Engineer Plant

Timothy Hulce

Experienced Reliability Engineer

Chicago, IL

***.*****@*****.*** - 219-***-****

WORK EXPERIENCE

Reliability Engineer

W.R. Grace & Co - Chicago, IL - October 2012 to Present

• Tasked with implementing reliability methodologies on a plant and employee wide basis

• Created and tracked new operation metrics with corporate wide teams

• Created, planned, and managed capital reliability and operations projects

• Championed operator asset care program, allowing operators voices to be heard more freely

• Created database and started in-house yearly infrared electrical equipment surveys

• Reduced unplanned downtime by 26% Q1 2012 vs. Q1 2013

• Established extruder friction wear model for process that was previously run to failure, saving 10 hours of

unplanned downtime per month

• Held plant-wide monthly reliability meeting discussing and hearing issues from operations, while helping to

instill a reliability centered maintenance methodology in the entire plant.

• Performed PMO on existing SAP PM’s, saving over 30 hours per month of mechanic time.

• Helped work out bugs and offer reliability support on new $22MM production line

Reliability Engineering Intern

Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO) - Valparaiso, IN - May 2008 to June 2012

Worked 20 hours per week during school year and full time in summer months

• Gathered and analyzed vibration data on critical rolling equipment

• Collected, analyzed, and trended 3500 points of data on a monthly basis

• Supervised and trained employees in vibration analysis and general reliability technologies

• Used vibration analysis, tribology, infrared imaging, and ultrasound technologies for diagnosis

• Collaborated with plant personnel to correctly address any reliability issue

• Created and issued companywide "Asset Health Matrix" on a monthly timeframe

• Performed safety audit on existing PdM technologies, implementing controls to continue safety excellence

• Participated in RCMO and PdM groups finding best solutions for issues

• Reduced data collection time by 50%, implementing new procedures to the collection process

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Purdue University North Central - Westville, IN

May 2012

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• Microsoft Project

• Autodesk (CAD, Inventor, and Viz/3ds Max)

• IBM Maximo

• SAP

• Public Presentation

• Oral and Written Communication

• Leadership / Supervision

• Problem Resolution

• Critical Thinking

• Quality & Productivity Improvement

• Database Architecture & Management

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