Engineer Quality Assurance

CRAIG A. CHETLIN

*** ******* *****

Fishersville, VA 22939

Res: 540-***-****

Cell: 412-***-****

E-Mail: ********@*****.***

OBJECTIVE: To secure a senior level managerial position, which demands

creative problem solving and productive use of technology in a team-based

organization utilizing my acquired experience in production, engineering

and hands-on supervision.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

6/07 - Present Cadence, Inc., Staunton, VA

Cadence, Inc. is a custom manufacturer of cutting and piercing instruments

specializing in quick turn-high precision knives for both industrial and

medical applications in two separate facilities.

Manufacturing Manager

Provide management in a team-based organization for 10 direct reports and

65 indirect reports including maintenance and facilities.

Promote a lean manufacturing perspective of evaluating orders and puling

them through the system. This process has improved machine efficiency by

15%.

Led a cross functional team, including Design and Manufacturing Engineering

and Sales that facilitated the installation of a laser welded/injection

molded, medical device.

Manage five Manufacturing Specialists (Technical Supervisors) in a 2 shift

manufacturing facility.

Implemented a full time training system including a cross training program

that is utilized by the production control department for staffing and

overtime schedules.

Manage a 3 person maintenance group of which my team has implemented a

Preventative Maintenance program for over 100 pieces of High Technology

equipment. This increased uptime from 80% to greater than 90%.

Defined and implemented a program to decrease equipment downtime which has

reduced the number of emergency repairs by 30%. This included analyzing

data of equipment breakdowns, working with enginering to make mechanical

and electrical modifications and installing controls to verify the

implementation was successful.

Develop/manage capital and operating budgets including P&L performance.

Manage facilities based vendors including annual contracts.

10/01 - 6/07 McKesson Automation, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA

McKesson Automation provides automated pharmacy and supply systems to

hospitals throughout North America, helping re-engineer processes to

enhance the quality and safety of patient care.

Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Provide leadership and technical support to various manufacturing

disciplines such as Manufacturing Engineering and Quality Assurance.

Responsibilities: develop solutions to resolve/eliminate product failures;

design and optimize plant layouts utilizing lean manufacturing techniques,

as well as material and labor cost reductions.

Management By Objectives utilizing Performance Management and peer

assessment review programs. Including supervising 1 - Manufacturing

Engineer, 1 - Industrial/Safety Engineer, 2 - Front Line Supervisors, and 7

- Hourly Quality Assurance Inspectors.

Manage the manufacturing department Six Sigma program including a DMAIC

Project to reduce raw materials inventory by $2.2MM resulting in a carrying

cost savings of $330K.

Analyze product failures and identify root causes for continuous

improvements.

Coordinate new product releases/enhancements to production. Maintain

communication with implementation and sales personnel to verify product

stability throughout "Beta" testing.

Work with supply chain management team to develop sales-based production

control systems that generate most effective use of materials, equipment,

and personnel.

Assist in vendor qualification/selection for: machined parts, metal

stampings, plastic injected and vacuum molded components and Printed

Circuit Boards products.

Coordinate Engineering Change Notices (ECNs) including maintenance of Bills

Of Materials (BOMs) for released products to determine the most effective

roll in plan.

Led manufacturing's roll in Design for Manufacturing and Assembly reviews

for current product enhancements and new products including analyzing best

test methodology.

Manage Underwriter Laboratories (UL) classification to maintain compliance

with medical standard - UL-60601.

Hiring, Training and Scheduling of production personnel

Work with supervisors on conflict resolutions to avoid poor employee

performance.

Preventative/Predictive Maintenance Manager for all plant equipment.

4/00 - 6/01 St. Onge Company, York, PA

St. Onge is a leading national engineering-consulting company with

expertise in distribution and manufacturing facilities optimization from

design through implementation.

Senior Project Engineer

Responsibilities: analyses of client situation; strategy development to

improve facilities for future growth, and presentations to management

focusing on most advantageous scenario for obtaining optimal operation

performance. Promoted additional consulting services to upper management.

Projects included:

Harley-Davidson: Prepared labor and process requirements definition for

automated cosmetic paint application of motorcycle fenders and gas tanks.

Results: 25% reduction in labor costs.

Kennedy Space Center: Analyzed storage capacity of Automated Storage and

Retrieval Systems (AS/RS) and material conveyance optimization throughout

space shuttle logistics warehouse facility. Results: additional AS/RS unit

providing 20% increased storage capacity and Automated Guided Vehicle

System (AGVS), reducing material handling labor requirements by 10%.

Pure Fishing (Abu Garcia-Svangsta, Sweden): Analyzed/evaluated fishing reel

assembly operation for cost savings opportunities. Developed 3 manual

paced assembly lines, improving productivity by 25% and quality by 10%.

State Farm Insurance: Designed/engineered centralized computer repair

support unit utilizing Lean Manufacturing techniques. Results: 40%

reduction in total square footage and elimination of 75% work in process

(WIP).

4/96 - 4/00 Alcoa Engineered Products Inc., Cressona, PA

This Alcoa facility produces aluminum-extruded products for several markets

including transportation, building and construction and engineered extruded

shapes. Tool and die manufacture through final shape fabrication is

completed in one location.

Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Developed operational methods for most efficient utilization of personnel,

equipment, and materials utilizing Just In Time manufacturing (JIT), Total

Productive Maintenance (TPM) and Cellular Layout. Results: increased

profits of 13%.

Established/directed education program to promote internal growth,

facilitating employee cross training.

Evaluated/purchased High Speed Machining Center for manufacture of tooling.

Results: 30% reduction in machining time. Included vendor site visit in

Germany and references in the Netherlands and Belgium.

8/87 - 3/96 Extrusion Die Makers Inc., Murrysville, PA

Production Engineer/Manager

Supervised 45-50 employees with training, productivity, quality control and

safety policies.

Promoted team atmosphere for higher productivity and quality, while

achieving decrease in workplace accidents.

Interacted with upper management on engineering, specifically product

design and cost management assuring end product produced to specification

on time/on budget.

EDUCATION

Waynesburg University Kent State University

Masters of Business Administration Bachelor of Science - 1989

August - 2004 Industrial Technology

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

Six Sigma BLACK BELT-Trained, 2005

I continually use the DMAIC project format for all projects where multiple

disciplines of my company are required. This includes projects in new

product development, quality and maintenance.

Covey - Project Management 10 '04

This approch has helped me get better buyin from team members. Project

constraints are clearly identifeid and resources can be redirected to help

pick up traction. This helps facilitate the team work on the right

project.

SkillPath - Better Communicator 11 '04

Lean Manufacturing 1 '99 - 4 '00

Training from YOMO Consulting and ALCOA Uninversity on the main concepts of

Lean include: Spaghetti Diagrams, Kaizen Events, Cellular and Single Piece

Flow Manufactuing, and 5-S.

ISO 9001/2008 Quality System 6 '96 - 12 '96

ISO 13485 Medical Device Quality System 4 '09 - 9 '09

ISO 19011 Quality Management Auditing 9 '09

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