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Hire Talent, EMAIL AVAILABLE, PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLEEXPERIENCE:5/2023-presentManufacturing SupervisorHollister, Inc. Kirksville, MissouriPlastic Injection Molding of Ostomy (medical) products, compliant with FDA regulations.Supervision of 13 cross functional associates, including Operators, Technincians, Quality, and maintenance personnel.Fair & honest production reporting to top management for the site and corporate management team, but still inclusive of, day to day shop floor leadership & frequent interactions, whilst in a very strong union (UAW) environment.Disciplinary actions & consultation/consultation/coaching with direct reports, while maintaining reasonable levels of respect and integrity with people throughout the organization, at all levels. This is a Key skill for my professional successes here!Training and coaching at all levels, and technical mentor/advisor for direct reports & the larger organization.Continuous improvement in all aspects. Certified Six Sigma Green Belt trained practices, and almost all other popular Continuous Improvement formats (simple methods, to very complex problems). This includes the simplest of problem solving skill.Continuous improvement advocacy is also key, in my experiences here.Vast knowledges of a wide array of most technical and interpersonal skills & leadership functions.This is inclusive of : Hands on understanding of problem solving, machine operation & machine technical functions, Machine design and process knowledges, Quality systems and compliance, production scheduling necessities, production technicians, Safety & security, Personnel compliance with procedures & related supervision/coaching/disciplinary accountability, Maintenance, Quality control, multi shift production & top management communications (macro level) across the entire organization. and overall performance in a prominent role as a management authority. This role exemplifies leadership & fairness, through interpersonal skills, but, yet allows great opportunities & room for growth, for all including the overall organization. These are each supported by my very wide array of extensive experiences, below.Very Unique array of technical skills, quality and continuous improvement, hands on trade experiences, subordinate & colleague confidante, leadership at shop floor level, training, and management skills have been widely utilized here.1/2023-4/2023Industrial EngineerALLPARTS, Inc. (Dorman Automotive Products)- Louisiana, MissouriDistributor of automotive brake parts.Lean Manufacturing improvement ProjectsIndustrial Engineering time studies, daily shop floor interactions with employees, from a technical, managerial, but yet shop floor level confidante & advisor.Suggestion System program coordination/relaunch, after many years of inactivity- relaunched from 0 ideas to over 40 new ideas, within 1 month, through personal discussions with all associates, at all levels of the organization. I retain extensive experiences in doing this, from prior experiences, as described in further detail, below.Reported to the plant manager.10/2021- 11/2022CNC Machinist/OperatorEconomy Products Company - Macon, MissouriProduction Machine shop for high volume screw machine (small) style parts.Hands on operation for multi-axis (up to 8 axis) CNC machines (Tsugami; DMG Mori; Kira; Citizen/Miyano). Responsibilities include Dimensional control; precision measurement & gaging, quality checks; tooling changes & adjustments. Routine operation of (typically 3), multi axis, CNC machines simultaneously. Minor sorting, repair & rework of machined partsMinor CNC programming edits (but am experienced in doing complete CNC programming).Why this position? Because I wanted to get back to grass roots, for the core of my education, prior experiences, and first love, in machining. Simply stated, it was close to home, and offered me the opportunity to reconfirm the qualified skills that sent me onto my career journey & path, from age 13. This was certifiable proof that I still retained those core knowledges.6/2020 -1/2022Maintenance ManagerEverlast Worldwide - Moberly, MissouriWorld Famous sporting goods manufacturer in fighting sports.Managed all aspects of faciliity maintenance, for projects, preventative maintenance, and emergency breakdowns/ supporting production manufacture. New Equipment installations, Specification and Purchase of spare parts and supplies. Duties here included hands on Machining, fabrication, electrical, pneumatics, hydraulics, building maintenance, grounds maintenance, welding, PLC programming & troubleshooting, wood working, Autocad, Machine design and build, Machine & equipment rebuilds. Management and direct supervision of up to 5 persons on the maintenance staff. Resource coordination and scheduling with Management.2/2020 -4/2020Manufacturing EngineerJobFinders Employment Services (temporary position)Hubbell Power Systems - Centralia, MissouriElectrical Power Equipment Manufacturer.Project Engineering/Project Management for MAJOR plant transformation project involving RELOCATION of 18 core & critical manufacturing work cells & machines, to a different facility, on the same campus (approximately 1 mile away). Schedule Coordination with Production & Management.Schedule coordination, detailed Plant layout work (Autocad), Management of Contractors, resource alignment, relocated and NEW equipment installation certification or recertification for Production worthiness.7/2013 -10/2019Product Launch EngineerSpartan Light Metal Products Mexico, MissouriTier 1 Automotive supplier of light metal die castings.New Product Launches for Aluminum Die Castings, Major ($3m) Capital equipment projects, Customer interfacing, Product Design, Equipment design, Process design, Project Budget Management, Quality Management systems, Project Schedule management, Cost justifications, vendor sourcing, equipment build, equipment development, Customer milestones, equipment acceptance, install, training, sustaining support, to support Continuous improvement. Virtually all aspects of new product launch, throughout the product life cycle.Project Management for all aspects of MAJOR CAPITAL EQUIPMENT. Die cast tooling, Makino, Brother, Allen Bradley; Fanuc, Cognex; Part conveyanc, parts washers; dedicated assembly equipment, both manual & automated.Installations, including customer interface and quality assurance. Training, Startup and Support throughout ALL phases of product life cycles., including Daily shop floor engineering support.Domestic and international travel, to support assigned projects.11/2010- 7/2013Senior Manufacturing EngineerTriumph Thermal Systems, Forest, Ohio.Aerospace & Defense heat exchanger Manufacture.Responsibilities included complete work instructions & documentation, Any type of rework, shop floor production support, product launch/re-launch, CNC programming of 3-4 axis CNC machining centers (manual, Mastercam, etc), cutting tool specifications, fixturing design & development, engineering design changes, and comprehensive turn-key product development, Troubleshooting, Problem Solving- (Six Sigma/Lean/DMAIC) style of process development. NEW EQUIPMENT STARTUPS, MACHINING, ASSEMBLY, VACUUM BRAZING, HEAT TREAT, TIG WELDING, LEAK TEST, TOOL ROOM, DESIGN, Fixturing, Tooling, PRODUCT TESTING, INSPECTION, REWORK, AND WARRANTY RETURNS. Lead numerous product yield improvement teams.Product launch schedules met successfully for multiple product launches/relaunches. Safety committee. AS9100 internal auditor.8/1993- 10/2010Assistant Senior Engineer, Design Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Associate Relations SpecialistAAP St. Marys Corporation (HITACHI METALS), St. Marys, Ohio.Tier 1 Automotive supplier of cast aluminum automobile wheels.Coordination and documentation of all training activities, including the orientation of new associates and sustaining training needs. Thorough coordination of ALL ASSOCIATE INVOLVEMENT activities, including a very active suggestion system ( 100 ideas/month), LEAD FACILITATOR for all Quality Circle teams, and 2 years as a certified SIX SIGMA GREEN BELT PROJECT FACILITATOR. Continuous Improvement, Lean, Six Sigma, Quality Circles, Office, Excel, Word, Outlook, Powerpoint, Access, HR/P, Abra, SAP, SDRC/Ideas, CATIA, AutoCad, Sharepoint, Minitab, and Visio. Warranty cost control and incorporation into QA business model, CORE committee member for QS9000, TS16949 & ISO14001 implementation TEAMS. Many operating procedures written, modified, and implemented Served as TS16949 & ISO 14001 Internal auditor.Turn key PRODUCT DESIGN/DEVELOPMENT engineering of aluminum automobile wheels, from a concept, through production readiness/and high volume manufacture. Successfully developed and managed the startup of 7 aluminum wheels, from early concepts, into mass production. Achieved plant record yields and productivity .Engineering Changes & Change management. Strong associate involvement activities. Production floor support & integration of new products at the manufacturing floor level.EXTENSIVE MAJOR CAPITAL EQUIPMENT PROJECTS MANAGEMENT, launch, & support, for advanced manufacturing technologies. Factory LAYOUT REDESIGNS and implementations, LEAN manufacture of products. CONCISE, ON TIME MAJOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT, cycle time reductions, COST REDUCTIONS/ROI, maintenance related projects, poke-yoka, safety, productivity, quality, cost improvements/reductions, environmental, ergonomics, and SAFETY.Project values ranged FROM $50- $2.7 MILLION, with Numerous projects managed (>$10m) concurrently.Domestic and international travel is familiar, including many weeks in Germany and Japan.CNC MACHINE TOOLS (Okuma, Mori Seiki, Mazak, Chiron, EMCO)Robotics (Motoman, Fanuc) PLC integration (Allen Bradley). Cognex & Keyence machine vision systems.Wrote detailed NEW Equipment specifications for acceptance and sustained operation.MANAGED project implementation TEAMS OF BETWEEN 3 & 40 PERSONS, but defined AND integrated the direction of the much larger (500 person) organization, for MANY Major Projects.Highly Automated CELLULAR machining TECHNOLOGY projects were distinctively MY own, PERSONAL ideas here, and quickly became the focus of numerous MAJOR CAPITAL projects. MY SPONSORSHIP to gain the appropriate project approvals TURN KEY, THROUGHOUT ALL LEVELS OF THE ORGANIZATION6/1985-8/1993Manufacturing Engineer, CNC Programmer, & Manufacturing Engineer Co-Op StudentWestinghouse Electric Corporation/Sundstrand Aerospace Lima, OhioAerospace & Defense Electrical Generators & power systems (primarily for aircraft)Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS) implementation experience during this tenure.Machining processes, CNC programming of 3-5 axis CNC Lathes and 4-5 axis CNC machining centers, cutting tools specifications & design, with standardization, fixturing, design & development, engineering modifications, and complete turn- key product development, with special emphasis on quality assurance, with CpKs >1.33 during initial product development, SPC, detailed manufacturing instructions ( operating procedures), cycle time reductions, daily and sometimes hourly shop floor level support, in a strongly unionized climate; (IBM/COPICS), CAD (Autocad, Unigraphics, Computervision, CAM, CNC, customized (macro programming), intelligent Renishaw part probing, APT, Compact II, Unigraphics, Autocad, Vericut, and manual CNC programming. GMP experience. Product design for manufacturability, Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing and SPC/Six Sigma objectives. Numerous other successful capital equipment projects/ implementations.1988 recipient of the George Westinghouse Signature Award of Excellence for my contributions to a ($10 million +) FMS installation.Recognition as a core team member of a six person SPC core implementation team at this location.5/1982- 6/1985 [approx. 1 year, 2 months, total tenure]Job Shop type Machinist, CNC operator, CNC ProgrammerSeveral employers, Small machine shops, Butler, Pennsylvania(mostly full time, summer jobs). Responsibilities included complete, previously undocumented setups, machining, build to print, operation of multiple types of manual lathes & mills, drills, presses, shears, sheet metal breaks, general light welding & fabrication equipment, grinders, tooling selection, fixturing, setup, CNC programming and operation of CNC machine tools, as well as safe usage of general hand tools for machining, inspection, and fabrication. Tool & die design engineering, Machining, Setup/ fixturing, blueprint reading, cutting tooling specifications, and accountability for quality.EDUCATION:[MS] (9 credits completed towards master degree) Industrial Manufacturing Technology,Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio.[B.S.] Manufacturing Engineering TechnologyCalifornia University of Pennsylvania- California, Pennsylvania* Engineering Co-Op student/intern at Westinghouse Electric Corporation between my Junior and Senior years.** DUAL MAJOR between my Sophomore & Junior years of college.[A.A.S.] Automation Technology Computer Numerical Control Technology (CNC)California University of Pennsylvania - California, Pennsylvania[HS Diploma] General StudiesButler Area Senior High School Butler, Pennsylvania[2 year Vocational/Technical Education Certificate] Machine Shop PracticesButler County Area Vocational Technical School, Butler, PAPROFESSIONAL TRAINING CERTIFICATES:Numerous, very diverse training experiences, throughout my long tenured professional career.PROFESSIONAL/ COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS:(SME) Society of Manufacturing Engineers. Toastmasters International- Certified Toastmaster, 1992; Boy Scouts of America(EAGLE SCOUT GOLD PALM - 1980) 15+ years in scouting, as a youth member, Leadership Corps, Junior Asst. Scoutmaster, Assistant District Executive, Asst. Cubmaster, Asst. Scoutmaster, Merit badge counselor, Troop & Cub pack committee member, and Council level Eagle Scout board of review member. Neighborhood Association Safety/Security Coordinator.PERSONAL/ INTERESTS:Married to my partner, Lynn of 19 years. Three adult children & Two Grandchildren. Mini-Farming operation (cattle & chickens). Passionate HO SCALE SLOT CAR enthusiast. Dirt track auto racing enthusiast. Founded, designed and built /sustained a (winning) dirt track auto racing team (7 years). Self-learned but qualified racing pit crew member & automotive mechanic. Classic car restoration, Home improvement projects. Pro football, Nascar, and others are more passive interests.* Thank You Very Much, for your most valuable time, as I look forward to hearing more about this opportunity. |
