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Roberto Gardner C. Santa Agueda 20273, Buenos Aires Sur
Tijuana, B.C. Phone: +52(664) 369 9927
arnaldo.gardner@yahoo.com.mx
Professional
objective
A hardworking, pro-active Manufacturing Engineer with an upbeat and positive attitude,
who is looking for an opportunity to make a big difference in a business that is moving
forward. Possessing a track record of 10+ years of experience in world class
manufacturing companies with primary roles in New Product Introduction, Product and
Process Engineering, Plant & Equipment Maintenance, Lean and Kaizen tools. Looking for a
suitable position with an exciting and ambitious company that offers genuine room for
progression.
Professional
Experience
Sr. Operations Project Engineer (Transitions, NPI), EATON Aerospace
January 2014- present, Tijuana B.C, Mexico
 Responsible for ensuring the cross-functional transition team meets the product,
part setup, route, tooling, processes. Business and schedules defined for each
program through daily follow-up and weekly conferences.
 Responsible for establishing and executing Cap-Ex plans for Fluid Distribution BU.
 Localized current elbow straight machined spend of $663,461 with Mexican
supplier. 18% cost reduction = $135K USD / year
 Establish processing capabilities at Tijuana site for manufacturing Hose Manifolds
and its corresponding subassemblies for a new key customer that lead to 54% cost
reduction = $1.38 Million USD / year compared to sending site cost.
Leader on Energy & Environment Commission , EATON Aerospace
 Energy & environment performance reviews to determine the projected cost
reduction. Results are reported in a quarterly basis to local external entities such
as CFE, CESPT and SEMARNAT.
Sr. Manufacturing Engineer, EATON Aerospace
February 2013- January 2014, Tijuana B.C, Mexico
 New Products Introduction. Product & Process Engineering for Writing Instruments
business unit.
 Lead a Continuous Improvement Project for Assembly Process, Pressure Test
Stations, Optimizing Productivity, Floor Space and Manpower.
 Green Belt at Six Sigma Program; completed 4 projects with estimated savings of
$ 550K USD total.
TPM Specialist Engineer, CST-T Custom Sensors & Technology Transportation
May 2012 – present, Tijuana B.C., Mexico
 Review and implementation of Preventive Maintenance in 5 production lines and
plant convection ovens including needed spare parts and fixtures inventory
control.
 TPM Implementation, GR&R validation, pneumatic and electric diagrams up-to-
date, and special requirements to complete proactive maintenance on
equipment’s.
Line Support Engineer, CST-T Custom Sensors & Technology Transportation
Oct 2009 – May 2012, Tijuana B.C., Mexico
 Engineer in charge of Production Line P6000 transferred from Tijuana B.C. to
Huizhou China, responsibilities included layout control, equipment conditioning to
operate in 220V 50 Hz, ESD implementation of equipment, electronic calibration
process, China production training.
 Manufacturing development plan incorporating elements of “Lean Manufacturing”
to 6 production lines. Mainly focus on setup reduction & scrap reduction.

2. 2
Language
SMT Process Engineer (Surface Mounting Technology), Samsung Electronics
Oct 2007 – Oct 2009, Tijuana B.C., Mexico
 Coordinator PCB Quality Control Six-Sigma Samsung International of PCB Main
program stablished by Samsung corporation to increase FPY to 100%. Using “live”
quality records provided throw a visual database maintained by line technicians.
 New Products Introduction coordinator, Project and Process Engineering.
 Created operation instructions and procedures and fixtures for new Products.
 Productivity Increase 10% in Screen Printer, AOI (SAKI) by developing program
optimization using FIFO and reordering the ABC location of material in stock.
Manufacturing Process Engineer, SONY SML
Jan 2006 – Dec 2006, Mexicali B.C., Mexico
 Modification of Layout of final Plant. (For project One building, carrying out
proposals by means of AutoCAD 2005).
 Kaizen activities of continuous improvement with application of philosophy 5’s.
(Reduction of 20 square meters of each production line relocating WIP).
 Cell productivity Increment of subwoofer from 80% to 140% in a month. Increase
of production from 250 pieces to 700 pieces.
Control of the Administrative System of Quality (Using Design interface, engineering
changes were documented for production models & NPI, and once changes were
implemented our responsibility was to train production personnel).
English: Professional Proficiency
- Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL Internet Based): Pass (August 2008)
- Certificate of Proficiency in English, Vancouver Intensive English Course ISS Language
College (January to July 2007)
French: Basic proficiency. (2nd
semester level completed)
Technical
Abilities
SolidWorks 2010
MS Project.
Minitab 15 Statistical Software
Specialist for leak detections using Alcatel system. (Helium leak tester)
Applications of PLC´s (Programmable Logical Controller).
Simulink, Stateflow (Flight simulators of MATLAB).
Programming language step 5 for PLC Siemens series SIMATIC S5.
FluidSim (Flight simulator of electric and pneumatic circuits FESTO).
Promodel,
Milling machine and measuring instruments (Vernier).
Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access).
AUTOCAD 2008. Programming (Language C + +).
Shainin practitioner.
Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) Practitioner
Sigma Green Belt Training by Samsung Electronics for International Certification.
SMT Expertise Course (San Diego, Cal.) of solder mask, solder paste inspection, valves,
SMT pick up & place, profile temp., moisture components, AOI, Rework Methods and X-ray
Tech.

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Professional
Awards
Academic
Counselor and teacher. UNIPAC (August 2013 - Present)
In charge of the Total Quality Management subject at Business Administration School.
Six Sigma tools on formation at academic level sharing experience on the use of this tool.
Currently teacher on B.A. on the following subjects:
- Project Management
- Continuous Improvement
CEM by AEE. Certified Energy Manager (November 2015)
APICS Training. Basics of Supply Chain Management (June 2014)
APICS Training. Master Planning of Resources (September 2014)
EATON Green Belt certification. (March 2014)
Scholarship Award for Master Degree. By ITESM (January 2011)
Scholarship of student of high performance on the part of Samsung Tijuana as part of
its covenant linking with UABC. (October 2007)
Honorific Member award of Industrial Engineer. Achieve the Highest Qualification on
the X generation of IE with 9.63 with a lifetime scholarship to have any languaje course in
UABC.
UABC Universidad Campus Mexicali Graduation Speaker. (June 2006)
Industrial Engineer (June. 2001 – Jul. 2006)
Engineering Faculty, UABC, Mexicali, B.C. Average qualifications: 9.63 (1 to 10 scale)
Master in Energy Administration (January. 2011 – Present)
Virtual University, ITESM. Renewable Energies, audit and ISO 50001 implementation.
C.E.M. Certified Energy Manager by AEE (Complete evaluation November 2015).
 E.U.A., Jackson, MI.: Eaton Aerospace Fluid and Electrical Distribution Division product
transition for Honeywell production line to be installed Tijuana (July 2015).
 E.U.A., Sarasota, FL.: Eaton Aerospace Fluid and Electrical Distribution Division product
training (April 2013)
 China, Huizhou: Production Line transfer from Tijuana B.C. to Huizhou China.
(June to July 2012)
International
Experience
 E.U.A., San Diego: Seminary de “Solder mask, solder paste inspection, valves, SMT pick up
& place, profile temp., moisture components, AOI, Rework Methods and X-ray Tech.” (August
2009)
 South Korea, Suwon: Intensive Course “Manufacturing Technology Expert Course” (June to
August 2008)
 Canada, Vancouver: Intensive English Course ISS Language College
(January to July 2007)
 Spain, Salamanca: Student Exchange to Universidad de Salamanca (September 2004 to
February 2005)
Reference Available references to petition.
Tijuana, February 2016