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PROJECT / MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING
A seasoned, accomplished engineer with solid experience across varied union and non-union manufacturing environments. Creative professional with outstanding communication skills and usage of concept of “looking at the big picture” to achieve visionary problem solving. Combines “hands-on” technical qualifications with recognized leadership to achieve consistent success in completing technically challenging projects on time and under budget. Strengths include:
• Lean Manufacturing Design and Implementation • Facility Restructuring for Materials Flow • Team Building & Leadership • Product Design, Development & Launch • _____________________________________________________________________
EXPERIENCE
Manufacturing Engineer 2011 – (contract)
Cobham Mission Systems – Davenport, IA
• Design for Manufacturability assistance with aircraft body fuel tank
• Project manager for build-to-print aircraft external wing fuel tank
• Responsibility for Weld, Paint and all legacy fuel tanks
Manufacturing Engineering / Project Engineering Manager 2005 – 10
McLaughlin Body Company - Moline, IL
• Transition of expanded manufacturing facilities into new location utilizing lean manufacturing layouts
• Industrial engineering including time studies and material flow
• Design and manufacturing engineering responsibilities for existing and new products
• Successful launch of three new product lines – welded, painted and trimmed cabs for OEM customers
Manufacturing Engineering 2004 (contract)
Adams Thermal Systems – Canton, SD
• Created manufacturing engineering department and staffed it for a newly created focus factory operating independently of the original plant
• Co chaired the expansion team with the braze project engineer to double the size of the focus factory with layouts, material flow, purchase of capital equipment and facilities and ramp up schedule
Manufacturing Engineer 2002 - 03 (contract)
Autoform Tool and Manufacturing – Fremont, IN
• New product APQP and PPAP processes, new machinery design, maintain current equipment, monitor production and quality levels on current product, and incremental improvements in product manufacturing.
• Developed and built new manufacturing and assembly line utilizing the PPAP process, on schedule and under budget to customer’s standards, bringing new advanced user interface control techniques to operator stations
• Brought in existing product line awarded from a competitor and reworked and brought it into customer specification.
Engineering Services Manager 2000 - 01
Ingersoll Rand – Angola, IN
• Implemented complete organizational agenda, including PM program, increasing uptime to 95% OEE.
• Designed and implemented DFT li...
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