Engineer Manufacturing

Raymond Mliczek

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Home: 321-***-****

Palm Bay, FL 32908

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

SUMMARY

Thorough, dependable Manufacturing/Process Engineer with extensive

experience and proven abilities to troubleshoot and solve problems quickly

and effectively in a shirt-sleeve, hands-on environment. Continuous track

record of process improvement, cost reduction, and increased sales and

profitability. Organized multi-tasker with strong communications skills at

all staff levels. My experience and expertise include electronic component

and sensor manufacturing/QA, photomultiplier tube and detector

manufacturing/QA, and Uncooled IR Soldier Systems. Other areas of

technical expertise include:

ISO 9000 Coordination & Tool and Fixture Design

Implementation

Quality Assurance MRB Disposition

Methods and Operations Documentation Lean Manufacturing

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

DRS Sensors & Targeting Systems - Optronics Division, Melbourne, FL

2006 - 2009

Senior Manufacturing Process Engineer (Uncooled IR Soldier Systems)

Wrote, evaluated and improved Process Plans and Visual Instruction Pages.

Trained operators and verified BOM's. Developed routers and travelers.

Evaluated process flow/floor layout. Recommended fixtures and tooling for

increased efficiency.

. Solved material flow problem resulting from an extreme imbalance of WIP

inventory v. new material procurement by resurrecting and maintaining a

dormant MRB disposition function to the point where defective parts and

assemblies were dispositioned on the same day they were found

defective.

. Served as integral member of Urgent Response Team that took a product

from stop-production mode to restart and shipment of 30,000+ systems as

a result of total redesign and rewriting of all procedures, process

plans, routers, and BOM's.

. Involved in Lean Manufacturing events:

o Cell Manufacturing

o 5s

o Value Stream Mapping

o Waste Reduction

o Kaizen

o TEI

o DMAIC

Knight Enterprises, L.L.C., Titusville, FL 2005 - 2006

Industrial Engineer/ISO System Manager

Oversaw plant layout, process flow, cost reduction, process metrics and

process improvement. Managed and sustained the ISO9001 system. Served as

lead Internal Auditor.

. Wrote work instructions for product being built without written

instructions.

. Served as integral member of the ISO9001:2000 implementation team.

Sabbatical from paid employment while relocating from NJ to Florida

2004

Schlumberger, Princeton Junction, NJ 2001 - 2003

Manufacturing Engineer

Assured manufacturing and quality engineering of several product lines.

Reviewed and approved DoD contracts. Interfaced with government quality

inspectors. Implemented cost reduction projects. Aided R&D efforts.

Supervised hourly assembly, process, and test technicians. Involved in

Lean Six Sigma Manufacturing techniques.

. Consistently achieved on-time delivery and quality of product to the

government.

Victory/YSI, Inc. (formerly Victory Engineering Corp.), Springfield, NJ

1980 - 2000

Director of Engineering (1992 - 2000)

Process Engineering Manager (1980 - 1992)

Oversaw and coordinated all manufacturing and quality functions of

facility. Oversaw customer/vendor partnering, cost reduction projects,

machine and facility layout. Wrote production and inspection procedures and

routings. Wrote and implemented entire ISO9000 quality system procedures

and quality manual, and maintained and edited the same. Performed MRB

disposition. Supervised 5 engineers and 80 hourly employees.

. Enabled a component to be profitable for the first time as a result of

reducing manufacturing cost by 50% and improving component quality

through development and implementation of a reprocessing/recovery

program.

. Increased sensor assembly mechanical yield from 60% to 99% and decreased

production costs 40% by designing and testing three generations of molds

and fixtures.

. Maintained significant client account by decreasing material cost 90%,

decreasing component pricing 20%, and increasing production capacity 15%

as a result of redesigning, prototyping and testing new production and

test fixtures.

. Achieved sole supplier status with a major customer and increased account

revenue 500% by working diligently to build a friendly and professional

relationship, servicing every need and designing unique fixtures to build

his product.

. Awarded status of "Certified Supplier" of a major aerospace company as

result of customer site visit to observe and analyze test facilities, and

then instructing on proper calibration, set-up and testing procedures.

. Increased sales price of a product by 250%, with only 15% increase in

manufacturing costs by implementing strategy and new design to provide

"value-added" process to the current product to build the next level

assembly. Involved multi-vendor coordination to obtain materials that

would meet the high operating temperature requirement.

. Successfully coordinated, wrote Quality Manual and all System Level

Procedures, and implemented the ISO9002 Quality System, enabling the

company to become certified to ISO9002 standards on the first audit.

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

B.S. in Electrical Engineering

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Newark, New Jersey

Documentation Control (ISO Compliance) Powerway, Inc.

Powerway Suite Solution (ISO Compliance) Powerway, Inc.

FEMA & Root Cause Analysis

SPC (Engineer's Session)

Internal Auditor

ESD Certified

FOD Certified

Oracle

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