Manager Maintenance

Michael Lambros

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Forest Hill, MD 21050

Cell: 240-***-****

E-Mail: *********@***.***

Summary

Experienced Maintenance and Manufacturing professional with strong leadership and relationship-building skills. General Motors Maintenance and Engineering Superintendent with more than 30 years of manufacturing experience.

Technical Expertise: Fluid process systems, mechanical systems, electrical systems, PLC control, conveyors, pumps, and robotics. Maintenance/Engineering leadership skills. I am a creative, versatile professional with a wealth of experience, talents and proficiencies that are difficult to match. I am looking for something that will utilize my qualifications. Experience:

February 2018 to Present

JLL-Amazon BWI2 – Senior Maintenance Manager- Entire Site Responsibilities for Facilities’, Equipment automation for all processes in an Amazon Fulfillment Center. With all technical and controls support reporting to me.

February 2017 to February 2018

JLL- Amazon BWI2 – Assistant Maintenance Manager – Responsibilities for manpower, equipment, and automation. Technical support, hiring, training, and discipline. October 2016 to February 2017

Tate Access Floors Plant Manager, 2 manufacturing facilities in Jessup, MD. – Production and Raised floor manufacturing. Also additional site for Hot Air containment manufacturing for Large Data Centers April 2011 to October 2015

Tate Access Floors Maintenance and Engineering Manager- Responsibilities for Facilities and Manufacturing Raise flooring in Red Lion, PA.

Lead for all skilled labor and Engineering

May 2010 to April 2011

Fisker Automotive Wilmington, Delaware

Paint Department Staff (Area Lead)

Responsible for paint department project launch of new electric vehicle. Responsibilities include all maintenance and engineering, project planning, specifications, bid packages, contract awards and all related issues included in the refurbishment of the Paint Facility. Staff includes 3 engineers, 5 tradesmen and 4 contract leads.

Also was requested to launch 7 new colors in Finland Manufacturing facility on an associated product. I resolved technical application issues that prevented production. November 2010 to May 2011

Harley Davidson Manufacturing York

Setech, Site Manager

Responsible for Indirect materials and engineering support for new equipment spare parts and cost reduction.

Leader of 15 inventory reduction controls personnel, 4 purchasing agents, and 3 process support engineers focused on lean manufacturing waste reduction. They realized $300,000.00 in savings As the Site lead we eliminated 3.5 million dollars of excess and obsolete inventory. Also with process engineers we avoided the purchase of 2 + million dollars by consolidating and finding local inventory for new equipment spare parts.

October 2009 to November 2010

Baltimore, MD

Bindagraphics, Maintenance and Engineering Supervisor Responsible for total facility maintenance including, grounds. I was personally required to troubleshoot and repair high-speed binding and printing machines. I assign PM and repairs to the 3 maintenance personnel on 2 shifts. I was also responsible for the purchase of replacement parts, engineering the relocation and installation of all new and used machines (most of which are usually German or Italian). July 2005 to October 2009

General Motors Wilmington, Delaware

Production, Engineering and Maintenance Superintendent Transferred to GM Wilmington as Production Superintendent to launch new Products, the Saturn Sky and the Pontiac Solstice. Responsible for all Production, Quality and Safety requirements. As product demand decreased I also assumed the Maintenance and Engineering responsibilities, which includes all Production equipment, Department Building Facilities, ISO 9001, Financial budgets, Environmental controls and Housekeeping. I maintained that role for 18 months. Then was promoted To Paint Area Manager for 12 months. Then retired rather than relocate. October 1983 to July 2005

General Motors Baltimore, Maryland

Maintenance and Engineering Superintendent

I was hired as a Maintenance Electrician, was promoted through the ranks as a trades supervisor in the Paint Department, to process engineer, General Supervisor, then to Superintendent. My duties included managing trade’s person’s supervisors and engineers. I was responsible for all indirect expenses, capital projects, budget forecasts, environmental controls, equipment control plans, ISO 9001 requirements, and Safety among many other responsibilities. I finished the last 2 years as the interim Department Head, before the plant closed.

Areas of expertise include;

Safety controls and Policies

Assembly line production

Production procedures

Fast learner

Business development experience

Engineering/project management experience

Experience in project finance

Organizational skills

Interpersonal skills

Microsoft applications skills

Strategic thinker

Lean Manufacturing skills, Toyota principles.

Leadership for plant safety and safety training.

Employee coaching, training and mentoring.

Managerial courage

Fluid process systems

Mechanical systems

Electrical and power systems

PLC control

Conveyors

Robotics

Maintenance/Engineering leadership skills

Production monitoring and control systems

Environmental controls, impacts, and measurements

Experience with union negotiations and labor agreements Overall knowledge on business acumen.

Accomplishments:

Started as Assistant Maintenance Manager for JLL at the Amazon Site in Baltimore Md., Promoted one year later to Senior Maintenance Manager over the entire Site. Promoted from Facilities Manager at Tate Access Floors, Red Lion, PA., to Plant manager for Tate in two facilities in Jessup, Md...

Sole Paint Director for Fisker Automotive, instructed Finland Auto manufacturer on painting process for Fisker Karma, in Finland.

Cost Reduction

Variable cost reduction of $1.1 million per year at the Wilmington Assembly Plant. I developed a skilled trade’s task force to automatically stop utilities when they were not required. Used a department simulation and lean manufacturing practices to provide a” one less shift” of production. The paint department ran 2 shifts the plant ran 3 shifts resulting in $2.5 million in fixed and variable cost reduction.

Troubleshooting

I was sent to the General Motors Linden NJ plant to resolve production and maintenance issues preventing the plant from making production schedule requirements. Working with trades and managers the plant was exceeding the schedule in 3 months. I also implemented Preventive Maintenance program changes to maintain throughput. Quality

Implemented product Quality Team to reduce scrap and improve appearance metrics to exceed the majority of vehicles in mass production. I instituted a zero defect target. We were 3rd in the world. Capital Projects

Start-up of 1st 100% Robotic Paint Shop in General Motors, Launch of Astro/Safari Van project. Responsibilities as lead electrician involved PLC programming and troubleshooting robotics paint system controls and interfaces. Resulting in successful launch, quality and performance targets were ahead of schedule.

Conversion from 92 Hydraulic robots to 42 Electric, for Van hatch door option. Resulting in an increased quality, with decreased cost.

Refurbishment of complete Phosphate and E-Coat system. Included relining of Electro coat tank. New Powder Paint application system. Responsibility as the Paint Maintenance Engineer was design, controls, integration, bid process, installation, training and startup. Ended up being the most efficient powder process in GM

Change over to a two component clear coat paint application process from single component system. Responsibility as the Paint Maintenance Engineer was to coordinate installation, training and startup. Successful startup with no loss of quality or production Leadership

Preventive Maintenance, Phase III attainment/Baltimore Plant, Responsible as Lead Superintendent on Steering committee.

As Maintenance and Engineering Superintendent, my department never caused loss of production schedule.

Education

2001 Harford Community College Belair, Maryland

Business

Undergraduate credits in Accounting and Business Management 1980 RETS Baltimore, Maryland

Associates degree certification Computer Electronics This was a 2 year program in component level repair and troubleshooting. 1977 Bethlehem Steel Electrical Journeymen Baltimore, Maryland Journeymen Electrician

Completed an intense Electrical apprenticeship at the Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, learning on foreign shipboard controls.

High School Kenwood High School Baltimore, Md.

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