Electrical Engineer Maintenance

John Kaafarani

United States Citizen **********@*****.***

Offer excellent technical and management experience

Cell: 586-***-****

SENIOR ELECTRICAL ENGINEER, MAINTENANCE AND FACILITY AREA SUPERVISOR

Offering 12 years experience in the electrical supervision and constructions areas. Career has focused on maintenance department leadership, management and building materials. Detail-oriented leader offers expertise in total maintenance system and total production maintenance (TMS and TPM).

Interacting with customers to perform job duties from conception to completion. Knowledge of electrical testing equipment. Interpreting of mechanical designs.

My ability to work with people and present a knowledgeable, logical, and honest approach to assigned tasks is one of my greatest assets. Many skills in the design engineering with an emphasis on hardware design, pneumatics and programmable logic controller.

BACKGROUND QUALIFICATIONS

Control Engineering Transformers Sizing Cabling Sizing Building design State-of-the-Art Equipment and Cross-Training Labor Union Relationships Quality Control and Assurance Vendor Relationships Workforce Safety Strategies Team Building Preventative Maintenance Programs TMS and TPM Manufacturing and Production Support Budget Management, Training, and Cross-Training Labor Union Relationships Quality Control and Assurance Vendor Relationships Workforce Safety Strategies

CAREER EXPERIENCE

Tangram architects and designers – UAE 2008 to 2012

PROJECT SENIOR ELECTRICAL ENGINEER- WRM Houses Project, Western Region, Abu Dhabi

Staff: 4 Direct Reports – Electrical Engineers

Oversees total construction effort to ensure project is constructed in accordance with design, budget and schedule. Includes interfacing with client representatives, contractors, subcontractors and suppliers.

Plan, coordinate and supervise activities of assigned electrical engineers on assigned projects.

Authorize and approve project personnel transactions, purchase requisitions and change requests.

Ensure all company, client, and project policies, procedures, standards, etc., are adhered to as required.

Provide direction to planning, scheduling, and engineering functions as required.

Perform additional assignments per project director's direction.

CHRYSLER, LLC– Michigan, USA 2000 to 2008

MAINTENANCE AREA SUPURVISOR Chrysler Sterling Heights Assembly Plant (2002 to 2008)

Staff: 35 Direct Reports - Electricians, Machine Repairmen, Millwrights, Pipe Fitters, Tool Makers, Facilities Professionals

Manage an 35-person team directly accountable for diagnosing, troubleshooting, repairing, and maintaining $500+ million worth of high-performance, state-of-the-art assembly line equipment that produce more than 1,000 cars per day. Supervise maintenance team in charge of installing new equipment and upgrading existing handling equipment’s.

Demanding position focuses on strategic equipment maintenance, preventative maintenance programs, equipment installations and commissioning, continuous process improvements, quality assurance, team leadership, Lean Manufacturing training and practices, Total Maintenance Systems practices, project management, and production support.

LEAD MAINTENANCE AND PRODUCTION AREA SUPERVISOR, Chrysler McGraw Glass Plant (1999 to 2002)

Staff: 12 Direct Reports – Union Professionals

Direct supervision of 20 skilled trades, engineers, and production operators. Coordinate the maintenance activities of skilled trades employees, engaged in the repair, resolve specific process issues in a team environment, service and maintenance of production equipment and plant facilities. Responsible for scheduling and executing preventive maintenance plans consistent with plant activities

Exceeded initial goals of decreasing employee’s overtime hours and costs. Surpassed the initial goal of 20% by delivering a 30% reduction.

Ensured rapid efficiency of new equipment and avoided downtime by selecting highly skilled employees to commission 90% of new equipment.

Boosted the technical skills of employees and drove employee morale by overseeing technical and on-the-job training initiatives.

CONTROLS ENGINEER, Progressive Tool and Industries Company (1996 to 1999)

Design, detailing, implementation and startup of control systems for different industrial processes (factory automation) with specialty in:

• Programmable Controllers – PLC5 SLC-500

• Hardware Design – Developed the electrical wiring diagrams and field device location for the overall automated process. Also designed the layout of control panels and junction boxes and developed the bill of material. Design included developing the following: hardware, I/O, panel and sub plate layout, pneumatics, Bill of Materials, sequence of operations, stations layout, and lubrication. Good knowledge of analog and digital sensors, motor starters, fuse and transformer sizing.

EDUCATION, RELEVANT COURSES, AND ACCOMPLISHMENT

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY

Wayne State University – Detroit, Michigan

Logic Control, Digital Logic

Communications, Electrical Circuits

Electrical Power and Distribution

Probability & Statistics for Engineering,

Management and Safety Courses,

Auto CAD Design, Microsoft Office,

• 2002 Chrysler – McGraw Glass Plant safety award from McGraw Glass Plant Manager

• 2002 Chrysler – McGraw Glass Plant cost reduction approximately $50,000 per year.

• 2002 Chrysler – McGraw Glass Plant perfect attendance certificate.

• 2004 Chrysler – SHAP Sterling award for cost reductions approximately $100,000 per year.

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