Joseph Ohmes 618-***-**** **** Unity School Road, Brookport, IL 62910

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Manufacturing Engineer/Front Line Manager

A proven manufacturing engineer combines technical expertise with business

acumen to drive process improvements in a variety of manufacturing

environments; efforts result in lower costs, improved efficiency, and

elevated quality. Creates compliances with federal and industry standards;

introduces best practices such as Kaizan and JIT methodologies.

Core Strengths

Operations Management - Process Development/Improvement - Training &

Development - Safety

Cost Control - Quality Assurance - Project Management - Procurement - Team

Leadership - Client Relations

Select Career Highlights

< Managed union craft employees in the deconstruction and demolition of

closed uranium processing facilities; ensured compliance with Department

of Energy guidelines, company policies, and work control documents.

< Leveraged meetings to elevate safety and efficiency of deconstruction

work and drove recovery act work that resulted in one million hours

without a lost workday due to job-related injury or illness.

< Crafted harness tooling for the development of electrical harnesses that

lowered costs 35% in assembly and testing of supplier subassemblies;

drove continuous improvement projects that elevated product performance.

< Enhanced designs of aerospace components by leading concurrent

engineering design reviews; identified and coordinated specific

engineering design changes that decreased product cycle time/inventory

reduction 40%.

Professional Overview

Project Manager/Co-Owner Artistic Illusions, LLC: 2011-Present

. Established and runs a professional painting operation, managing

completion of residential and commercial painting projects; manages

projects from initial cost estimates to project completions/client

approval.

. Generates new business through referrals, networking, and cold calling

efforts; meets with clients to determine needs, create design concepts,

and negotiate contract terms/conditions.

. Completed interior paint jobs, murals, sophisticated faux finishes, and

tromploy art projects for hospitals, law offices, doctor's offices,

multimillion-dollar residential homes, malls, and small shopping centers.

Front Line Manager SM Stoller Corp.: 2010-2011

. Oversaw union craft employees in deconstruction and demolition of closed

uranium processing facilities; ensured compliance to federal and

corporate guidelines while leading safety procedures.

. Managed meetings with union crew members to improve work direction,

safety awareness, and employee morale while also lowering work loss time

for crew members.

. Presented daily status of remediation activities and crew achievements to

the project operations managers; held an "L" security clearance from the

Department of Energy.

. Directed tool, material, and equipment acquisition, using an internal

procurement system for orders/tracking.

Front Line Manager Paducah Remediation Services, LLC: 2009-2010

. Managed layout, setup, and operation of a boundary control station within

a closed uranium facility in order to reduce donning/doffing time for

workers entering/exiting contaminated areas and improving/reducing

radioactivity monitoring time of workers leaving contaminated areas;

wrote detailed work control documents.

. Provided daily reports of remediation activities and work crew

achievements to project manager/superintendent.

. Directed acquisition of tools and materials, using internal procurements

systems to place and expedite orders.

. Led pre-job work activity walk downs and daily pre-shift meetings

including safety topics with union work crews.

. Served as chemical inventory coordinator at the Paducah, KY facility;

tracked inventory of hazardous chemicals entering and used at the

facility and prepared monthly reports for the corporate chemical safety

manager.

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Manufacturing Engineer Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.: 2008-2009

. Developed product bill-of-materials into cost effective subassemblies for

outside supplier production vs. in-house manufacturing to lower overall

subassembly costs 23%.

. Troubleshot production line problems that lowered expense, increased

productivity, and lifted product quality; recommended and implemented

changes, additions, and modifications that aided manufacturing.

. Designed and setup pilot assembly/subassembly areas for flagship product

lines; completed failure mode effects analysis on expanding product

lines that yielded reduced cycle times and assembly anomalies.

. Led technical liaison support for engineering and manufacturing and wrote

process manuals for five product lines.

. Incorporated new processes into fabrication areas and provided production

training for new tools/equipment.

Manufacturing Engineer Ball Aerospace & Technology Corp.: 2001-2007

. Decreased costs by leading design reviews and recommending changes that

made various subassemblies easier to manufacturer; reduced manufacturing

anomalies/reworks and increased productivity and quality.

. Led manufacturing of aerospace mechanical components, electronics

subassemblies, and cable/harness assemblies via manufacturing work

centers, including machine shops.

. Wrote detailed manufacturing process procedures for subassemblies and

mechanical components; generated accurate rework/repair instructions on

discrepant hardware that resulted in minimal impact to client schedules.

. Coordinated production challenged designs with quality assurance and

manufacturing departments prior to production release in order to lower

design revisions and the need for reengineering.

Manufacturing Engineer Lockheed-Martin Corp.: 1997-2001

. Implemented change initiatives and process improvements that lowered

costs for an aerospace spacecraft manufacturing operation; introduced

Kaizan manufacturing methodologies as well as JIT concepts.

. Reviewed and improved product build instructions by removed non-value

added operations; also led pre-production design reviews with a cross-

functional team approach.

. Planned and managed incorporation of design changes during an engineering

redesign effort; cut design changes into production lines by revising

work instruction and creating rework/repair process for affected

assemblies.

. Supported the material review board's effort to disposition hardware;

directed and planned the manufacturing rework and repair of critical

product subassemblies that resulted in significant cost savings.

. Acted as technical liaison between design engineering and production

leads for a cable and harness subassembly production area; increase

production efficiency and created assembly process manuals for multiple

lines.

Manufacturing Engineer Codar Technology, Inc.: 1994-1997

. Led a major factory re-layout that resulted in lower labor costs, faster

cycle times, improved in-process inventory, and reduced part damage on 10

distinct product lines of ruggedized computer systems.

. Created multiple assembly process manuals that cut assembly build time

while also leading engineering design reviews to make recommendations on

design changes that enhanced efficiency and ease of manufacturing.

. Oversaw the engineering change process as chair of a configuration

control board and processed change orders.

Prior: Martin Marietta Corp., Manufacturing Engineer: Implemented JIT

manufacturing principals into a subassembly manufacturing area; write

assemble and test procedures for new and existing product lines.

Education & Credentials

BS, Industrial Technology - Southern Illinois University

Training: Six Sigma, Kaizen, Process Safety Management, JIT Manufacturing

Certificate,

40-Hour Hazwoper (Environmental) Class, and Supervisor Asbestos Abatement

Class (KY State Certified)

Technical Skills: MRP/ERP, SAP, Agile, MS Office, and AutoCAD

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