Manager Electrical Engineer

John Spandikow

*** ******* **** **. **. Peters, MO. 63304 636-***-**** *************@*****.***

Director / Manager – Maintenance & Engineering

Preventive Maintenance / Capital Projects / Electrical Power Systems / Equipment Reliability

Project Management / Budgets / Cost Control / Team Building / Tooling / Lean Six Sigma

Reduced equipment breakdowns, lowered downtimes, increased equipment efficiency rates, cut cost and maintained

consistently high production system uptime at .6B KV Pharmaceutical, $81B Cardinal Health, $2.5B Abbott Labs /

Hospira and $3B Coshocton. Implemented innovative engineering measures and forged strong maintenance and

engineering teams that positively impacted bottom line.

• Increased on-time rate for tooling approval from 60% to 95% at Abbott Labs / Hospira.

• Led program that produced stopper for nitroglycerin drug, saving $1M annually.

• Developed and implemented strategy that reduced downtime below 1% at Coshocton.

Key skills: Analyze situations rapidly. Grasp technical matters quickly. Perform against tight deadlines. Creative

problem solver. Effective under pressure. Self-motivated. Active listener. Set priorities. In-depth technical knowledge.

Work well with people. Resourceful leader. Introduce change smoothly.

MSBA, Business, Indiana University – NW Campus. BS, Electrical Engineering, Valparaiso University.

Professional Achievements

Led program that produced stopper for nitroglycerin drug, saving $1M annually. Vendor increased price for

special stopper five-fold and informed Abbott Labs / Hospira that it would soon cease production of stopper. Won

Division President's Award for outstanding service in program implementation.

Developed and implemented strategy that reduced downtime below 1% at Coshocton. Inherited downtime at 3%

and growing. Took hands-on approach to analyzing maintenance and production issues. Created strategy of

predictive/preventive maintenance. Lowered downtime to below 1% and consistently maintained that level of efficiency.

Career History

KV Pharmaceutical, $.6B KV Pharmaceutical is the only specialty pharmaceutical company that competes in the

branded, generic/non-branded, and value-added, specialty ingredient market.

Maintenance Manager, 2006 – Present. Manage maintenance of a multi-facility drug manufacturing and high

speed packaging operation. Led teams to improve changeover and Preventive Maintenance Procedures that reduced

down time by 40%. Developed training program for Arc Flash and Electrical Safety.

Cardinal Health, Inc., $81B global health care leader in contract manufacturing of drugs, manufacture and distribution

of pharmaceuticals and medical products.

Manager of Project Engineering and Equipment Services, 2005 – 2006. Sponsored and led Lean Six Sigma

teams to rewrite change control procedures and reduce encapsulation equipment downtime. Managed $7.5M

Capital, $9M departmental budgets and supervised 68 employees.

Abbott Labs / Hospira, Inc., $2.5B leader in development, manufacture and marketing of medication delivery systems,

special injectable pharmaceuticals and critical care devices.

Sr. Project Engineer, 2003 – 2005. Restructured Tubing Extrusion Department without production loss while

saving $200K annually in costs. Recognized as subject matter expert on electrical power systems, equipment and

controls. Planned and implemented capital projects resulting in new revenue streams.

Manager of Tooling, Metrology and Plant Power Engineer, 2000 – 2003. Developed aggressive timeline for

building and approving tools required for new export business opportunities, receiving local Staff Award for

outstanding work. Implemented and maintained facility power system.

Maintenance Manager, 1994 – 2000. Instituted new procedures to reduce equipment breakdowns, reducing

occurrences from 248 monthly to 72 and received Chairman’s Award. Planned and implemented capital projects

that reduced maintenance costs and improved equipment reliability.

Maintenance Superintendent, Coshocton Stainless Division, Armco Steel, 1988 – 1994. $3B specialty steel

manufacturing division. Implemented maintenance procedures that reduced downtime 40%. Identified and secured

funding for major maintenance repairs and upgrades. Oversaw $9M budget and managed 76 employees.

Early career: Plant Electrical Engineer, Coshocton Stainless Division during $30M expansion doubling capacity.

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