Engineer Manager
Resume:
Douglas Taylor Harrison
**** ******* ****** **** – Bedford, Pennsylvania 15522
******************@**********.***
Career Summary: Over 20 years manufacturing experience as engineer and manager. Strong background in startup, development, and
improvement of assembly and manufacturing processes in highly regulated government industries. Qualifications include
Six Sigma Green Belt and ISO 9001 auditor.
Education:
9/86 to 5/92 Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois
Master of Science degree in Industrial Operations – 3.7 GPA
6/82 to 5/86 Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
Bachelor of Science degree in Manufacturing Engineering – 3.2 GPA
Employment:
10/00 to 4/11 Process/Product Engineer, Alliant Techsystems Inc.
Responsible for developing and maintaining manufacturing and assembly processes, including troubleshooting, and
optimizing these processes using Lean manufacturing techniques. Involved with all aspects of manufacturing, including
program office, operations, quality, senior management, scheduling, vendors, and customers to identify and resolve
manufacturing issues. Served as lead engineer on several process optimization workshops yielding the following results:
Automation of charge weight verification on M829A3 – from 1.83 to 1.63 hours per unit (11% improvement)
AIM-9X retrofit assembly – from 17.2 to 11.4 hpu (34% improvement)
ESSM Final Assembly - from 9.2 to 5.3 hpu (42% improvement)
Involved in several scale-up efforts to bring products from development phase to low-rate initial production and eventually
full rate production. Programs include MAPAM mortar round, MAC WH, and JSF exhaust nozzle sections. Activities
include equipment selection and prove-out, implementation into cell, and providing all procedures and tooling needed for
production activities. Received Green Belt Certification in Lean manufacturing techniques, also attended classes covering
SPC/SQC, Flexsim simulation modeling, composite manufacturing, and various software packages.
6/98 to 10/00 Industrial Engineering Manager, Hedstrom Corp.
Responsible for determining and setting standard production rates on all jobs in shop, and generating costings for new
and existing product. Heavily involved in productivity team activities in all departments; including reducing setup,
combining operations, improving flow through dept., and providing specialized tools, stands, and aids for processes.
3/97 to 5/98 Manufacturing Engineering Manager, AMF Reece
Responsible for all M.E. dept. activities, which include process plans, setup reduction, capital equipment acquisition and
its implementation, NC programs, and process improvements. Responsible for all Quality dept. activities, which include
vendor, manufacturing, and assembly quality problems. Handled customer complaints and performed weekly audits on
outgoing product to assure out of box quality.
11/94 to 3/97 Owner and Manager, Affairs Plus Catering
Market, plan, administer, and perform functions from 30 to 800 people. Supervise staff of three to 15 during parties to
assure a professional function.
4/93 to 1/95 Production Supervisor, Brenco Inc.
Oversee daily operations in a machining department to assure that production and quality goals are met. Responsibilities
included allocating resources for optimal results, maintaining records, and ensuring parts and tooling are available.
6/86 to 4/93 Manufacturing and Systems Engineer, Caterpillar Inc.
(7/89 to 4/93) Coordinate and supervise runoff, installation, and start-up of three manufacturing cells. Start-up included
running and debugging the cell, training the operators, and releasing the cell to manufacturing. Directly responsible for
developing the manufacturing processes and worked with various departments to provide support and misc. equipment
for all aspects of manufacturing.
(7/88 to 7/89) Designed and developed simulation models for manufacturing systems.
(6/86 to 7/88) Wrote and maintained corporate software packages and plant network software.
References: Available upon request.
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