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Senior Planner (Project & Maintenance) , ABB Ltda., Ford AMAZON (new factory in Brazil)

START Date: 
July, 2001
END Date: 
February, 2005

Scope:
Project planning and control of the Project Ford/Amazon (Ford Motors plant in Camaçari/BA).
Preventive maintenance planning and control for the Press Shop and Body Shop lines after plant's start up.

Approach:
Periodical meeting with the Team Leaders to consolidate information about the project progress and general follow-up,
Work together with the Engineering Dept. to develop and/or adapt management tools for the Maintenance Team, preventive maintenance planning and control, coordinating planning team and interfacing with third-party contractors. I also did translation for trainings in english and helped with the general communication with the foreign consultants during both the project and operation phase.

Results:
The new plant was built and started production within the expected time. Over the following years the MTBF and MTTR index experienced steady improvement.

Experience Hours (Planning & Scheduling): 
5300
Experience Hours (Forensic Analysis): 
2300