Andrew J. Obester

Deceased February 6, 1938 to November 7, 1999

Thirty years of plant engineering with a major automotive manufacturing company. Experienced in the development of strategic plans for a growth company.


Tibbitts, Edwards & Associates. 1996 to 1999.

Consultant


RMF Global, Inc., Toledo, Ohio 1992 to 1995

Operations Manager

Responsible to coordinate and implement a business plan for the environmental for RMF Global, Inc., including procurement of necessary resources. Successfully introduced the use of soil washing and bio-remediation technologies for environmental remediation.


Cadillac Motor Car, General Motors Corporation. 1981 to 1992

A 3.3 million square foot auto assembly plant producing 48 cars/day on one shift, with state-of-the-art equipment, including 250 robots and 1,500 programmable logic controllers.

Director, Manufacturing Engineering. 1989 to 1992

One of six staff members reporting directly to the Plant Manager. Specific responsibility was to manage Tooling, Industrial Engineering, Facility Engineering, equipment maintenance and plant housekeeping. Department included over 500 employees with an annual operating budget of $50 million.

Director, Plant Engineering. 1981 to 1989

Site representative during the acquisition and construction of the Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center, which exceeded $1 billion in total cost. Managed engineering and follow-up for all equipment and tooling installations. Ultimately responsible for plant engineering and overall maintenance of the facility.


General Motors de M»xico, Ramos Arizpe, M»xico. 1979 to 1981

Senior Staff Engineer

Designed and constructed a 750,000 square foot, 20 car/hour auto assembly plant on a greenfield site. Responsible for project engineering and cost control.


General Motors Assembly Division, Fremont, California. 1967 to 1979

A 3.5 million square foot auto assembly plant producing 45 cars and 36 trucks per day on two.

Maintenance Superintendent 1972 to 1979

Responsible for providing total maintenance for the facility. department included 22 maintenance supervisors, 250 skilled trades and 150 non-skilled hourly employees.

Senior Engineer, Plant Engineering 1967 to 1972

Supervised ten facility engineers to provide project engineering for the entire plant. Disciplines included mechanical, electrical, architectural and environmental engineering. The annual project budget for the plant exceeded $50 million.


Education

Mechanical Engineering, ------------------ University of Notre Dame 1960

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