🏭 Manufacturing🏭 Military🏭 Public Safety🏭 Energy🏭 Industrial Automation🧪 Plastics📦 Packaging🏭 Banking and Finance⚗️ Chemical Processing🏥 Healthcare🏭 Shipping🏭 microchip🏭 Programming
Languages
Spanish
Conversational
Portuguese
Conversational
English
Conversational
Eligibility
✓US citizen
Work History on Automate America
8yrsOn Platform
Documents on File
✓Resume — on file
Programming Skills 9
Allen Bradley / Rockwell
★★☆☆☆
Automation Direct
★★☆☆☆
Beckhoff
TwinCat
★★☆☆☆
Siemens
S7, WINCC
★★☆☆☆
Autodesk
★★☆☆☆
Fanuc
3D
★★☆☆☆
Windows
Office
★★☆☆☆
KUKA
WINCC
★★☆☆☆
Schneider Electric
WINCC
★★☆☆☆
Achievements
3
Tenure Platinum5 years with us
Tenure
platinum
Profile SilverA score of 60
Profile
silver
Skills Bronze5 skills listed
Skills
bronze
About Me
Frisco, Texas SR. PROJECT MANAGER, SR. MANUFACTURING ENGINEER & ENGINEERING DIRECTOR
Science Management of Material Resources Management of Personnel Resources Time
Management Judgment and Decision Making Active Learning Management of Financial
Resources Operations Analysis Operation and Control Equipment Selection Equipment
Maintenance Installation Quality Control Analysis Repairing Service Orientation Instructing Persuasion Negotiation Coordination Systems Analysis Critical Thinking Systems
Evaluation Complex Problem Solving Troubleshooting Programming Technology Design
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - Seeking a full time position as an engineering director/manager in initiatives that utilize stateof-the-art technology, in an environment that encourages innovative thinking, recognition, and career development. Customer interaction is a plus. - Offering 25+ years of diverse experience leading teams in Operations, Manufacturing, Process
Engineering, Product development and Project management roles. - Strong background in Controls Engineering applied to the process industry, electro-pneumatic and electro-hydraulic PLC based automation. 3D modeling and machine design.
SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS - Lead a multidisciplinary team on an engineering start-up company, to developed innovating technology that resulted on a multimillionaire intellectual property & engineering services deal with a recognized global leader in the animal health industry. - Developed technology and PLC based automation to make manufacturing and testing processes feasible and profitable for DoD related contracts under military standards. - Introduced process improvements and tool modifications on thermoforming plant to reduce
18% raw material consumption. - Supported multiple industrial and manufacturing improvement projects, including new manufacturing plant start-up, plant relocations, plants new lay-out and greenfield projects in multinational and multilingual environment; English, Spanish and Portuguese
Skilled Trades 4
Tooling
★★☆☆☆
Troubleshooting
★★☆☆☆
Support
★★☆☆☆
Maintenance
★★☆☆☆
Software Competencies 7
AutoCAD
Microsoft Office
MPlab
Simatic WinCC
step 7
visual studio
WinCC
Professional Competencies 28
3D Modeling
★★☆☆☆
Commissioning
★★☆☆☆
Complex Problem Solving
★★☆☆☆
control and monitoring
★★☆☆☆
Design
★★☆☆☆
Engineering
★★☆☆☆
Hydraulics
★★☆☆☆
installation and commissioning
★★☆☆☆
inventory management
★★☆☆☆
Leadership
★★☆☆☆
maintenance
★★☆☆☆
Manufacturing
★★☆☆☆
Mechanical Engineering
★★☆☆☆
milling
★★☆☆☆
Modeling
★★☆☆☆
Motion Control
★★☆☆☆
Negotiations
★★☆☆☆
PLC Programming
★★☆☆☆
Problem Solving
★★☆☆☆
Process Control
★★☆☆☆
Product Development
★★☆☆☆
Project Management
★★☆☆☆
PUBLICATIONS
★★☆☆☆
quality control
★★☆☆☆
systems programming
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Time Management
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troubleshooting
★★☆☆☆
Volunteering
★★☆☆☆
Applications 14
Automation
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Commissioning
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Development
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Laser Cutting
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Management
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Material Handling
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Milling
★★☆☆☆
Motion Control
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Packaging
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Power
★★☆☆☆
Quality Control
★★☆☆☆
Stamping
★★☆☆☆
Testing
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Troubleshooting
★★☆☆☆
Tools, Machines & Equipment 1
level
Work Experience10
Project Manager
o Siemens PLC
Jul 2011 – May 2016
PROJECT MANAGER / PLANT MANAGER
July 2011- May 2016
DELAVAL MANUFACTURING - Project Manager:
1322 Avenue R, Grand Prairie, TX
o Engineering support for greenfield project in Brazil consisting of new Chemical Batch
Manufacturing facility and adjacent Warehouse, equipment & instrumentation. o Siemens PLC based automation for batch manufacturing. Design, implementation,
Programming, Start-up. - Plant Manager: o P&L full responsibility. o EHS leader and coordinator. Reports generation to be in compliance with the City of
Grand Prairie and the State of Texas. o Process Validations for Batch manufacturing and SOP creation for Bulk handling operations. o Inventory management and MRP planning. o Hiring and training personnel. o Negotiate and assign subcontracts for maintenance, installations and utilities. o Reduced Quality complains by 80%. o Reduced FDA inspection observations by 100%. o Reduced production generated scrap by 50%. o Transition of MRP system from BPCS to SAP
Project Manager
AVITECH LLC
Apr 2000 – Jul 2011
PROJECT MANAGER / DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING
April 2000 - July 2011
MACHINING TECHNOLOGIES INC./ AVITECH LLC - Project Manager:
Salisbury, MD
o Coordination of material and human resources to deliver IFOT manufactured parts and assemblies. o Design and build custom electro pneumatic PLC based equipment for automated air leak testing. o Design and build custom electro hydraulic PLC based equipment for hydrostatic testing. o Used 3D modeling and CAD software to design and manufacture mechanical components on milling machines, lathe, water jet, stamping and laser cutting equipment. o PLC control implementation for Plastic injection equipment. o Prepared technical presentations and proposals to support strategic decisions, and to convey engineering concepts. - Director of Engineering: o Product development of automation equipment for the poultry vaccination industry. o Manage dialog with customers and acted as technical counterpart with final users to define scope and clarify expectations. o Field testing. Installation and training. o Perform high level of Engineering, Math, Statistics and Physics analysis to explore and evaluate technical options
Director of Engineering
INTEGRITY S.A.
Jul 1994 – Jun 1999
DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING
July 1994 - June 1999
INTEGRITY S.A.
Vinha del Mar, Chile - Plant Management of a PETE clamshell packaging Thermoforming factory dba Ultra-Pac
Sudamerica. Raw material consumption reduced in by 18% after introducing new optimized tool and production line design. - Marketing, design, dimensioning, installation, commissioning of Gas Controlled Atmosphere control and monitoring systems
Production Manager
Pouso Alegra
Oct 1994 – Jul 1995
October 1994 - July 1995
Pouso Alegra, Mina Gerais, Brazil
PRODUCTION MANAGER
REYNOLD ALUMINUM - Hire and Technical Training of the production team for the new operations to be started in
Chile. Installation commissioning and start-up new operations
R&D Engineer
Vinha del Mar
Feb 1993 – Jul 1994
February 1993 - July 1994
Vinha del Mar, Chile
R&D ENGINEER
INESA S.A. - PLC based process automation & integration. - Tooling design using AutoCAD for high speed press
Operation Manager
ELABORADORA DE ENVASE S.A
Jun 1989 – Jan 1993
June 1989 - January 1993
Buin, Chile.
OPERATION MANAGER
ELABORADORA DE ENVASE S.A. - New technology assimilation and migration from soldering to electric spot welding. - Re-designed floor layout and re-structured man power resources to double productivity. - Reduced injury rates on personnel. - Reduced rejection rate of finished goods
Diverse Automation
DoD
Siemens AG
AviTech LLC
PMI, ASABE, DOT, IATA, IMDG. 10 years of service at AviTech LLC
Education / Training / Certificates2
Siemens
WinCC
CERTIFICATE - SIEMENS SINAMICS G120 DIMENSIONAL January 2013 Jundiai, Brazil
Rockwell
What does Erich do?
Erich is a Project Manager on Automate America, the global professional marketplace for skilled talent across industrial, commercial, and residential work.
Where is Erich located?
Erich is based in Frisco, TX.
What does Erich specialize in?
Erich works with Allen Bradley / Rockwell, Automation Direct, Beckhoff, Siemens and Autodesk as a Project Manager on Automate America, the global professional marketplace for skilled talent across industrial, commercial, and residential work. Erich's skilled trades: Tooling, Troubleshooting, Support and Maintenance.
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