Juvenalis Karuma
Acworth,GA
Summary
Dynamic leader with a proven track record at Inalfa Roof Systems, adept in team leadership and budget management. Excelled in enhancing equipment reliability and optimizing maintenance processes, achieving significant efficiency improvements. Skilled in troubleshooting and commissioning, with a focus on surpassing key performance indicators through innovative solutions and employee performance assessment.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Maintenance Manager
Inalfa Roof Systems
Acworth, United States
07.2023 - Current
- Hire and train maintenance staff; hold regular staff meetings, establish department objectives, policies, procedures, performance standards, and staff schedules
- Manage Controls/automation Engineers, Tooling Engineer and all maintenance staff
- Ensure that staff maintains the highest level of technical competency and initiative to assure benchmark level performance
- Work with Corporate Maintenance, Safety, and Training Departments to develop training programs for maintenance staff that insures continued growth and improvement
- Staff and schedule department to minimize overtime and maximize efficiencies
- Oversee a Preventative Maintenance Program that encompasses all production equipment, utilities, and facilities are maintained in a best case state
- Maintain Condition-based Maintenance Program that includes: state of the art techniques such as: infrared, or ultrasound technologies
- It will also include Autonomous or Operator Basic Care through the use of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) strategies
- Oversee the Maintenance work order system and the evaluation of production equipment and daily repair activities that includes assessing condition and life expectancy of equipment and systems
- Establish operation records and criteria to determine equipment obsolesce and diagnosis
- Make recommendations on the replacement of equipment and systems to enhance reliability, personal safety, reduce cost, and increase productivity
- Oversee maintenance parts purchasing department and inventory control system
- Evaluate physical, mechanical, and utility components of building structure
- Coordinate facility structural repair and enhancement
- Own annual Facility operating budget development as it relates to maintenance expenditures
- Develop Maintenance performance reporting tools to track uptime, downtime causes, equipment specific repair costs and other maintenance cost and opportunity centers
- Insure compliance with fire and safety codes, company protocol and all applicable regulations
- Maintain a good working relationship with vendors, contractors, and other departments
- Review Monthly utility expenditures and implement energy reduction programs
- Ensure proactive Maintenance techniques are used to increase Mean Time Between Failure, Mean Time To Repair, and Overall Equipment Effectiveness by using Root Cause Analysis and Reliability Centered Maintenance strategies
- Assist engineering in capital projects and design changes
SR Controls Engineer
Inalfa Roof Systems
Acworth, United States
07.2017 - 07.2023
- Support specifying HMI/software features and manufacturing equipment
- Design of control logic and control schematics
- Design ladder logic and relay logic
- PLC programming RSLogix 5000, Factory Talk View, Siemens TIA Portal and CLICK
- Layout detailing and subassembly op panels
- Bill of material and selection of component
- System interfacing, power calculation, sizing of cable wires
- Testing, start-up, debugging, and trouble shooting
- Support upgrading current assembly lines, machinery, jigs, fixtures to improve process control (error proofing)
- Data-collection, Database Development
- Start-up/setting instructions
- Support engineering department in development of control units for our sunroofs and the interfacing to the car
- Support engineering department with programming of testing equipment
- Programming, debugging and startup of new automated assembly machinery, robots and Human-Machine-Interfaces
- Continuous improvement actions (Kaizen) to optimize processes of the current machinery park by improving Human-Machine-Interface, adding error proofing, vision, and debugging
- Support maintenance department in troubleshooting, solving machine breakdowns
Electrical Maintenance Engineer
Printpack
Villa Rica, United States
05.2015 - 06.2017
- Participating in projects to maintain, upgrade and modify heavy industrial machinery
- Troubleshooting electrical maintenance problems including drives, PLCs, HMIS and software
- Designing and utilizing computer programs and network technologies
- Preparing modifications to original drawings and new designs, evaluating effectiveness and accuracy
- Identifying change opportunities and selecting new technologies
- Coordinate and participate in scheduled/preventive maintenance on all production equipment
- Develop and establish a predictive maintenance system that will reduce/eliminate unplanned failures
- Work with production control to develop plans that ensure machines are available for scheduled PM's and repairs
- Write documents including work/user instructions and functional specifications
- Leads projects to upgrade and improve equipment
- Inspect and maintain heating, cooling, water chilling, resin and vacuum systems in entire plant
- Training in electrical maintenance techs and machine operators as required
- Assist with preparation of capital requests
- Learn new skills and attend training programs to increase knowledge of trends and best practices in the industry
- Manage and lead projects within the maintenance department like equipment repairs, equipment refurbishment, equipment installation and equipment move
- Ensure that equipment is in good working order to prevent disruption of activities
- Provide prompt response to inquiries whenever there is a breakdown and resolve the issue as quickly as possible
- Recommend replacement for old or faulty electrical components or fittings to the management
- Monitor installed equipment to identify potential failures
Hardware Engineer
Vanderlande Industries
Marietta, United States
07.2014 - 03.2015
- Responsible for the hardware design (layout and panel) within our material handling systems
- Make basic design of the electromechanical layout and control panels, based on the order file, functional specifications, customer specific requirements while adhering to Vanderlande methods
- Calculate and describe the entire electromechanical installation (panels / field wiring/components) and functionality, in close cooperation with the Controls Project Leader and PLC engineer
- Make detail design of the electromechanical installation and coordinate the work for realization and installation by subcontractors
- Safeguards quality
- Make (electromechanical) project documentation and technical project specifications for Controls Hardware suppliers, subcontractors and suppliers of resale equipment
- Monitor the uniformity
- Define scopes of work and reviews deliverables when working with third party subcontractors for external development of hardware designs
- Understand, interpret and apply procedures, standards and regulations
- Make test plans for controls hardware supplies
- Review existing hardware designs used in other parts of the company for compliance with local UL requirements
- Modify existing CE hardware designs to ensure UL Compliance for the US Market
- Support of the site team, electrical supervisor, and PLC Engineer to minimize potential problems
Education
MBA -
Western Governors University
Salt Lake City, UT02-2026
Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering
Southern Polytechnic State University
Marietta, GA08.2014
Skills
- Team Leadership
- Budget Management
- Equipment management/Facilities management
- Problem Solving
- Employee performance assessment
- Inventory Replenishment
- Capital projects
- Manufacturing
- Commissioning
- Troubleshooting
- Maintenance planning and scheduling
- Key performance Indicators
- Data-collection
- Database Development
- Continuous improvement actions (Kaizen)
- Maintenance planning
- Equipment troubleshooting
- Project management
- Preventive Maintenance
- Staff management
- Work order management
- Team leadership
- Predictive maintenance
- Safety protocols
- Computerized maintenance management system
- Inventory monitoring
- Contractor management
Timeline
Maintenance Manager
Inalfa Roof Systems
07.2023 - Current
SR Controls Engineer
Inalfa Roof Systems
07.2017 - 07.2023
Electrical Maintenance Engineer
Printpack
05.2015 - 06.2017
Hardware Engineer
Vanderlande Industries
07.2014 - 03.2015
MBA -
Western Governors University
Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering
Southern Polytechnic State University