JOHN G. BERG

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816-***-****

Blue Springs, Missouri 64015 E-mail

:abic23@r.postjobfree.com

Career Summary

Proven Manufacturing and Plant Engineer. I keep factories working at peak

efficiency. Skilled in Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, equipment

justification, major project management including multiple vendors,

assembly automation, plant layout, ECO implementation, sheet metal

fabrication, jig & fixture design, painting & plating. Work environments

include union and non-union shops, CNC machining centers, stamping,

welding, forming, lathe turning, drilling & tapping, metal finishing,

multiple paint line improvements, plastic molding, high volume ammunition,

and Maintenance management.

Professional Experience

PACCAR, Inc. WINCH DIVISION, Okmulgee, OK

2005-2009

Manufacturing Engineer

. Justified, managed and implemented over $1M in assembly

improvements, including a new

$815,000 finish paint system with a power and free monorail conveyor,

two-stage alkaline washer and dry off oven, new paint booth, and paint

drying oven

. Designed layout, collected data, selected suppliers, identified

procedures and managed installation of $203,000 prime paint system

with a monorail conveyor, new paint booth, and drying oven

. Exceeded production metrics while incorporating a 90 degree rotation

of four assembly lines, overcoming obstacles as they arose

. Earned Green Belt Six Sigma, managed $50,000 project that re-lamped

entire plant with payback in 1.9 years, improving energy costs by 50%

. Managed $86,000 Six Sigma project that created a new test machine with

payback in 2.3 years, improving capacity by 33%

MILBANK MANUFACTURING, Kansas City, MO

2003-2005

Manufacturing / Plant Engineer

. Implemented Lean Manufacturing techniques to create and line balance

two new flow manufacturing lines, resulting in labor savings of 33%

. Designed parts presentation racks and custom assembly tables for new

lines, saving $105,000 per year with payback in 1.5 years.

. Managed the Maintenance Department with 8 union employees, monitoring

a $6K monthly safety equipment budget and providing safety training

. Orchestrated security policies for the company, providing monitoring

24/7 for two plants

ALLIANT TECH SYSTEMS, Independence, MO

2001- 2003

Product/Ramp Up Engineer

. Retrofitted obsolete ammunition scales/gauges, electronically

upgrading 50 Cal loading machine, saving labor and producing a pay

back in 2 years.

. Designed and supervised an automated system to bowl feed cartridges

into a track that placed them into trays for painting, saving $27,000

in labor

GARDNER DENVER, INC., Sedalia, MO

1994 - 2001

Manufacturing Engineer

John Berg

816-***-****

abic23@r.postjobfree.com

. Prepared and implemented Capital budgets of $3 million for 1995 and

1996, and $5 million in 1997, serving as the only engineer in 1996

. Identified, justified, wrote and implemented up to 35 Capital projects

per year

. Managed screw compressor manufacturing for two years, implementing the

purchase of a used $650,000 CNC machining center, a new 4 axis lathe

and eight rebuilds of CNC machines, enabling them to hold dimensions

and tolerances to +/- .0005 inch

. Managed straight lobe industrial blower manufacturing for 4 years,

relocating a manufacturing department with 22 machines

. Created Lean Manufacturing cells that reduced labor costs, saving

$140,000 per year. Managed a Lean Team that automated industrial

blower assembly, reducing labor costs by $400,000 or 47%

BADGER METER, INC., Milwaukee, WI

1989 - 1994

Senior Manufacturing Engineer

. Justified and laid out a $350,000 Mazak horizontal CNC machining

center, $60,000 alkaline parts washer, and $50,000 impregnation

system, which formed a continuous flow manufacturing cell. Net result:

savings of $150,000 per year

MAYSTEEL CORPORATION, Allenton, WI

1987 - 1989

Manufacturing Engineer

. Designed and justified 130 foot, $54,000 assembly line conveyor with

tip-up stations enabling product to be assembled at higher line speed

with no additional people, saving $40,000 annually

. Redesigned six paint hanging fixtures for savings of $74,000 / year.

Specified, justified, and tried out $84,000 worth of stamping dies and

weld fixtures for customer's new filing cabinet, managed item master,

BOM and routing files

ALLEN-BRADLEY CORPORATION, Milwaukee, WI 1980 -

1987

Industrial / Assembly / Project / Paint & Plating Engineer

. Justified $2.5 million worth of plating machinery and $3.5 million

worth of painting machinery as part of two new facilities.

Responsibilities included layout for optimum production, equipment

selection, quotations, and all liaison between manufacturers and

company through start up and routing file updates, resulting in a

three year pay back

. Introduced new assembly fixturing, which created three flow - through

production lines in three years, savings $136,000 per year in labor

. Redesigned seven die cast parts to convert from aluminum die cast to

zinc. Also converted four part brazed push button shaft to zinc die

cast, saving $27,500 per year.

Education

B.S. Industrial Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Proficient: AutoCAD 2004,Excel, Word, Word Perfect, PowerPoint, Quattro,

Visual Basic, SAP, Outlook, and AS400/Bpcs.

Honorable Discharge, Army Security Agency, Top Secret Crypto Clearance

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