Maintenance and Reliability Leader (Head of maintenance department) at DOW Chemical - BOSTIK (2017-11 – 2025-06)
Led the maintenance department ensuring asset availability, reliability and compliance in a complex chemical manufacturing environment.
- Achieved 99.6% asset availability, reducing production downtime due to equipment failures to 0.4%, aligned with business benchmarks
- Improved OEE through TPM and RCM, eliminating chronic failures and improving MTBF/MTTR
- Managed the maintenance OPEX budget, delivering 5-10% cost savings while maintaining safety and operational reliability
- Increased preventive maintenance compliance to 90%, achieving a 75% preventive/predictive vs 25% corrective maintenance ratio
- Reduced overtime associated with emergency downtime by 75% via planning, reliability initiatives and structured emergency response
- Supported CAPEX and engineering projects end-to-end, including technical definition, FAT (USA), commissioning and return-to-operation after a major shutdown (Argentina)
- Ensured asset compliance with EHS, process safety and regulatory standards (NOM, STPS, ASME, API), maintaining zero major safety or quality incidents
- Collaborated with global and regional engineering teams to align site practices, standards and best practices within a matrix organization
- Actively participated in operational and maintenance emergencies management, coordinating technical responses to protect people, assets and business continuity
- Worked cross-functionally with Production, Quality, R&D, Projects, Supply Chain, Process Safety and EHS to increase OEE and reduce operational risk
- Supported the Process Control Engineering department by acting as a Process Control Engineer for 6 months, ensuring uninterrupted production and zero process safety or quality incidents
Site Logistics Engineer at DOW Chemical (2014-07 – 2017-11)
Led a logistics team dedicated to the shipping and receiving of materials, including hazardous materials, and warehouse management.
- Led a logistics team dedicated to the shipping and receiving of materials, including hazardous materials, and adept management of the warehouse (including flammable materials)
- Achieved 95% on-time shipment (OTS), significantly decreasing customer complaints regarding late deliveries by 70%
- Implemented lean strategies to optimize the transfer of raw materials from the warehouse to production, reducing production cycle time by an average of 10%
- Secured 97% inventory accuracy during external audits (Deloitte Audits) and redesigned warehouse layout to eliminate risks of chemical reactions and making more efficient the warehouse and production process
Maintenance planner and scheduler at Arcmi (2012-04 – 2014-07)
ARCMI - Contractor assigned to DOW Chemical - Toluca, State of Mexico. Managed the enhancement of preventive maintenance plans and standardization of maintenance tasks.
- Managed the enhancement of preventive maintenance plans and standardization of maintenance tasks by creating procedures and troubleshooting guides
- Reduced the backlog by 25% while ensuring 85% compliance with the maintenance plan
- Successfully implemented the Global Mechanical Integrity Safety Standard at 100% in a one year period
