Engineer Project Manager

Michael J. Gillian

** *. ***** **., *** #*

Canfield, OH. 44406

234-***-**** Mobile

***********@*******.***

Profile

Progressive manufacturing professional with a blend of manufacturing and business strategy. Solid background in Electrical Engineering and manufacturing operations, with strong emphasis in project management and commercial negotiations. Consistently managed capital projects to budget and delivery requirements. Experienced in developing equipment specifications that comply with all applicable codes and standards. Skilled in developing and implementing standardized design requirements and procedures. Proven track record of insuring process reliability by providing sound plant floor technical support.

Experience

June 2011 To Current General Motors Corporation Lordstown, OH.

Sr. Project / Tooling Engineer – General Assembly

Lordstown Assembly Operations

• Provide technical leadership during start-up and commissioning of 6 DVT (Dynamic Vehicle Testing) cells and 4 VA (Vehicle Alignment) cells

• Integration of new vehicle processing stations into existing GEP (Global Error Proofing) system

• SME – Vehicle processing equipment including fluid fills, torque monitoring and tire / wheel assembly

• Responsible for department budget tracking and reporting

• Work collaboratively with production and maintenance teams to ensure projects are executed to plan

January 2010 To February 2011 The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company Akron, OH.

Sr. Controls Engineer, Technical Team Manager – Tire Assembly Controls Group

Global Engineering & Manufacturing Technology

• Lead team of hardware and software engineers in developing standardized control systems for fully automated tire assembly machines

• Provide oversight of tooling budget of $12M

• Execute LEAN fundamentals to identify and resolve strategic operational opportunities

• Establish functional and safety specifications for new tire processing systems

• Coordinate vendor selection, foreign and domestic

• Develop standardized templates for RFP and RFQ

December 2008 To January 2010 The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company Akron, OH.

Category Project Manager – Capital Expenditure and MRO

Procurement Services

• Design and implement cost savings projects across multiple MRO materials & Capital Equipment sub-categories

• Developed engagement strategy to manage and measure supplier’s performance relative to contracted service levels

• Identify and resolve strategic supplier performance issues to ensure customer satisfaction

• Perform total cost of ownership evaluations, perform supply-market research and conduct pricing audits and impact analysis for the pursuit of continuous cost improvements

• Work collaboratively with suppliers and internal stakeholders to identify and execute continuous cost and performance improvement strategies

• Coach and develop team members in their performance and professional development

• Implement MRO & CAPEX Global Council meetings across North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia Pacific

• Purchase order approval delegation responsibilities up to $150K

January 2007 To December 2008 The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Akron, OH.

Sr. Project Engineer – Continuous Improvement & Lean Manufacturing

Tech. Center Manufacturing

• Develop and manage $7.5M capital equipment plan insuring projects are on time, within budget and meeting all design requirements

• Establish functional and safety specifications for new capital equipment

• Continuous Process Improvement, 5S, Value Stream Mapping, Work balance table (Yamazumi), Standardized Work, SMED and Kaizen

• Develop equipment and plant floor layouts, routings and process documentation

• Purchase requisition approval delegation responsibilities

• Directly manage project installation and commissioning

• Provide multi-plant process support across five value streams

• Initiate predictive / preventative maintenance system

• Responsible for plant floor technical support and training

• Directly supervise salary and hourly personnel

November 1999 To January 2007

General Motors Corporation Lordstown, OH.

Sr. Manufacturing Engineer – Body Assembly

Lordstown Assembly Operations

• Facilitated installation of multiple processing lines, critical outside surface experience, closure experience, Body-In-White

• Executed Global Manufacturing System (GMS) principals including work place organization, standardized work, built-in quality, lean manufacturing, and continuous improvement

• Responsible for construction and installation of process tooling revisions

• Design electrical control systems for new capital equipment

• Upgrade electrical control systems to improve process reliability

• Direct cross functional teams to eliminate process bottlenecks

• Responsible for plant floor technical support and training

• Directly supervise hourly personnel

March 1997 To November 1999 The Taylor-Winfield Corporation Brookfield, OH.

Electrical Engineer – Machine Control

Steel Mill Group

• Design electrical schematics and wiring diagrams for resistance welding and induction heating equipment

• Conduct customer design reviews

• Develop standardized ladder logic for machine control

• Develop motion control systems to meet system design requirements

• Interface new capital equipment with existing level I and II systems

• Directly coordinate start-up of new processing equipment

• Responsible for plant floor technical support

• Provide onsite customer training

Education

M.S. Electrical Engineering Youngstown State University March 2000

B.E. Electrical Engineering Youngstown State University June 1996

Core Competencies

• Enterprise resource planning: SAP-APO, SAP-PM, IBM Cognos-Business Intelligence and Financial Performance Management Software, IBM Maximo Asset Management Software

• Design packages: AutoCAD, SoildWorks

• Machining: CNC, Manual

• PLC programming: Allen-Bradley, Siemens and GE

• HMI / SCADA: Allen-Bradley and Siemens

• Communication protocols: Ethernet, Device Net, Control Net, Prophy Bus, DH+ and RIO

• Drive systems: Allen-Bradley, Siemens, GE, Fincor and ABB

• Robotics: Fanuc RJ, RJ-2, ArcMate and RJ-3

• AGV / AGC: Frog, BA Systems

• Dispensing systems: Johnstone, Jesco and Nordson

• Vision inspection systems: Cognex ,DVT and Banner

• Resistance welding controllers: Medar and Square D

• Arc welding controllers: Lincoln Electric and Miller

• Sheet metal joining systems: BTM Tog-L-Loc and Tesco

• Conveyor / Material handling systems: CARTRAC, Automated Monorail Systems, Power & Free conveyors

• Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office products

• Pneumatics, Hydraulics

• OSHA, CE, NEC and NFPA training

References

Available Upon Request

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