Mark — BIW Maintenance Manager

I have installed, debugged and maintained automated robotic welding and assembly systems for over a decade. I implemented TPM at WTAP and SLNAP Dodge Ram truck plants. Supervised skilled trades in a 60 jph facility and responded to any and all breakdowns. MTTR was crucial as the design of the banks between systems was poorly designed.

Started robotic welding in the 90's. Became familiar with weld guns as EOA tooling on Nachi and Kawasaki robots. Spent time at Milco in Warren Michigan learning about weld gun maintenance and repair then did it for a decade on multiple installations and as a front line maintenance supervisor at many sites and assigned to Warren Truck and St Louis North South assembly's. Trained in resistance welding parameters at Macomb Community college and modified weld schedules in the field during production to take corrective action on failing welds. Intimately familiar with Medar controllers and all components that allow a weld gun to weld. Transformers, weld cables and I/O.

I installed debugged and launched multiple body shops for Chrysler and Ford. I was a front line maintenance supervisor at Warren Truck and St Louis North. I was responsible for modifying the TMS system to convert static PM's to dynamic checks allowing skilled trades to perform these while running the equipment. My resume details the various projects I have done in relevance to maintenance.

Started working with robotic welding at Windsor in 97. After 5 months of being imbedded at that plant as a service laison for DCT I started kitting automation, installing robots that welded and were material handlers eliminating hundreds of jobs performed by human before me and the robots arrived at the plants. Have had extensive training in resistance welding and arc braze, as well as laser welding at ITP. There are few people who have the background in this as I do.

I started installing automation in 1997. Installed kits at SLNAP to eliminate 500 UAW workers and increase the jph to 55 from 48. I have set up launch sites, received equipment by the semi full and took care of doing layouts for equipment in specific positions for the automation layouts. Please see my resume for the depth of my experience. The last installation I did was at Brampton in 03 and 04, then while at WTAP I was the lead for the ND program in BIW. I have installed, debugged and launched to meet JPH in order to receive the final 10 percent via customer buyoff. Maintain open issues lists and integrate kits for attain 100 percent satisfaction for payment.

Specialized in lift and carry systems for station to station transfers which were composed of an Easom drive and manufactured parts to allow transfer of sheet metal station to station as SysTmation conveyors and their cheap knock offs would feed the stations with parts which would assimilate the small parts into complete underbody's. I was sent to multiple Chrysler plants to fine tune their lift and carry systems after skilled trades from the CAW at Windsor and I figured out why the box floor system was over stroking the hockey stick.