James Brumbaugh
Granger
Summary
Experienced engineering, maintenance, and facilities professional with expertise in the automotive industry. Experienced in using lean manufacturing and managing in union and non-union environments. Excellent communication skills and the ability to interact with individuals on all levels.
Overview
40
40
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Facility & Maintenance Consultant
GEM Group
06.2025 - Current
- Evaluated client needs and expectations, establishing clear goals for each consulting engagement.
- Maintain facility to be marketed and sold to successfull bidder.
- Provide detailed information on the plants history and operation..
- Maintain all required permits and licenses needed for the next owner of the facility.
Facility and Maintenance Sr. Manager
Mullen Automotive
12.2022 - 06.2025
- Converted old fluid fill equipment to work with two different production vehicles
- Managed production of 400 vans left from previous owner and send to another Mullen plant for final assembly.
- Responsible for EPA Title V and IDEM Part 70 Air Permit reporting
- Responsible NPDES Stormwater permit reporting, SPCC plan, SWPPP plan & all environmental reporting.
- Managed maintenance of production & facility equipment and buildings & grounds and all outside contractor work for 650,000 square foot plant utilizing MPulse Computerized Maintenance Software
- Responsible for Wastewater Treatment plant
- Licensed Indiana Industrial Wastewater Treatment Operator, Class D.
Facility and Maintenance Manager
Electric Last Mile Solutions – Post Bankruptcy filing
06.2022 - 11.2022
- Contracted by the bankruptcy trustee to maintain facility, permits, licenses, and documentation to keep the plant operation ready and assist in selling the plant.
Facility and Maintenance Manager
Electric Last Mile Solutions Electric Vehicle Assembly Plant
06.2021 - 06.2022
- Responsible for all building & equipment maintenance.
- Established and worked within annual budgets for utilities, overhead manufacturing expense, and capital projects.
- Responsible for maintenance of chilled water systems, cooling towers and associated equipment & water testing & systems maintenance.
- Responsible for $4.9M Capital Tooling Budget
- Oversaw modifications to existing plant equipment for new model vehicle production and installation of new capital equipment.
- Managed the creation of specifications for plant retooling to produce the ELMS Urban Delivery electric van.
- Responsible for modification of existing and engineering of new manufacturing processes to assemble the ELMS electric Urban Delivery van.
- Developed production plan and layout for assembling the ELMS Urban Utility Class 3 electric vehicle.
- Performed all plant environmental, health, safety, and security duties in the absence of a manager to perform that role, including Title V Air Permit reporting and compliance.
- Managed & operated the wastewater treatment plant.
Manager, Facility and Maintenance
Seres SF Motors Electric Vehicle Assembly Plant
11.2017 - 06.2021
- Managed all aspects of equipment and building maintenance, including buildings and grounds team, skilled trade maintenance team, spare parts inventory, and preventive/predictive maintenance systems.
- Responsible for maintenance of chilled water systems, cooling towers and associated equipment & water testing & systems maintenance.
- Responsible for $20M Capital Tooling Budget
- Successfully implemented MPulse Computerized Maintenance Management System after extensive review of available systems.
- Established and worked within annual budgets for utilities, plant expenses and capital improvements.
- Managed the creation of specifications for plant retooling to produce the Seres SF5 electric vehicle.
- Performed all plant environmental, health, safety, and security duties in the absence of a manager to perform that role, including Title V Air Permit reporting and compliance.
Maintenance and Manufacturing Engineering Manager – AM General Commercial Assembly Plant
AM General, LLC
02.2004 - 10.2017
- Managed all aspects of maintenance, facilities, and manufacturing engineers, including buildings and grounds team, maintenance of skilled trades maintenance team, maintenance spare parts inventory, and preventive/predictive maintenance systems.
- Responsible for annual capital and expense budgets.
- Responsible for controls engineers and all plant automation.
- Established and worked within annual budgets for utilities & overhead manufacturing expense and capital projects.
- Successfully managed production, controls, facility, and manufacturing engineers in vehicle assembly operations utilizing Lean Six Sigma tools.
- Managed all UAW skilled trade relations & negotiations successfully with very few disputes, leading the shop specific maintenance departments.
- Responsible for maintenance of chilled water systems, cooling towers and associated equipment & water testing & systems maintenance.
- Responsible for maintaining Phosphate & e-coat system RODIP system, UF system, RO system, vehicle fluid fill systems, dynamic vehicle test, non-contact aligner, tire assembly equipment, electrified monorail conveyor system, inverted power and free conveyor system, and other vehicle assembly equipment.
Facilities Engineering Manager - HUMMER H2 Plant
AM General, LLC
02.2000 - 02.2004
- Served as facilities project manager during design and construction of HUMMER H2 production facility. Responsible for $65M building construction budget. Managed all aspects of building construction of 650,000 square foot facility, breaking ground in August of 2000 to starting production in November of 2001, reviewing, and approving all specifications, drawings, and submittals. Project finished on time and within budget.
- Responsible for maintaining all facilities equipment including chilled water system, cooling towers, compressed air system, weld water system, electrical distribution system, waste treatment plant and fire sprinkler system.
- Key member of safety and ergonomic committees.
- Functioned as emergency response coordinator for the plant.
- Served as Metasys Energy Management System Administrator.
- Responsible for coordinating all maintenance activities across each production area.
Facilities Engineer – HUMVEE Plant
AM General, LLC
04.1995 - 02.2000
- Responsible for all facility projects and wrote and submitted appropriations requests for large and small projects, including creation of specifications and solicitation of quotes working closely with the purchasing department.
- Responsible for annual capital budget.
- Responsible for all utilities, including purchasing natural gas and operating of the waste treatment plant.
- Maintained and created drawings, project management for facilities projects and retained maintenance engineer duties.
- Performed all plant environmental compliance and reporting duties in the absence of a manager to perform that role for approximately 12 months.
Maintenance Engineer – HUMVEE Plant
AM General, LLC
06.1987 - 04.1995
- Served as expert on automation, including Camouflage paint robots, Allen Bradley PLC5, PLC2, & SCL500, welding robots, boilers, fluid fill equipment and conveyors.
- Served as administrator of Maintenance Management Software system and spare parts inventory. Created and implement all preventive & predictive maintenance procedures.
- Created specifications for expense projects and equipment improvements, including writing, and justifying appropriations requests as required.
- Reduced time to find spare parts from 2 plus hours to 30 seconds or less.
Facilities Engineer
Chrysler Corporation–Kokomo Casting Plant
03.1985 - 03.1987
- Responsibilities - Reverberatory furnaces for melting and holding aluminum, aluminum delivery system, automatic ladlers, & purchase of new equipment.
Education
B.S. - Automated Manufacturing
ITT Technical Institute
A.A. - Electronics
ITT Technical Institute
Skills
- Troubleshooter & Problem Solver
- Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Access, Project
- SAP Maintenance, Inventory Control, Purchasing, etc
- Chilled water systems, cooling water systems, weld water systems, RO water systems
- Data Center maintenance
- Specification writing for Equipment & Facility Projects
- Metasys Energy Management software
- Plant Layout (AutoCAD Proficient)
- Rockwell PLC Software & Hardware
- Class D Indiana Industrial Wastewater Operator License
- Lean Six Sigma & Lean Manufacturing Systems
- Preventive & Predictive Maintenance Creation & Scheduling
- MPulse, Microwest, & SAP Computerized Maintenance Management System Expert
- Maintenance & Tool Crib Set-up and Management
- Building construction experience
- Environmental reporting (Title V Air Permit, Stormwater, Wastewater, etc)
- Attention to detail
Accomplishments
- Completed the construction from start to finish of 600,000+ square foot HUMMER H2 manufacturing plant in 16 months.
- Facility Launch Manager for HUMMER H2 manufacturing plant
- Reduced indirect manufacturing expense by 40%.
- Reduced the time to find spare parts from hours to less than a minute by cataloging all spare parts and locations on CMS.
- Consistently solved problems for the facility, such as iron in weld water, paint shop omitting odor that made neighbors complain, eliminated water spots on vehicles.
- Reduced power consumption during periods of no production, saving thousands of dollars per month.
- Reduced downtime issues during launch of Mercedes vehicle by utilizing CIC Tool.
Certification
Indianan Class D Wastewater Operator License
Timeline
Facility & Maintenance Consultant
GEM Group
06.2025 - Current
Facility and Maintenance Sr. Manager
Mullen Automotive
12.2022 - 06.2025
Facility and Maintenance Manager
Electric Last Mile Solutions – Post Bankruptcy filing
06.2022 - 11.2022
Facility and Maintenance Manager
Electric Last Mile Solutions Electric Vehicle Assembly Plant
06.2021 - 06.2022
Manager, Facility and Maintenance
Seres SF Motors Electric Vehicle Assembly Plant
11.2017 - 06.2021
Maintenance and Manufacturing Engineering Manager – AM General Commercial Assembly Plant
AM General, LLC
02.2004 - 10.2017
Facilities Engineering Manager - HUMMER H2 Plant
AM General, LLC
02.2000 - 02.2004
Facilities Engineer – HUMVEE Plant
AM General, LLC
04.1995 - 02.2000
Maintenance Engineer – HUMVEE Plant
AM General, LLC
06.1987 - 04.1995
Facilities Engineer
Chrysler Corporation–Kokomo Casting Plant
03.1985 - 03.1987
A.A. - Electronics
ITT Technical Institute
B.S. - Automated Manufacturing
ITT Technical Institute
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