Ralph Varrato

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Dillsburg, PA. *7019

Cell 949-***-**** / Email abmjj8@r.postjobfree.com

EXPERIENCE

Unilife Medical Solutions

Lewisberry, PA. 5/09 to Present

Manage 19 employees (Maintenance Technicians I and II, Calibration

Technicians, Maintenance Supervisors, Maintenance Engineers and Maintenance

Specialists) plus contracted employees for 48,000 square foot manufacturing

facility.

Functionally responsible for Equipment Maintenance and Repair,

Predictive/Preventative Maintenance, Facility Upgrades, Equipment

Installation, Factory Floor and Office Layouts, Utilities, Building and

Landscape Maintenance, Security, HVAC and coordination with Federal, State

and Local agencies including AQMD, OSHA, FAA, EPA. Current capital budget

$2.5 million.

Additionally responsible for the land purchase, design, construction,

commissioning and validation for new Unilife World Headquarters. This fast

tracked 21.7 million 150,000sq.ft. purpose built construction project has

been designed and built with a one year deadline for completion. Facility

plans include; WFI generation plant, industrial steam plant, hot water

generation (for heating), cooling and chilled water systems, N2

distribution, etc...

Current facility population is 100 and projected growth plans put expansion

at 400 - 500. Infrastructure being built to scale-up to these numbers.

DUCOMMUN AEROSTRUCTURES

Monrovia, CA. 7/08 to 5/09

Maintenance Manager

Manage 19 union and non-union employees (Electricians, NC Electricians,

Mechanics, and NC Mechanics) plus contract employees for a 340,000 square

foot facility for the metal and composite manufacturing of aircraft wings

and helicopter blades.

Functionally responsible for Equipment Maintenance and Repair,

Predictive/Preventative Maintenance, Facility Upgrades, Equipment

Installation, Factory Floor and Office Layouts, Utilities, Building and

Landscape Maintenance, Security, HVAC and coordination with Federal, State

and Local agencies including AQMD, OSHA, FAA, EPA.

Current capital budget $3.6 million which includes; construction of new

10,000sq.ft. clean room, energy efficient VFD controlled air compressors,

facility improvements, and Building Management system installation in

parallel with SCE.

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC

Santa Clarita, CA 11/07 to 7/08

Facilities Manager

Manage 11 employees (Mechanical, Electrical, Technicians, Documentation,

and CAD Designer) plus contract employees for this 210,000 square foot/5

site manufacturers of Medical Devices. Functionally responsible for

Equipment Maintenance and Repair, Predictive/Preventative Maintenance,

Facility Upgrades, Equipment Installation, Factory Floor and Office

Layouts, Utilities, Building and Landscape Maintenance, Security, HVAC and

coordination with Global (cGMP), Federal, State and Local agencies

including AQMD, OSHA, FDA, EPA, Hazardous Waste, HEPA Filter

Certifications, etc.

. Led the floor layout, new equipment installation, clean room and black

room installations, lab installations and office build-outs for the

new 160,000 square foot facility in Santa Clarita.

. Equipment supported includes: Ovens, Boilers, Chillers, HVAC,

Welders, Grinders, Milling Equipment, X-Ray, Test Equipment, Microwave

Equipment, Processing Equipment and Forklifts.

TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS

Irvine, CA 11/00 to 5/07

Associate Director of Maintenance and Building Services

Managed a $10 million budget and a department of 100+ people including

Supervisors, Technicians, Mechanics, Electricians, Facility Service

Workers, Security, and Janitorial Workers (13 buildings and over 500,000

square feet) for this worldwide manufacturer of Pharmaceuticals.

. Functionally responsible for all Preventative Equipment and Facility

Maintenance, Equipment Repair, Security, Utilities, HVAC, Equipment

Installations, Spare Parts, and coordination with all Global (cGMP),

Federal, State and Local Agencies including AQMD, OSHA, FDA, EPA,

Hazardous Waste, HEPA Filter Certifications, etc.

. Equipment: Pure Steam Generators, Vacuum Systems, Automated

Equipment, Autoclaves, Industrial Boilers, Cooling Towers, HVAC, WFI

Distillation units, Washers, Fillers, Packaging Equipment, etc.

. Team Lead for all Equipment installations and for procurement of

capital equipment (managed a $1 million capital fund and all building

additions).

. Left company to tend critically ill wife from 5/07 to 11/07.

SCHEIN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

Phoenix, AZ 5/97 to 11/00

Manager, Facilities Maintenance/Engineering

Managed a department of 20 and a $3.65 million budget including

Supervisors, Engineers, Technicians/Mechanics, Metrology Technicians,

Facilities Service Workers and Energy Center Operators for this

manufacturer of pharmaceuticals. Responsible for equipment maintenance,

preventative maintenance, facility/landscape maintenance, Engineering

Project Management, Metrology, Spare Parts, Janitorial and Global, Federal,

State and Local Agencies.

. Installed new 8 effect Stilmas WFI unit and new 400ton chiller and

upgrades to existing primary/secondary chilled water dist. System.

. Wrote all Basis of Design documents for: Pure air, Nitrogen, Pure

steam, DW/WFI system and HVAC system. Installed online TOC units - DW

and WFI systems and managed major modifications to Pure water system -

WFI / DW.

. Installed clean room differential pressure alarm system.

. Responsible for all CAP (Corrective Action Plan) related activities

with regards to critical utilities and facilities including all

critical utility/facility responses and corrective action for cGMP

audits conducted by LCS (3rd party expert).

GENSIA LABS.

Irvine, CA 1991 to 1997

Maintenance Supervisor

Troubleshooting and repair of facilities / production equipment. Including

Air handlers, RO unit and distribution system, WFI unit and dist. system,

Clean steam generators, 500hp and 200hp boilers, Hull and Edwards freeze

dryers, Chillers, Cooling towers, Filling equipment, Auto-claves, vial

washers and packaging equipment. Administration of department activities

including work assignments, department budget, staffing functions and

coordination of outside contractors.

EXPERIENCE (CONT'D)

. Design and oversee upgrades to facilities equipment.

. Core member of Design / Construction team for clean room modifications

and construction of new oncology facility.

EDUCATION

100+ Courses in Mechanics, Electrical, Project Management, Supervision, and

Specific Applications: ASME courses in Process and Power Piping, Universal

License in Refrigerant Transition and Recovery, Freeze Dry Theory,

Operation and Maintenance (Hull Corporation), Project Management,

Programmable Controllers, Electrical Ladder Drawings, Industrial

Electrical, Seminar on How to Supervise, Seminar on Managing Negativity in

the Workplace, Six Sigma Training, MS Excel, MS Project, etc.

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