Dichko Dichev
Palatine, IL
Phone: 224-***-****
Email:************@*****.***
Summary
Experience
Competent maintenance manager experience, training, and technical knowledge to install, maintain, and troubleshoot PLC based electrical, mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic control systems. Able to monitor and modify the following PLC systems: Allen Bradley, Siemens and Honeywell. Proven abilities in a wide range of technical skills: blueprint and schemes reading, 3-phase electric motors, 480V AC-24V DC, AC&DC drives—Dura plus, Power flex 40, Power flex 70.
Computer skills, CMMS software, Employee evaluation Six Sigma Five Sigma, OSHA training, Leadership
Hands-on maintenance-manager. Good communication and computer skills. Self-motivated, industrious, and detailed oriented. Manage the maintenance department. Monitoring maintenance crew for correctly and safety work. Hiring or determination team member’s .Training maintenance team members. Scheduling all preventive, predictive maintenance to the machines. Work with vendors for property receive spear parts, work with contractors to negotiate the service and service price. Monitor contractors for correctly and safety job. Work close with all the teams - maintenance, production, engineering, plan and production managers, HR manager, production scheduler. Work with CMMS software-Asset Essential, Fiix, and MP2. Good communication, computer skills.
Maintenance Manager
Win Cup West Chicago, IL 03/2022- Present
Hands-on Maintenance manager. Responsible for 31 foaming machines, 11 thermoformers, 5 boilers and 5 compressors, and 4 extruders. Manage maintenance team. Working on the floor with all maintenance team members, monitoring the team members for correct and safe work. Working close with other teams- production, engineering, plant manage, production manager, scheduler, and HR manager. Help to increase and better production. Working with vendors for regular receive spear parts and keep on track them. Working with contractors-negotiating the service price, monitor them for correct and safety job. Using CMMS software to schedule preventive and predictive maintenance to avoid down time.
06/2021-03/2022 Quantum Plastics Elgin
Hands-on Maintenance manager. Responsible for injection molding machines- Arburg, Sumitomo, Engel, Van Dorn, Krauss Maffei. Manage maintenance team. Working on the floor with all maintenance team members, monitoring the team members for correct and safe work. Working close with other teams- production, engineering, plant manage, production manager, scheduler, and HR manager. Help to increase and better production. Working with vendors for regular receive spear parts and keep on track them. Working with contractors-negotiating the service price, monitor them for correct and safety job. Using CMMS software to schedule preventive and predictive maintenance to avoid down time.
Maintenance Manager
04/2018-06/2021 Midwest Can Company & Container Specialties Franklin Park, IL
Blow and injection molding company
Performing highly diversified duties to install and maintain production machines and the plant facility’s equipment. Provide emergency/unscheduled repairs of production equipment during production and performs scheduled maintenance repairs of production equipment during machines service. Managing and training 8 maintenance employees. Organize day to day maintenance job. Helps maintenance workers to the floor. Working with Ensure safe operation. Make hiring, and determination employees. Vendors. Schedule preventive and predictive maintenance to the machines.
05/2013 -03/2018 Power Packaging An DHL Company Batavia, IL Maintenance Supervisor
Dry packaging food company. Determinate schedules workloads and supervised maintenance department. Made hiring and termination recommendations by evaluating. Interpreted, developed and implemented policies and procedures. Monitoring and taking part in operations in assigned sections including developing, inspecting projects, implementing modifications and recommending specifications, improvements and scheduling for contracts, inspecting contractor’s work and negotiating price. Ensure that all maintenance members are trained in maintenance activities and were strictly fallowing standard operating procedures. Ordered materials and supplies. Helped in tracking and monitoring of expenditures to maintenance department.
05/2008-05/2013 Berry Plastics Corporation Alsip, IL
Maintenance Electrician
High speed plastic company producing plastic products for food companies.
Responsibilities-maintain, repair and troubleshooting extruders, trim press,”CBW” robots, conveyors .Maintain, troubleshoot PLC-Allen Bradley, Siemens, AC/DC-drives, motors, servo drives and motors.480 V-24V power.
02/2007-04/2008 Dayton Superior, Elk Grove, IL
Maintenance Electrician
Responsibilities included the maintenance, repair and troubleshooting of “Minster” punch press; Mig, Arc, Gas welder; “Miller” and “Lincoln” robotic systems; “Cincinnati” mechanical shear; ”Cincinnati” hydraulic press; plasma cutter; “Selco” wood saw and PLC systems, 480V and 120V power.
01/2006-01/2007 Pactiv Corporation Franklin Park, IL
Maintenance Electrician
Pactiv Corporation is manufacturer of plastic products. Responsibilities included the maintenance, repair and troubleshooting of the following machines: “Lyle” thermo formers, trim press, crystallizers, and extruders. Experienced with Allen Bradley and Siemens PLC systems. Worked with 480V, 240V and 120V electrical powers. Worked with AC/DC motors and drives
Education
1995-1999 Thracian University Bulgaria
BS in Automation of Continuous Production
According to the World Evaluation Services Inc. the degree corresponds to three years of undergraduate study in electrical and computer engineering.
1980-1984Chemical Industry High School Bulgaria
Specialty: Fitter of Control-Measure Appliance and Automatics.
Personal Skills
References
Analytical mind, team player, detail oriented, problem solver, able to multi-task, committed to producing top quality work to facilitate the achievement of organizational goals
Available upon request.