Engineer Electrical
Resume:
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Accomplished industrial and manufacturing engineer with extensive
experience in light assembly and food production. Demonstrated success in
launching new products and process while supporting existing processes
through continuous improvement in productivity, quality, safety, and
financial targets.
2 EDUCATION
3 Western Michigan University
B.S. in Industrial Engineering - 1997
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6 WORK HISTORY AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
1 K-Force Industrial Staffing 9/06 - 3/09
Contract work supporting short term projects. Noteworthy companies worked
with follow:
Steelcase - Industrial Engineer 12/07-3/09
Supported multiple production lines in a metal fabrication environment.
Focus placed on freeing floor space after plant consolidation to improve
process and make room for new product lines.
Created supermarket and finished good Kanban systems to increase order
attainment and reduce footprint.
Reorganized weld and press brake areas to reduce floor space and improve
product flow.
Worked with internal suppliers to reduce WIP and space used for parts
storage.
Amway - Industrial Engineer 11/06-12/07
Supported durable goods assembly and non-durable goods packaging lines.
Held responsibility for process improvements, routing maintenance,
equipment procurement, and materials storage
Participated in numerous Kaizen events, assisting with data gathering,
process documentation, and improving line throughput.
Studied production lines and updated routings resulting in $50k reduction
in manufacturing costs and allowed management to set and hit attainable
goals.
Applied Lean manufacturing practices to water filtration assembly area to
reduce line footprint by 60%, labor cost by 25%, and increased production
by 6%
Assisted electrical engineer with data gathering to identify causes of
machine downtime in assembly area resulting in 40% reduction of scrap.
2 Tennant Company
Global manufacturer of commercial and industrial floor cleaning products.
7 Manufacturing Engineer 5/99 - 8/06
Supported approximately a dozen low volume, high complexity product lines.
Was responsible for ergonomics, efficiency, quality, safety, assembly
instructions, and equipment procurement for assembly lines. Designed and
improved assembly line layouts with emphasis maximizing product throughput
while minimizing non-value added operations and line size. Successful
projects included:
Worked with internal and external suppliers to improve parts quality,
delivery quantities, and container sizes to match manufacturing needs.
Maintained SAP records for routings, customer service, and bill of
materials accuracy.
Launched numerous new product lines on time and within budget including a
$100k assembly line for the largest machine in both complexity and size for
the facility.
Implementation of 5S, Kanban, and Lean concepts on existing assembly lines.
Lead the implementation of the Boothryod-Dewhurst Design for Manufacturing
and Assembly into the New Product Design process.
Created training documents for new hires, focusing on safety and good
manufacturing processes.
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1 Nabisco, LifeSavers Plant
Manufacturer of non-chocolate confections.
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10 Production Supervisor - 5/97 - 4/99
Supervised production employees in manufacturing and warehouse
Responsible for day to day planning, reporting, safety, and morale of up to
80 employees at a time.
11 Industrial Engineering Intern 5/96 - 5/97
Internship assisting the industrial engineering department.
Assisted plant engineering to reduce power costs by 5%
Assisted with installation of on-site water treatment equipment
Performed final validation of new equipement installed in a $5 million
expansion of BreathSaver Department.
12 OTHER TRAINING
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14 Tennant in conjunction with Not-So-Basic Training
Extensive training in Lean concepts, problem solving, and time management
15 Boothroyd Dewhurst
Received training in the Boothroyd-Dewhurst Design for Manufacturing and
Assembly software and methodology.
16 OTHER TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES
Proficient in use of Microsoft Office Professional, SAP R3 master data,
work center, and routing maintenance, and AutoCAD LT. Experienced in PC
hardware troubleshooting and system building.
Familiar with: SAP R3 production planning, materials management and
engineering change management. Facilitation of kaizen events, HTML,
UniGraphics
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