MICHAEL BROWN

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Latonia, Kentucky ****5

502-***-****

AN OUTSTANDING PROVEN TRACK RECORD FOR MEETING AND EXCEEDING GOALS

OVER 25 YEARS IN MANUFACTURING 20 YEARS IN QUALITY RELATED AREAS

SUCCESSFUL AND HIGHLY SKILLED

WORK EXPERIENCE

Fuji Tech Automotive

Manufacture Automobile Recliner Seats

Manufacturing Engineer June 2014 - June 2015 (Aerotek Contract Completed)

Provided written Work Orders to Maintenance as to Carry Out Assigned Tasks.

Established a team to address Kaizen, now including Manufacturing, Maintenance and Engineering.

Total Production Maintenance, Total Quality Management

Using Manufacture Prints and Data collected form Line calls, Created a Spare parts list for Equipment. Quantity of spare parts were determined by Frequency and J.I.T.

Safety First, conducted organized consistent weekly safety meetings, Mush like training reviews. These meetings were documented with open discussions to maintain good communications. (If Skills to perform tasks were unclear to Technicians, a Training Schedule was establish to provide needed support).

Create and/or update PFEMA, Work Instructions, Chokko-Bekido Rates, Correct line station errors with Action Plans& Poka-Yokes, APQP, Gate, etc.

Problem solving skills, Mentor, Trainer.

Effusive the importance of no down time.

Maintain all work areas Clean as if the Technicians were never there.

Upgrade New and Existing Fixtures, Tooling, Machines to Meet the Unexpected Product number Increase required by customer. {Designed for 660 PPD increased to 1400 PPD}.

Locate, Purchase equipment needed to meet sales growth.

Customer first, Safety First, Goals are Zero customer complaints.

Generate and Issue P.M.s at Regular pre-determined Frequency with Follow up by myself. ( P.M. tasks may be rotated to different Technicians) as needed for various reasons.

Internal Checks and Audits from incoming materials through manufacturing into shipment.

Monitored time and attendance of Teams on each shift. Daily Log was part of job description.

QS9000 & TS16949 Procedure compliance reference Quality implantation.

Troubleshoot Tooling, equipment & process to Support manufacturing.

Set schedules for manufacturing and shipping to the customers in a timely manner.

Kanban (JIT) Collaborate in real time, Limit your work in progress, Visualize your work

Improved Lean Manufacturing to keep operational costs at a minimum.

Oversee facility continuous improvement goals.

Capital budgets and R.O.I approvals.

DRC Industries { reason for leaving, ask}

Manufacture of Paper Base Packaging Products at a custom level scope. Re-rolling of paper to meet customer’s needs. Corner board, OD & ID caps, Sheet Cutting, Working Directly with customers to help develop improved products.

Facility Operations Manager October 2013- June 2014

Locate and put together a team to increase sales.

Establish a full scope of guild lines for facility with the owner’s approval.

Locate, Purchase equipment needed to meet sales growth.

Set schedules for manufacturing and shipping to the customers in a timely manner.

Developed Lean Manufacturing to keep operational costs at a minimum.

Oversee facility continuous improvement goals.

Capital budgets and R.O.I approvals.

Nemak Corporation {contract completed}

Manufacture of automotive parts. High Pressure Casting, Blow Plastic Extrusion, Roll Forming, Punch Die, Sub-assembly and assembly, Heat Treating.

Quality and Safety Engineer Manager June 2013 –October2013

Developing and executing new Safety Guideline Procedures to incorporate into the existing manufacturing processes.

Evaluate Quality and take the department to the next level.

Evaluate Safety areas requiring improvement with continuous improvement strategies.

Training of All department associates, providing comprehensive assurance.

Developed Standardization for Maintenance department with the goal of cutting operational costs.

Nextlife Recycling {facility closed}

Nextlife Recycling, LLC processes and manufactures plastic resins. It offers plastic bag and film recycling services for grocery and carrier bags, stretch wraps, shrink wraps, furniture wraps, garment covers, and poly bags. The company also collects and processes rigid plastics, such as hangers, CD cases, and DVDs. In addition, it offers recycled plastic resins, such as polyethylene pellets, polypropylene, and polystyrene for molders and manufacturers of consumer and commercial plastic products. FDA approved.

Maintenance Manager January 2013 – April 2013 (Company Closed)

Building a Maintenance department to a higher level, through evaluating existing Techs, providing continued education and acquiring new Techs at a level needed to provide a higher level of support for Manufacturing, Engineering and the facility.

Managed 21 maintenance technicians and 2 individuals in the Tool Crib

Upgrading existing equipment to increase production of product.

Established a Preventative Maintenance plan for all equipment.

Purchasing a CMMS to organize, identify and track tasks performed spare parts in order to establish trends, control cost of operation.

Implemented teams for continuous improvement and another for safety, acting mentor for both teams.

Daily Real time Logs Entered in real time by Techs were part of their job description in M.P.2 CMMS.

Purchase new and used equipment for Maintenance shop and establishing a Tool Crib, needed to provide better facility support and controlling cost of operations.

Establish an effective Safety program through written procedures and accountability process.

Established means of communications so all departments were able to interact with greater comprehensives resulting to increased efficiency.

Upgraded support air, water filtration, material handling, etc.

Set in place new standards. I.E; Safety First - Fix it before it breaks!

Katayama American

Manufacture of automotive parts global. 2011 GM rated Katayama number 3 out of over 1500 as best supply company for GM. Extruded moldings, Flocking for windows moldings, Roll forming, Door Sash, Bright finish moldings. Aftermarket parts.

Maintenance Supervisor / Office Mgr. April 2008 – November 2012 (Aerotek Contract to Hire)

Set up Maintenance Management System MP2. Allowing electronic tracking and trends to be established.

Written over 1200 P.M.s and Possibly Updating after Feedback Data processed.

Support Maintenance and other Departments as needed.

Managed 18 maintenance technicians over 3 shifts

Team with Manufacturing Manager to oversee production numbers were met for just in time shipping and provided Manufacturing Supervisor Support with line associate issues, mentor.

Overseen 19 new product launches to date. Planning, Layout, Scheduling, Delegate, Completion to Commission.

Composed (Written) over 42,000 Work Instructions and Provided Support as needed.

Often Teamed Up with Engineering to Trouble shoot Issues providing Needed Support.

Upgraded compressed air system for facility, 78% increased efficiency with 99.8% dry air leaving compressor room. Extra CFM required for new lines.

Upgrade of high bay and office facility lighting to from 400wMH to T8 6 lamp fixtures reducing power consumption by 2/3rd RTO 31 months.

Upgraded procedures and added as needed.

Performed 8D’s with Fishbone, 5 Why’s.

Helped to insure 6S throughout the facility.

Updated and revised EMS for facility.

3D Cad Inventor used.

Provided Training updates for Procedure and Process changes.

Set up and maintained PMs for all equipment in plant.

Leadership of Maintenance Department and Purchasing.

Additional responsibilities to oversee EHSM. First response certified, this included spills, CARs and leadership of 8Ds, Continuous improvement committee.

Introduced yearly Capital Budget Plan.

Worked with Manufacturing, Engineering, Scheduling, Quality, Material handling, etc. for just in time coordination.

Introduced “Time Twin Digital Welding” process from Fronius. Resulting in increased safety, reduced rework and increased production, etc.

Implemented Plant expansion.

Member of the team to establish and maintain, Safety – Professionalism – Team Work – Communication – Open Door policy.

Maintained compliance for ISO 14001 and TS 16949 audits.

ATS

Manufacture of aluminum wheels for the automotive industry, Using low pressure die casting, x-ray quality assurance, heat treating, Machine, electrostatic coatings and 100% final inspection.

Engineer Maintenance Technician June 2006 – December 2007

Increased deliverable items from 26000 units per month to over 66000 items shipped each month

Reduced production downtime from 14.2% to 1.8% in first six months

Designed and built new heat treat baskets, resulting in 58% in heat treat production, with a large reduction of waste

Increased effective waste water treatment, total facility air demand and electrical kw usage.

TPM throughout facility

RS 5000

Allen Bradley Drive Master 32

Allen Bradley controls

Fanuc robots

Siemens controls

First response certified

Directed Temporary employees on special projects

Daily monitor of environmental recording data

Maint. Dept. Time audits

Continuous track record of identify and eliminate root cause

Parthenon Division Leggett & Platt

Manufacture of welded custom tube and custom fabricated items for the automotive industry. Science Engineer December2001 - May 2006

Greatly increased quality of tubing: resulting in an expand of customer base

Helped in a team effort to increase out the door production from 4,600,000 feet per month to over 8,900,000 plus feet per month.

Helped maintenance department with many issues to put them back on track. This resulted in lower production downtime to less than .43% for a quarterly by July of 2002.

Lower heating costs with installation of two new 500,000 Btu furnaces to replace five 1,000,000 Btu units that ran up repair costs, in the previous year of what the two new units complete installation total.

Installed 600 kvar capacitor banks to bring power factor from 73% to above 90% with a line leader of plus one majority of time; saving at least $3400.00 per month in electric costs to plant.

All paybacks were well with-in, proposed R.O.I. Capital investments.

Developed and initiated standards and methods for Inspection, testing and evaluation utilizing knowledge in Fields such as chemical, electrical and mechanical.

Chosen as the Q.S. 9000 / ANSI 40001 requirements.

Devised sampling procedures to design and develop forms and instructions for recording, evaluating and reporting quality and reliable data.

Aspects of variability factors for profit, utilizing data from consumption, waste and etc.

Responded to written and telephone requests for customer service and auditing.

Developed and implemented methods and procedures for disposition of discrepant material then devised methods to assess cost and responsibility.

Expedited communication between upper level management and general personnel.

Excellent track record of identify and eliminate of root cause plus obtaining and maintaining compliance for customers.

Successfully managed six sigma, continuous improvement, safety, T.P.M., R.O.I, employee data collection, expediting purchasing, auditing and analyzing financial report data prior to publish form 10Q.

Demonstrated effective presentation skills.

A.W.E.S. {Owner}

Manager March 1999 – November - 2001

Management of welding supply and equipment repair.

Performed H.R., Quality, Purchasing, Accounting, Customer Relations, ETC. ( Established net profits and customer base)

Lowe-Mar Mfg. Inc.

Manufacture of Food Grade and Pharmaceutical S.S. Vessels / Fabrication Custom

Plant Manager November1989 – July 2000

Oversee all facility operations.

Increased customer base.

Increased annual gross sales by 18 times in first 5 years.

Increased net profit by 27% in first 42 months.

Set new safety and quality standards.

Greatly improved worker relations.

Revolutionized customer relations.

Worked with O.S.H.A. To meet and exceed their standards.

EDUCATION

Rochville University

Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineering

Southern Ohio College

Bachelor Arts Business Management

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