Dennis Karczynski

Experience

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  General Motors Powertrain

  Jun 1977 - Sept 1988

  Maintenance supervisor for block, heads and cam shaft lines, tool room, millwright shop, spare parts crib, and preventive / predictive maintenance. Industrial Engineer responsible for time studies, process flow and layout in the powertrain facility. Later additional duties included expense labor including time study of maintenance activities. Operated Acme Screw Machines and various lathes to produce various parts for production engines.

  • Maintenance Supervisor

    Sept 1982 - Sept 1988

  • Industrial Engineer

    Aug 1977 - Sept 1982

  • Screw Machine Operator

    Jun 1977 - Aug 1977
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  General Motors

  Jun 1988 - Sept 1993

  Plant Engineer

  Acted as a maintenance consultant to all GM locations. Primary focus was on preventive and predictive maintenance using oil analysis, vibration analysis, infra red, & ultra sound technology.

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  General Motors Corporation

  Sept 1993 - Oct 2009

  Manager/ Superintendent of Planned Maintenance

  Responsible for implementing planned & predictive maintenance in Assembly, Power Train, Stamping & Misc. operations within the United States including overseas sites in China, Taiwan, Canada, and Mexico.Taught technical classes in reliability & maintainability, maintenance lubrication and oil analysis, and change management. Assisted in implementation of "Share the Spares" for all GM sites. Worked with GM Research Laboratories on lubrication testing experiments with Teflon and lubricants.

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  USD 457 Garden City Public Schools

  Dec 2009 - Aug 2012

  Substitute Teacher

  Substitute taught grades 2- 6 and mainly substituted at the Burger School for Autistic Children ages kindergarten through age 16. Also, acted as a one-on-one with certain students during my term at Burger.

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  Goodwill's Green Works Inc.

  Sept 2012 - Oct 2016

  Plant Manager

  Plans, directs, controls and coordinates a variety of operational functions to include production, staffing, safety, policies adherence, plant maintenance and process flow. Supervises and support Plant personnel.

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  Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit

  Sept 2016 - now

  Responsible for the maintenance and safety at Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit. This includes: performing hazard assessments, PPE assessments, developing & conducting safety training, performing safety inspections, keeping current with MiOSHA-OSHA and all safety laws & regulations, developing standard operating procedures for operators and service workers, reporting maintenance related safety issues and contracting for repairs or changes, filing all government required reports, chairing the Health & Safety committees, providing written & oral reports to upper management. Show less

  • Director of Environmental Health, Safety & Facility Services

    Jul 2019 - now

  • Plant Engineering & Safety Manager

    Sept 2016 - Jun 2019