Engineer Manager

Mike Lubeck

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Previous Work Summary

The last ten years has had me employed, first as the supervisor of

electrical maintenance, then promoted to maintenance manager of an

industrial manufacturing facility. Previous to that, as a Field Service

Engineer, I have traveled the world installing, commissioning, and

servicing industrial measurement and control systems. I have programming

experience in several PLC platforms (AB RSLogix 5000, AB RSLogix 500,

Reliance AutoMax, ABB Distributed Control Systems, and GE Series 90).

Professional Experience

POSITION: Maintenance Manager 2003-2009

COMPANY: Nichols Aluminum, Lincolnshire IL (segment of Quanex Building

Products Corp)

This ISO 9001:2000 Certified company produces aluminum mill finished sheet

for a variety of markets. I managed a department which employed twenty-two

mechanical and electrical craft personnel. The department was responsible

both production equipment and the facilities. Process equipment was highly

automated and included Heat Treat Annealing Furnaces, Cold Rolling Mill

Operations, Tension/Leveler Process Lines, Packing and Conveyor Lines, and

Delivery Systems. The Maintenance Manager title was a senior staff

position that allowed my participation in decisions affecting the company

in the areas of safety, quality, production, and delivery.

Experiences and accomplishments at Nichols Aluminum

. Oversaw an annual budget of $2MIL

. Reduced annual labor budget by 15%

. Reduced department overtime hours by 35%

. Decreased maintenance waste by Reliability Excellence Best Practices

strategies

. Optimized CMMS work order planning and scheduling

. Increased equipment reliability and reduced reactive/unplanned work

. Responsible for regulatory compliance and safe use of radioactive

materials

. Project management, Price negotiation, Equipment procurement

. Innovated, promoted, and advanced Safety Programs, Policies, and

Regulator Standards

. Instituted a Maintenance Ergonomics Team

. Participated in Kaizen and Six Sigma Events, and a year long Lean

Manufacturing program

POSITION: Supervisor of Electrical Maintenance 1999-2003

COMPANY: Nichols Aluminum, Lincolnshire IL (segment of Quanex Building

Products Corp)

The electrical maintenance department provided varied services that

included hardware and software modifications to process equipment,

implementing data acquisition systems and performing facility repairs.

. Maintained the control, measurement, and electrical systems for

annealing furnaces, cold rolling mill, tension/leveler lines, and

packaging equipment

. Preventive Maintenance procedures included infrared imaging, laser

alignments, vibration monitoring, oil analysis, and calibrations of

various measurement and control systems

. LEVEL I and LEVEL II Mill Control Systems, and PLCs (Automax,

ControlLogix, ABB DCS, and GE)

. DC and AC drives varied in size from horsepower up to a 4000 HP G.E.

DC motor

POSITION: Field Service Engineer 1996-1999

COMPANY: IRM Group, Grove City OH

Provided installation, commissioning, and continuing services, on a world

wide basis for the following systems

. Thickness gauges used to deliver a continuous online measurement of

processed steel and aluminum sheet---This technology applies X-ray and

isotope sources to generate a focused energy beam through the sheet.

An ion chamber accurately detects the attenuated radiation to produce

a high resolution measurement.

. Optical flatness gauges utilizing laser technology and array cameras

(product name Rometer and T100)

. All systems utilized industrial computers to process I/O, measurement

data, communications, historical database and HMI

POSITION: Field Service Engineer 1990-1996

COMPANY: ABB Process Automation, Columbus OH

Installation, commissioning, and continuing services, on a world wide basis

for the following systems

. Installed in many rolling mills around the world, the ABB Stressometer

is a $1MIL system that detects stress in steel and aluminum sheet to

deliver flatness measurement and control

. ABB load cell systems applied to the measurement of strip/web tension

and roll force---Also used in a variety of weighing systems from

cranes to blast furnaces.

. Non-contacting sensors for the measurement of metallic coatings on

flat rolled steel utilizing X-ray fluorescence technologies (product

name FVXR-1)

. Sensors that incorporate the principle technologies of nucleonic,

infrared, and RF to produce measurements of moisture, caliper, basis

weight, and thickness

. Mechanical scanning platforms to support various sensor configurations

. Control applications for a variety of industries including fiberglass,

plastics, rubber, paper, and metals

Continuing Education - Professional Development Courses

.Reliability Excellence for Managers Course (four 3-day sessions) offered

by the Life Cycle Engineering Institute

.Seminars: Change Management, Leadership Development, and Team Development

offered by Reyer Coaching & Consulting

.Principles of Management Certificate Series offered by MRA- Institute of

Management

.OSHA Compliance & Training 40 Hour Workshop

.Radiation Safety Officer Certificate Course

.Programming in Visual C++ & Programming in Visual Basic from the College

of Lake County

.Computer Science Courses from the Illinois Institute of Technology

.Associates Degree in Electronics Engineering from the College of Lake

County

.Member of Nichols Aluminum NFPA 70E Rules Board

.Member of Nichols Aluminum Contractor Safety Rules Board

.Member of Nichols Aluminum NFPA 85 Upgrade Team for Furnace Combustion

Hazards Code

.Member of several continuous safety committees --- Nichols Aluminum's

commitment to safety made available participation in the Plant Safety

Committee, the Leadership Team, and the Corporate Superintendents Safety

Consistency Team

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