Senior Coatings Engineer and Technical Service Lead

MILA GOLOCHEKOV

Brampton, ON 610-***-**** *******@*****.*** www.linkedin.com/in/milagolochekov/

M.S Chemical Engineering, major Organic coatings State University of Technology,

•Sales and Technical Service

•Expert in pretreatment

•Quality and Process Control

•ISO9001, ISO14001, TS 16949

•5Why, 8D, DMAIC, JISHIKAN

•Organic Coatings, Polymers

•E-Coat, Powder Coat, Liquid Coat

•Expert in substrates: Zinc, Galvaneal, Galvalum, all type of casts.

•Optimization, Programming

•Expert in Colormatch

•Expert in Water/Wastewater Treatment

•Expert in RO Systems

Shape Corp PTED Specialist 2024-present

Shape corp. is an automotive supplier with global operations.

Paint Line optimization in pretreatment and e-coat process and equipment.

Pretreatment improvement with future savings 10,000 yearly

Wastewater line process improvement.

Perform diagnostics water treatment equipment New Reverse Osmosis Systems, in order to improve longevity of membranes.

MillerKnoll Global Paint Specialist 2023-2024

MillerKnoll is an office furniture supplier with global operations.

Paint Line optimization in process and equipment with early savings 95000 per year.

Insourcing interior and exterior furniture parts for Paint Line with increasing sales on 25%.

Improved application technics to increase quality, density on 8% and decrease defects on 5%.

Investigated and got all quotes negotiated to right price for project to increase single line capacity, improve quality, increase insourcing parts and capability for longer and wider parts.

Training operators, quality inspectors, team leaders.

Magna International PTED Specialist 2021-2023

Magna International is an automotive supplier with global operations.

•Paint line optimization in process and equipment with yearly savings 110000 per year.

•Pretreatment improvement with yearly savings 97000 per year.

•Corrosion protection improvements on EV parts and elements.

•Wastewater line process improvement with installing detack system for E-coat permeate.

•Perform diagnostics on water treatment equipment: reverse osmosis Systems, water softeners, improve longevity of membranes and install filters for different metals.

Mazda Toyota Manufacturing Quality Engineering Specialist 2020 – 2021

Mazda Toyota Manufacturing is a joint venture automotive manufacturing plant.

•Technical Lead on Pretreatment Line Projects: Trials and Production Startup on Corola Cross and Mazda CX-50.

•Line Audit Pretreatment-Electrocoat, Paint with detailed report with continuous improvement and recommendations with implementation on each line.

•Evaluation of high viscosity materials application: sealer, underbody coating, anti-chip coating, waxes.

•Responsibility for quality-of-service parts: continuous improvement and rework.

•Participated in Toyota Kaizen and Jishuken problem solving activities to reduce top five repeat quality issues and currently achieving 84% direct run rate leading Toyota North America Plants.

STANLEY BLACK AND DECKER Sr. Paint Engineer 2016 – 2020

Stanley Black & Decker is a Fortune 500 American manufacturer of industrial tools and household hardware.

•Optimized and standardized powder application process and pretreatment process on 11 paint lines to reduce cost on 1.5 million $ by bringing the amount of vendors to one for each process.

•Trained employees of 11 painted lines: supervisors, operators, technicians, quality inspectors through Kaizen savings events.

•Supported process validations and development of projects to improve KPI’s.

•Troubleshoot all Paint line problems: pretreatment and powder coating process utilizing problem-solving techniques in finding root causes of issues.

FEDERAL MOGUL Global Paint Specialist 2012 – 2016

Federal-Mogul Corporation is an American developer, manufacturer, and supplier of products for automotive, commercial, aerospace, marine, rail and off-road vehicles; and industrial, agricultural, and power-generation applications.

•Established standardized process to be applied at 8 corporation facilities: in Belgium, Italy, China, Mexico, South Africa, and Romania.

•Developed two different processes of paint application on plastics with different plastic oxidations in Romania and Mexico. In one line participated in the installation of a robotic spray system by Gema.

•Documented and shared “best practices” methods, processes, and ideas with other manufacturing facilities to drive continuous improvement in all aspects of paint line processes.

•Established and maintained relationships with key stakeholders (Business Leaders, Plant Managers, Function Managers) for communication of Paint and finishing related goals, processes, and achievements.

•Developed and implemented standardized audits to ensure adherence to the requirements defined.

•Wastewater Treatment Lines responsibility including process optimization, chemical usage handling, support documentation and communicating reports accordingly Authorities.

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COLOURIFIC COATINGS Technical & Quality Manager, R & D 2009 – 2012

Colourific Coatings is a leader in the powder coating industry, providing quality services with advanced technology.

XIOM CORP R & D, Quality Manager, Technical Manager 2005-2009

XIOM Corp provides innovative solutions in the coating industry with its high-performance polymer coatings.

Developed powders for thermal application with different functions: antifouling, retro-reflective, corrosion protection.

Sold to European and New Zeeland market powders and equipment on 5,000,000 $ a year.

EDUCATION

MASTER OF SCIENCE, Chemical Engineering of Organic Synthesis and Polymers

Major in Organic Coatings: Development and Application, State University of Technology, St. Petersburg, Russia

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

OACETT, Member since 2005; NACE, Member since 1998; SME, Member since 2009; FSCT, Member since 2007

Participated in Automotive Industry National Annual Symposium; Delivered presentation on “The influence of Ultrasound on Polyethylene Performance” to 6K+ attendees

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