Engineer Maintenance
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**** *. **** **. ***** G. Wade Howland 316-***-**** Home
316-***-**** Cell
Wichita, KS 67204 abh4bd@r.postjobfree.com
PROFESSIONAL Strong, innovative, resourceful, results-driven leader in Facilities
SUMMARY and Equipment Maintenance Management & Plant/Facilities Engineering
with 20+ years experience in diverse environments. Keen leadership
ability, exceptional planning, organizational, training, and
team-building skills that have consistently transformed corporate
strategy and objectives into exceptional on-schedule results. Key
qualifications include:
Production Equipment Knowledge
Industrial Electronics Expertise
Computerized Maintenance System
Lean Manufacturing/Six Sigma/Kaizen
Advanced Building Controls
Inventory Management Systems
Strong Project Management
Enhanced Vendor Management
Exceptional Personnel Development
Bargaining Unit Employee Experience
PROFESSIONAL Hawker Beechcraft Corporation, 10/1995 - 10/2009
EXPERIENCE Wichita, KS
$3.5 Billion Leading Aircraft
Manufacturer
Held increasing levels of responsibility over the years of
employment with Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (HBC) starting from
Electronic Specialist Technician and including Maintenance and
Facilities Engineering, Staff and Department Manager. Facility
responsibility included maintenance of six-million ft of
facilities on a thousand acre site with twelve-thousand employees.
Manager II, Facilities Engineering 10/2007 - 10/2009
Responsibilities included 108 bargaining unit employees and 10
salary employees for the Facilities and Equipment Maintenance
Department. Financial duties included the responsibility of $12 MM
expense budget, capital planning and budgeting, and budget
reporting. Ensured regulatory compliance with company policy,
insurance and government agencies, calibration, and certification
programs. Developed sourcing gateway and ensured compliance with
Global Sourcing requirements and sourcing processes, within the
agreed service scope of MRO services and supplies.
Manager I, Facilities Engineering 1/2003 - 10/2007
Manage facility-wide maintenance and capital program maximizing
asset reliability, uptime, and cost effectiveness with available
resources. Created and implemented inventory control program with
$7 MM in stock in addition to third-party inventory management on
fifty-thousand work orders annually. Developed and upgraded
Computerized Maintenance Management System (SAP-PM) in support of
TPM program. Responsibility for Project Management and long-term
planning for the facility and equipment needs including major
repairs and shutdown activities.
Facilities II, Engineer 1/2001 - 1/2003
Lead Predictive Maintenance and Reliability Engineer creating the
reliability maintenance strategy with ten-thousand pieces of
equipment. Created and designed PM program utilizing basic
maintenance fundamentals, tracking and predictive technology
(vibration analysis, ultrasonic detection, thermographs, ball bar,
laser alignment, oil analysis, dynamic balancing, and motor
testing).
Electronic Specialist Technician 10/1995 - 1/2001
Provided expert technical services for the maintenance and repair of
automated production equipment. Manufacturing processes in
composite manufacturing, conventional to high-speed CNC machining,
laser cutting, weld, heat treat, sheet metal, process-lines,
precision grinding, chemical milling, and assembly. Infrastructure
needs include airport, compressed air, steam generation, natural gas
well storage, and 12.5 KV electrical power distributions.
Key Accomplishments:
Developed and launched a Scheduling program for the Facilities
organization using SAP.
Led the re-structuring program working with all facility departments
saving $1.5 MM.
Implemented quality and safety system, Six Sigma, and Lean
Manufacturing programs.
Led the department organization through work stoppage during
contract negotiation.
Designed and implemented PM program to identify problems on
corrective work orders.
Led launch of Reliability Engineering to reduce downtime by 75%.
Successfully designed and implemented an inventory control yielding
$3MM savings.
Designed service provider management system yielding $10 MM savings
Championed the new program of financial and managerial accounting
systems using SAP in activity based accounting, discrete costing,
budgeting and cost analysis.
Top performer in CNC, conventional, automation and high technology
equipment proactive maintenance to reduce costs by 15%.
Several Leading Machine Tool Firms, Kansas-Oklahoma 1988 - 1995
Lead Technician and Service Engineer with employers specializing in
production machine tools including manufacturers, rebuilders,
retrofitter, dealerships and operators. Provided complete factory
support, field service, conventional-to-CNC conversions, and
installation for small to large production machine tools.
Skilled Maintenance Tech/Field Service Engineer/Rebuild Tech
Duties included installation, alignment and set-up of machine tools:
scraping of way bearings: redesign and modification to hydraulics,
pneumatics, gear boxes, axis drives and spindles; recondition and
rebuild of machine tools; and maintenance and repair of CNC machine
tools, automation equipment, welders, and central process.
EDUCATION Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
B.A., Business Administration - minor Management
Wichita Technical Institute, Wichita, KS
Electronics Technology
Francis Tuttle High Technology Center, Okla. City, OK
Industrial Electricity, Electromechanical Devices, PLC Programming,
Machinist Lathes and Mills.
PROFESSTIONAL HBC Six Sigma Gold Level Specialist
CERTIFICATIONS HBC SAP PM Module - Subject Matter Expert
RANA Facilitation - Safety Management System
International Society Certified Electronic Technician (ISCET) -
Certification 1995
CIVIC/COMMUNITY Wichita Area Technical College AYSO volunteer
Young Professional of Wichita St. Jude Church volunteer
ACTIVITIES
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