Jacques — Senior Engineering Manager - Automation
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About Me
Highly motivated professional with a strong background in Manufacturing
Engineering, Continuous Improvement, Lean Manufacturing & Operations
Management, seeking a opportunity in a Automation and Robot environment where my leadership skills and Technical
abilities will enhance a company’s success and growth.
I also love to do Robot programing and plc programming. Background in Motoman, Siemens TIA and Allen Bradley.
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Work Experience(9)
Eberspaecher Engineering Manager April 2010-Current
2005 with very limited engineering staff - Supported multi-plant launch teams for 18 months, requiring extensive travel. - Launched the first BMW X3/X4 SUV with Eberspaecher in Spartanburg, SC. Grew from 53 employees to 340 employees in 8 years
Apr 2010 - Apr 2014 Greenville, SC - Supported Production activities to reduce scrap, downtime and process related issues - Coordinated engineering changes and validated designs feasible to manufacture - Acquired all new equipment coming into the facility - Provided Budgets or quotes for Maintenance department, new equipment and new product. - Maintained PFMEA, Work instructions, Line balancing Charts and SAP Engineering tasks - Completed Root Cause Analyses - Validated 2D and 3D drawings with the use of Rhino3D, CATIA, and AutoCAD ArvinMeritor/EMCON/Faurecia Manufacturing Automation Engineer /Corporate Innovation Group
Apr 2014 - Current Spartanburg, SC - Launched BMW X3, X4 SUV as well as M3 and M4 Motorsport exhaust systems - Implemented 128 Engineering changes on 50 different Exhaust models - Launched 3 new machine technologies for the plant - Managed a group of 13 Engineers and special prototype team - Interim Maintenance Manager - Relocated Factory from Greenville, SC to Spartanburg, SC while running Production Manufacturing Engineer / Maintenance Supervisor
Jan 2003 - Apr 2010 Spartanburg, SC - Responsible for machine and equipment development in North America. - Assisted Industrial Engineers with process layouts, product launches and PPAP runoffs with Ford, GM, Chrysler, CRH, John Deere and Cummins - Set Equipment standards for North American facilities. Assisted manufacturing facilities with any Allen Bradley PLC related issues, including Device.. Continue Page 2// Accomplishments - Successfully launched a complete BMW program in
Education / Training / Certificates(4)
1999 - 2000 Yaskawa Inc., South Africa Industrial Robot Technician
1994 - 1998 BIFSA College, South Africa Technical degree in Construction and Plumbing
1992 - 1993 PE Technicon, South Africa Electrical Engineering (Non-Degree) - ABB S3 Programming Certificate - Motoman Advanced Programming & Maintenance - Siemens TIA PLC Programming Certificate - Siemens TIA HMI Programming Certificate - Allen Bradley RSLogix 500, FactoryTalk HMI - Management Training - Spartanburg College - Catia V5 2D and 3D Design.. Continue Page 2// Continued - Manufacturing Automation Engineer Languages - Afrikaans - net, Rslogix5000, Rslogix500, Factory Talk Studio and - English Industrial Ethernet devices. - Responsible for BMW X5 and X6 product Hobbies manufacturing; process flows, FMEA, BOM, customer complaints and product launches. - Evaluated and approved quotes for equipment and - Waterskiing tooling. - Boating - Responsible for Installation and run-off of equipment that came from Germany, including - Hiking - Fishing Siemens S7 systems and Profibus. Improvement - Woodworking projects: changeover reduction and efficiency improvement s. - Metal Fabrication Yaskawa (formerly Robotic Systems) Regional Automation Technician My 9 hour day
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- Jacques is based in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
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- Jacques works with Yaskawa / Motoman, Siemens, Catia, SAP, Allen Bradley / Rockwell as a Senior Engineering Manager - Automation on Automate America, the global professional marketplace for skilled talent across industrial, commercial, and residential work.
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