Chris Wozniak
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Experience
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WAF
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United States
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Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering
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1 - 100 Employee
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Managing Partner / Mechanical Engineer
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Mar 2019 - Present
Engineering Services: • Mechanical Design and Drafting Services, Fabrication oversight , Installation and Job planning assistance. Engineering Services: • Mechanical Design and Drafting Services, Fabrication oversight , Installation and Job planning assistance.
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Bridgestone Americas
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United States
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Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Maintenance Standardization Leader
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Apr 2018 - Nov 2019
Manager of the Bridgestone Maintenance Standards, processes, training and related CMMS system that was deployed across the Bridgestone Manufacturing plants to support their continuous improvement maintenance management philosophy. Was responsible for:• Day to day management of one Maintenance Engineer and three full time contractors (including on boarding and exiting) which supported the ongoing deployment of the GuideTi CMMS system and related training• Continued development, enhancements of the CMMS and collaborating with teams on integrations with other production management systems• Using CMMS data to identify performance trends across multiple plants and working with teams to develop a solution to countermeasure the discovered issues• Leveraging the CMMS tool to improve and standardize Preventive Maintenance (PM) activities across multiple sites• Development of advanced analytics and dashboarding tools to identify Reliability improvement opportunities which would res• Assessing plant performance in relation to the company's Global Maintenance Standards
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Maintenance / Reliability Engineer
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Jul 2013 - Apr 2018
Provided Maintenance Process and Reliability Leadership across 11 tire manufacturing and 4 retread sites. Was responsible for:• Developing and delivering training material in alignment with the Bridgestone Global Maintenance Standards• Performing formal assessments to monitor plant performance to global standards• Led the design of the CMMS portion of an Asset Lifecycle Management solution and successfully deployed in to 7 tire manufacturing plants in one year with favorable user adoption• Engaging in PM and reliability improvement projects to achieve downtime reduction targets• Collaborating with plants to set cost/downtime targets and establish associated budgets• Establishing vendor relationships and leveraging cost based on Bridgestone’s manufacturing footprint • Promoting plant to plant networking and sharing of best practices, parts and knowledge• Driving a standards-based approach to continuous improvement through all aspects of the maintenance process
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Logan Aluminum
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United States
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Mining
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500 - 600 Employee
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Mechanical Engineer
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Jul 2010 - Jul 2013
Mechanical Engineer for a Hot Rolling mill. Responsible for supporting Maintenance activities and implementing design improvements for existing equipment Mechanical Engineer for a Hot Rolling mill. Responsible for supporting Maintenance activities and implementing design improvements for existing equipment
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Mechanical / Test Engineer
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Dec 2009 - May 2010
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Logan Aluminum
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United States
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Mining
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500 - 600 Employee
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Mechanical Engineer Co-op
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Jun 2009 - Nov 2009
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Delphi
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United Kingdom
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Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Test Engineer / Materials Engineer Co-op
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Apr 2007 - May 2009
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Education
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Rochester Institute of Technology
BS, Mechanical Engineering Technology