Engineer Electrical, Automation, and Process Improvement

Mohammad Sadaqa

**** * ******* ***, ******, DeKalb, IL 60115 / +1-815-***-**** / *********@*****.***

Education

Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL - MS in Industrial and Systems Engineering (2015), GPA: 3.78

University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan - BS in Mechatronics Engineering (2008), GPA: 2.57

Experience

JAN 2014 – Present: Engineer at Northern Illinois University - Caterpillar, Process Improvement projects:

Perishable tooling cost reduction: built Excel database for 500 tool parts, conducted Design of Experiment (DOE) to find best operating conditions and reduce cost by 10% with saving opportunity of $23K in 1 year.

1st operations plate utilization Improvement: improved sheet metal nesting process and provided recommendations that increased sheet utilization by 5% with yearly saving opportunity up to $376K.

Simulation Projects: designed a simulation model using Rockwell ARENA software for machining sections:

-Quick Mill station to increase machine utilization by 11% & reduce MRP planning cycle by 4 days.

-Power Train Machining and Treatment to minimize cycle time and find optimum lot sizes.

APR 2009 - AUG 2013: Electrical Maintenance Engineer - PEPSICO:

Organized and handled required electrical activities on six beverage production lines and their utilities which reduced electrical down time by 41% of total efficiency & improved productivity by 56%.

Designed and implemented different systems for monitoring and enhancing maintenance procedures to increase equipment effectiveness in addition to applying and improving the Preventive maintenance (PM).

Supported the Energy Health and Safety (EHS) department with all required electrical work leading to reduction of water consumption by 16%, power consumption by 37%, and having minimum injuries.

Ensured the availability of electrical spare parts for all lines with minimum inventory cost by planning their stock levels, ordering them from suitable vendors and following with their purchasing cycle using SAP.

Planned and handled personnel availability and training requirements in electrical department which resulted in achieving operations targets and reducing staff overtime by 10%.

Provided electrical support for projects department to ensure projects’ on time delivery within budget.

SEP 2008 – APR 2009: Projects Engineer - Global Renewable Energy Systems Co:

Selected most appropriate design scheme for solar supported heating systems and their sub-systems.

Supervised the assembly process of major constructed solar systems.

Selected the suitable solar water heater that meets the actual demand for each client.

Supervised maintenance of solar water heaters & solar supported heating systems.

Skills

Electrical troubleshooting; motors, pumps, drives, HVAC equipment, compressors and boilers.

PLC programming, handling and troubleshooting using SIEMENS automation equipment.

Programming using assembly language, C and C++.

Solving combinatorial problems using MATLAB, Statistical Analysis using Minitab.

Systems modeling and simulation using Rockwell ARENA simulation software.

SAP.AG - ERP experience on spare parts and purchase requisitions.

CAD using AutoCAD.

Trainings and Certificates

Graduate Integrated Manufacturing & Logistics Certificates from Northern Illinois University.

Six-Sigma Green Belt by Caterpillar.

Training by SIEMENS, PLC SIMATIC-S7 system handling, trouble shooting & TIA: Totally Integrated Automation.

Training course certified by Jordanian Engineers Association, pumps and HVAC systems design.

Training program certified by University of Jordan on Gas Turbines and Combined Cycle Steam Turbines operation and control, Electric Power Transmission and high voltage systems in Rehab Power station – Jordan.

Memberships

2014: Alpha Pi Mu – Industrial Engineering Honor Society

2013: Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE)

2008: Jordanian Engineers Association (JEA)

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