Ford Division Engineering Construction & Facilities Site Leader

Francisco A. “Al” Ortiz

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Ford Motor Company 3/15/67 to 2/1/09 (H) 513-***-**** ********@*****.***

Ford Engineering/Management Experience

**/**-*/*9 Sharonville Transmission Plant Sharonville, Ohio

12/05-2/09 Division Construction, Building & Facilities Site Leader

Responsible for everyday administration, management, coordination and implementation of the $17 million 6R140 Transmission Program. Lead and coordinated the daily activities of the on-site, CCM, Walbridge Project Manager and Ghafari Engineering Supervisor, G-Tech Engineers, and Ford Division Engineers and Ford/U.A.W. Skilled Trades, and the CM,Commodity Construction Contractors on all phases of the program. Starting with review and approval of Ghafari Architectural Drawings, application of permits from local and state agencies, extensive demolition of building, (90 building bays) facilities, concrete floors and underground plumbing and electrical volts, steam, water, sewer piping and machinery removal and demolition and proper disposal following ISO 14001 Standards. New excavation, installation of underground plumbing, steam, water, sewer piping, electrical volts, installation of new concrete floors and floor epoxy coverings, installation of new facilities and modification of existing facilities. Installations of new rooftop support steel frames for the new electrical sub stations and power distributions, hvac and ductwork, water and fresh air supplies. Fire protection systems. Installation of new facilities and machinery and equipment to manufacture the new 6R140 Transmission. Remodeling of existing offices and meeting rooms. Daily inspection of work performed by contractors, ensure that safety is incorporated into construction daily work, lead weekly safety and housekeeping tours. Personally supervised helicopter drops of the new rooftop electrical substations. Supported the manufacturing departments with the launch of the new product. Administered daily meetings with Walbridge on budget, payments, timing and manpower and constantly reinforcing Ford and OSHA Safety Standards. Attended daily meetings with Ford plant management and provided information updates and progress reports. This was my second program coordinating project work with a Walbridge Project Management Team and Ghafari Engineering in the previous ten years.

I feel that my biggest challenge was to evenly and fairly divide all the construction work between Walbridge, the designated construction project contractor, and the commodity construction contractor group, and still honor the Ford/U.A.W. bargaining agreement to provide the U.A.W. tradesmen and facility housekeeping crews with construction work without grievances or work stoppages, at the same time utilizing their talents and expertise and at the lowest cost, and promoting good working relationships. I achieved all my milestones, including budget, timing and safety. All work was done while all the other manufacturing departments were operating.

12/99-12/05 Senior Division Mechanical Engineer

Responsible for asset preservation at the Sharonville Transmission Plant. Ford Division Engineering is responsible for the preservation of the building, the grounds and the facilities and utilities. The funding is provided from the Division budget, projects and line items. I was responsible for the preservation and maintenance of the building and grounds, including the roof, painting, concrete aisle repair and replacement, the new installation of epoxy floor coverings, electrical, hvac, grounds and landscape and facilities housekeeping and grounds maintenance crews. Always insuring that plastic and safety barriers were installed properly, prior to the start of all work to avoid dust contamination to adjoining working manufacturing production departments and addressing safety pedestrian rules. Writing jobs scopes and timing plans to cover preventative and predictive maintenance, ordering cleaning and construction materials, complying with the Ford Corporate MSD Sheets. Writing specification packages, setting up bid meetings, tendering bids, reviewing and comparing the top three bids and awarding contracts to Walbridge Contractors, Ford Center Shop and the U.A.W. tradesmen and maintenance custodians and cleaning crews or our commodity construction group, and supporting several other new transmission programs that were being implemented at the same time.. Writing work orders to pay for Ford tradesmen time and housekeeping maintenance crews . Reviewing and approving and payment of invoices from Walbridge Contractors or our commodity group. Monitoring daily work progress against timing plan, for several on going new transmission programs, daily inspection of work, meeting daily with contractors or tradesman and supervision, reinforcing Ford and OSHA Building Codes and Safety Standards. Report progress daily to the Plant Management. Monitor and control program costs. Offer positive feedback communications to management, engineers, tradesman and contract personnel. Insure proper disposal procedures were followed on demolished concrete, clean dirt, contaminated dirt, old equipment and materials following ISO 14001 Standards. Daily documentation of events. Receive invoices, review and approve for payment from project line items, and request payments from the Division Purchasing Department.

10/91-12/99 Ford Batavia Transmission Plant Batavia, Ohio

ATX Machining & Final Assembly Dept Maint/Construction Supervisor

CD4E Clutch, Pump & Diff Dept Maint/Construction Supervisor

Plant Engineering Centershop Supervisor

In the above three jobs I supervised Ford/U.A.W. tradesmen, such as, pipefitters, electricians, millwrights, fork and tool repairmen, toolmakers. machinist, welders, painters, custodians, janitors, sweepers on all construction, maintenance, and maintenance plant cleaning of the respective departments for six years.

Plant Engineering Mechanical Engineer

Plant Engineering Design Engineer, Material Handling & Packaging

Ford Foreign Service Assignments

Ford Lio Ho Plant Taipei, Taiwan

10/89-10/91 Facilities & Equipment Engineer Advanced Manufacturing Division

Large plant and facilities and manufacturing expansion, addition of forty bays, to cover new volume demands. Responsible for program implementation of new conveyor & process equipment, and design specifications. Prepared bid packages, had bid meetings with prospective contractors, awarded contracts. Follow-up on tooling development. Interfaced with Ford manufacturing management. Engineered and supervised installations with local contractors, supported launch start-up of new facilities and equipment and production ramp-up to desired JPH in paint shop, passenger, and commercial assembly departments.

Ford Body & Assembly Operations Office Hiroshima, Japan

12/87-10/89 CT-20 Division Process Liaison Engineer Ford/Mazda Joint Venture

Responsible for all closures, underbody, body re-spot & bolt-up lines. Finalized CT-20 tooling layouts, evaluated Mazda tooling quote & bid package for approval & purchase. Negotiated to contain cost within project budget. Wrote process sheets, prepared initial layouts and timing plans for installation. Follow-up on all E.C.N. changes affecting tooling, used W.E.R.S. system for design and release process, Authorized engineering deviations. Interfaced plans with Mazda & Hermosillo (Mexico) Plant manufacturing and production management & Dearborn based teams. Follow-up on tool build, perform Kaisen reviews and buy-off. Prepared import/export permits in Spanish for Mexican customs for Hermosillo tooling. Achieved all program timing & budget milestones.

Ford Hermosillo Stamping & Assembly Plant Hermosillo, Mexico

10/86-12/87 CT-20 Launch Support Team Member Plant Engineering

Responsible for coordinating installation of Mazda CT-18 Body Shop equipment, including door presses, chassis platform unitized underbody presses, framing re-spot & bolt-up lines. Helped develop launch plans. Launched product. Interfaced with manufacturing & production management, supported start-up and production acceleration to desired JPH. Trained plant engineering personnel in advance welding and layout.

Lockheed Missiles and Space Company

10/85-10/86 Facilities and Maintenance Mechanic Sunnyvale, Ca.

Performed daily supervisor assigned tasks, including fabrication of production aides from sketches, from complex and simple engineering drawings, or verbal instructions. Produced bill of materials, procured materials, fabricated production aides. Made simple to complex repairs, improvements and changes to existing buildings and facilities and equipment. Made simple to complex remodeling of offices and meeting rooms. Installed new or relocated existing small to very large manufacturing equipment and machinery, set and anchored and grouted and hooked-up facilities and utilities.

Note: I was awarded the Lockheed Productivity of the month Award for July 1986 for submitting productivity improvement suggestions.

Note: I worked for Ford from 3/15/67 until 10/85 when the Ford Assembly Plant in Milpitas, Ca. closed. I went to work for Lockheed on 10/85 until 10/86, I was recalled by Ford and promoted to go to work at the Hermosillo, Mexico Ford Stamping and Assembly Plant as a Launch Team Engineer. I went back to Ford because I had almost twenty years of seniority.

5/84-10/85 Product Engineer Ford San Jose Assembly Plant Milpitas, Ca.

Responsible for the introduction and implementation of the new product parts into the assembly and manufacturing processes. Specify and procure new equipment to support new product introductions. Lead cross-functional teams in the implementation of Lean Manufacturing. Maintain updated work instructions for processes. Recommend and implement process and product changes to improve safety quality, delivery and cost. Develop and maintain accurate project timelines for new and existing programs. Responsible for documentation of all changes.

Ford Skilled Trades experience

3/67-5/84 Journeyman Construction & Maintenance Welder San Jose Assembly Plant

1/83-5/84 General Coordinator Advance Welding Program

Education

1956-1960 Live Oak High School Graduated/Diploma Morgan Hill, Ca.

1960-1962 San Jose City College Mechanical Engineering San Jose, Ca.

1970 Construction & Maintenance Journeyman Welder Card U.A.W.Local 580 San Jose, Ca.

Languages: Spanish, fluent read/write, conversational Japanese, some Chinese

Professional Qualifications

Interpersonal Relations Skills Seminar Hermosillo, Mexico 4/87

Syska and Hennessey Preventative Maint. Seminar Phoenix, Arizona 11/87

Classes/Mazda Dimensional Control Philosophy Hiroshima, Japan 1988/89

Global 8d and Consumer Headset Louisville, Kentucky 4/2000

FPS/Lean Manufacturing Classes Detroit, Michigan 2/2000

Recruiter and Assessor Certification Detroit, Michigan 1999/2005

Recruited students from different colleges for summer internships and regular engineering positions at Ford, I did this as a volunteer to give back to society..

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