Engineer Project Manager

Steven M Richardson

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Canton, Michigan 48188

Primary Phone: 734-***-****

E-mail Address: *****************@***.***

Linkedin Address: http://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenmrichardson

CAREER OBJECTIVE:

Resourceful Mechanical Engineer wants to contribute strengths in

Maintenance and Operation, Engineering, Planning, Development, and

implementation of cost-effective projects to meet the needs of an Owner

organization.

BACKGROUND SUMMARY:

I have over Twenty years of mechanical engineering experience that includes

fifteen years of Mechanical engineering design and installation, ten years

of Maintenance and Operations Facilities Engineering, ten years of Engineer

/ Project Manager, and eight years of Construction Administration, all

working through increasing levels of complexities and responsibilities. In

one of my most resent position as Maintenance Supervisor at the GM Tech

Center PPO Body and Paint Shops, I was responsible for plant modifications,

and coordinating preventive and corrective maintenance to assure plant and

process reliability. Team leader for industrial projects interfacing

owner/client needs with fabricators and installers. Strengths are in

planning and executing cost effective projects by tracks progress of

projects against goals, objectives, timelines, and budgets. I was trained

in GMS as a group leader at the Warren Tech Center and I have a Lean Six

Sigma Certificate form Villanova University. Extremely comfortable in

working with others in functional areas of the organization, project

contractors, internal team members, external collaborators, customers and

suppliers. Experience in Maximo7 CMM, Auto Cad and Microstation computer

graphic programs. Also experience with Microsoft Office suite and many

other software applications. I have a history of strong interpersonal

skills interfacing with all department levels, skilled trades, and

professional staff.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

KnightFM / GM Warren Technical Center

6/12 - Current

Maintenance Supervisor / Mechanical Engineer - PPO

Duties:

. Primarily supervises and coordinates the mechanical-maintenance

related activities for the entire facility, and is responsible for

oversight of mechanical system design, development through testing

specifications and methods.

. Supervises GM-employed mechanic-related employees such as mechanics

and installers, but also may supervise skilled trades, hourly workers

for building and equipment maintenance.

. Interpret/analyze blueprints, job orders, etc. and decipher required

tasks to complete projects.

. Plan and conduct work requiring judgment in the evaluation, selection,

application and adoption of engineering techniques, procedures, and

criteria.

. Determine priority of tasks considering client communications,

schedules, and needs.

. Establish daily work plan and delegate work duties to staff in

accordance with job classifications, collective bargaining agreement

parameters, work restrictions, assessment of employee skills, and

other applicable factors.

. Ensure tasks are performed within OSHA and other applicable safety

guidelines, prepare safety compliance plans for projects as required,

identify and investigate safety issues and address through corrective

action, and conduct safety and equipment inspections.

. Intake, troubleshoots, and develop plans to respond to customer

complaints, questions and needs.

. Schedule and equalize overtime assignments within parameters of

applicable collective bargaining agreements.

. Conduct daily, monthly, and periodic staff meetings on work orders,

carryover, pre-task and post-task plans, safety, and other issues.

. Prepare payroll and GMTKS and update safety manual and JES Book on

regular basis.

. Ensure training is appropriately scheduled for all staff.

Accomplishments:

. Slashed overdue PM's, And CM's from 550 to 0 in a three-month period

while maintaining current PM completion schedules for GM's pre-

production Body and Paint Shops. This was accomplished by reallocating

manpower, assigning completion dates, and empowering team leaders with

decision-making authority. Planning sessions were held where

comparable PM's were coupled where by reducing total completion times.

Daily line-up meetings were enhanced to include manpower sharing and

pre task planning minimizing time performing tasks and improving

safety.

Villanova University and Boy Scouts of America

8/10 - 5/12

. Attending Villanova University for Master Six Sigma program.

. Working as a Volunteer for Boy Scouts of America as Assistant District

Commissioner.

Aerotek / Toyota Technical Center

11/08 - 4/10

Mechanical Specialist / Maintenance Manager TCC North America.

Duties:

. Work with Toyota Manufacturing groups to develop and implement MAXIOM

5.2 preventative maintenance and asset tracking for TEMA group.

Coordinate preventative and corrective maintenance tasks through

MAXIMO.

. Manage MAXIMO5.2 for TTC interfacing with corporate steering group

during implementation.

. Work with Maintenance Technicians to develop and maintain a

refrigeration management plan.

. Managed Maintenance Technicians and their timekeeping.

. Identify training needs for Maintenance Technicians and manage

training schedule.

. Evaluate critical failures in plant and R&D systems and provided fast

solutions lowering impact on productivity.

. Solicit review and award plant modernization contracts to venders and

contractors. Enforce contract provisions Maintaining integrity and

accountability of venders and contractors.

. Evaluate needs of Research and Development groups and provide these

groups economical building system solutions for their needs. Manage

projects from concept to competition for the 1.5 million square foot

facility.

Accomplishments:

. Developed and implemented a year program replacing TEMA's old CMMS

preventative maintenance system with MAXIMO 5.2. The new preventative

maintenance system provided means of tracking PM's and improved

efficiency 30% by managing PM Job plans and frequency of equipment

preventative maintenance.

. Plant Engineer (Mechanical Specialist), and Maintenance Manager for

Toyota Technical Center (TTC). During this time assisted in the

construction, start-up and capital equipment purchased and

installation for Toyota's major research and develop facility in York

Township, Michigan. Monitored equipment installation for impact on

future maintenance improving accessibility of equipment and

reliability of maintenance performance.

. Improved Corrective Maintenance and Predictive Maintenance by 23%

using the CMMS to track and manage equipment maintenance. By using the

informational database in MAXIMO it was projected that the life cycle

of cruel equipment and systems would be extended 17% deceasing total

maintenance cost and provide budgeting data for capital Maintenance

expenditures.

Aerotek / Poggemeyer Design Group

11/07 - 8/08

Senior Mechanical Project Engineer

Duties:

. Assistant Mechanical Department Manager on project scope of work and

the review of construction documents prior to issue for bid.

. Mechanical Project Engineer in charge of coordination with owner

and/or owners' representative on scope of work, design issues and

completion of projects specifications and construction documents.

Aerotek / Client American Axle & Manufacturing Inc.

Detroit Gear & Axle

10/04 - 9/07

Facilities Project Engineer / Maintenance Coordinator

Duties:

. Establish daily work plan and delegate work duties to skilled trades

in accordance with job classifications, collective bargaining

agreement parameters, work restrictions, assessment of employee

skills, and other applicable factors.

. Work with product engineers to develop plant layouts for new product

lines optimizing material flow and Lean Manufacturing Principles.

. Coordination with Architect / Engineer on scope of work and develop

construction documents on projects.

. Write work orders, project requisitions, and track spending of

projects.

. Monitor skilled trades quality, and efficiency to provide feed back on

'best practices' on maintenance work.

. Oversee all aspects of project progress, including cost and budget

control, on a daily basis to ensure timely completion of the project.

. Interfaces with clients to define project requirements. Establishes

project work plan and deadlines.

Accomplishments:

. As Plant Engineer / Manager directed skilled trades reducing material

handling by 23% and dunnage by 17% and improved material flow and

storage by developing and implementing product Kanban Supermarket and

material handling 'tugger train' for production parts and components.

Kanban Supermarket reduced forklifts replacing them with 'tugger

trains' improving safety in plant aisle ways. With implementation of

the Kanban Supermarket, just-in-time manufacturing concept was moved

further into the manufacturing process.

Schirmer Engineering Corporation

Southfield, MI

07/03 - 06/04

Senior Consultant - Risk Control

Duties:

Work with OEM corporate management to establish compliance with

procedures and standers for Loss Prevention and Risk Control.

Write technical papers and standards dealing with Loss Prevention and

Risk Control.

Accomplishments:

. As part of the Engineering service providers transition team I

provided the OEM with support aliening Engineering service provider

and OEMs' Loss Prevention and Risk Control practices. Developed

procedures and practices for tracking compliances with Insurance

Underwriters recommendations and tracked, recorded, and analyzed

safety incidences for root cause.

American Axle & Manufacturing Inc. Corporate

Detroit, MI

07/02 - 06/03

Engineer Consultant Risk Management

Duties:

. Review Insurance Underwriters recommendations and provides technical

responses.

. Wrote technical papers and standards dealing with Risk Control for

Corporate implementation.

. Coordinated Corporate response to Plant engineers and interfaced with

insurance underwriters

. Review project proposals and oversee all aspects of project progress,

including cost and budget control, on a daily basis to ensure timely

completion of the project.

Accomplishments:

. Provided blue print for negotiations with Insurance

Underwriter reducing the number of Risk Management

recommendations at Detroit Gear and Axel from 9 in 2003

to 3 in 2007. Reduction of Risk Management

recommendations was instrumental in reduced insurance

rates.

BEI Associates

Detroit, MI

06/97 - 06/02

Engineering Coordinator Senior Engineer

Duties:

. Assist Mechanical Department leader in coordinating staff and project

scheduling.

. Attend weekly operation meetings and review projects to ensure timely

completion and budget control.

. Interface with clients to define project requirements. Establishes

project work plan and deadlines.

. Mechanical team leader for large industrial and commercial projects.

. Project Manager on projects primarily mechanical and civil engineering

in nature.

Accomplishments:

. Construction Administrator in MEP, as an owner representative, for a

leading Automotive Manufacturing at their Global Corporation

Headquarters in Detroit. Responsibilities included: clarifying

construction documents, issuing field instructions, answering Request

For Information from contractors, maintaining up to date construction

documents (drawing and specifications), and attending daily and weekly

construction meetings. Worked with the Building Construction

Management Group and assisted in Value Engineering solutions.

Coordinated on site construction, preparing and maintaining program

master schedule and maintaining logbooks of field Instructions,

request for information (RFI), and contract document issue. Conducted

field observations and reported to general project administrator along

with reporting in Owner-Architect-Contractor meetings.

Education, Licenses and Certificates

Major: Mechanical Engineering BS

Wayne State University MI

Lean Six Sigma Certificate

Villanova University

Honors and Activities: Engineering Society of Detroit, National Fire

Protection Association, and Order of the Engineer

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