Summary Production Manager / Supervisor, and Maintenance Engineer / Supervisor; Union and non-union shop environments. Experience in dealing with production issues, conflict management, and union protocol and procedures. Hands-on experience in fabrication, assembly, building, setting-up, maintaining, scheduling, operation and supervision of production paint and assembly lines. Aptitude for Quality and Process improvement. 
Wide variety of manufacturing experience; including, sheet metal fabrication, plating, wet paint, powder coating, electrical, manual and automated assembly, custom packaging; utilizing job shop, cell production, one piece flow, and batch production methodology.

WORK ENVIRONMENTS: 

OSHA, EPA, IEPA, TQM SPC, ISO 9000, ISO 9001, ISO 9002, QS-9000, LEAN MANUFACTURING, VISUAL MANUFACTURING, JIT MANUFACTURING, KANBAN, GMP, MRP, ANSI STANDARDS, IDOT SPECIFICATIONS, PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE & REPAIR

Special Skills

• Achieved renovation of major existing equipment- draw and punch presses, and plant electrical supply with little production downtime.
• Managed entire building Maintenance and repair, including the roof, heating/cooling (boiler/ ac units), plumbing and pipefitting, electrical service, gas, water, air, sprinkler systems-wet & dry/ cyclones, bag houses, waste treatment plant equipment- pumps/ motors, feed lines, valves.
• Conducted production line maintenance - powder coating lines, washers, ovens, paint applicators, conveyor belts, hooks and fixture burn-off and repair. Oven repairs / fabrication.
• Maintained / repaired Bliss punch presses, hydraulic draw presses, turret threading machines, spot welders, vibratory batch finishers, press feeders, air compressors, benders and shears.
• Utilized powder coating, plastisol dip, nylon / vinyl fluidized bed dipping, e-coating, blasting, chemical pre-treatment process control, manual / robotic wet paint and powder coat applications. Nickel-chrome, brass, acid /cyanide copper and gold plating, anti-corrosive and high heat finishing applications, Powder delivery systems installation plant wide - new setups, retrofits, and all repairs.
• Managed line-erection crews- sheet metal, pipe fitters, conveyor erectors, tank welders and electricians. Directed preventive maintenance including, janitorial staff and building maintenance and, grounds.
• Used oxy-acetylene torches for cutting, and brazing, spot welding, seam welding, and mig welding.
• I have rebuilt diesel engines and fuel pumps, and have extensive experience rebuilding standard gasoline engines; fuel injected and carbureted.
• Conducted heavy equipment repairs including replace wheel bearings on 20 ton double hoist cranes, and also repairs on 30 ton single hoist cranes, including lift cable replacement. Replaced wheelabrator cabinet wheel assemblies and ac/dc stick welded armor plate and rollers made of carbon-steel alloy.
• Repaired forklifts- Clark, Nissan- lP gas/electric, Cummins diesel articulated lift, straight trucks- electric brakes, gasoline trailer-tractors.

Experience 

MAINTENANCE ENGINEER - Confidential. Franklin Park, Illinois - 2005 to Present

SAFETY, ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE, CUSTOMER WAREHOUSING
Complete building maintenance, machinery repair, rebuild and preventative maintenance. Supervision of janitorial staff, grounds. New installation /construction; wiring, plumbing, machinery installation and relocation. Interior construction of offices including floors, stud walls, drywall, paint, fixtures, lighting, ducts, IT cabling, phone systems, and alarms. Repair of roof top HVAC systems.
Equipment rebuilding /rewiring, including retro-fit to OSHA standards. Mechanical, hydraulic press brake and punch press repair, spot & seam welder repair, conveyor production line repair, Strippit repair- various models, Cincinnati shear repair Forklift repair; Clark, Nissan- lP gas and electric.
Managed powder-coating department, inventory, and production line. 
Programmed PLCs for seam welders, butt welders and conveyor management.
Chemical tanks management, reporting for EPA & MSD, and raw materials buyer. 
Production Management as Night Shift Supervisor of over 30 union employees Fabrication, Welding, Painting, Assembly, Warehouse, Shipping and Receiving in a Custom Metal Fabrication Job shop environment

PLATING PROCESS CONTROL SUPERVISOR - Confidential. Melrose Park, Illinois - 2004 to 2005
Purchased chemicals organized and managed inventory, actively involved in safety committee, ISO in-house auditor. Daily monitored all chemical solutions, through my personal analysis in our laboratory and made written/ verbal recommendations to Production Manager for tank solutions modifications.

Production Supervision - Contract Work - 2003 to 2004
Paint Line Management and Supervision.

SHIFT SUPERVISOR - Confidential. Peru, Illinois - 2002 to 2003
SECOND SHIFT - Supervised 60 associates on two automated lines and post paint packaging department; wet paint, voc based robotic and manual painting on various plastic substrates. We met tight deadlines and stringent Automotive Industry finish standards. I actively managed water treatment, and paint kitchen. chemical pre-treatment and process control.
Locally supervised maintenance of paint production lines. 
Eakas is a “TIER 1 AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLIER” of painted injection molded interior and exterior automotive parts for major automotive manufacturers- TMMA,TMMK,TMMC - (TOYOTA), MITSUBISHI - (Diamond Star), HONDA, BUICK (GENERAL MOTORS).

DEPARTMENT MANAGER - Confidential. Des Plaines, Illinois - 2001 to 2002
Directed: a three line, two-shift finishing operation- non-union 45-60 employees. 
Personally managed all custom contract jobs and customer relations for motorcycles, car, truck parts, Museum antiques and Farm Equipment, etc. Met quality standards and deadlines for high-end electronics related product: Motorola, Lucent, Marconi Communications, and Siemens Building-control cabinets, enclosures, sub-frames, etc. *Rebuilt a department to process 25% more work with 40% less employees.

PRODUCTION MANAGER - Confidential. Palatine, Illinois - 2000 to 2001
Two line, three shift operation / 250-300 union employees. I scheduled, powder coating and packaging of several different Weber gas-grill lines, on a daily basis, of formed and welded metal substrates, pre-treatment process control. Knit together three shifts of employees with diverse ethnic backgrounds, languages, educational levels; to work consistently as a team. Worked with senior designers and erection crews on re-design of conveyor lines, regarding new product design implementation and process development. Helped to troubleshoot and integrate new interdepartmental transfer conveyor automation system.

SHIFT SUPERVISOR - Confidential, Illinois - 1999 to 1999
Production scheduling, employee discipline -23 people. Chemical pre-treatment process control, finishing, assembly and packaging, of computer cabinets and sub-frames- metal substrates, while maintaining computer industry quality standards for Compaq Corp. Dramatically reduced reject and scrap rates through reorganizing hanging/ spraying profiles of product.

SHIFT SUPERVISOR - Confidential. Aurora, Illinois - 1997 to 1998
Production supervisor of two powder-coating lines, 28 union employees. Chemical pre-treatment process control. Maintaining world-class finish standards and meeting tight deadlines. Daily expedited on short notice, special samples for global trade shows, while maintaining standard production flow.

MAINTENANCE FOREMAN – Confidential Chicago, Il. - 1996 to 1997
The entire building including the roof, heating/cooling (boiler/ ac units), plumbing, electrical service, gas, water, air, sprinkler systems-wet & dry. Production line maintenance - powder coating lines, washers, ovens, paint applicators, conveyor belts, hooks and fixture burn-off and repair. Equipment maintenance and repair -22 Bliss punch presses, 1 hydraulic draw press, turret threading machines, spot welders, vibratory batch finishers, press feeders, air compressors, Equipment rebuilding / rewiring, retro-fit to OSHA standards. Renovated all major existing equipment- draw and punch presses, and plant electrical supply with little production downtime.

MAINTENANCE and PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR, SAFETY DIRECTOR - Confidential. Broadview, Illinois - 1988 to 1996
Powder coating, plastisol dip, nylon / vinyl fluidized bed dipping, e-coating, blasting, chemical pre-treatment Special set-ups, new product processes, and special shipments Powder delivery systems installation plant wide- new setups, retrofits, and all repairs. Managed special line-erection crews- sheet metal, pipe fitters, conveyor erectors, tank welders, janitorial staff and plant building maintenance. Designed and implemented plant-wide preventive maintenance program.

Education
Associate of Arts, Liberal Arts, Honors

Certificate- Total Quality Management Excel Fundamentals, Excel Intermediate, Word 97 Advanced Hazardous Spills Responder Training (certified), CPR Training (certified), First Aid Training. ISO Internal Auditor Training

Site Specific-Industrial Wastewater Treatment Works Operator- Class K license