Mr. Gregory L. Faja

227 W. Rutgers Ave. Pontiac, MI  48340

Phone: 248-683-4832

Mobile: 248-808-4832

gregoryfaja@cavtel.net

EDUCATION

 

WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY --- HAWORTH COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), 1993

·   Major: Industrial Marketing; Coursework in industrial marketing, finance, market research, advertising

·   Minors: Manufacturing Technology/General Business; Coursework in machining fundamentals, inventory control, properties of materials, operations management, logistics and computers.

 

NORTHSTAR CORPORATION --- DETROIT MICHIGAN

Professional Drafting & CAD Certification, 1999

·   Certified: Manual (pencil and paper) Drafting, AutoCAD V.14, Mechanical Desktop V.3

 

MICROSOFT EXPERIENCE

·   Windows XP, Windows 7, Office 2003-2007: Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Project in concept

 

BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

 

       ALSDA GROUP/DIRECT STAFFING  Rochester Hills, MI 9-14 To Present

Quality Control Inspector

·   Visual quality control inspection of airbag and other related automotive parts for quality according to customer specifications

·   Manual quality control inspection of automotive parts on specially designed gauges according to customer specifications

·   Maintain daily and weekly log records of parts worked on, number of parts and number of defects.

       ND INDUSTRIES/DIRECT STAFFINGClawson, MI 7-14 To 8-14

Brake Caliper Assembler

·   Assemble adhesive coated brake caliper bolts for final processing on epoxy machine

 

       DETROIT AXLEFerndale, MI1-14 To 5-14

E-commerce/Data Specialist

·   Cross-referenced part number spreadsheets with online parts compatibility database

·   Used Photoshop to edit photos for online sales using e-bay motors

·   Shipping department: shipping label preparation for inventory picking

·   Inventory control functions

·   Limited remanufacturing assembly work of rack and pinion sub-assemblies

 

       SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY/UNEMPLOYMENT/ODD JOBS  Pontiac, MI               7-11 To 1-14

 

       PERFORMANCE BICYCLE  Bloomfield Hills, MI  6-11 To 7-11

Bicycle Technician

·   Hired part time to help set up new store location, assisted in setting up store fixtures, and racks for product display.

·   Assisted other mechanics in building over 400 bikes for both West Bloomfield and Novi locations.

·   Mechanic for repairs and new builds once store had grand opening. Wrote up repairs manually, assisted customers with technical questions about product sizing, compatibility, materials, manufacturing processes and country of origin

·   Referred customers to company website (in store kiosk) for items not in stock at store level, offered to manually order special parts not on website from 2000 page bicycle parts catalog.

·   Wrote up special orders for parts not in stock, unloaded new bicycle shipments, Built and signed off on new bike builds. Signed off on bicycle checks for test rides, signed off on mechanical /safety checks for sold bikes going out the door. Offered suggestions of accessories and where to ride; including rail trails, local, and state parks.

 

 

 

AMERICAN CYCLE AND FITNESS             5 Metro locations, MI 9-05 To 6-10

Online Services/Service Technician

·   Assisted in setting up online ebay.com store to sell bicycle merchandise.

·   Created and uploaded HTML listings. Maintained eBay listings and item specifications using Blackthorne program.

·   Consistently ranked top 10 in bicycle category sales on eBay.

·   Build/Repair new and used bicycles; including hydraulic brake systems and fitness equipment, including 12 station home gyms.

·   Assigned to other locations as needed.

 

      JACK’S BICYCLE & FITNESS            Dearborn, MI6-02 to 9-05

Bicycle & Accessory/Sales & Service

·   Build/Repair new and used bicycles and fitness equipment

·   Fit and installed bike roof and trunk racks, from Thule and Yakima Brands

·   Assembled and modified over 20 Ford “Think” Electric Assist bicycles, assisted head mechanic in diagnosing problems with electric bicycles

·   Used Fit Kit bike fitting computer program to custom fit customers’ bicycles

·   Assisted with sales of old inventory on eBay

·   Cashier using Profit-Plus cash register/inventory control system, used Bike’alog bicycle parts database

 

      MAHLE INDUSTRIES INC. Farmington Hills, MI5-02 To 6-02

Quality Control Inspector for Ford Motor Company, Ford Rouge complex

·   Quality control for cast iron cam shafts for I-4 engine

·   Inspected and sorted defects after coming off of machining operation assembly line. Approximately 400 parts sorted daily.

ADESTA COMMUNICATIONS              Troy, MI    4-01 To 11-01

Outside Plant/Computer Aided Design Engineer (OSP/CAD Engineer)

·   Completed 80-100 page CAD drawing packages from field notes of fiber optic routes for client turnover

packages.

·   Worked with CAD department and HQ to develop backup procedures and virus security protection. Developed templates for use by other OSP engineers.

·   Compiled administrative turnover packages, including: Construction Contracts, Subcontracts, Purchase Orders, As-Built Drawings, Fiber Optic Schematics and Right of Way Permits.

·   Budgetary amount for projects totaled over $12 million, and covered over 62 miles of fiber optic construction.

·   Supervised 4-10 person construction crews at field locations.

·   Took distance measurements and verified cable length termination points in the field, used XREF’s for paper space layout of drawings.

·   Used AutoCAD version 2002

 

FLUOR GLOBAL SERVICES                 Southfield, MI4-00 To 1-01

Designer 1 Contract Employee: Principal CAD Designer in the Metro Detroit office

·   Completed CAD drawings of fiber optic routes for turnover packages, including: As-Builts, Splice Diagrams, Sitemaps, GPS Coordinates, and Routing Schematics.

·   Traveled to California Headquarters for 3 weeks of team training at corporate headquarters.

·   Used AutoCAD version 2000

 

 

Available Upon Request: Consistent Employment Records, Transcripts, Portfolio of Certificates, and Drawing Samples.  Additional credentials available at www.mitalent.org, and www.linkedin.com/in/gregoryfaja