My Resume
Emil Bandriwsky
BSEE and MBA
PO Box 384
Buffalo, New York 14201
Phone : (716) 847-1281
Email: EmilBandriwsky@roadrunner.com
SUMMARY
Action-oriented Electrical Engineer and Maintenance Supervisor, thoroughly experienced in all phases of industrial capital equipment project management. Accomplishments in systems specification, design, sales, installation supervision, commissioning, maintenance and continuous improvement. Supervised team members to consistently achieve business goals safely and economically, through a management style that was inclusive, versatile, independent and resourceful.
- Expert in industrial machine control systems, automation, and instrumentation
- PLC languages : Siemens, Modicon/Schneider, General Electric, AC inverters, DC drives and servo systems : Siemens, Emerson, Toshiba, GE, Indramat
- Experienced Skilled Trades Supervisor for construction and production
- Expert at very detailed financial budgeting, forecasting and planning
- International experience, including sales of AC inverters and control systems over $500,000
- Systematic problem solver. Multi-tasking, cool under pressure. Calm, rational decision maker.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
General Motors Powertrain (GMPT), Tonawanda, New York USA 1993-2009
Electrical Engineer and Maintenance Supervisor 2005 - 2009
Supervised up to 17 UAW Skilled Tradesmen, covering an entire 6-cylinder engine job. Provided production support, rapid response breakdown coverage, technical trouble shooting, problem solving, and planned maintenance implementation. Completed numerous equipment installations, projects, and upgrades on extremely complicated electrical and mechanical machinery.
Maintained the up-time of equipment, and the morale of co-workers, during a period of rapidly declining production schedules, elimination of resources, and severe cost constraints. As a primary decision maker on 2nd shift routinely provided highly independent and effective problem-solving, decision making, and resourcefulness, with a minimum of support and resources.
Very effective communicator, both to supervised employees, and counterparts on the opposite shift. Wrote detailed technical summaries for end-of-shift reports, utilized voice mail, email, and the Maximo Maintenance Planning System. Provided safety and technical training.
Electrical Engineer - New and Major Projects Group - GMPT 2003 - 2005
Launch Team Member for a new 6 cylinder engine program. Project management and electrical engineering from initial run-offs at OEM facilities, through installation by outside contractors, start-up, commissioning, and final acceptance for high volume production.
Equipment included robots, transfer lines, automation for parts handling and washing, honing, testing and assembly machines, and coolant and filter systems from Germany, France, and the USA. Control systems included Siemens, General Electric, Modicon/Schneider and Indramat.
Electrical Engineer and /or Maintenance Supervisor - GMPT 1993 - 2003
Numerous positions in a demanding, high volume production environment at the world’s largest automotive engine plant. Worked in 6 Business Teams, and over 20 different areas.
- Led 20 UAW Skilled Trades Construction Workers to complete a major construction project ahead of schedule and under budget – the installation of the new engine line in a “Greenfield Facility”.
- Delivered daily safety talks, including : Lock-Out, Fall Hazard Prevention, Personal Protective Equipment, Confined Space, Arc Flash Safety, Rigging and Fork Truck Operation.
- Contributed to greatly increased uptime of several new, and very complex, Transfer Machines.
- Supervised up to 30 UAW Skilled Tradesmen in 3 very large areas. Production support, breakdown coverage, and planned maintenance. Completed large equipment installations, upgrades, and conversions in departments with very high volume, but aging equipment.
- Designed, installed, improved dozens pieces of equipment for improved reliability and performance.
Emerson Electric Corporation Grand Island, New York 1987 - 1991
Sales Engineer 1989 -1991
Sold AC Variable Frequency Inverter Drive systems for energy conservation, and process control. Specialized in the municipal water and waste-water industries.
Extensive sales calls and technical presentations to consulting engineers, OEMs, contractors, and end-users. Developed sales leads, wrote and delivered technical proposals and price quotations, negotiated price, terms and conditions. Built a team for strategic market penetration; sold through manufacturer’s representative network, and by direct bidding on jobs.
Systems Sales Application Engineer 1987 - 1989
Project manger and technical expert for custom engineered industrial control systems.
Systems typically included over a dozen DC drives and/or AC inverters, and PLC or computerized controls. Developed and delivered technical proposals, price quotations, profitability analysis and coordination of internal services. Frequent nationwide travel. Conducted sales calls and seminars in Canada, Germany, Taiwan, Ukraine and Turkey.
Closed the sale of several large jobs, including an international job worth over $500,000.
Dunlop Tire Company Buffalo, New York 1982 - 1987
Electrical Project Engineer
Complete project management. Appropriation writing and autonomy in handling workload which typically included concurrent involvement in several projects over $100,000. Complete design of control systems for factory automation, including component selection, and writing PLC software. Converted machinery from relay to PLC control, including conveyors, bias cutters, and tire curing machines. Supervised installation and machine start-up. Emergency breakdown and crisis resolution.
Independent Consultant Buffalo, New York also Kyiv and Lviv, Ukraine 1991 - 1993
Organized a series of trading, investment, and consulting projects. Consulting work in finance and banking in Ukraine included fact finding missions, research reports, proposals, representation at business and educational conferences. Project work for the investment bank, Lehman Brothers International, included organizing presentations and negotiations in New York, Toronto and Kyiv. Translated a comprehensive proposal for government advisory services, privatization, debt restructuring and generating foreign investment. Presented to Ukrainian parliamentarians, cabinet ministers, and both government and private bankers. Promoted several Ukrainian companies. Made sales calls for several U.S.and Canadian firms. Presented proposals for oil and gas secondary recovery technology to Ukrainian officials.
UHD Federal Credit Union Buffalo, New York 1990-1991
Credit Officer and Interim General Manager Member of the Credit Committee, and eventual Interim General Manager of a credit union with $6.5 million in assets. Supervised operations with a staff of six. Completely revised financial planning and reporting. Prepared very detailed annual budget, including a pro forma Balance Sheet and Income Statement, and monthly variance reports.
Wrote Asset-Liability Funds Management Policy including capital goals, and analysis of interest rate spread and liquidity gap. Wrote a new Loan Policy, and implemented a real estate lending program in compliance with secondary market standards. Wrote Delinquent Loan Control Policy and implemented a program which cut delinquencies by 66%. As a Credit Officer made decisions on all credit issues including loan approval, with annual loan production of over $1 million. Prepared Loan Classification and analysis of Allowance for Loan Loss Account. Disposed of foreclosed property.
EDUCATION
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, (MBA).
State University of New York at Buffalo.
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE : ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING, (BSECE).
State University of New York at Buffalo.
ADDITIONAL TRAINING
Electrical Controls :
National Electrical Code
Siemens Step 7 - Programmable Logic Controller programming
Siemens - 840D Integrated PLC, HMI and Servo Drive systems – Programming & Maintenance
Siemens TransferLine 2000 Operator Interface – Op270 and Op12
Asea Brown Boveri (ABB) robot programming
Modicon / Schneider Advanced PLC programming
Industrial Ethernet design and trouble shooting
General Electric - Series 9030 - Programmable Logic Controller programming
Profibus network communications
GE Cimplicity, UD&C (wireless computer network) for back-up of electronic plant floor programs
Indramat Servodrives – Ecodrive (DKC)
Error-proofing.
Industrial Safety :
Electrical Safe Work Practices
Lock-out Energy Control
Fall Hazard Prevention
Confined Space Entry
Personal Protective Equipment
Arc Flash Safety
Robot Safety
Rigging
Fork Truck Operation
Mobile Crane
Aerial Lift
Red Tag Safety Before Power On
Asbestos Awareness
Ergonomics
Other Training :
Statistical quality control techniques,
Practical problem solving
ISO 14001 environmental awareness
QS9001 Quality Awareness
Quality Network Planned Maintenance
Simulated Work Environment
General Motors Global Manufacturing Systems
Production Constraint Management
Labor Relations GM-UAW Contract
Leadership Behavior and Communication
Labor Relations – Harassment Awareness
Labor Relations – Diversity Awareness
Specific Equipment Knowledge :
ExCellO transfer lines
Cross Huller-Hille transfer lines
Durr / Halfroy automation and parts washers
Gehring cylinder bore honing machines
Nagel cylinder bore honing machines
LSW and Froehlich leak testers
Mann & Hummel coolant filtration systems
HR Black coolant filter systems
PERSONAL DATA
Native born American citizen.
Speak, read, and write both English and Ukrainian.
Willing to travel as required to develop business.