Maintenance Manager / Electrical Engineer

Summary of Qualifications

Results-driven well-organized Professional Engineer (PE) with vast plant maintenance experience within the Pharmaceutical and Food Industry. Nine years of maintenance management experience, supervising up to 33 highly skilled technical staff and technicians. Expertise in preventive and predictive maintenance, root cause analysis, Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM), Total Productive Maintenance, Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS), and Maintenance Stockroom operation. Proven ability in training employees and contractors. Strong proficiency in preparing and presenting business proposals for management. Broad experience in budget preparation and projections. Strong planning, implementing, upgrading and maintaining high tech pharmaceutical equipments. Highly skilled in managing Engineering Projects including initiation, definition, planning, execution, monitoring and control and closure/commissioning. Experienced supporting validation / qualification of processes and equipments including computer / PLC and manufacturing systems. Applied knowledge in plant safety and EPA, FDA, USCG and OSHA regulations. ASQ-Certified Six Sigma Green Belt – (ASQ SSGB). Committed team player with excellent team building, communication and interpersonal skills with all organizational levels. Goal oriented, with excellent problem solving, creativity and out-of-the-box solutions. Flexible to changing priorities with multitasking skills. Computer literate: CMMS (SAP, MAXIMO, MP2), ProCal, MS Office, MS Project, AutoCAD, VISIO, ISOTrain, TrackWise and KRONOS. Fully bilingual in Spanish and English.

Accomplishments

• Key player during the planning and execution of the closure activities of a Pharmaceutical plant, assuring the effective and on time equipment disconnection and removal of manufacturing equipment. It included equipment and spare parts transferred to other BMS plants.

• Wrench time utilization of maintenance technicians was increased from 32% to 65% by optimizing the Maintenance Planning and Scheduling process at BMS Mayagüez.

• Improved utility and manufacturing equipment uptime by implementing the Reliability Centered Maintenance program at BMS Mayagüez.

• Led and implemented a KAMBAN system for the Mixing manufacturing area improving materials flow and components as well as operator’s effectiveness at Unilever, Arecibo.

• Performed several successful KAIZEN on manufacturing equipment and process improving the equipment uptime and availability at Unilever, Arecibo.

• Planned and led an air conditioning improvement project for the production areas and office spaces which included unit replacement and energy conservation program obtaining a reduction of approximately 20% of the electricity monthly bill at Unilever, Arecibo.

• Saved $150K+ in training expenses during 1.5 years through vendor contract negotiations at AvP, Swiftwater PA.

• Achieved cost reduction of approximately $800K by re-engineering the Maintenance department implementing Maintenance Planning and Scheduling at AvP, Swiftwater PA.

• Recognized by Corporate Supply Chain with special recognition award for an outstanding job establishing ERP Plant maintenance Module SAP R/3 at network for the Wyeth Carolina Puerto Rico site.

Professional Experience

Bristol-Myers Squibb, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

Maintenance Manager 2005 – 2009

Planned, organized, directed, controlled and evaluated all maintenance, reliability and planning operations, services and resources to support all site operations. Represented the Department during regulatory agencies inspections. Led Departmental CAPAs Investigations and root cause analysis related to audit observations and incident reports. Oversaw and directed the Computerized Maintenance Management System (MAXIMO) and Calibration Management System (PROCAL). Provided all maintenance operational data, reports, statistics and documentation. Developed and controlled budget and limit spending to within appropriate budget levels. Oversaw all preventive and corrective maintenance efforts, including TPM, the purchase and inventory of spare parts. Planned, coordinated and controlled shutdowns and major maintenance activities in coordination with operating managers. Provided Manufacturing Facilities/Equipment maintenance related to Oral Solid Dosage and Parenterals products including Oncologics. Supervised maintenance activities associated to plant electrical systems including but not limited to Emergency Generators, Switchgears, Substations, calibration and testing of circuit breakers. Monitored, identified and corrected energy conservation opportunities via the predictive maintenance program and reliability centered maintenance initiatives.

Achievements

• Achieved total savings of approximately $ 317K in two years establishing cost avoidance administrative controls.

• Improved CMMS data and compliance of 5000+ equipments/instruments implementing plant wide cGMP classification criteria.

• Significantly improved Oral Solid Dosage and Parenterals facilities compliance with regulatory agencies requirements such as FDA, EMEA and MHRA.

Sr. Maintenance Supervisor / Reliability Engineer

Directed and supervised a group of nine (9) maintenance mechanics and five (5) building maintenance technicians to support and maintain the facility, production equipment and utilities. Developed maintenance strategies for equipment using Reliability Centered Maintenance techniques. Responsible for overseeing all predictive maintenance programs including vibration analysis, infrared, ultrasound and oil analysis on all critical equipments.

Achievements

• Promoted to Maintenance Manager after five months of service.

• Developed an Equipment Criticality Matrix setting the baseline for the implementation of the Reliability Centered Maintenance Program.

• Contributed to the coordination and hosting of a one week Reliability Centered Maintenance Conference with open participation of all BMS Plants worldwide.

• Successfully implemented a weekly maintenance schedule and capacity planning table significantly improving maintenance technician’s execution.

• Developed and implemented Ultrasound routes improving energy efficiencies in plant steam and compress air circuits.

Unilever Bestfoods, Arecibo, Puerto Rico

Engineering and Maintenance Manager 2004 – 2005

Managed all plant engineering projects and maintenance activities including manufacturing, utilities and electrical maintenance. Supervised maintenance activities and personnel including CMMS, Maintenance Storeroom, Waste Water Treatment Plant, Vacuum Steam Stripper, Facilities/Utilities/Production Maintenance, in a lean manufacturing environment. Documented and administered personnel appraisals, including annual developmental objectives. Responsible for Plant Security. Department representative during FDA and USDA inspections.

Achievements

• Led the Unilever TPM and Effective Maintenance initiative implementing a Maintenance Planning and Scheduling Process significantly increasing the amount of work performed by technicians.

• Increased spare parts inventory accuracy over 95% reorganizing and implementing access control of the maintenance storeroom.

• Performed daily machines and production lines efficiency evaluation together with production and supply chain managers, identifying improvement opportunities and implementing accordingly in order to improve Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).

• Planned and led a site fence and surveillance improvement project as part of the US Coast Guard Facility Security Plan.

• Upgraded plant fire protection systems and brought it up to compliance with Fire Department requirements. Fire Department Endorsement was obtained.

• Planned and led several improvement projects on pouching machines to be able to run additional product presentations such as the modification of guillotine tooling of the Main-Pack vertical pouching machine; the modification of a Bartelt horizontal pouching machine in order to run the powder bouillon and upgraded Corazza bouillon cube machines among others.

• Implemented an automation project, which combined the output of the MainPack Vertical Pouching line and the Bartelt Horizontal Pouching line to be handled by one operator.

Aventis Pasteur Swiftwater, PA

Maintenance Manager 2002 – 2004

Supervised the installation, maintenance and repairs of Utilities and Manufacturing equipment. Responsible for personnel, maintenance, and continuous improvement of the Preventive Maintenance (PM) program, Maintenance Storeroom, and CMMS implementing best maintenance practices. Led Departmental CAPAs Investigations and root cause analysis related to audit observations and incident reports. Documented and administered personnel appraisals and developmental objectives. Provided continuous improvement for the Preventive Maintenance (PM) Program and assuring proper operation of equipment and systems. Developed and controlled budget and limited spending. Reviewed equipment downtime contributors providing troubleshooting to determine root cause. Suggested repairs and modifications to reduce downtime following Change Control procedure. Developed and monitored department metrics. Provided Facilities/Equipment maintenance related to Vaccine manufacturing.

Achievements

• Developed Training Program for Maintenance Personal assuring SOP and regulatory adherence.

• Established a training program for every maintenance technician position within the Maintenance Department and implemented in Iso-Train.

Department of Navy, Orlando, Florida

Electrical Engineer 2001 – 2002

Provided engineering services in mechanical, and/or electrical engineering relative to training system facility requirements for acquisition packages and support training systems. Supported network design and installation for electronic classrooms and laboratories at military schools and training facilities nationwide and internationally.

Wyeth, Carolina, Puerto Rico

Maintenance Systems Engineer/Supervisor 1989 – 2000

Administered site Preventive and Predictive Maintenance programs. Performed failure analysis, implemented maintenance technologies such as TPM, Predictive Maintenance, vibration analysis, oil analysis. Acted as a liaison between production and maintenance departments. Maintained and administered site Maintenance Storeroom. Developed and planned projects in the Engineering Department. Managed Vendor and Contractor activities and all SAP-PM (CMMS) transactions. Accountable for Standard Operating Procedures Development. Managed Department Blanket Orders and Storeroom budget.

Achievements

• Promoted to different positions of increasing responsibilities (Manufacturing Operator, Maintenance Planning & Scheduling Coordinator and SAP Plant Maintenance Implementation Team Leader).

• Created a robust new Planning and Central Stockroom organization resulting in approximately 98%+ inventory accuracy improvement and improved maintenance technician’s performance through the improvement of the Planning & Scheduling process.

Education

Interamericana University, San Germán, Puerto Rico

Master in Business Administration, Major in Industrial Management (approximately 20 approved credits)

Polytechnic University, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico

Bachelor in Science, Major in Electrical Engineering

Seminars

Maintenance Planning and Scheduling and Storeroom Management, Utilities Compliance and Validation, Project Management, Dale Carnegie Training, Hazardous Waste (40hrs OSHA), Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM),

Kepner-Tregoe: Problem Solving and Decision Making Tool, cGMP Train the Trainer Certification Program, BMS Management Developmental Program, NFPA 70E and NFPA 70, Six Sigma Green Belt Certification and OSHA Training (30 hours): General Industry

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