Liviu Cismas

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ELMHURST, IL **126

Phone 331-***-**** – home

773-***-**** - cell

acrioc@r.postjobfree.com

QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY:

Living and working with other people, in multicultural environments, in positions where teamwork is essential, 12 years working for Automotive Industry, with intercultural project teams (Romanians, Mexicans, Japanese, Germans and Americans).

Education:

2005 – 2006 Technical University of Arad Masters- Industrial Production Systems

1990 – 1995 Technical University of Timisoara Licensed/Bachelors - Electrical Devices – Electrical Engineer

1985 – 1989 High school Mechanic

Work experience:

1. Manufacturing Engineer - 08.2013 – PRESENT

DAKKOTA INTEGRATED SYSTEMS – AUTOMOTIVE – CHICAGO-USA

Engineering Department

Support, cost estimate and document all engineering changes.

Assembly stations improvement, modifications, wiring and mechanical assembly.

Special spare parts monitoring.

Create and maintain Process Flow, PFMEA, Job Instructions, and Line Balancing documentation.

Support and develop department or maintenance projects / activities with good engineering direction.

2. Department Manager 06.2006 – 06.2013

takata SEATBELT PLANT - AUTOMOTIVE - ARAD-ROMANIA

Machine Design Department

Coordination and administration of people, projects and budgets - setup a team and keep the team together, focused on targets and following the results.

Develop strategies according with monthly based reports and meaningful metrics (KPIs), apply functional business knowledge and technical management tools to successfully meet work objectives.

Budget planning and time frame for new technical projects (special assembly & inspection equipment), list of technical needs, manpower and working hours estimation.

Part of the responsible team for production lines transfers from other plants (Japan, Mexico, Ireland).

Department budget planning .

Headcount budget planning according with plant strategy and production forecast.

Coordination and administration of mechanical and electrical machine design & manufacturing department, check and approve list of material and technical components orders.

Define and check new project milestones, technical and budget reviews, take decisions about critical situations or project delays.

Released and signed CE conformity declaration for all equipment, delivered inside EU (Romania, Poland, Germany) or outside EU (Russia, China, India).

Define and release employees training plan.

Check and release equipment drawings for in-house and external manufacturing.

Machine Design & Maintenance Manager

06.2007 – 12.2009

Developed configuration and contains of new maintenance software for maintenance activities tracking, including Preventive maintenance and unscheduled activities.

Coordination and administration of people, projects and budgets.

Electrical engineers Team Leader

10.2004 – 12.2006 Machine Design Department

Organize team activity, establish new projects flow.

Wiring and PLC programming of customized new equipment (assembly machines, electric test devices, vision inspection systems, sensors, etc).

Electrical Engineer

02.2003 – 10.2004 Maintenance Department

Special assembly equipment maintenance.

Wiring and PLC programming, build up electrical diagrams.

3. Electrical Engineer 08.1997 – 02.2003

PUBLIC TRANSPORT COMPANY – TRANSPORTATION – arad - romania

Technical Department

Electrical maintenance of trams electronic power supply, electronic power boards repairs.

Update documentations.

Define and performing of functional tests.

Evaluate test results and documentation, including definition of countermeasures and improvement suggestions.

4. Teacher 12.1995 – 08.1997

Tudor Vladimirescu HIGH SCHOOL – EDUCATION – ARAD - ROMANIA

Teach technical classes (electric measurements, electric materials).

Evaluate students.

SKILLS:

Mechanical assembly.

Pneumatic devices assembly(SMC and Festo)

Electrical assembly and wiring of machines and electrical cabinets, sensors(Keyence, Sick, Turck, Baluff), camera inspection(Keyence, Cognex)

Machine maintenance, troubleshooting

PLC programming and troubleshooting (Siemens-beginner, Mitsubishi-experienced)

Read/build up electrical diagrams and mechanical drawings

Team leading

Project Management

PPAP book

Department Management

Assembly Processes

Automatic & Manual Screwing (George Renault, Atlas Copco)

Automatic & Manual Riveting (TOX, Baltec)

Ultrasonic welding, punching (Hermann Ultraschall, Dukane, Branson)

Infrared welding

KNOWLEDGE:

Perform Process FMEA analysis

Perform Machine FMEA analysis

Use Fishbone and 5Why causal diagrams, as problem solving tools

Assembly Flow Charts

Control Plan

8D reports

Video time study & Process Analysis – TIMER PRO software

training:

Training courses within Takata organization:

2005 to 2008: Leadership training module, Decision taking training module, Time management training module, Problem solving training module

Apr. 2006 SIEMENS ST-PRO2 SIMATIC PLC programming

Apr. 2008 How to coach employees to peak performance

Oct. 2010 European CE marking

Jul. 2010 Industrial Mitsubishi robot

2010 - 2011 – ALP ( Advanced Leadership Program )

May-Sept. 2003 - Special training at Takata Monterrey Technical Center (Mexico) for equipment manufacturing

Training courses within Dakkota organization:

Aug. 2014 Atlas Copco DL/SL programming

Jul. 2014 Industrial Ergonomics

Dec. 2014 Timer Pro – time study

Others:

Authorized electrician by Romanian National Electricity company

Completed teacher certification by Romanian Ministry of Education

Trained member of Red Cross first aid membership

Member of Romanian Mountain Club

As teenager, member of Romanian Scout membership

U.S. citizenship status: Legally permanent resident of the USA (green card holder)

For references or additional information please contact me via e-mail and I will try to provide them in a timely manner.

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