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Stephen Craig Lee

Facilities And Maintenance / Mechanical Engineer / Toolmaker / Machining
Chihuahua

Summary

Accomplished Mechanical Engineer with comprehensive expertise in Mechanical Engineering, Quality Assurance, Product Development and Process Introduction. Effective in the exchange of complex technical, manufacturing, and industrial data and concepts to diverse parties with varying technical backgrounds. Registered with the British Gauge & Toolmakers Association

Overview

35
35
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work History

Facilities and Maintenance Manager

ESSILOR LUXOTTICA
04.2022 - 07.2024

• Responsible for equipment maintenance, (preventive, predictive & corrective) and upkeep of +2,500 machines in 5 plants within the campus production facilities

• Corporate energy savings projects aligned within the department, working in conjunction with local business unit managers and teams to assure forecast energy savings and compliance is achieved

• Responsible for plant and production equipment & facilities CAPEX planning, budget and spend for 6 facilities on site

• On site tool room & machine shop aligned within the department, responsible for internal production tooling design & manufacturing to support production demands & requirements

• 15 supervisors report to the management position, with @ +65 people reporting to supervisors within the department. (@ people total in maintenance department reporting to maintenance managers position)

Accomplishments

• Developed an internal plan in coordination with the global corporate maintenance director team, to restructure the functional business unit maintenance teams. This transformation unified the previously horizontal teams, which were indirect reports, into a vertically aligned team reporting directly to the maintenance management position

• Implemented safety awareness training across full maintenance team, including supervisors & technician employees, resulting in zero accidents in department year on year

• Introduced energy & water saving measures that reduced utility costs by 3% Year on Year and assisted in LEED Gold certification across site

Facilities, Maintenance, Tooling & Controls Manager

BWI Group
04.2017 - 04.2022

• Responsible for managing equipment maintenance, (preventive, predictive & corrective, MTBF, MTTR) & upkeep of +500 machines in a +215,000 square foot, high volume tier 1 automotive supplier production facility

• All plant maintenance responsibilities assigned to department in September 2017

• Daily activities in conjunction with outside sourced tool crib supplier, responsible for ensuring day to day running of tool crib activities in plant

• On site tool room & machine shop aligned within the department in September 2017, responsible for internal production tooling design & manufacturing to support production demands & requirements

• 15 supervisors report to the management position, with +200 people reporting within the department

• 4 indirect materials buyers/tool-crib team report to the department, with responsibility to quote, PO/maintain Max & Min stock to support daily production and maintenance spare parts

Accomplishments

• Fully integrated unified maintenance team, consisting of 200+ employees, to include equipment maintenance, facilities maintenance, indirect material & spare parts toolcrib, internal machine shop / toolroom & controls department, to provide across site fully incorporated maintenance service

• Successfully managed a $1M facility & offices upgrade project, completed on time and under budget, at BWI Los Pinos site during 2018

Facilities, Maintenance & Tooling Manager

Embraer Zodiac Interior
03.2013 - 09.2016

• Development & leadership of a new maintenance team consisting of maintenance supervisor, maintenance technicians, tooling repair technicians, security & cleaning personnel, with +20 direct reports in the department

• Exceeded in launch of Maintenance department, to include Capex quotations, purchases and installations for $8,500,000 USD in equipment value, complying with plant production launch dates, from 0 machines to +200 machines installed, operational & maintained in fewer than 12 months

• Implementation & set up of facilities & buildings maintenance program, Bigfoot CMMS, to include all plant & building equipment preventative / predictive / corrective maintenance schedules per day, week, month & year etc

• Responsible for planning, quoting implementation of all facilities modifications and maintenance, required for launch of production lines in a non build to suit facility

• Daily responsibilities for all plant tooling and fixtures used to build composite fiber aerospace assemblies within the company

Facilities, Maintenance, & Tooling Manager

The NORDAM Group
01.2010 - 01.2013

Manufacturing Systems Engineer

LEXMARK International
01.2006 - 01.2010

Project Engineer

DELPHI Automotive Systems
01.2004 - 01.2006

Machine Tool Fitting Engineer

LAMB TECHNICON
01.1996 - 01.2004

Toolmaking/Gagemaking Engineer

JEB Engineering & Design
01.1990 - 01.1996

Education

H.N.C @ Mechanical Engineering -

Suffolk College
Ipswich, Suffolk
01.1994 - 05.1995

O.N.C @ Mechanical Engineering - undefined

West Suffolk College
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
01.1991 - 05.1993

Qualified Gauge & Toolmaker - undefined

The Gauge & Toolmakers Association
01.1991 - 05.1995

Skills

    Facilities Maintenance

    Project Management

    Maintenance Planning

    Predictive Maintenance

    CAPEX Budget Management

    Tooling / Machining Expertise

    Automotive, Aerospace & Medical Experience

    Management Experience 200 personnel

Languages

English
Spanish
Portuguese

Certification

Gage & Toolmakers Association UK

Timeline

Facilities and Maintenance Manager

ESSILOR LUXOTTICA
04.2022 - 07.2024

Facilities, Maintenance, Tooling & Controls Manager

BWI Group
04.2017 - 04.2022

Facilities, Maintenance & Tooling Manager

Embraer Zodiac Interior
03.2013 - 09.2016

Facilities, Maintenance, & Tooling Manager

The NORDAM Group
01.2010 - 01.2013

Manufacturing Systems Engineer

LEXMARK International
01.2006 - 01.2010

Project Engineer

DELPHI Automotive Systems
01.2004 - 01.2006

Machine Tool Fitting Engineer

LAMB TECHNICON
01.1996 - 01.2004

Gage & Toolmakers Association UK

03-1995

H.N.C @ Mechanical Engineering -

Suffolk College
01.1994 - 05.1995

O.N.C @ Mechanical Engineering - undefined

West Suffolk College
01.1991 - 05.1993

Qualified Gauge & Toolmaker - undefined

The Gauge & Toolmakers Association
01.1991 - 05.1995

Toolmaking/Gagemaking Engineer

JEB Engineering & Design
01.1990 - 01.1996
Stephen Craig LeeFacilities And Maintenance / Mechanical Engineer / Toolmaker / Machining