Manager Engineering

Carlos L. Irizarry

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ENGINEERING/MANUFACTURING PROCESS MANAGEMENT

Recognized throughout career as a creative,motivated, technically proficient, creative, resourceful manager with a successful track record of productive, profit minded management skills,in large multinational corporations.Talent for quickly mastering new technology. Proficient in MS Office suite and various other Windows based software. Demonstrated history of producing manufacturing production improvements, new plant start-up, total technology transfer, increasing efficiency of processes and finding hidden opportunities to increase profitability. Experienced in managing tooling, training and production budgets; completing multi-million dollar projects on time; fixture & tool validation; redacting contract specifications; sourcing of fixtures, goods and spare parts utilizing world class negotiation skills and managing team strengths to drive change and task completion.

Key Strengths:

Project Management /Manufacturing Leadership: New plant start-up(including pre-construction definitions), process and tooling validation; SQE sourcing assistance; technology transfer, importing/specifying tooling to US regulatory compliance, production ramp up; Primavera P6, MS Project

Six Sigma: Gauge R&R, Capability studies, C&E (Ishikawa), Pareto, Minitab; FMEA; DMAIC;

(NPI) New Product Introduction: Supplier qualification, NCI, DOE testing, ECR, ECN.

Team Building: Mentoring, negotiation skills, conflict remediation, Kaizen events

Manufacturing: Kan-Ban; 5S, Lean; PDCA; metal stamping, D&T, welding, plating, assembly

Multilingual: English and Spanish; basic French and Italian.

Technology Transfer: Homologation of EU electrical and safety CE standards to US (UL, NEC, OSHA, ASME, ANSI) standards, Engineering Change Process, tooling, fixtures, process

Professional Experience

ALSTOM WIND NA, Amarillo, Texas March 2010 – July 2012

PLANT PROCESS ENGINEERING MANAGER

Manager in charge of leading the complete technology transfer of the 1st Alstom US wind turbine nacelle manufacturing plant. Managed Capex of $5 MM for tooling and equipment. Hired US engineering staff, managed staff in Europe to complete project within the required deadline. Assisted US and EU suppliers in meeting engineering & regulatory requirements. Traveled extensively to Europe to evaluate manufacturing methods and requirements.

• Managed European and US engineering staff to secure documentation, tooling, fixtures, engineering and manufacturing process from Spain to USA while bridging cultural and business barriers.

• Provided Sourcing Dept with key engineering specifications, vendor validation,negotiation and contract terms for International and US based tooling suppliers of proprietary advanced details, protecting company secrets and specifying company ownership of designs and improvements.

• Played key role in defining plant production electrical layout, floor construction specifications, with architectural firm and general contractor on current state of the art $10.5 MM plant.

• Created and managed Primavera project Gantt chart to complete all phases of the start up project on time and on a fixture and tooling budget of $5MM.

• Managed, improved and modified production floor and warehouse layouts using ACAD LT 2011, utilizing lean principles and Kaizen events enlisting the active participation of our production staff.

• Used DMAIC process to solve a variety of serious engineering problems that threatened to add over $100,000 in construction cost and delay the start production.

• Assumed roles of Logistics Manager, EHS Manager, Production & Engineering Manager until Logistics and EHS Manager positions were filled.

• Provided technical assistance and mentoring to engineering staff (including KT engineer) and other new team managers.

GE TRANSPORTATION, Erie, Pennsylvania 2008 - 2010

LEAD SVCP ENGINEERING

Lead SVCP engineer that spearheaded the cementing of Essig Engineering contract with GE Transportation. Pioneer to quickly master all relevant engineering digital systems and transferred the knowledge to all new Essig assets deployed at GE Transportation.

• Led multi-million dollar service productivity projects impacting GE’s locomotive service contracts with BNSF, UP, CP, and all other major diesel locomotive customer.

• Conducted and/or commissioned and reviewed DOE process to validate design changes in diesel electric maintenance parts with manufacturer and GE specialist.

• Led $3.1 MM, 6 month, locomotive damper UX project working directly with manufacturer, using SPC analysis to evaluate UX part performance and manufacturer Cpk, to completion and implementation.

• Leader of $2.1 MM, 3 month, locomotive AC generator stator UX project, creating the process to reduce scrap by 98%.

• Conducted GE Engineering Tollgate sessions to justify and obtain required approvals to complete NPI, Engineering Change process on all SVCP projects I led.

• Developed tooling for compressor contactor, registering the invention in GE invention database.

• Established cordial and beneficial relationship with plant’s unionized personnel through stewards and ultimately earning their cooperation where steward intervention was no longer required to conduct projects.

• Mentored and trained Essig Engineering personnel as well as GE Edison engineers.

BETHOR AEON POWER, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 2001- 2008

ENGINEERING MANAGER

Engineering Manager tasked with design, evaluation and sourcing of state of the art diesel generation units from China, UK, France and Spain.

• Reviewed engineering requirements for end users of Diesel power generation equipment.

• In charge of evaluating prototypes, retrofits and customizations of electrical generators to meet regulatory requirements and customer needs.

• Supervised and coordinated installations and start ups.

• Design of circuits to implement complex automatization of emergency power systems.

• Provided technical expertise to field personnel to modify or repair automatic transfer switchgear, AC &DC power systems including excitation, transformers, MCCB and controls.

• Negotiated purchases, evaluated products from international suppliers, created purchase and electrical specifications to insure US regulatory compliance with NEC, OSHA, Customs and local laws.

GE CARIBE, Arecibo, Puerto Rico 1999 - 2001

MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING LEADER

Sole management member during 2nd shift of a $140MM/year MCCB manufacturing facility, directly supervising a workforce of up to 120 associates -including engineering staff- in Plating, Assembly, Welding, Drill & Tap, Toolmakers, and Metal stamping departments. Implemented Six Sigma projects to improve efficiency, and lower cost to produce a 30% jump in 2nd shift productivity by the one year mark.

• Supervised 2nd shift production floor to consistently exceed production quotas vs. first shift.

• Improved dramatically output on welding department by tracking production data and implementing personnel assignment adjustments.

• Reduced absenteeism and idleness with effective leadership.

• MLDC (Manufacturing Leadership Development Course) graduate, graduating top 10% of class.

• Managed Metal Stamping department to insure material flow, resolving material shortages, machine failures and quality issues creatively and expeditiously.

• Conducted evaluations, tracked attendance, initiated or implemented disciplinary actions where warranted, provided input for retention or contract termination of up to 120 associates.

Education/Professional Certifications and Memberships

FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY – Miami, FL

Bachelors in Science Electrical Engineering Degree, 1996

NCEES- EIT certification, IEEE Member

GE Six Sigma Green Belt- Trained

Computer Skills

MS OFFICE(Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, Word);Visio;Primavera P6; Lotus Notes; Oracle; SAP, Minitab ; Weibul++7 and Crow-AMSAA reliability software; Power quality software; Bosh IDS software; computer literate and quick study in any specialized software; Graphic editors

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