Maintenance Engineer

Norman E. Wakeland Jr.

***** ** ******* ***** *****, OR 97006 (M) 971-***-**** ********@*****.***

Middle Level Manager

Sr. Equipment Engineer/Technician

Managerial/Leadership:

Thirty years experience with production oriented manufacturing organizations. Strong

supervisory/leadership background with demonstrated leadership and technical ability.

Proven ability to develop and implement policies and procedures for greater productivity.

Knowledgeable and experienced in the concepts of Continuous Improvement (Six Sigma),

TPM and DMAIC. Strong and demonstrated organizational skills with a focus on

implementing industry best know methods (BKM). Core foundation based on leadership

principles fostering esprit de corp, camaraderie, and team collaboration focusing on team

success. Managed and lead small to large teams of production and maintenance technicians in

support of production requirement. Implemented Total Productive Maintenance and 5S

methodologies in various factories. Excellent communicator, goal oriented with meticulous

attention to detail.

Supply Chain Management World Class Manufacturing

Operations

TPS/Lean operations Total Production Maintenance

Engineering upgrade designs Leadership techniques

Equipment installs Continuous

Improvement/SPC/DMAIC

EDUCATION

MS in Human Resources and Employment Relations, – (In progress) Penn State University, State College, PA

MBA - Colorado State University – Fort Collins, CO. - May, 11 2012

Six Sigma Green Belt Course – Villanova University – July 2011

BS Avionics Systems Management - Southern Illinois University - Carbondale, IL. 1980

MILITARY

U.S. Air Force

Aircraft Maintenance Officer

Honorable Discharge, Secret Clearance

PRODUCTION, MAINTENANCE, OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

• Planned, detailed, and implemented the 5S Visual Workplace techniques into the

TriQuint Hillsboro maintenance chases. These efforts substantially decreased the

wasted time the technicians spent looking for test equipment and tool boxes. My effort

received laudatory comments from the floor technicians, and Engineering management

through the VP of operations.

• Supervised and led the factory night shift maintenance teams in support of the

production goals. My efforts resulted in two highly cohesive teams where esprit de

corp, camaraderie, and a feeling of pride was displayed by the night shift technicians.

The teams earned eight on the spot awards for outstanding effort in supporting the

manufacturing objectives.

• Planned and orchestrated the efforts to test, evaluate, and implement a new type of o-

ring from Valqua Corporation. The new o-ring extended the PM duration by over

100%, increasing the wafer count between PM’s on the LAM etchers from 3,000 to

10,000 wafers between chamber cleans. The o-ring were adopted as a standard part on

the LAM etchers.

• Coordinated and orchestrated the hiring plan to increase the fab maintenance

department from 32 to 64 technicians within a 4 month period. This included, setting

up, interviewing, coordinating the team interviewers, and writing hiring offer

packages. Goal was met.

• Engineered a modification to the Novellus Altus pedestal pumps (Edward’s IQ40) that

would create a fatal fault to the tool whenever the pumps lost power. This modification

was a potential saving of 5 product wafers whenever the pedestal pump failed.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Fairchild Semiconductor, Mountain Top, PA

Sr. Equipment Technician. (July 9, 2012 – August 5, 2013)

Responsible for shift maintenance of diffusion area tools. Wrote maintenance procedure

and equipment specs.

ASM, Hillsboro, OR.

Field Service Engineer. (Dec 19, 2011 – June 11, 2012)

Provide technical service for the Eagle 12 CDO platform to site customer. Work with on-

site production team to ensure operation capability of the tool set. Perform preventive and

corrective maintenance on associated tool sets. Coordinate maintenance activity with

customer. Install upgrades as required. Act as liaison between customer and corporate

engineering team.

Intel Corporation, Rio Rancho, NM

Sr. Equipment Technician. (March 23, 2011 – July 16, 2011)

Responsible for shift maintenance of Thin Film CVD equipment. Performed corrective

maintenance and PM’s on Thin Film Vector Dielectric CVD semiconductor equipment.

TriQuint Semiconductor, Hillsboro, OR.

Fab Maintenance Manager. (June 11, 2007 – Oct 15, 2010)

Responsible for the leadership and management of fab maintenance personnel in

maintaining the capacity of fab equipment to meet production requirement. Coordinate

and schedule maintenance and repair activities of assigned teams

of maintenance technicians. Worked with process and equipment engineering teams to

enhance operational status of equipment. Reported and charted status of fab equipment

and projects associated with same.

LSI Logic. Gresham, OR (Sold to ON Semiconductor on May 15, 2006). Gresham, OR.

Sr. Equipment Technician Thin Films (Jan 12, 1998 2005 – June 8, 2007)

Responsible for shift maintenance of Thin Film CVD equipment. Performed PM’s and

emergency repairs on Thin Film semiconductor equipment. Wrote PM specs, designed and

implemented equipment improvements. Implemented upgrades. Worked with process and

equipment engineering to enhance performance of equipment.

Integrated Device Technology, Inc., Hillsboro, OR.

Sr. Equipment Engineer, Thin Film (Sept 25, 1995 – Jan 9, 1998)

Responsible for installing, maintaining, and directing the maintenance effort on the

Novellus Sequel C2 tool. Wrote PM specs, technical procedures, and set up training

programs for the operator/technicians. Developed solutions to equipment failure modes.

Worked with process engineering to resolve process related issues. Worked with vendors

to resolve technical issues.

(Sept. 25, 1995 to Jan 9, 1998)

ADDITIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Unpublished Book

How to Implement TPM

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