Maurice J. Hoban *** W. Northshore Dr.

South Bend, IN 46617

Cell 574-***-****

Objective Lead a world class manufacturing operation as a Facility Engineering Manager. Improve cost, cycle time and quality of products across all product lines. Broad experience in Manufacturing Engineering, Project Management, Lean Manufacturing, 6 Sigma, Quality, Environmental Health and Safety, Maintenance, Purchasing, Plant Engineering and Information Systems.

March 2015 to Alcoa, Alcoa Howmet La Porte Casting

Present

Facility Engineering Manager

Manage Facilities and Maintenance Departments for a 500,000 sq. ft. casting facility. Supervise six direct reports and 28 indirect reports. Responsible for ongoing startup of a $135M building and manufacturing expansion project. Manage repair, installation, replacement of high tech. machinery, grounds and building systems for old and new facilities. Restructured department to promote accountability. Responsible for $330K monthly budget.

2011 to March 2015 Honeywell, Aircraft Landing Systems, South Bend, IN

Senior Advanced Manufacturing Engineer

Responsible for Game Changer and Entanglement Projects in Wheel & Brake Machining. First Project in Aircraft Wheel Machining produced $1.7M yearly save on $630K investment. Current Game Changer and Entanglement projects include Ultra High Pressure Water Jet Cutting of Carbon Composite Disks, Shot Peen Throughput Improvement, Lathe Setup Reduction and NDT Yield Improvement.

1994-2011 Federal-Mogul Powertrain Systems, South Bend, IN

Manufacturing Services Manager

Seven years as a staff level manager reporting to the Plant Manager for a tier one automotive piston manufacturing plant. Managed fourteen salaried direct reports and 40 hourly indirect reports including (4) Maintenance Managers, (2) Maintenance Planners, Plant Engineer, EHS Engineer, (2) Systems Engineers, Stores Manager, TPM Coordinator, Purchasing Manager and IS Manager.

Responsible for Maintenance, Project Management, Lean Manufacturing, 6 Sigma Champion, Systems Engineering, Plant Engineering, Purchasing, MRO Stores, Information Systems and Environmental Health and Safety.

Coached 6 Sigma/Reliability Centered Maintenance teams resulting in 5% less machining downtime in the first year. Developed a web based preventative maintenance scheduling system resulting in a PM on time percentage of over 95%. Re-engineered maintenance work order system reducing backlog of work orders by 54%. Oversaw maintenance apprentice program resulting in eight new maintenance journeymen. Implemented TPM at the machine operator level. Championed predictive maintenance program including vibration, oil and infrared analysis.

Supervised 2 PLC/Systems Engineers responsible for many PLC/CNC equipment upgrades, equipment rebuilds and shop floor control.

Led team based implementation of Lean Manufacturing philosophies including SMED, Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen and 5S. Partnered with production to develop a web based shop floor reporting system to track cycle time, quality and downtime to provide real time OEE data.

Spearheaded Purchasing/MRO Stores effort to reduce MRO inventory by $1M and to develop a wireless bar-coding system for stores and maintenance work orders. Reduced overall MRO spend by $1.3M dollars.

Managed Plant Engineer’s efforts including new wastewater treatment system, two major building additions and an energy management program.

Led Information Systems team to implement major upgrades including plant network rewire, network operating system upgrade from Novell to Active Directory, wireless network installation and PC refresh program. On management team for SAP and MES implementations.

Successfully directed ISO-14001 registration and an integrated safety management system. Managed EHS Engineers implementation of layered audit safety program and medical management program producing an 18% reduction in the recordable incident rate.

Manufacturing Engineer/Plant Engineer/EHS Engineer

Capital projects: $830K- in-house rebuild of a 12 axis rotary index machine, $450K- purchase-startup of a 14 axis rotary index machine, $175K-400 HP compressor, $193K-300 ton chiller, $150K-Fork trucks, $192K-HVAC. Additional responsibilities: Facilities, MRO Stores and Environmental Health and Safety. Champion for Energy Management Program and Safety Focus Program. Member of SAP implementation core team.

Manufacturing Engineer

Project Manager for $14M dollar expansion including 40,000-sq. ft. building addition and 20 new pieces of capital equipment in foundry, machining, assembly and finishing. Overall project management included oversight of Manufacturing Engineer’s and Plant Engineer’s individual projects. Responsible for capital justification, budget management, project schedule, manpower, contractors and vendors. Project was completed on time and under budget. This project directly led to a promotion to Manufacturing Services Manager.

Justification, purchase, prove out, startup and process support of over $10M dollars of additional piston manufacturing equipment for machining, gaging and anodising of automotive OEM pistons including troubleshooting, tooling, processing and CNC programming.

QS-9000 team leader, EIG team facilitator, APQP team and Safety Steering Committee member.

1983 to 1994 Allied-Signal Aerospace Co., Aircraft Landing Systems, South Bend, IN

Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Trained 375 salaried team members in Total Quality Leadership and 200 hourly team members in Continuous Improvement. Setup and facilitated 40 teams in S.P.C., T.Q.L., Setup Reduction and Continuous Improvement teams resulting in $1M in cost savings. Responsible for the purchase, prove-out, startup and processing of $5M of manufacturing equipment including $1.4M anodize system, $500K multi-pallet machining cell and miscellaneous CNC equipment. Used simulation for the design of manufacturing cells. Member of hazardous waste minimization team. Implemented S.P.C. program resulting in Boeing D1-9000 certification and McAir Silver Supplier Award. Setup training for 400 salary and hourly personnel in S.P.C., resulting in a 95% reduction in defects and savings of $800K. Setup networked computerized S.P.C. system on manufacturing floor. Managed tool design budget of $1M. Supervised internal tool designers and external contract design services to design fixturing, gaging and tooling for aircraft landing gear, wheels and brakes.

Manufacturing Engineer

Job duties included cost requests, process routings, layouts, CNC programs, fixturing, tooling and gaging in assembly, machining, painting and tie bar manufacturing. Redesigned paint system and automated assembly equipment.

1981-1982 The Torrington Company, South Bend, IN

Manufacturing Engineer- Managed several major capital equipment projects from conception through startup in assembly, heat treat and grinding.

Education & Master of Science in Industrial Engineering

Certification Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 1995

Master of Science in Business Administration

Indiana University, South Bend, IN, 1984

Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 1980

Honeywell Green Belt- Design For Six Sigma

2012

ASQC Certified Quality Engineer

Certification 12/95 through 12/98

2010 to 2015 Purdue University-College of Technology at South Bend

Limited Term Lecturer

Courses Taught:

MET 245- Manufacturing Systems- Intro to Manufacturing Processes

IT 446- Six Sigma- Green Belt

MET 382- Controls & Instrumentation for Automation- Motors, Controls, Sensors

MFET 300- Application of Automation in Manufacturing- CNC, Robotics, PLC and Vision Systems

Affiliations Purdue University, State Wide Technology Program- Advisory Board 2011-2012

Ancient Order of Hibernians, James McDivitt Division

National Fraternal Irish Cultural Organization, South Bend Chapter, President 2006-2007

South Bend Board of Zoning Appeals - Board Member 2004-2009

Ivy Tech School of Technology- Advisory Board - 2005-2010

Society of Manufacturing Engineers

Past Offices: Chapter Chairman, Retention Chairman, Scholarship Chairman, Technical Programs Chairman, Chairman-Elect, Co-Chairman Suppliers Tool Show

Awards & Bendix Wheel and Brake Award of Excellence- For setup of continuous

Recognition improvement teams.

Aircraft Landing Systems Presidential Award- For team savings in machining.

Additional CNC programming, Statistical Software, Simulation Software, CAD, CAM,

Skills Microsoft Office, SAP

Outside Interests Sailing, Local Politics, Investment Club, Snow Skiing, Fishing, Camping and Golf.

References Furnished upon Request.

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