Theodor A. Lichiardopol


Objective
Seeking a Mechanical Engineering, Maintenance Supervisor or Project Engineer position in the pursuit of a successful career in manufacturing in aluminum, titanium, steel, casting, and extrusion or forging industry. Major strength in rebuilding and repair of large and small extrusion and forging presses (from 1500T. to 14,500T.) used in aluminum industry. Provided design and drafting assistance to manufacturing and installation of components in support of plant maintenance.

Professional Experience
Facilities project engineer (Contract engineer) for Weber Metal from May 2007 to July 2008 Paramount, CA.
Replacement of crack bottom crosshead on 12,000 T. forging press. Taking the press a part and assembly back on record time
Support in all facilities major projects like additional buildings, repairs of buildings, installation of new clarifiers and preparation for new Ti grinder and new Ti expansion building. Using Microsoft project to schedule all above projects.
Project engineer specialist for Firth Rixson Cucamonga, CA. from November 2006 to May 2007 on repair and welding the cast iron hammer frame in China. Align the ring roller in China. Started the design and manufacturing schedule for the 1200T ring roller for Schlosser Forge Co Schedule and direct the exchange of the main ram on 4000T. Forging press.
Project engineer for Universal Alloy Canton Georgia from June 2005 to November 2006 for redesign, dismantle removal and installation of 16,000 Extrusion press from water design to oil hydraulic. Design the run out table tooling and the billet scalper for this press. Plan and design new raking system to be able to move the material faster through the heat treatment and finishing using the lean principle.
Alcoa Inc. from January 1991 to May 2005 senior mechanical engineer. Writing specification for welding main cylinder cracked for 8000T forging press. Supervise and write work orders for maintenance crew. Delegate the PM program with maintenance. Prepare weekly project status and reports for management and followed up open issues. Design and built with maintenance crew a caustic recovery system next to auto etch system. Dismantle and refurbish three forging presses from I.L.M and install them on Alcoa/Kofem plant in Hungary. Repair and redesign the two 14,000T extrusion presses in Halethorpe MD. Plan, coordinate and direct the maintenance crew on this plant. Minimize the production downtime using the weekends to do all repairs required. Design and managed the implementation of engineering projects, including modification of pump room, extrusion presses, stretcher, heat treat furnaces. Helping to close the plant on Halethorpe after 2001 and restart the plant on October 2004. Install the big block on melting furnace on Lafayette Indiana casting house in record time and saving Alcoa $ 500,000. Involved and schedule for maintenance crew all refractory repairs on furnaces, casting pits, metal throughing and environmental issue in Ingot plant. Prepare project status to upgrade and modernize the two biggest extrusion presses in the word located at Alcoa plant in Samara Russia. I spent three months in Russia to start this project.
Shultz Steel on South Gate CA. from May 1998 to June 1999 as senior project engineer to design and fabricate all the parts for 5,000T ring expander. Purchase all the bag houses for the new grinding room. Obtain competitive bids for new air compressors for the grinding room. Design the new air system and hire the piping contractor to execute and install the new system. Remove the old manipulator from 6000T forging press Glama manufacture and replace with a Dango manipulator manufacture in a record time of three weeks including new foundation.
Universal Alloy Anaheim CA from February 1997 to May 1998 involved with maintenance crew day to day activity and overhauling two old extrusion presses.

Responsible with increasing the tonnage on the two extrusions presses above through modification of the pull backs to double acting pull backs.
Martin Marietta Aluminum (International Light Metals) Torrance CA. from May1979 to January 1991 as senior project engineer to design and followed through execution and installation of big components for 14,500T. extrusion press, 8,000T. forging press. Involved on installation of two vacuum furnaces for Ti plant. Taking on all major overhauls and repairs in the plant and creating my own crews from maintenance group and scheduling the time to do these repairs.
Other experience from July 1967 to 1977 was in Romania where I worked in casting house with nonferrous alloys, being in charge of 200 workers and on rolling mills design institute for the design, installation of a plant to cast and manufacture aluminum plates and aluminum foil mill.
Professional references. John C. McCollum senior facilities engineer. I worked for him as facility engineer and project engineer specialist for two years. Cell telephone number (714)-392-0128.
Paul Scaglione engineering manager at Universal Alloy. I worked with Paul over 25 years in Alcoa and Martin Marietta Aluminum (International Light Metals) cell telephone (714)-238-2240.

Education
Bachelor in Science degree on Mechanical engineering and Metallurgical engineering
From September 1962 to July 1967.