Manager Engineer

Work History

Pittsburgh Glass Works - Crestline, OH

Production / Training Supervisor 10/10 to Current

Directed 22 - 25 hourly Operators, Inspectors, Trainers, and Drivers in a

unionized environment to achieve company objectives.

Developed / Directed cross-functional continuous improvement teams using

empowerment, discipline, follow through, encouragement, training, problem

solving, and mutual respect. (Mid-Ohio, Safety Teams). Employees

accomplished safety, quality, and efficiency improvements. (refresher

training, ball bearings vs. casters, container protection, paper to glass

technique)

Justified the purchase and fabrication of a training cell and utilized it

to train employees in safety procedures (including LOTO), proper inspection

techniques, qualification testing, and improvement of speeds to meet

budgeted standards.

Standardized work through certifying trainers on how to train and create

work instructions with digital pictures.

Created a training department.

Implemented a Defect Map Program that utilized highly visual aids to

emphasize problem areas on problem parts.

Created a new Car Program. Coordinated with Car Dealers that sold cars with

our glass to park cars in a showcase area on our lot. This helped to

instill pride within our company culture at no cost.

Trained 131 new hires in a 3 month span. (June 2011 to August 2011)

THERM-O-DISC Incorporated - Mansfield, OH

Value Stream Manager 5/07 to 6/09 (Promotion)

Production Supervisor - 5/04 to 5/07

Implemented an Autonomous Maintenance system to support the Total

Productive Maintenance program.

Safety - Zero lost time accidents

Quality - Increased 1st pass yield from 85% to 95%

Delivery - Improved on time delivery from 79.4% to 93% within 6 months of

hire date (5 production lines). This was the highest on time delivery

performance in the history of the company.

Cost - Improved productivity by 30% through automation, scheduling, and

reducing in-process inspections.

Implemented Lean Manufacturing (5S, kanbans, Value Stream Mapping, TPM,

etc throughout the assembly production lines / cells.

Utilized PPAP and FMEA procedures for new and existing products and

processes.

Developed / Directed cross-functional continuous improvement teams using

empowerment, discipline, follow through, encouragement, training, and

mutual respect.

Implemented an employee suggestion kiosk. Employee suggestions are reviewed

by the above developed teams. Employees are rewarded for the implemented

suggestions. Currently, there is a kiosk in every department on every

production line.

Directed and / or Responsible for ~ 100 employees, 5 production lines, 3

shifts. (Engineers, Supervisors, Technicians, Operators)

Created / Assigned / Completed Corrective Action Requests (CAR) using root

cause analysis, SPC, and other problem solving tools.

American Woodmark Corporation - Gas City, IN - 7/99 to 3/04

Plant Production Manager 2001 - 2004 (Promotion)

Developed and responsible for 11.5MM annual budget. (Labor, Overhead, and

Capital)

Increased facility operational productivity by 33% while increasing total

facility output by 190%.

Plant Production Manager of three-shift production facility. Direct

reports: two production managers. Indirect reports: 11 supervisors and 400+

hourly team members.

Set a company record, twice, for the most quality cabinets built in an 8

hour shift. (We were the youngest of all assembly facilities by 9 years.)

In addition to producing finished components for internal assembly

operations, began producing and shipping finished components to other

assembly facilities and achieved 100% on time and complete delivery

performance beginning with the first shipment.

Increased finishing productivity by 9% while increasing total finishing

output by 62%.

Increased assembly productivity by 14% while increasing total assembly

output by 75%.

Assembly Manager 2000 - 2001 (Promotion)

Achieved and maintained an on time and complete delivery performance of

99.9% that resulted in "superior" incentive payouts

Manager of Quality and Production Departments for 8 months

Increased finished good's audit score by 15% to achieve a "target"

incentive payout

Quality Manager 1999 - 2000

Successfully managed facility start-up with ZERO major quality issues

Implemented a quality certification program that held individual team

members accountable for their areas of responsibility

Implemented an off site training facility to "break in" new team members

prior to completion of new 300K sq. ft. production facility

Developed and implemented a 2-day orientation program, for new hires, to

introduce new team members to our culture and manufacturing operations

Emerson Electric Company - 11/95 to 7/99

Louisville Ladder Group - Louisville, KY - 11/98 to 6/99

Quality Engineer

Developed and implemented a first piece inspection program that reduced

scrap by 37% or $6,600 / mo. in aluminum parts fabrication department

Emerson Tool Group - Menominee, MI - 11/95 to 11/98

Quality Engineer (Promotion)

Reduced one supplier's non-conformances by 400% (20,000 PPM / mo. to 5000

PPM / mo.)

Increased supplier skip lot inspections from 3.2% to 8% without increasing

non-conformances

Sr. Quality Supervisor

Reduced missing parts from 2.2% / mo. to .1% / mo. while maintaining

current production levels

Prepared and implemented several ISO 9000 documents and processes

Designed and implemented gages (go / no go, poke yoke, etc

accountability check off sheets, and visual scorecards

Education

B.S., Industrial Technology, Engineering - 1994, Texas A & M University -

Kingsville

Training Courses

Implementing TPM in a Non-Japanese Plant - 2006

Lean Manufacturing Champion - 2006

Lean Manufacturing Implementation - 2002

Leadership and Cultural Change - 2001

Gage Control and Calibration - 1999

Design of Experiments - 1998

Audits for Continuous Improvements - 1997

Several JIT, Visual Workshop, 5S, etc... training courses and seminars

throughout my career

Process and Material Experiences

Steel - lathes, CNC, welding, cutting

Aluminum - forming, cutting, punch press, assembly

Plastics - injection molding, assembly

Motors - fields and armatures - stacking / welding / winding, testing,

assembly

Textiles - punch press, cutting, stitching, assembly

Electronics - PLC, logic boards

Wood - Milling, CNC, panel / table saws, ritter machines, finishing -

automated spray line that includes roll coating, cabinet and ladder

assembly

Technical Skills

Software: WINDOWS NT, Microsoft Works, Microsoft Office, Claris Works,

Excel, Lotus, Word, Word Perfect, and ALLCLEAR. Familiar with Access, MRP,

CAD, Visio, and various other technical programs including SPC.

Metrology: Fluid meter, optical comparator, CMM, caliper, micrometer,

etc...

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