Steve Deren
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Electrical / Maintenance Engineer, Technical Application Specialist
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada 6 work roles 2 schools
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Steve Deren previously worked as . at Selected Achievements and Application Engineer/Designer at Ainsworth Inc.. Steve Deren holds B.S. Through Comparative Education Services, Electrical And Electronics Engineering, Honors from University Of Toronto.

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Reliability/Maintenance Engineer and Technical Applications Specialist with 20 years of experience. Instrumental in effective planning, organizing and directing manufacturing operations and reliability engineering activities. Proficiency in identifying and implementing process improvements that derive cost-efficiencies and augment work flow. Led shop floor activities by improving manufacturing processes and their efficiency applying 6 Sigma elements, statistics, and other tools such as RCM (PM, PdM), 5S, 8D, FA (5W, Cause Mapping), Pareto, Poka-Yoke, Ishikawa, Kaizen, TRIZ, Top-3, OEE, KPI, FA, FMEA, PFMEA. Designed purging electrical controllers for classified environment Class I & II, Div. 1 & 2 for Europe and N. America as per ATEX and NEC standards using IS elements and wiring techniques; validated, commissioned, and troubleshot them. Experienced in installing, programming, calibrating, operating and maintaining process equipment including extruders, pultruders, industrial exhaust fans, water and oil pumps, sawmills cutters and handlers, pulp mixers, antistatic elements, turn tables, 3 and 6 axis robots, packing process machines, palletizers and many more. Advanced knowledge of motion equipment (VFD’s, servo, AC/DC motors, HMI’s, controllers, and pneumatic) and their gearing requirements. Teacher and salesmen of technical equipment and instrumentation. Project manager, procurement advisor, negotiator, and BOM developer. Safety specialist (brought a whole automotive plant (200 robots) to PSR standards). Experienced in MS Office, ACAD, and various automation/instrumentation software packages. Hands-on approach to technical and reliability problems. University graduate w B.S.E.E. Geographical work preference is the Greater Toronto Area and satellite suburbs. Fly-in-fly-out set up feasible. Open to business travel anywhere in the world 90% of the time or as per assignment (e.g. for 3 months). [Note: at present gained over 200,000 nautical miles within 1.5 years for work related travel to Singapore, China, US, Israel, Ireland, Germany, Lithuania and more].

Listed skills include Automation, 5S, Continuous Improvement, Process Improvement, and 37 others.

6 roles · 30 years

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Selected Achievements

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• Achieved cost reduction of more than CAN $283k (in one year) for a brewing company through critical analysis and optimum inventory level studies of spare parts, as well as failure analysis of machinery and their elements. • Conducted technical training -sales sessions in Alberta for maintenance management of a sawmill that resulted in an order for 112 VFDs (ranging from 1 – 300 HP), valued at CAN $800k. • Achieved reduction of secondary production for a roof shingle plant of 0.5% (~$1K/d) and fibreglass mat waste of 1% ($0.4K/d) through various technical and management procedures. Increased run-time efficiency (in 3 years) 14% (~$10k/d) with, at the same time, line speed increase from 530 to 560 fpm minimum ($10K/d).• Trained engineers and maintenance personnel in VFDs, servos, HMIs, PLCs, VLC, motors, and gearheads where the customers included GM, Toyota, Honda, Inco, Weyerhaeuser Sawmills, Apotex and more. Sessions incorporated, with lot of success, “quiet” selling techniques. Consistently praised for clearness of the delivered message. • Troubleshot automation equipment installed at customer sites in Houston, Vancouver, Northern Canada, Montreal and Toronto. Consistently provided solutions to both electrical and mechanical motion problems; required occasional quick mechanical redesign of machinery in question as well as their operational concepts.• Successfully redesigned and implemented an electric system of 27 production cells for Level 4 safety in an automotive plant.

1997 - 2015 ~18 yrs

Application Engineer/Designer

Toronto, Canada Area

AINSWORTH is a $200M, service works company that does business with variety of electrical job types.Employed in the Industrial Automation Division – designed and managed implementation of numerous dedicated controllers and their operational application procedures for pharmaceutical and food industry, injection molding, and steel plant control.

May 2011 - Nov 2012

Reliability Engineer

Strategic Distribution Inc. / Molson Coors Canada

Toronto, Canada

SDI it is a 350 employee company that provides maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) integrated supply chain management and solutions. Worked in a WCM brewery plant on production costs savings through managing and reforming organizational systems and also through verification of electrical, mechanical and operational methodologies, reliability engineering, and continuous improvement procedures.

Mar 2010 - Mar 2011

Process / Reliability Engineer

Brampton, Canada

IKO it is a large, global organization (10 plants) that is in the business of manufacturing roofing materials.Provided technical guidance to plant management for this fiberglass-tar roof shingle manufacturing plant.

2007 - 2010 ~3 yrs

Project Electrical Engineer

Kth Shelburne Manufacturing, Inc.

Shelburne, Canada

KTH it is a highly automated (200 robots) automotive plant that manufactured about 800 Honda vehicle chassis-frames per day. Supported production, maintenance, new developments and changes to existing production centers. Managed 0–12 people (including subcontractors), depending on a project type and allotted time.Average work time 50-60 h/wk.

2001 - 2006 ~5 yrs

Application Engineer

Toronto, Canada

MITSUBISHI it is one of the largest companies in the world and mayor player in the electric equipment supply.Supported customers on functioning and operation of all distributed by Mitsubishi automation electrical equipment. Traveled 40-90% of the time.

1997 - 2000 ~3 yrs
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Steve Deren education

B.S. Through Comparative Education Services, Electrical And Electronics Engineering, Honors

M.Sc., Industrial Automation, 4

Technical University Of Rzeszow
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Steve Deren has worked for Selected Achievements, Ainsworth Inc., Strategic Distribution Inc. / Molson Coors Canada, Iko Industries, and Kth Shelburne Manufacturing, Inc..

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Steve Deren holds B.S. Through Comparative Education Services, Electrical And Electronics Engineering, Honors from University Of Toronto.

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