Project Maintenance

Oomer Jiwa

**** **** ********* ****, ********* **2 ( Waterford, MI 48328

248-***-**** ( ******@*****.***

Profile:

Experienced Engineer with 8 years experience in the automotive industry.

Assigned as a contract employee to manage the installation of production

equipment within two General Motors plants utilizing UAW workforce.

Objective:

A challenging position in facility and project engineering and engineering

management.

Professional Experience:

Facility Project Planner

Sorensen Gross Construction Services, Flint MI (2003-present)

Manage all aspects of project lifecycle. Plan, coordinate, direct and

execute a wide variety of capital and engineering projects associated with

improvements in throughput, production efficiency, production cost

improvements, new product launch.

. Responsible for planning and tracking a $2.2M relocation project of

critical production equipment and maintenance department. Reduced

structural cost, saving the company $1.5M.

. Plan, coordinate and execute the installation of all production

equipment associated with new product launch.

. Planned and installed two, three hundred feet basement scrap conveyors

and diverter, which reduced equipment downtime and reduced maintenance

cost by 60%.

. Develop and maintain facility preventive maintenance programs.

. Review bids and manage contractors on medium size projects.

. Analyze project plans, identify opportunities to reduce cost and

recommend engineering changes.

. Maintain involvement in all aspects of the project to

identify/anticipate issues, seek solutions and ensure resolutions for

overall effectiveness of projects.

. Develop Estimate and budget for future and current plant facility

projects. Responsible for estimating total job cost on project ranging

from $10,000 to $500,000.

. Procure and coordinate delivery of all related project material and

equipment.

. Assure targets set forth on projects are met. Monitor Scope, schedule,

cost and Quality to ensure the project plans are effectively being

implemented.

. Prepare project status reports. Collect, analyze and summarize

information and trends. Update program manager on a regular basis

regarding project schedule, spending and progress status.

. Maintain open lines communication between project engineers, floor

supervisors, and skill trades to trouble-shoot and expedite problem

resolution.

. Manage the efforts and supervise internal maintenance personnel during

new project installation and routine maintenance.

. Utilize technical and maintenance skills, ensuring proper installation

of new equipment in accordance with engineering guidelines, standards,

and specifications.

. Develop and implement safe work practice procedures, achieving zero

Lost Work day case on all projects.

. Develop and write task instruction sheet manual for equipment shutdown

and startup. Reduce equipment startup time by 50%.

. Interface with the EHS organizations to drive compliance metrics to

completion.

Project Scheduler

Project Control Systems, Inc, Livonia, MI (2001-2003)

. Prepared project schedule according to project plan and

specifications; calculating time requirements; sequencing project

elements.

. Coordinated the establishment of baseline schedules and man-hour

budget quantities including necessary reporting and analysis.

. Maintained project schedule by monitoring project progress,

coordinating activities and resolving problems.

. Identified and reported variances to the schedule, so that the team

may take corrective action.

. Turned around a troubled project- six weeks behind and over budget.

Came in on time and met all financial/ quality work.

. Continuously prioritized and scheduled as many as 15 projects at one

time to meet all of the customers needs.

Education:

Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, December 2000

Computer Skills:

( Microsoft Office ( Basic knowledge of Auto Cad ( Primavera Project

Scheduler

Languages:

Read and understand French.

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