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Maintenance Engineering

Location:
Ottawa, ON, Canada
Posted:
April 22, 2015

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Colin Aitchison

** ********** *****

Brampton ON L6V 3T2

905-***-****

acpbi9@r.postjobfree.com

Profile

An engineering professional and MBA

Experienced with asset care strategies e.g. RCM, PM Optimization, FMEA, and PdM

Improved facilities productivity/reliability through lean initiatives, Kaizen, Quality Circles and SPC

CMMS (Maximo) power user

Award winning teacher of asset care leadership

Experienced in management of both operations and in maintenance

Experienced in Change Controls, and Installation Qualification/Operational

Qualification/Performance Qualification (IQ/OQ/PQ) in the Aerospace and Defense industry

Professional Experience

Production/Maintenance Supervisor, RCM Tech. (Chrysler Brampton Assembly Plant) 2012 – Oct 2013

Maintenance planning and operations and safety pillar.

Supervisor of Maintenance Planning and Scheduling, Toronto Star 2008 – 2010

Developed preventive maintenance program for all critical assets. Optimized

the utilization of maintenance resources through effective planning and scheduling.

Achievements:

• Created failure codes and failure history hierarchy

• Customized Maximo to reduce trades input time by greater than 50 percent

• Planned maintenance jobs to improve wrench time and reduce MRO costs

• Created weekly scheduled reports given to maintenance, operations and senior management

Continuing Education Professor, Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning 2002 –

2008

Taught Plant Engineering and Maintenance Association of Canada (PEMAC) classes for the MMP certificate

such as Reliability Centred Maintenance, Planned Maintenance and Operations Management.

Achievements:

• 2005/6 Award of Excellence

• Taught project management techniques such as Critical Path Method

• Developed and delivered course material for Visual Basic.Net and XML

Consultant and Full Time Student 1994 – 2002 Consultant specializing in productivity enhancements of

management systems (maintenance, engineering, and manufacturing.) Consulted at Ford Motor Company of

Canada(Aerotek)– projects included engineering, design and the formation of management strategies.

Achievements:

• Championed redesign of seating system based on customer metrics

• Redesign of the noise abatement system on Grand Marquis/Crown Victoria

Boeing Aircraft(McDonnell Douglas)Company of Canada Ltd. 1977 – 1993

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Production Supervisor 1991 – 1993 Managed multiple departments, supervised a team of 32 on a

3 shift rotation, which included fabrication, assembly, material handling, production control, paint and

processing of aircraft components. Maintained a safe, positive, and productive team environment.

Achievements:

Revised standard operating practices ($50K savings per year)

Introduced new painting technologies ($200K savings per year)

Facilities Engineering Supervisor 1988 – 1991 Enterprise wide plant layout, construction, and

strategic planning of capital enhancements. Developed and monitored the capital and current

budgets. Strategically planned and installed JIT(Lean) work cells to implement lean manufacturing

philosophies.

Achievements:

Supervised the $8m redesign and construction of paint facilities

Designed and developed plant wide Facilities Management system

Supervised the design and construction of an automated $3m paint and process

facility

Colin Aitchison

905-***-****

Education

EDINBURGH BUSINESS SCHOOL, HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY, UK:

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

HUMBER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND ADVANCED LEARNING, TORONTO, CANADA:

Computer Programmer with Honours

Diplomas:

Mechanical Engineering Technologist (CNC) with Honours

Electro Mechanical Engineering Technician with Honours

Plastics Engineering Technician with Honours

Mechanical Engineering Technologist (Tool Design) with Honours

Fluid Power Program

Certificates:

Robotics Program with Honours

Manufacturing Engineering with Honours

Tool Engineering with Honours

Computer Competencies

MS SQL Server, SAP, Access, Oracle8i, DB2

Database:

Win(NT, 2000, XP, 9x), UNIX (AIX, Solaris), DOS, OS 390

Operating

Systems:

IBM Maximo, MS Office, MS Project, Visio, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Oracle

Applications:

Developer, Unigraphics, AutoCAD

Visual Basic, Java, C++, COBOL, UNIX script, BASIC, HTML, XHTML, CSS, XML

Programming:

2

Seminars

Maximo: Immersion Training in IBM Maximo 6 (40 hours)

Workflow using IBM Maximo 6 (32 hours)

Tailoring IBM Maximo 6 using Application Designer (16 hours)

Quality: MRP II (100 hours)

Deming Quality (80 hours)

Juran Quality Management System (60 hours)

Toyota Production System (Just In Time) (75 hours)

Health and Safety: Supervisor's role with regards to WHMIS (120 hours)

IAPA Noise Control and Hearing Conservation Program (16 hours)

Humber College’s Occupational Health and Safety Plant Layout (60 hours)

Supervisor's role in the Health and Safety Statutes and Regulations (80 hours)

Facilities: Fire Code (16 hours)

Ontario Building Code (20 hours)

Environmental Regulations (16 hours)

IIE Computerized Facilities Planning (24 hours)

Leadership: Discovery (team and participatory skills) (120 hours)

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