Project Manager Engineer

Joseph M. Lada II * Spring Drive

Maumelle, AR ***13

********@*******.*** / tele: 501-***-****

CAREER OBJECTIVE

To continue my career as a Manager or Industrial Engineer in a progressive

company; practicing and expanding the knowledge and skills I acquired at

Oklahoma State University and throughout my work experience.

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

. 2003 - Bachelor of Science, Industrial Engineering and Management,

Oklahoma State University

. 2006 - Grayson County College (Managerial Education courses)

. 2007 - OSHA 30-hour Safety Training Course

PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

AFCO Steel, July 2007 - Present

Operations Engineer Manager: Currently managing safety, maintenance, and

environmental operations for AFCO Steel's facilities. Over one-million

square feet under roof on over 100 acres between four production

facilities. Responsible for managing, research, and recommendations of

capital expenditures company wide.

. Conduct all OSHA required trainings to 500 employees, perform safety

audits, generate weekly safety topics, Safety Council President,

handle safety concerns, manage safety corrective actions, and

facilitate safety meetings. Update and maintain company safety

policy manuals for each facility.

. Manage preventative maintenance, equipment research, preservation of

facilities. Monitor and re-order all safety personal protective

equipment, welding consumables, shop supplies and tools for

production. Researched and implemented energy efficient equipment

and lighting.

. Coordinate environmental monitoring and reporting. Perform

environmental inspections and audits.

Production Supervisor: Supervised 35 fitters, welders, and fabrication

trainees in heavy structural fabrication area. Successfully met schedule

and cost requirements. Managed critical material flows, responsible for new

business projects (fracture critical bridge projects). Responsible for

project specifications, procedures and processes. Conduct facility weekly

safety meetings. AFCO Safety Council Member.

Plant Engineer: Responsible for core engineering and production projects.

Created process improvements (steel tracking system and warehouse tracking

system) and trained company resource in use. Troubleshot and resolved

various problems with hand held mobile computers for tracking systems.

Responsible for integrated production schedules. Established and tracked

project goals, authored and presented project status reports to Senior

Management and customers. Identified and implemented Lean Manufacturing

processes. Member of new facility design team (25% efficiency increase

realized using Toyota Production System (TPS)). Project Manager for

Research and Development of new equipment.

. Re-engineered facility layout to better accommodate production needs

and increase efficiency. Used Simplified Systematic Layout Planning

as one analysis tool. Facility space for new equipment installation,

material storage and material handling were problems solved as a

result of engineering project.

. Engineered tracking system for production to fix problems of lost

material and unknown status of material. Implemented process check

points. Integrated hand held mobile computers. Tested barcode tags.

Created Excel macros to review status reports.

. Implemented a warehouse tracking system to track equipment parts and

steel fabrication consumables. To resolve supply inventory issues.

. Researched, analyzed, and engineered new production equipment line

(approximately $1.3 MM project). Performed time studies, interviewed

technicians, visited equipment vendors. Generated economic analysis

and machine utilization. Improved material flow, reduced maintenance

downtime, lowered man power needs, doubled thru put, and reduced

noise levels.

Cardinal Glass Industries, July 2003 - July 2007

Shift Manager: Managed company production resources (Supervisors and

technicians). Responsible for production, process control, protection of

equipment, coordination of critical preventative maintenance, and

production scheduling. Responsible for resource administrative functions

(labor accounting, performance appraisals and employee discipline).

Oversaw, planned, and enforced Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) programs.

Maintained and contributed to Lean Manufacturing guidelines and

philosophies.

Quality Control Supervisor: Provided direct Quality Control supervision to

technicians, over-seeing glass cutting processes, ensuring products meet

customer specifications. Interfaced with customers' quality assurance

representatives. Applied Six Sigma methodology to improve inspection.

Production Supervisor: Supervised 6 technicians, trained new resources.

Coordinated production projects, Member of facility start up. Responsible

for resource administrative functions, conducted new hire interviews.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Arena 5.0 (simulation software), AS400, AutoCAD, AutoSketch, DOE (design of

experiments), Lindo, Lingo, MathCAD, Microsoft Office, Minitab, TORA

(operations research), System Architect

HONORS / ACTIVITIES

. Dean's Honor Roll

. Institute of Industrial Engineers (member, Jan. 2001 - Present)

. Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity (Pledge Class President, Philanthropy

Chairman)

. Habitat for Humanity (volunteer)

. Stillwater's "Big Event" (volunteer)

REFERENCES

Available upon request

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