Murat Zırtıloğlu

• Managed project of "Coach USA Coating": paint shop modification for stainless steel bus bodies.
• Renewed oven lifts of electro-coating line.
• Managed project of aluminum pre-treatment and powder coating plant.
• Supported project management of pretreatment and electro-coating plant design for bus bodies in Holýšov, Czech Republic.

• Managed 6 team members for welding & machining
• Managed periodic inspections of cranes/lifting equipment
• Coordinated paint shop maintenance activities
• Coordinated manufacturing of special equipment and tools
• Prepared technical documentation/archiving/update
• Supported pre-acceptance, commissioning, final acceptances
• Organized benchmark visits, technical fairs

• Planned the pre-treatment & electro-coating expansion in the Aksaray / Turkey truck plant (34,000 trucks per year).
• Planned the first common pre-treatment & electro-coating line at Daimler for 15,000 truck cabs/year and 1,500 buses/year in Rouiba / Algeria.
• Planned painting equipment for truck chassis and finish painting in Rouiba / Algeria (2,000 trucks per year).
• Studied expansion options in the pre-treatment & electro-coating line for Chennai/India (55,000 trucks per year).
• Coordinated planning for pre-treatment & electro-coating line, waste water plant and deionized water plant, working decks in Juiz de Fora / Brazil (conversion of car painting to truck painting - 40,000 trucks per year)

• Managed projects like electro-coating waste water plant, finish painting line, restructuring paint shop, powder coating booth, climate box systems.
• Commissioned two 2-component EDF gluing machines.
• Participated in project team - new cathodic dip painting plant.
• Managed project "dip phosphating plant".
• Prepared CKD factory plans.

• Team leader (100 employees) for production of 55 Ford Transit & 130 Ford Connect in day or night shift.

• Established project schedules and monitored tasks to meet milestones during each phase.

• Implemented modern production methods.

• Commissioned machinery and equipment in the new paint shop, as team member.

• Prepared master plans for safety, cost, quality and delivery.

• Prepared maintenance procedures for preventive maintenance.

• Modified interior painting robot and exterior painting machine programs.

• Modified the paint tooling.

• Evaluated bids; planned, reviewed technical solutions, followed up static and architectural design, building facilities; inspected planned facilities according to specifications) as project team member of new paint shop project
• Trained workers and engineers on plant operation systems and subsystems.

• Developed and installed salt spray test booth for body corrosion testing.
• Introduced rotating wax nozzle, to improve corrosion resistance.
• Prepared process sheets to improve quality and production process.
• Participated in planning and installation of primer-painting machine that improved existing surface quality.