Manager Engineer

Richard C. Maxey

*** **** **. ** ****** Hills, CA 95762

408-***-**** ****.*****@*****.***

Operations Manager

Project Management Organizational Design Capacity Planning

Resourceful and cutting-edge operations management professional with extensive experience in high volume manufacturing. Proven track record of managing multiple R&D projects, overseeing project life cycle from concept to deployment. Adept at coordinating solid relationships with internal and external stakeholders to enhance organizational effectiveness.

Manufacturing Operations

Hardware Configurations

Equipment Engineering

Equipment Maintenance

Organizational Design

Team Development

Facilities Management

Business Continuity

Conflict Resolution

Negotiation Skills

Quality Improvement

Capacity Planning

Professional Experience

BLOO SOLAR, El Dorado Hills, CA Apr 2013 – Present

Principal Engineer/Equipment Engineer

Drive continuous improvements, conducting root cause analyses and championing new technology and standardizing tools to improve equipment performance and reliability.

Manage multiple R&D projects, overseeing product conception, design, and initial product specifications to deployment, defining product flow and process control operations.

Direct human resources functions, hiring personnel, coordinating work flow by prioritizing and delegating tasks, and reviewing performance.

Design, develop, and conduct staff training, ensuring effective project development by providing hands-on technical guidance for developing and testing three-dimensional solar cells.

Meet financial objectives by forecasting requirements, preparing annual budgets, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances, and initiating corrective actions.

Prepare documentation for facilities, maintenance, and process development groups.

Strengthen quality assurance programming and defect analysis, developing and implementing migration plans. Ensure that all safety programs comply with OSHA, EPA, and other regulatory requirements.

WESTERN DIGITAL, Fremont, CA 2007 – 2012

Senior Equipment Maintenance Manager

Managed maintenance operations for WD’s Magnetic Head Operation, supervising 120 technicians, eight supervisors, and two maintenance planners. Troubleshot and resolved equipment issues.

Led cross-functional groups, creating and managing world-class head manufacturing operations. Led team of four automation engineers supporting factory IS and tool interface architecture.

Developed continuous improvement strategies, leveraging critical path methodology to improve availability, predictability, and product quality. Improved reliability and reduced downtime.

Drove operational efficiency, reducing operating costs by $1.5M year over year. Implemented and documented mitigation plans, training programs, and technician efficiency projects.

Identified and developed lean manufacturing method planning, department cost controls, and preventative maintenance schedules for more than 400 pieces of complex manufacturing equipment.

Prepared and implemented all safety programs, in collaboration with environmental health and safety department.

Professional Experience Continued

HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES, Milpitas, CA 2001 – 2007

Senior Equipment Maintenance Manager, 2004-2007

Supervised four first-level managers and 50 equipment maintenance technicians in multiple departments.

Facilitated continuous improvement of key processes, project management techniques, and procedures.

Coordinated training programs, evaluating effectiveness and enabling teamwork culture.

Managed and maintained vendor relationships, negotiating cost-effective contracts for essential services and support.

Provided hands-on equipment troubleshooting and maintenance for escalated issues.

Equipment Maintenance Supervisor, 2001-2004

Supervised 12 maintenance technicians, ensuring timely troubleshooting and repair of wafer manufacturing equipment. Implemented corrective actions for reoccurring failures.

Managed department budgets, analyzing funding requirements and allocating funds appropriately.

Scheduled preventative maintenance and oversaw special engineering projects. Troubleshot and resolved escalated equipment issues.

Coordinated onsite and off-site training to broaden capabilities of technicians.

UNAXIS, Santa Clara, CA 1999 – 2001

Western Region Field Service Engineer/Supervisor

Managed technically related service activities and customer support engineers for Vacuum Systems Group in Western Region.

Provided exceptional customer service, resolving problems promptly and accurately to maintain company’s product quality commitments. Recruited and deployed customer support personnel.

Provided hands on field service problem diagnosis in the field for a variety of PVD, CVD, and IBD processing equipment.

Prior experience includes positions as field service engineer for CVC, installing, supporting, and maintaining high vacuum equipment; senior manufacturing equipment engineer for Seagate Recording Media, managing day to day manufacturing support on MINT sputtering equipment; production manager for Midalux International; sputtering equipment manager for Domain Technology, and field service technician for Varian Associates.

Short Courses & Certifications

Lean Six Sigma for Manufacturing

Statistical Process Control

8D - Eight Disciplines Problem Solving

7 Habits of Highly Effective Managers – Stephen Covey

Balancing the Paradoxes of Performance Leadership

Performance Based Management – Core Series

Fundamentals of Vacuum Technology, Vacuum Vessel Design, Operation & Maintenance of Vacuum Pumping Systems, Vacuum Leak Detection

Reactive Ion Etch Application, Ion Beam Deposition Fundamentals

Orbital Tube Welding

Partial Pressure Analysis

Sputtering Deposition and Ion Beam Deposition

Siemens PLC Programming & Diagnostics

Brooks Automation Robot Operation and Diagnostics, AutoCAD

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