Experience

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  Futuris automotive

  May 2016 - Jun 2017

  Maintenance team lead

  Responsible for diagnosing and repairing issues with automated production machinery. Continuously improve processes to obtain optimal cycle times, outstanding quality and repeatability. Lead team members in problem solving, Kaizen activities. Repair issues with 24VDC and 480VAC electrical systems, pneumatic systems and fixtures/tooling. Use all available resources and team members to plan continuous improvement activities and support team members through the completion of these projects. Analyze root cause of equipment failures to eliminate probability of repeat issues. Develop/enforce preventative maintenance programs. Evaluate team member performances to identify areas needing improvement and provide additional training as needed. Maintain sufficient spare parts inventory. Ensure budget requirements are being met and identify/implement cost saving measures. Show less

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  Magna international

  Jun 2020 - Oct 2022

  Maintenance supervisor

  Supervise team of Technicians and Toolmakers in highly automated manufacturing environment. Delegate workload to responsible individuals.Participate in and lead problem solving activities such as 5 Why and 8D. Author preventative and predictive maintenance activities and schedule.Establish and renew spare parts inventory. Reduce spare parts costs through tracking of component effectiveness/longevity, improving processes andprocedures. Preliminary testing and approval of design changes and emerging technologies. Review associate performance. Establish workmanshipstandards. Track department effectiveness and efficiency and address any shortcomings. Expand associate skillset through on the job and outsidetraining. Show less

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  Denso

  Oct 2022 - Jan 2024

  Skilled trades leader

  Supervise multiple technicians in highly automated automotive manufacturing environment. Delegate daily tasks to maintenance associates. Train asnecessary to bring all technicians to journeyman level. Escalate issues accordingly to management during times of excess machine downtime. Monitor,audit and improve PM system. Provide reports daily detailing previous shifts activities. Be hands on technical skills leader on manufacturing floor inorder to solve complex equipment issues. Ensure all maintenance associates are meeting lock out/tag out and other safety related expectations.Performance evaluations. Apply progressive discipline policies per company procedure. Follow up on requests for spare parts. Actively participate inproblem solving activities such as 5 why. Evaluate MTTR & MTBF to track department performance and identify areas needing improvement. Approveany necessary process deviations and ensure there are sufficient controls in place. Communicate across all departments, plant wide, any activities orissues that may effect product quality, production needs or ability to make scheduled deliveries. Show less

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  Amrobotics llc

  Jan 2024 - now

  Service manager

  Manage spare parts division and assist in hiring/recruiting/placement of skilled tradesmen. Testing, verification and sales of automation components such as robots, VFD's, servo drives, PCB's, complete robot cells, robot controllers, teach pendants, etc to verify proper working condition and/or make repairs. Make repairs to 480VAC, 220VAC, 120VAC and 24VDC systems as needed. Perform complex mechanical repairs as needed. Programming of Fanuc, ABB and Motoman robots from scratch. Integration and demolition work. PLC troubleshooting and editing. Operate lathes, mills, surface grinders as needed in order to perform fabrication activities. Ability to manually MIG and ARC weld to support fabrication projects. Complete install, programming, testing and repair of automated systems. Tooling setup and adjustments. Read CMM data and apply necessary changes. Show less