ROBERT E. O’BRIEN

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Connersville, IN 47331

Cell: 765-***-****

E-Mail: abnvht@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Maintenance and Manufacturing Engineer/Manager with a background in controls, design, manufacturing,

project management, buildings/grounds and preventive/predictive maintenance. I have experience with daily

support, capital acquisition, defining requirements for project bid and after installation support.

Demonstrated leadership achieving results using non-traditional skills in motivating cross-functional teams

comprised of engineering, hourly, management and outside resources.

Areas of Knowledge:

Supervision/Management

Development of Bills-of-Material Machine-Control Interface

CMMS Startup/Administration

Improvement Processes Scope-of-Work Development

Coaching/Training

Startup Operations AutoCAD

Interface with Vendors

Presentation/Communication Electrical Safety

Maintenance Engineering

Project Engineering/Management PLC Programming

Team Building

Electrical Specifications LOTO

Computer Proficiency

AC/DC Motor Control Development of Electrical

Technical Documentation Schematics

Standardization/Cost Reduction

Power Quality and Analysis

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

VANGUARD NATIONAL TRAILER, Monon, IN (2006-2009)

Sr. Manufacturing Engineer/Automation Manager

Manufacturing Engineering of rail, side production lines and supervision of the plant automation and

maintenance groups.

Worked with utilities on plant usage reductions related to waste, rate lock-in and rebate programs.

Developed facility electrical drawings, testing systems to balance line load and improve power-factor.

Led cross-functional manufacturing team on new manufacturing processes for interior sidewall fastening.

Brought in new control system on old machine for rail manufacturing process.

Led a scrap reduction effort of the above taking the process from >$25,000/month to <$500/month and

cycle-time from >10-minutes to <3-minutes.

Implementation of a new composite sidewall process as team member including product engineering,

production and maintenance groups.

Worked on scrap and rework issues on both product lines.

Creation of plant control and machinery specifications for the procurement of new machinery.

Defined control system strategy and electrical component standardization.

Defined control system training needs on Allen-Bradley and Baldor control systems.

Definition and procurement of test equipment required for machinery maintenance and PM/PdM.

Defining non-subjective measurement methods and tools for use by Production and Quality associates.

Capital acquisition definition and scope of work for new equipment implementing new interior fasteners.

Supervised the capital acquisition for control change on floor screw gantry machine upgrades.

Supervised the capital acquisition of new control system for roof bonding, allowing expansion of area

automation and increased production from (22) to (30) units per shift.

Capital acquisition of second trailer electrical/brake system test equipment with expanded capabilities.

New system proposals for rail/side assembly processes including modification of existing and new

concepts including robotics.

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Proposals for slide-rail/landing gear weld cell including automation.

Started an improvement process linking finish inspection process information to warranty and production

data. Cross-functional team including Production, Manufacturing, Warranty, Quality and IT/IS.

Led an improvement process for rail operator’s equipment knowledge and step saving layout.

Led CMMS project team to choice and procurement of a new system (MPulse).

DELTA CONSOLIDATED INDUSTRIES, Jonesboro, AR (2005-2006)

Electrical Engineer/Supervisor

Plant Engineering assisting Maintenance and Production with down equipment, equipment purchases and

process improvement.

Reworked plant layout in AutoCAD adding layers and included entire dimensioned property grid-map.

Conversions of IEC machine drawings to ANSI in AutoCAD for Maintenance ease of troubleshooting.

Purchase software and ladder documentation in A-B RSLogix for powder-paint and conveyor system.

Purchase/training of new test equipment (DMM’s and PQM) for trades and instructed them on use.

Purchase of power-quality meter and machine/facility audit for issues and corrective actions.

Rewrite of trades classifications and forms for Electrician interviews to insure a graded process.

Design of electrical/PLC trainer and training of the trades to reduce floor troubleshooting time.

Wrote plant utilities specification and started new machinery purchase specification.

Setup of an MS-Project file defining problems and notes for safety, facility, machinery and keeping notes

as well as timeline information on completion.

PRODUCTION DESIGN SERVICES, Inc., Dayton, OH (2004-2005)

Maintenance Supervisor/Engineer

Supervisor/Engineer for a Tier-1 automotive. Duties include shift maintenance supervision of (40+) skilled

trades, interface with production for determination of priorities and maintenance engineering as time allows.

Enforce all safety procedures, assign PM (Maximo) tasks and follow-up, create PM tasks and insure trades

created PM are correctly input, facility maintenance, engineering project completion and carry-over

information to the next shift.

Supervision of the following: Support Engineering, Electrician, Machine Tech, Plumber, Sheet Metal,

Tool Maker, Cutter Grind, Laborer/Janitor, Building Maintenance, Gage Repair, Inspection and

Millwright.

Established a technical library with Trades and Engineering assistance.

INTERNATIONAL TRUCK & ENGINE CORPORATION, Fort Wayne, IN (1999-2004)

Facilities Manager

Duties included supervision of represented trades, Facility Engineering, contract support personnel,

janitorial, lawn care, out-sourced support functions, work requests, facilities capital plan, project planning,

machinery installation/disposal, engineering and skilled trade training, interface with all functions involved

with capital projects, critical work-requests and Safety Committee member. Responsible for four separate

facilities with combined 254-acres/416K-sq.ft. (under roof), up to (1400) inhabitants, office layouts and

personnel moves.

Led the creation and implementation of re-roofing a 50-year old roof with a four-year capitalization plan.

Initiated replacement of chiller systems for computer server rooms and facility Building #1 including new

chiller building with primary and secondary systems.

Integrated chillers and boilers into a new Siemens Apogee building management system (BMS).

Wrote comprehensive facility utilities specification.

Initiated safety training for skilled trades and engineering staff.

Designed and implemented a P.M. program and acquisition/implementation of MP2 CMMS program.

Coordinated plans for repair/resurfacing/updating proving grounds.

Supervised installation of all new machinery and decommissioning/disposal of old machinery.

Installation of new smoke/fire detection system with diagnostics integrated into BMS.

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Reduced outsourced expense labor and in-house overtime via project and maintenance planning.

Raised maintenance efficiency over 50% and reduced overtime over 50%.

Started an energy conservation program through the BMS controlling zoned heating/cooling.

Installation of new points of building egress to conform to OSHA.

Replaced aging waste lift station with state-of-the-art unit with visible and audible fault annunciation.

Contracted main building sidewall sealing and mortar tuck-pointing to eliminate water penetration.

Installation of new shop lighting reducing energy costs and increasing light by over 25%.

CAD layout of a new test facility and assisted with some special test fixturing design.

DRESSER INDUSTRIES-ROOTS DIVISION, Connersville, IN (1997-1999)

Facilities Engineering Manager (1998-1999)

Duties included management of UAW maintenance personnel and maintenance supervision staff,

engineering maintenance project management, maintenance planning, preventive maintenance controls,

budgets for plant projects and occupancy, cost reductions, machine installations, machine diagnosis, vendor

development and buildings and grounds on three properties.

Advanced Manufacturing Engineer (1997-1998)

Duties included temporary assignments in Maintenance supervision, controls engineering, facilities

engineering, machine procurement and assisted with machine to computer communication and computer

networking.

Negotiated price reduction on proposed capital equipment purchases and inventory stock items.

Worked with production to define new processes, machinery, procurement and installation.

Corrected a facility electrical power one-line diagrams and CAD layout.

Redirected part of facility power reducing machinery downtime due to line sags which increased

production time and decreased machinery breakdowns.

Member of the skilled trades apprentice advisory committee establishing classes and schedules.

Wrote the first plant utilities, machine electrical and controls specifications.

Developed tasks, procedures and schedules for machinery P.M. and implemented a hybrid CMMS.

Reworked coolant recycling program, equipment and provided operators training decreasing operators

from (3) to (2), schedule from a 7-day to 5-1/2 day and waste disposal from 10-12,000 gallons to 2,000

gallons per month and usage of a semi-synthetic to increase tool life/quality and decrease buildup in

machinery reducing cleaning schedules and down-time.

Created CAD plant layouts for property, buildings, office areas and machinery located inside buildings.

VISTEON, Connersville, IN (1989-1997)

Manufacturing Engineer, Sr.

Duties included assisting maintenance, machine operations, process engineers, control engineers and facility

engineering. Production and maintenance supervision as opportunities were available.

Designed, redesigned, and modified equipment to improve processes.

Cycle-time reductions on piston machining from 7.2-sec. to 6.7-sec and Swashplate from 27-sec. to 24.5-

sec. with increased MTBF resulting in reduced production schedule and an approximate $1.2M savings.

Assisted with specification development and interpretation.

Wrote diagnostic and operation documentation on machinery.

Assisted in identification and resolution of plant electrical power problems.

Member of the plant specification committee.

Trained Engineers from other facilities (Mexico, Korea and Portugal) in controls, PM and processes.

Assigned on three new plant project teams one being a greenfield site in Portugal with focus on control

systems, plant power, automation and plant layout.

OLOFSSON CORPORATION, Lansing, MI (1986-1989)

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Controls Designer

NATIONAL AUTOMATIC TOOL COMPANY, Richmond, IN (1984-1986)

Controls Engineer

WHITE-SUNDSTRAND MACHINE TOOL CO., Belvidere, Illinois (1980-1984)

Electrical Project Engineer

EDUCATION

BSEET, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN

ASET, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN

REFERENCES

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