Engineering Technician

Wayne J. Hildebrand

**** ******** **. *** **, Bethlehem Pa 18017 610-***-**** Email: acfelc@r.postjobfree.com

Objective SR Engineering Technician/Project Manager looking to grow with an established organization. Use my

vast knowledge, experience, and training to help my employer to fulfill their professional needs, while

continuing to grow professionally.

Professional Profile

• Solid SR Level Electro/Mechanical Technician with over 20 years of significant, hands on experience in

manufacturing and maintenance in both Medical and Semiconductor industries.

• Experienced project manager who has successfully led project teams of 6+ people from requirements-gathering

through start-up and support.

• Direct Supervisor of 5+ individuals influencing their personal direction and growth.

• Dedicated, self-motivated achiever who is committed to success and adept at juggling multiple tasks in a high-

pressured environment.

• Strong problem solver who can solve issues with limited support from others.

Certifications

• Lean 6

• AED, CPR, First Aid

• 40 hour Hazwoper

• Facility First Responder

• Forklift

Accomplishments and Experience

Engineering Technician III OEM Group Inc. (Formerly Rhetech Inc.), Coopersburg, PA, May 2011 - Present

Second Shift Working Supervisor Rhetech Inc., Coopersburg, PA, February 2005 – May 2011

Manufacturers of Semiconductor Wet Process Equipment

Project Manager-Field Upgrades

• Visit customer site to audit equipment and feed that information to the Engineering group to ensure that the

customer requirements are met.

• Manage in house assembly and prepare for work to be done in field.

• Manage complex schedules for equipment upgrades utilizing Gantt charts to keep team, management and

customer updated on project timeline.

• Lead implementation team and coordinate job assignments.

• Continual management of customer to ensure customers’ needs are met and that they stay fully involved.

• Coordination with external software support team ensuring equipment comes up smoothly and quickly.

• Organize and deliver end user training.

• Receive on-going feedback from customers of fast equipment turn around and project management. This positive

feedback has led to millions of dollars of follow-on work and customer retention.

Project Manager-In-house Equipment Builds

• Tracking project time lines up to 3000 man hours.

• Managing other technicians on the project, both first and second shift with daily and weekly tasks, assigning

activities to be accomplished with expectations.

• Technical Lead/Mentor to other technicians on the floor not necessarily those I supervise. I assist them in

determining the best course of action on assignments and guide them to manage their time wisely to be productive

contributors.

• Tracking shortages, working with purchasing to ensure part arrivals.

• Reporting weekly updates to management with project progress.

Technical Responsibilities

• Complete layout of equipment components utilizing drilling, poly welding, machining and stud welding. This

requires complete overall knowledge of tool function and customer options for strategically installation of pumps,

tanks, filters, flow meters, valves, process chambers and accessories.

• Assembling of all sub-assemblies to factory standards utilizing method sheets and SOPs.

• Installing plumbing and pneumatics to interconnect components.

• Complete tool electrical wiring of all AC and DC circuits. Adding additional circuitry that is required and

modification of existing circuits. Interfacing with external equipment.

• Working with software development to program, troubleshoot, and verify PLC code for proper equipment

performance and verify customer requirements are met.

• Final testing of equipment to ensure complete functionality. This also includes facilitating a customer source

inspection before shipment to ensure their needs have been met.

• Configure Automation of robots utilizing fiber optic communication and servo drives.

• Equipment field installation and service in a clean room environment. Working with Process Engineers to determine

process related requirements. Training of on-site maintenance technicians.

• Technical phone support, on call rotation for emergency field support, and field service.

• Work with Engineering and technical publications to update prints, flow diagrams and manuals.

• Decontamination of used equipment or components. Neutralizing and disposing of hazardous wastes used in the

Semiconductor industry.

Equipment Trainer

• Certified OEM trainer on multiple equipment platforms.

• In house training of customers and field service personnel.

• Field training at customer site.

Supervision

• Managing nightly personnel activities and clearly communicating these with other supervision, technical leads

and management.

• Generating yearly performance reviews.

• Develop growth plans for those I supervise.

• Weekly time reporting.

• Employee interviews and hire/fire.

• Coordination of facility needs that may arise on second shift.

• Coordination with outside contractors for facility needs.

• Ensuring the safety of personnel and security of the building during second shift.

• Management of a small team of non-direct employees that are in charge of the company wide floor stock inventory.

Electro/Mechanical Technician Urania Engineering, Hazleton, PA, March 1995 - February 2005

Manufacturers of FDA approved Medical Packaging and Heat Sealing Equipment

• Complete machine assembly and setup.

• Strategically mount all components that were to be utilized in the machine.

• Wire all harnesses and control panels for AC and DC circuits.

• Installing all plumbing and pneumatic lines and controls.

• Electrical setup of systems, which includes verifying that all components and functions of the unit are working

correctly.

• Complete mechanical alignment and setup of system.

• Design and wire interfacing with other manufacturers equipment such as printers, scanners, desiccant

dispensers, and product feeders.

• Working with Engineering and Technical publications with print and manual updates.

• Calibration of heat, pressure, and speed parameters to NIST standards.

• Producing certified documentation and keeping precise records required by the FDA.

• Determine customers sealing parameters and advise accordingly.

• Programming of PLC controllers and HMIs to customers specifications and interfacing with equipment listed above.

• Installation and Field service of systems in a Medical clean room environment.

• Customer on-site training and phone service.

Air Quality Monitoring Technician Enviroplan Consulting, Bethlehem, PA, October 2004 - March 2006

Providers of Air Quality Monitoring Services

• Prepare, install and collect PM10 samples in accordance with sampling schedule.

• Perform pre- and post- sample flow checks to determine validity of samples taken.

• Document and record sampling data. Weather conditions, sample run time, evaluation of sampler performance,

onsite activities.

• Perform a QC flow check on each sampler at 1-month intervals.

• Perform a multi-point calibration on each sampler at quarterly intervals, or more often due to sampler

failure.

• Perform motor, mechanical and electrical repairs.

• Perform routine instrument preventative maintenance.

Electronic Technician Accu-Sort Systems Inc., Telford, PA, August 1992 - March 1995

Manufacturers of Barcode Reading Equipment

• Responsible for scanner mechanical setup of laser and receiving Fresnel lens to achieve desired scanning range.

• Reading of electrical prints to determine problem components.

• Troubleshooting and repair of circuitry at component level.

• Setup of software parameters of control systems to customers specifications.

• Final inspection and quality control of systems.

• I was chosen out of my colleagues to assist engineering in new product development.

Education

Associates in Electronics Technology Lincoln Technical Institute, Allentown, PA, August 1992

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