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Joseph A. Henley

Facilities, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering

Professional Profile: A dedicated results-oriented professional with extensive manufacturing, industrial, and assembly operations growth-oriented experience. Demonstrated ability to design and create efficient factory processes and infrastructure re-developments. Ability to deal with ambiguity, strong personalities and all levels of management. Extensive experience in manufacturing and industrial operations including:

Lean manufacturing principles Work cell manufacturing and ergonomics

Project planning and industrial operations Principles of people, process, and product

Precision Machining Experience Industrial infrastructure re-development

Engineering project management. Project manager for assembly plant reconstructions

Capital equipment purchase Manufacturing tooling and fixture design

New product design development Reconstruction SME for Department of Defense

8/2011- Present Transtar Industries Rancho Cucamonga, CA – Cookeville, TN – McKees, PA

Sr. Manufacturing/Mechanical Engineer/Project Manager

. Improved the company’s safety, quality, and assembly operations. Analyzed the company’s manufacturing and transactional processes, and identified the root cause of problems. Worked closely with plant management and corporate staff on engineering and re-manufacturing projects.

. Exceeded the EBITDA plan by $ .7M in FY13 by creating a safer, faster, and more efficient assembly facility as follows:

. Reduced the recordable injury incidents 53% by implementing an aggressive safety program and designing better ergonomic parts handling solutions such as rolling carts and racks for heavy loads.

. Implemented 5 efficient CNC lathes into the precision machining process. The manual machining process was reduced from a 3 min. cycle time to 17 seconds.

. Following Lean Manufacturing processes, the re-arrangement of the facilities work cells and equipment allowed for a gain of over 4,000 sq. feet of additional manufacturing floor space.

. Transformed production from an overtime environment that required a 60 hr. work week to produce 650 units per day, to an efficient 40 hour work week to attain 600 units per day.

. Reduced warranty, customer returns by 23% in the past 25 months through corrective actions and improved welding and efficient assembly processes.

. Transformed the facility from a poorly lit dirty plant with old manual machinery to a brightly lit facility with a continuous improvement mentality and state-of-the-art CNC lathes.

. As on site Project Manager, directed 2 assembly plant closures in California and Pennsylvania.

9/2009 – 8/2011 Consultant to Henley Design Services Vancouver, WA

Industrial & Manufacturing Facilities Design Engineer

. Provided more efficient manufacturing plant layout designs for new and existing facilities.

. Created new work cell production processes that increased assembly flow with less labor hours.

. Developed standard operating and assembly procedures.

. Created new visual work instructions for production facilities.

. Recommended lean manufacturing options, new equipment purchases, and facility efficiency upgrades.

5/2007 – 8/2009 Computer Sciences Corporation Falls Church, Virginia

Senior Industry Specialist – Principle Engineer SME - Iraq

. Provided industry expertise and project management support as a member of the Task Force to Support Business and Stability Operations in Iraq (TFBSO) for the Department of Defense.

. Reopened 24 factories and industrial facilities, to put people back to work in order to reduce violence against American and Coalition forces.

. Provided the physical infrastructure assessments for restarting factories and industrial systems that were shut down due to the war torn environment in Iraq.

. Coordinated project priorities with military commanders for reconstruction and economic development.

. Advised government contracting office with improved processes for logistics and procurement on multi-million dollar purchases and planning for the factory start ups.

. Travelled to many areas of the country and provided restart assessments and direction for a wide variety of industries needing infrastructure repairs and re-starts. Completed extensive logistical and planning tasks.

9/2006 – 4/2007 Consultant to Bradsen Technology

Project Manager/Parts Systems Freightliner LLC Portland, OR

. Researched and identified thousands of Freightliner heavy truck and bus parts for Canadian import.

. Researched vehicle drawing data bases, identified and assigned correct part numbers, determined classifications for the tariff assignments.

. Coordinated project progress and data compiled with Price Waterhouse Coopers. Created a quality assurance cross check system. Completed the project ahead of schedule, and under budget.

9/2005 - 9/2006 Imperial Fabrication Chehalis, WA

Mechanical Engineer

. Directed the operations of the mechanical design and fabrication programs.

. Managed and directed the R&D prototype development team. Designed new welding assembly fixtures.

. Created new facility layouts for efficient production flow. Incorporated lean principles for manufacturing operations, DFM, and cost control.

. Provided direction for capital equipment purchases and installations.

4/2005 - 8/2005 Consultant to Kenworth Truck Co. Renton, WA

Manufacturing Engineer

. Directed the operations of the automated tooling program in the facility. Created work instructions, assembly procedures and manufacturing planning.

. Developed capital equipment quotes, responsible facilities upgrades and equipment installations.

9/1998 – 3/2005 Gillig Bus Corp. Hayward, Ca.

Facilities/Industrial Engineer

. Managed the projects and staff of the engineering R&D group. Created the designs for the tooling and assembly fixtures in the facility. Purchased manufacturing and assembly equipment for the facility.

. Directed multiple building and construction projects, designed and installed glass installation systems.

. Directed CNC machine procurement and set up that allowed a cost savings of over 400 man hours.

2/1998 – 7/1998 Consultant to West Valley Engineering

Engineering Manager Item Products Inc. Union City, Ca,

. Managed the activities of 12 mechanical design engineers. Managed scheduling, performance, quality, project planning, and initiated new projects and programs in the facility. Had direct management responsibility for these engineers and their custom designs of aluminum structures. Expanded product sales.

Education: Utah State University - AS Aeronautical Technology

Clark College Vancouver - PMP

Lean Manufacturing Green Belt - ARW Nashville

Other: Word, Excel, Power Point, MC Project, AutoCAD, JD Edwards, Secret CL.

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Early Career

11/1996 – 12/1997 Under contract to Design Services Inc.

Tooling Project Engineer Gillig Corp. Hayward, Ca.

Design new tooling and manufacturing assembly fixtures for a new model of aluminum bus. Revise the work flow on assembly lines in the manufacturing facility. Provide technical guidance and mechanical designs for the R&D group during the fabrication of the tooling and assembly fixtures. Process engineering change orders, revise drawings, document processes, create engineering standard specifications. Advise corporate staff with facility additions and management of contractors.

9/1992 – 11/1995 Morrison Knudsen Corp. Hornell New York, Pittsburg, Ca.

Manufacturing/Project Engineer Review and approve structural drawings for the California BART and Caltrans rail transit projects. Create and process ECO and MRB dispositions, write manufacturing assembly and operations procedures. Create assembly plant layout.

8/1990 – 9/1992 Fresh Test Technology Phoenix AZ.

Mechanical Design Engineer Manage the fabrication and mechanical design of precision parts and hardware for SMT designs on circuit board test equipment for Intel and Honeywell R&D projects. Provide technical guidance during the R&D and production phase of projects.

8/1989 – 9/1990 Under contract to Ray Rashkin Assoc. – McDonnell Douglas Corp. Mesa, AZ

Manufacturing Project Engineer Incorporate engineering design changes for the C-17 aircraft, Apache, MDX, and NOTAR helicopter programs. Create and maintain manufacturing project documentation for the assembly of the aircraft.

8/1987 – 8/1989 Northrop Aircraft Thousand Oaks Ca.

Manufacturing Engineer Create and maintain manufacturing and engineering design changes for the F-18, B-2, and drone aircraft programs. Create procedures for manufacturing and assembly. Design tooling.

6/1984 – 1987 Hercules Aerospace Clearfield, UT

Engineer/Prototype Development Create prototype tooling designs for composite parts on many DOD programs and several NASA R&D projects. Developed wet filament winding processes for aerospace body structures and DOD ground and air to air missile projects.

2/1974 – 5/1984 White Truck Corp. Ogden, UT

Manufacturing Supervisor/Process Engineer

Supervise production assembly line for 7 years. Manufacturing Process Engineer for 3 years. Design tooling and fixtures for manufacturing and assembly, create bill of materials and manufacturing planning documentation for custom truck assembly. Create continuous improvement projects.

References: Available on request

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