Maintenance Engineering
Resume:
Colin Aitchison
Brampton ON L6V 3T2
****.*****@*****.***
Profile
An engineering professional and MBA
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Experienced with asset care strategies e.g. RCM, PM Optimization, FMEA, and PdM
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Improved facilities productivity/reliability through lean initiatives, Kaizen, Quality Circles and SPC
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CMMS (Maximo) power user
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Award winning teacher of asset care leadership
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Experienced in management of both operations and in maintenance
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Experienced in Change Controls, and Installation Qualification/Operational
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Qualification/Performance Qualification (IQ/OQ/PQ) in the Aerospace and Defense industry
Professional Experience
Production/Maintenance Supervisor, RCM Tech. (Chrysler Brampton Assembly Plant) 2012 – Oct 2013
Maintenance planning and operations and safety pillar.
Supervisor of Maintenance Planning and Scheduling, Toronto Star 2008 – 2010
Developed preventive maintenance program for all critical assets. Optimized
the utilization of maintenance resources through effective planning and scheduling.
Achievements:
• Created failure codes and failure history hierarchy
• Customized Maximo to reduce trades input time by greater than 50 percent
• Planned maintenance jobs to improve wrench time and reduce MRO costs
• Created weekly scheduled reports given to maintenance, operations and senior management
Continuing Education Professor, Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning 2002 –
2008
Taught Plant Engineering and Maintenance Association of Canada (PEMAC) classes for the MMP certificate
such as Reliability Centred Maintenance, Planned Maintenance and Operations Management.
Achievements:
• 2005/6 Award of Excellence
• Taught project management techniques such as Critical Path Method
• Developed and delivered course material for Visual Basic.Net and XML
Consultant and Full Time Student 1994 – 2002 Consultant specializing in productivity enhancements of
management systems (maintenance, engineering, and manufacturing.) Consulted at Ford Motor Company of
Canada(Aerotek)– projects included engineering, design and the formation of management strategies.
Achievements:
• Championed redesign of seating system based on customer metrics
• Redesign of the noise abatement system on Grand Marquis/Crown Victoria
Boeing Aircraft(McDonnell Douglas)Company of Canada Ltd. 1977 – 1993
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Production Supervisor 1991 – 1993 Managed multiple departments, supervised a team of 32 on a
3 shift rotation, which included fabrication, assembly, material handling, production control, paint and
processing of aircraft components. Maintained a safe, positive, and productive team environment.
Achievements:
Revised standard operating practices ($50K savings per year)
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Introduced new painting technologies ($200K savings per year)
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Facilities Engineering Supervisor 1988 – 1991 Enterprise wide plant layout, construction, and
strategic planning of capital enhancements. Developed and monitored the capital and current
budgets. Strategically planned and installed JIT(Lean) work cells to implement lean manufacturing
philosophies.
Achievements:
Supervised the $8m redesign and construction of paint facilities
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Designed and developed plant wide Facilities Management system
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Supervised the design and construction of an automated $3m paint and process
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facility
Colin Aitchison
Education
EDINBURGH BUSINESS SCHOOL, HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY, UK:
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
HUMBER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND ADVANCED LEARNING, TORONTO, CANADA:
Computer Programmer with Honours
Diplomas:
Mechanical Engineering Technologist (CNC) with Honours
Electro Mechanical Engineering Technician with Honours
Plastics Engineering Technician with Honours
Mechanical Engineering Technologist (Tool Design) with Honours
Fluid Power Program
Certificates:
Robotics Program with Honours
Manufacturing Engineering with Honours
Tool Engineering with Honours
Computer Competencies
MS SQL Server, SAP, Access, Oracle8i, DB2
Database:
Win(NT, 2000, XP, 9x), UNIX (AIX, Solaris), DOS, OS 390
Operating
Systems:
IBM Maximo, MS Office, MS Project, Visio, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Oracle
Applications:
Developer, Unigraphics, AutoCAD
Visual Basic, Java, C++, COBOL, UNIX script, BASIC, HTML, XHTML, CSS, XML
Programming:
2
Seminars
Maximo: Immersion Training in IBM Maximo 6 (40 hours)
Workflow using IBM Maximo 6 (32 hours)
Tailoring IBM Maximo 6 using Application Designer (16 hours)
Quality: MRP II (100 hours)
Deming Quality (80 hours)
Juran Quality Management System (60 hours)
Toyota Production System (Just In Time) (75 hours)
Health and Safety: Supervisor's role with regards to WHMIS (120 hours)
IAPA Noise Control and Hearing Conservation Program (16 hours)
Humber College’s Occupational Health and Safety Plant Layout (60 hours)
Supervisor's role in the Health and Safety Statutes and Regulations (80 hours)
Facilities: Fire Code (16 hours)
Ontario Building Code (20 hours)
Environmental Regulations (16 hours)
IIE Computerized Facilities Planning (24 hours)
Leadership: Discovery (team and participatory skills) (120 hours)
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