Reliability Engineer

James M. Nicholson

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Fort Wayne, IN **797

Home Phone 502-***-****

Email ***@*****.***

OBJECTIVE

To secure a fulltime salaried position in the Facilities Management Department, Reliability

Engineering Department and/or a Maintenance Management Position. To implement and

maintain Predictive/ Preventative Maintenance Programs by utilizing CMMS, Energy

Conservation initiatives and Procure Major Facility Purchases.

SUMMARY

20+ Years Maintenance Experience, with 14 Years Supervisory Experience

Maintenance Department, Implementing and refining Predictive Maintenance

Program, Production, Building and Grounds Maintenance, Maintaining Industrial

Refrigeration Equipment, Boilers, Hydraulics, Pneumatics, Industrial Electric,

HVAC, supplies inventory and related orders.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY:

B.F. Goodrich Tire Company

(Michelin North America) Fort Wayne Indiana 3/2012 - Current

Mechanical Reliability Technician: 3/2012 – Current

• Analyze repetitive failures and create repair options to increase robustness of

machinery. Write preventative Maintenance Procedures for Production

Equipment, Trouble shoot/ analysis failures of production machinery. Mentor and

assist skilled craftsmen with proper, safe repair of equipment and optimization of

machine efficiency. Assure proper skill set and tools are used while preforming

repairs to increase productivity of equipment.

American Synthetic Rubber Company

(Michelin North America) Louisville, KY 3-2008 – 3-2012

Reliability Engineer 3/2008 – 3/2012

• Responsibilities: Establishing procedures for evaluating returns,

processing, root cause analysis and risk mitigation of quality issues.

Develop job packages as it relates to preventive maintenance work orders.

Written, modify revise and edit preventive maintenance procedures as new

processes or repetitive failures as detected through systematic statistical

failure analysis. Preform sight spot checks and troubleshooting analysis as

it pertains to Infrared, Vibration analysis, tribology or Ultra Sound

technologies.

Inergy Automotive Systems Adrian, MI 2-2000 – 2-2008

Maintenance Manager 8/2004 – 2/2008

• Responsibilities: Supervision of maintenance journeymen and technicians

in the various skilled trade classifications. Assure compliance of federal

and state OSHA regulations. Maintain ISO 14001 documentation and

compliance. Implementation of TPM system plant wide. Trouble shooting

and overseeing repair of complex robotic, automated, electronic,

hydraulic, and pneumatic equipment and installations. Prepare projects;

procure materials and supplies necessary to complete projects.

Responsible to develop work planning schedules for skilled trades

utilizations.

Reliability Engineer 2/2000 – 8/2004

• Responsibilities: Development and refinement of the preventative /

predictive maintenance program. Thermography, Tribology, Vibration

Analysis, Coordination with planner / scheduler to ensure the correct

PPM, continually review and refine PPM frequencies. Analysis of

equipment histories, maintenance cost reports and failure reports.

Implement and maintain ISO14001 Environmental certification and

documentation. Working knowledge of FEMA, Lean Manufacturing and

Green Belt practices.

Independent Contractor/ Consultant Eastern Michigan University 4/1999 – 6/2002

• Responsibilities: Work with Authorized Departmental Personnel to Design,

Develop and Publish World Wide Web Pages for the College of Technology.

Maintenance, Lenawee Co. Medical Care Facility Adrian, MI 3/1990 12/1993

• Responsibilities: All aspects of Building and Grounds maintenance and related

equipment for Facility Operation.

Refrigeration Technician, Vroman’s Foods Toledo, Ohio 10/1988-10/1989

• Responsibilities: Responsible for Maintaining all Industrial Refrigeration

Equipment, Boilers, Air Compressors, and related machinery.

Refrigeration Repairman, Driggs Dairy Palmyra, MI 03/1983-10/1988

• Responsibilities: Responsible for Maintaining all Industrial Refrigeration

Equipment, Boilers, Air Compressors, and related machinery. Packaging

Equipment, Process Machinery, Refrigerated Semi trailers (THERMO KING)

Building and grounds equipment as well as anything needed to run a family

owned business.

EDUCATION

• Master of Science Degree Industrial Technology 1999 Eastern Michigan

University in the Construction Management Program Graduate School, with a

concentration in Communications.

• Bachelor of Science Degree 1995-1998 Eastern Michigan University in the

Facility Management Program, with a Management minor and a concentration in

Construction and Management.

• Associates Degree of General Studies and Associates of Arts 1992-1995

Jackson Community College, Jackson MI. with a concentration in Climate

Control Technology. (Phi Theta Kappa honor society)

• 2010 Noria Machine Lubrication and Oil Analysis

• 2010 Ultra Sound Level 1 Certification SDT Technologies

• 2005 IRD Rockwell Certification Machine Vibration Certification Level 1

• 2004 Green Belt training for Six Sigma project design and implementation

• 2003 “Thermography Certification” Infrared Training Center (Flir) Infrared

imagining LEVEL 1 Thermography

• 2001 ISO 9001/14001 Training and Implementation of the ISO 14001

Environmental policies and procedures

• 1987 Frick Ammonia Refrigeration technician School Waynesboro PA.

• Class A Boiler Tech. School U.S. Navy, Great Lakes IL.

COMPUTER SKILLS

MP2, Maintenance Logic System software, Oracle, Lotus Notes, Picture scanning and

Optical Character Recognition software, Gif Animation, Digital Photography, Web Page

Publishing and Editing, WS_FTP95, Ace FTP (and other FTP software), Functional

knowledge of Auto Cad 14/2000/2004/2008. Windows 7, XP, 2000, NT, ME, Microsoft

-Word, MS Project, Access, PowerPoint, Excel, Works. CMMS Packages SIMMS, and

just learning Maximo.

MILITARY

United States Navy, Boiler Technician 3rd Class.

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