Armando R. Camacho

**** ****** ***** ( Tracy, California 95377

Home: 209-***-**** ( Cell: 209-***-****

acdm7i@r.postjobfree.com

Objective: Maintenance Manager

Professional Profile

A driven professional with more than fifteen years of manufacturing

experience overseeing multiple departments, establishing performance

standard, controlling cost and improving overall efficiency. History of

orchestrating complex projects from design to installation with budgets of

up to $5 million. Areas of expertise include:

( Project Management ( Total Quality Management ( Lean

Manufacturing ( Preventive Maintenance

( Process Improvement ( Customer Support ( Budget Planning

/Administration

Qualification Highlights

* Diversified Project Management professional with experience managing

capital equipment projects from quotation to implementation. Process

includes defining customer equipment requirements, creating

specifications, developing project plans, budgets, timeline, compliance

analysis, reengineering, change management, status reporting, integration

plans, testing, and installation.

* Proven track record of building successful organizations to support

business objectives and company goals. Experienced in identification and

implementation of efficiency improvements and cost cutting measures.

* Highly experienced in capital equipment procurement, contract

negotiations and managing of equipment installations.

* Quick study with an ability to employ new ideas, concepts, methods and

processes. Successfully conduct strategic operational planning design,

business process and internal policy retooling.

* Exceptional oral/written communication, interpersonal, multi-tasking,

business planning, organizational, problem solving and leadership skills.

Thrive in both independent and collaborative work arenas.

* Bilingual: Fluent in both English and Spanish

Professional Experience

Mi Rancho Berber Foods Manufacturing

San Leandro, California

The company operates in a state-of-the-art 10,000 square foot production

facility that produces tortillas for local retail and foodservice

distributors. Annual revenues in excess of 20 million and 110 employees

Facilities/Maintenance Manager

January 2010 - Present

Manage equipment maintenance and parts inventory departments. Responsible

for ensuring equipment are properly maintain to achieve production

efficiency standards. In charge of building repairs, facility maintenance

and purchasing of spare parts for equipment.

* Established a compressive maintenance program which resulted in a

reduction of maintenance downtime from 23% to 8% in less than 6 months.

* Created a parts inventory section to administer the spare parts usage for

all production equipment. Inventory levels were established for all

equipment and managed to meet budget expectations

* Develop several maintenance programs that improved overall equipment

performance and building appearance which assure company pass yearly food

audit inspects with superior ratings

Pacific Coast Industries

Tracy, California

The company is a subsidiary of Maruyasu / Sekiso Japan. The company

manufactures transmission, brake and fuel lines and blow molding parts for

automotive industry. Annual revenues in excess of 40 million and 129

employees

Facilities/Maintenance Manager

April 2008 - January 2010

Provide building infrastructure and machine maintenance management support

for company. Manage team of engineers, mechanics, and inventory control

personnel. In charge plant facility maintenance, environmental management,

machine uptime performance and spare parts sourcing. Received specialize

training in TPS (Toyota Production System) through parent company from

Japan.

* Established a preventive maintenance program which increase production

efficiency by 30%

* Developed a document change control process which reduce product defect

by 25%

* Created a parts procuring system which minimize cost for parts on hand

and reduce machine downtime by having the correct parts available for

machine preventive maintenance.

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Xyratex International

Scotts Valley, California

The company designs, develops and manufactures enabling technology that

supports storage and data communication networks. Annual revenues in excess

of 900 million and 1,619 employees

Project Manager

April 2006 - February 2008

Responsible for project management of capital equipment orders from

inception to implementation. Interface with customers, engineering and

manufacturing to define scope of work and develop schedule for new

equipment builds. Communicate project status, mitigate ongoing risk and

facilitate project meetings with customers. Coordinate shipping,

installation and customer training activities for implementation.

* Managed the design, production build and implementation of 9 new

equipment orders for Hitachi. The success of this project resulted in 3

additional equipment orders grossing over 5 million in revenue.

* Tasked with managing a new design product for Seagate's R & D facility

which resulted in improved yield and cycle time for the customer. This

new product also provided Xyratex with leading edge technology for next

generation products.

* Directed the execution of several customer equipment upgrades. Provided

superior customer care, analyzed process, documented engineering changes,

developed schedules, coordinated resources, controlled budgets and

planned installs.

Western Digital Corporation

Fremont, California

Fortune 500 Company - The company designs, develops, manufactures and sells

hard drives worldwide.

Annual revenues in excess of 4 billion and 29,572 employees

Equipment Engineering and Maintenance Manager

August 2003 - January 2006

Provide equipment engineering and maintenance support for factory. In

charge of equipment uptime performance, process and equipment efficiency

improvements, new equipment installations, departmental budgets, service

contracts and department personnel performance.

* Purchased, installed and qualified multi-million dollar production

equipment to support factory expansion and next generation products.

* Negotiated with vendors on price, warranty, spare parts and service

contracts.

* Reduced equipment related scrap by 25% through root-cause analysis and

implementing of several key equipment improvements.

* Reduced outside service cost by 30% as a result of recruiting talented

personnel and providing specialized training to staff.

Read-Rite Corporation

Fremont, California

The company was one of the worlds leading independent manufacturers of

magnetic recording heads for hard disk drives and tape drives.

Maintenance Manager

September 1992 - May 2003

Supervise equipment engineering and maintenance departments. Responsible

for preventive maintenance, equipment uptime improvements, cost efficiency

improvements, service contracts and department personnel performance.

* Improved equipment uptime and reliability (MTBF) on critical production

equipment.

* Reduced department support cost by 15% in 2001, and 25% in 2002.

* Provided support for all equipment installs and equipment modifications

projects for department.

Project Manager

June 1998 - June 2000

Manage all projects activities for the Equipment Service Group. Develops

supporting documentation including: project plans, scope, objective,

budgets, scheduling/timeline, change management and status reporting.

* Created standard operating procedures that improved the efficiency of our

maintenance departments resulting in improved uptime

* Led Year 2000 readiness program for wafer fab. Ensured compliance of 360

pieces of production equipment.

* Developed an equipment preventive maintenance program.

* Charged with leading multiple equipment effectiveness teams. These

successful teams resolved production-impacting equipment issues, which

increased production efficiency of the wafer-fab.

Education

Associates of Science Degree

Electronic Technology

Bay Valley Technical Institute

Santa Clara, California

Professional Development

American Management Association

* Project Management

* Production Management

* Reliability and Maintenance Management

Employer Sponsored Training

* Human relations competencies

* Business Management

* Total Quality Management (TQM)

* Toyota Production System (TPS)

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