Engineer Mechanical

NICHOLAS P. KANIARIS

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Born in Athens 13/8/67 – Greek / US Citizen

Tel +30 210.6917.576 or +306945 - 331888

Mechanical Engineer M.Sc. - San Diego State University Calif. USA

Member of Greek Technical Board (ΤΕΕ)/A2 Prof. License

Foreign Languages – English, Spanish, Japanese (Speaking)

Certified Officer by the Greek National Center for Occupational Health and Safety (ELINYAE)

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

November 2008 – Present ALBAMAR Shipping Co.

HR / Technical Coordinator

On site (portside) safety and hazard assessment evaluations of vessels and crews.

Liaison to legal firms in Piraeus as per litigation stemming from work related accidents, targeting optimum settlement each time.

Labor law interpretations related to work injuries and compensatory damages. Long run effects to budget and fiscal reporting to Zulas Inc (parent company).

January 2006 – October 2008 Arcelor/Konti Steel Hellas SA Volos

Plant Manager

Steel Painting Facility handling 50 k-Tons per year, galvanized steel as well as Aluminium Zinc alloy.

Logistics center handling 1500+ product codes including forklift and equipment preventive maintenance material. Enforced JIT principles throughout.

Total plant labor force 190, direct and indirect without sales support.

Designed and implemented the toxic free paint line. Eliminated toxic agents from the painting fluids, and prepared the first of its kind biological treatment of toxic agents for a heavy industry.

Designed and implemented the 10 key indicators checklist, ranging from days off work to productivity and injuries. Said checklist picked up by France for all the plants Europe wide.

Team lead to union discussions on contract renegotiations and process optimization techniques paired with technological innovations applied to sustain retirement & non replacement policy enforcement. Utilization of a parallel insurance policy program in order to alleviate run-offs in such a multifaceted organization. Part time work hours and OGA insured individuals utilized to lower pre tax costs.

2005 Prof. Engineer in Public Works Athens

Office management of 15 people for private as well as public works projects, with crew sizes ranging from 50 to 200+ persons. Guideline and training responsibility for new hires as well as re training for safety and protective measures that must be followed when on the work site. Primarily Justice Dept projects and private apartment building erections in Athens, Salonica, Halkida and Corinth.

2003–December 2004 Olympic Organizing Committee Athens 2004

Media Transport Manager for the Athens Olympics

Project manager for the safe transportation of the accredited media personnel – a population of 19000 residing in 120 hotels throughout Athens and Piraeus. Services via car or buses for the duration of the Summer Olympics as well as The Paralympic Games.

Site manager responsible for the scheduling, servicing and running of 1100 busses and 1900 drivers (mostly non-natives) and an operating budget of € 3.8 million.

Hellinikon bus depot manager (old international airport) responsible for the catering and lodging of 1900 bus drivers, 2100 car drivers dedicated to VIPs and a depot stationed staff of 370 for 24 hour / 7 day operations.

Unique and successful operational set up, already adopted by the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Transport Division.

2002-2003 GEMEK Construction SA Athens

Technical Manager for 2nd Level Public Works Projects

High visibility project leader during the November 17 Correctional Facility Rebuilding Project, daily progress assessments and precise cost analysis for all project phases.

Bid preparation for public works projects primarily with the ministry of Justice

Compilation and reworking of site engineers' training guide for improved and continuous site parts scheduling and receiving.

Contacts with public officials for the smooth progress of all pertinent public works.

1996–2002 PepsiCo-Ivi Loutraki, Loutraki

Plant and Warehousel Manager

Personnel re-training program initiated – first in PBG group – linking work place injuries to disability and age. Re allocation of work staff to less physically demanding tasks, or forced retirement.

Re engineering of entire plant, from PVC producing bottles, to PET, and in house cap production. Total re engineering of water and treatment line with state of the art manifolds and equipment.

Preventive maintenance schedule coordinator, for the entire new and old line of equipment.

Re engineering of Pepsi Cola water plant in Yemen, piping and filtration in order to solve quality issues.

Redesign and execution of new water sewage line in the Pepsi Cola plant in Sudan – Araak, in order o solve age long quality issues

Consultation on the maintenance principles and how they affect the production flow in the 7up plant in Dubai.

Re-examination of all aspects of staff experience and aptitudes so as to better utilize them in more than one position. Interchangeability being the key to flexible work force practices.

Health and Safety Engineer for Pepsi Cola Greece, with a consistently low indicator of injuries. 10-key indicators first implemented to relate the working environment to health and output performance.

Warehouse and distribution manager for Southern Greece. Storage and FIFO with 60% goods seasonality. Project lead (between Technical and Sales Departments) for the redistribution of water and canned soft drinks in the available warehouses so as to maintain a Just In Time policy.

1994–1996 Famar (Ciba Geigy) Anthoussa, Attiki

Production Supervisor of Tablets Division

Member of the technical/ HR advisory committee for the smooth incorporation of Sandoz personnel into Ciba-Geigy corporate mentality, shift-running methods, follow up sales force tasking as they relate to the sales figures, raw material shortages, production down times etc.

Chief engineer in the re design of the toxic waste line of the plant in order to run discretely from the civilian waste lines. Biological treatments of the pharmaceutical waste to de activate and render them harmless to humans.

Industrial Engineer with productivity measurements responsibility. Computerized monitoring techniques of personnel training crucial to the success of the induction project.

1990–1992 US Navy Warfare Engineering Station San Diego, Ca. USA

Mechanical Engineer Nuclear Submarine Ops Division GS-9

Technical support for South West Pacific Naval Operations. New weapons testing and optimisation

Technical supervisor for the documentation of new procedures and guidelines during the test phases of new weapons applications.

South Pacific Naval Task Engineer for the Submarine Division

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

1985–1991 San Diego State University San Diego, California

B.Sc., Mechanical Engineer 1990

M.Sc., Mechanical Engineer with Thesis in Materials Engineering 1991

Articles published in technical journals in the USA specializing in automation and artificial intelligence.(Journal of Aerospace and Aeronautic Engineering-Janes Defense–US Government I-Report).

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