John J. Musial, B.S.A.S
Poland, Ohio 44514
Cell Phone: 330-***-****
Email: abl6lf@r.postjobfree.com Home Phone: 330-***-****
CAREER SUMMARY
Degreed engineer with twenty six years diversified experience in manufacturing, process, and quality
control engineering. Extensive project management and experienced with plant general management.
SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Redesigned manufacturing methods for a top of the line product resulting in annual savings of
$50,000.
Restructured production lines into lean manufacturing cells that resulted in $30,000 annual
savings.
Reduced prototype lead time by 50% creating annual savings of approximately $140,000.
Restructured staffing resources resulting in promotion to new position of New Product
Manufacturing Mgr.
Successfully implemented new model change over for a $50 million customer and brought it in on
time and on budget.
Led engineering department into successful compliance for ISO 9001 standards.
Achieved the EPA chrome MACT standards for a facility with 3 chrome lines without loss of
production and within budget.
Developed, composed, and wrote LOTO procedures, facilitated training for LOTO and Safety
education. Met the 2 week deadline set by USDA and avoided potential fines.
Reviewed assembly design, discovered flaw, and awarded bonus for saving company $50,000
annually.
Implemented a comprehensive maintenance database program to identify actual equipment costs and
provide cost benefit analysis to improve equipment purchase and repair decisions.
Standardized machine start up procedures and trained personnel that reduced average plant wide
start up time by 25%.
Instituted a daily operational analysis directed towards troubleshooting, process improvement, and
line balancing resulting in a 25% production improvement.
John J. Musial, BS Pg. 2
Plant Engineer
Summer Garden Food Manufacturing
Boardman, OH (2009 – 2010)
Manage 3 shift maintenance department: Responsible for equipment, operating efficiencies, and continuous
improvement initiatives for the manufacturing/processing plants
New Product Manufacturing Manager
Gasser Chair Co., Youngstown, OH (2007 – 2009)
Responsible for managing, coordinating, and developing new products from prototype through manufacturing
Developed tooling plans and manufacturing deployment
Interfaced with engineering to analyze, resolve, and document product development
Senior Project Manager
Star Extruded Shapes, Canfield, OH (2001 – 2007)
Managed drafting, estimating, and engineering systems pertaining to product design
Produced CAD drawings, bill of materials, operational design, and quality procedures
Procured all components, finish requirements, and fabrication tooling & fixtures from print to finished product
Interfaced on all customer issues pertaining to product development
Plant Manager
Paragon Industries, Youngstown, OH (1999 – 2001)
Managed the operations of a 50 employee, 3 shift, 14 press injection molding facility
Responsible for over all production, inventory control, and profitability
Reported directly to the President to implement ISO 9000 and departmental upgrades
Product Manager of Barrel Division Engineering
New Castle Industries, New Castle, PA (1995 – 1999)
Oversaw all technical aspects of extruding machines from design, drawings and interfacing with shop
personnel
Followed up on all special machining services and insured compliance with customer requirements
Project Engineer
Developed quotations for new & rebuilt sales orders involving extrusion screws, barrels, and extruder
machines
Responsible for plant engineering projects, EPA regulations, and all customer requirements
Production Engineer
The Genie Company, Alliance, OH (1989 – 1995)
Provided technical assistance to manufacturing staff regarding tooling, quality, and product performance
Responsible for thread rolling, grinding, horizontal & vertical broaching, and die cast machining operations
Inspected and tested product for reliability and failure analysis
Quality Assurance Engineer
The Hoover Company, North Canton, OH (1986 – 1989)
Established performance standards of various product lines through capability studies
Initiated and prepared inspection and appraisal procedures
Worked directly with all facets of engineering, marketing, and production personnel to assure product quality
and performance from design to finished product
Process Control Engineer
Developed and designed the processes for tubular mill, metal plating, automatic screw machines, light & heavy
metal forming, thermoset & thermoplastic injection molding
Established gauging criteria and implemented gauging to production
Interfaced with process engineers on tooling corrections and with purchasing staff concerning vendor quality
EDUCATION
Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH
BS in Applied Science
Major: Mechanical Engineering Minor: Mathematics
Akron/Canton Section of A.S.Q.C.
Statistical Process Control