLC programming, digital logic analysis, AC and DC motor controls, welding and machine.

Algonquin College Certificate, Autocad

Activities and Societies: Courses included are AutoCAD 2D and 3D, SolidWorks, AutoCAD 3Ds Max and Revit.

Electronics Engineering Technology Diploma, Top Graduate

Specialized in telecommunications, microcomputer systems, telephony, and project design.

High School Diploma

Certificate, Allen Bradley Slc500 Plc