Engineer Project Manager

Byron K. Wesson

*** ********* **.

Lancaster, Texas

Phone: 214-***-****

E-mail: ********@***.***

Summary

Strategic, problem solver Senior Manufacturing Engineer with over 20 years

of experience of working for manufacturing based companies in an array

technical position. In production, test, analysis, procurement and

documentation, instrumentation, calibration, signal process, Process

engineering, manufacturing engineer, and lead as well as worked on cross-

functional problem solving team. Expertise included:

. Continuous improvement

. Team building

. Robust engineering

. DOE (Design of experiment)

. DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control)

. FMEA (Failure Mode and Effect Analysis)

. Capability Study

. Lean manufacturing

Professional Experience

Gibraltar Properties Management (Dallas Texas)

Property and Project Manager (3/2008 - Present)

. Manage the oversight of a residential renovation construction project

performed by subcontractors where I evaluate and document cost for

equipment, material, and labor.

. Streamline construction cost and implement processes and procedures

for monies to be allocated to subcontractors.

. Create a punch list for existing residential and commercial building

to meet building code, section 8 inspections, and needed repairs and

used that list to establish a Gantt chart schedule to follow.

. Supervise construction contracted labors, and work with contractors

for continual improvement in procedures, and processes.

. Assist construction contractors in identifying root cause of existing

problem, and solving them through the six sigma practices.

PDS Contractor for Raytheon Defense Corporation (McKinney Texas)

Technical Specialist (8/2009 - 4/2010)

. Certified to test and evaluate thermal weapon sights for: Vibration,

environment durability

. Worked in a high volume lean manufacturing environment.

. Mentor in coming technicians on test processes and procedures.

Delphi Automotive Corporation (Kettering Ohio)

Manufacturing Engineering (2/1994 - 12/2007)

Manufacturing Engineering responsibilities for multiple paint lines in a

high volume production environment.

. Obtained continuous improvement in reduction of daily scrap rate by

more then 50% while increasing product conformation to quality

standard.

. Responsible for procurement and replacement of product line failed

equipment; collaborated with suppliers, securing product and services

related to manufacturing process

. Responsible for procurement and replacement of product line failed

equipment; collaborated with suppliers, securing product and services

related to manufacturing process.

. Trained and certified production workers through formal classroom

instruction, one-on-one training and written procedures

. Designed and developed quality control gauges to assist production in

detecting non-conformance, allowing early product quality alerts

Project Engineer

Eleven years of noise and vibration project engineer experience in the

automotive industry.

. Tested and analyzed a variety of automotive components including brake

systems, suspension systems and engine mount systems

. Developed and wrote test procedure for use in the Analyzing and

Investigating Undesired Noise project. Utilized problem-solving skills

on projects such as Robust, DOE, and Shainin Red X (earned Apprentice

certificate)

. Signal processing which included data acquisition with HP analyzer,

LMS, Aachan head acoustic, and B&K test analysis equipment

. Software packages used include Matlab, Excel, Solver, PowerPoint, Word

Cincinnati Microwave (Cincinnati, Ohio)

Test Engineer (1992 - 1994)

Two years working as an electronic test engineer for a radar detector

manufacturing firm.

. Developed and maintained test equipment used in production of radar

detectors

. Performed circuit board troubleshooting

. Constructed circuit board prototype and test stand prototype

Andrew Antenna Manufacturing Company (Denton, Texas)

Process Engineer (1990 - 1992)

Two years of experience working as a process engineer for an antenna

manufacturing company.

. Oversaw various manufacturing processes

. Monitored and evaluated process variance

. Performed process time studies

. Developed and evaluated test procedure

. Evaluated procedures used by process operators to ensure they had what

they needed to complete their jobs

Continental Electronic (Dallas, Texas)

Electronic Engineer (1985 - 1990)

Five years experience working for a high-power transmitter manufacturing

company.

. Test and debug transmitter electronic hardware assemblies on the

component and system level.

. Acquired experience in military parts procurement

. Performed document control procedures

. RF Engineer working in the frequency range of 2-80 MHz range

Computer Skills/Test & Analysis Equipment

Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Minitab, Matlab, Data Viewer, LMS Data Acquisition

System, B&K pulse Data Acquisition System, HP GUI Data Acquisition System,

Scalar Analyzer, Dynamic Analyzer, Network Analyzer,

Education/Professional Development

. University Of Dayton Dayton, Ohio

Master's Degree in Management Science

May 2010

. Florida A & M University Tallahassee, Florida

Bachelor's Degree

BSEET

December 1984

Course work includes Probabilities and Statistics, Operation Research I &

II, Robust Engineering, Design of Experience, Quality Assurance,

Reliability Engineering and System Simulation

Six Sigma Black Belt Certified, Shainin Red X Apprentice

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