Engineer Manufacturing
Resume:
EILEEN A. STETTER
Allentown, PA 18103
ablqlw@r.postjobfree.com
OBJECTIVE:
To effectively contribute to the profitability of an organization
through manufacturing and project management, team leadership, process
optimization using design of experiments (DOE), and supervisory skills,
coupled with a goal-oriented management background.
CAREER SUMMARY:
Work history of progressive responsibility in hands on manufacturing
operations, capital project management and supervisory roles. Strong
diversified knowledge and experience.
Support Corporate Marketing for new product development, identify & select
3rd party manufacturers. Provide technical and business interface between
Marketing, Georgia-Pacific converting and manufacturing plants, and
contract manufacturers in US, Canada, Asia, and Europe.
Successfully manage capital, process improvement, cost reduction programs
and projects at 10 union and non-union manufacturing sites.
Managed a department of 16 employees (exempt & non-exempt).
Developed in-house predictive and preventative maintenance programs for
significant expense reduction and increase in up time, for paper and
plastic converting lines.
Developed failure mode analysis that identified key areas of opportunity
for a start-up manufacturing operation.
Led cross-functional manufacturing teams, resulting in increased yields
with zero capital investment.
Technologies I have text book knowledge and hands on experience with:
flexographic printing presses, thermoforming, extrusion, injection molding,
robots, PLCs, sheeters, packaging equipment, paper cup forming, case
formers, and others.
Design information systems utilizing machine level PLCs and data
acquisition software to automatically measure and report production
performance real time: OSIsoft PI, Kepware, SAP (MII), energy management,
ethernet, fiber optic, and others.
Lead cross functional teams of operators, maintenance, and management to
develop focused goals, project milestones, and deliver timely safety,
process improvements, and savings.
Developed system to reduce downstream conveyor bottlenecks on a 5 roll 67
inch sheeter production line utilizing static pinning technology.
Lead initiatives for Georgia-Pacific Operations Excellence Group to reduce
production equipment downtime and changeover time utilizing single minute
exchange of die (SMED) principles.
Develop equipment specifications and identify qualified high speed machine
suppliers. Develop machine acceptance performance criteria, conduct
acceptance tests, write contracts.
Provide technical and business interface between Corporate Marketing and
contract manufacturers in US, Canada, Asia, and Europe.
EXPERIENCE:
Georgia - Pacific
(Division of Koch Industries) 2003 - current
Dixie Division, Easton, Pennsylvania
Senior Corporate Project Engineer, Dixie Plastics/Paper Capital Project
Management and Manufacturing Support.
Developed new cost saving automation technologies, developed and manage
5+MM capital budgets.
Lead multi-site manufacturing improvement teams for increased output and
improved manufacturing efficiencies.
Lead corporate initiatives for new manufacturing equipment startups and
equipment relocations.
Specify and approve equipment and new technology purchases for corporate
manufacturing converting expansions.
Develop new products and product cost reduction programs using new
materials and additives.
Identified and installed ink jet and laser marking technologies. Obtained
safety and environmental approvals in California.
Corning, Inc. 2000 - 2001
Photonic Technologies, Rochester, new York
Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Variable Optical Attenuator Assembly
Engineering
Developed Failure Mode Analysis to identify key areas of opportunity for
VOA assembly process.
Developed tooling/optical measurement bench to eliminate 20% failure rate
at third step, instead of last step of process.
Identified and addressed incoming raw material problems and blueprint
tolerance issues with suppliers.
Developed manufacturing optical measurement SOP documentation for increased
operator accuracy.
Supported new product development through active participation on
multifunctional team consisting of application, manufacturing, corporate,
development, new products engineers and managers.
Developed project to correlate optical characteristics from raw material
through assembly process.
Pactiv Corporation (Formerly Mobil Chemical) 1991 - 2000
Canandaigua, New York
Senior Manufacturing Engineer/Cross-Functional Team Leader
Foams Thermoforming 1999-2000
Responsible for troubleshooting and maintaining daily business, capital
projects, new tooling and statistical process capability studies.
Developed in-house tooling electrical PM program ($60K annual savings).
Implemented capital project for in-house tool cleaning ($40K annual
savings).
Led cross-functional productivity improvement team with zero capital
investment ($38K annual savings).
Led plant-wide ergonomics team, resulting in the redesign of six at-risk
workstations.
Implemented development-training programs for technical and production
associates.
Direct supervision of 4 technicians, 12 tooling changeover specialists.
Responsibilities supported a three-shift, seven-day operation.
Manufacturing Engineer II/Team Leader, Oriented Polystyrene Thermoforming
Tenneco Packaging (Formerly Mobil Chemical) 1996-1999
Responsible for troubleshooting and maintaining daily business, capital
projects, new tooling and statistical process capability studies for a
three-shift, seven-day operation.
Responsible for productivity improvements, production equipment and tooling
preventative maintenance programs, development training programs for
technical and production associates.
Direct supervision of four technicians and seven tooling changeover
specialists.
Manufacturing Engineer II
Mobil Chemical Company, Plastics Division 1994 - 1996
Oriented Polystyrene Extrusion Breakthrough Technology Group
New process and technology development and implementation for extruded OPS
Department.
Supported daily manufacturing, process development, troubleshooting and
addressed quality issues.
Maintained preventative maintenance programs.
Developed and implemented capital improvement projects for OPS.
Supervised and coached technical staff.
Developed interdepartmental quality improvement teams.
System Administrator for Unix-based HP9000 data acquisition computer
system.
Development Engineer II, Oriented Polystyrene Extrusion Development
Group
Plastics Division, Canandaigua Pilot Plant 1993 - 1994
New process, technology development and daily production support for the
Canandaigua manufacturing facility.
Developed on-line scanning instrument interfaced with the HP9000 data
acquisition system to measure orientation
stresses of the extruded OPS sheet.
Used designed experiments to optimize OPS sheet extrusion process to
improve oriented sheet thermoforming performance and reduce thermoformed
parts reject levels.
Worked with resin supplier and Mobil Edison to develop an improved clarity
resin blend.
Development Engineer, Coextrusion Technology Development Group
Films Division, Technical Center 1991 - 1993
Responsibilities included product design and development of oriented
coextruded polypropylene film structures, plant scale up, physical,
analytical, fitness for use and field testing at customer facilities.
Team leader for improved barrier properties coextruded polypropylene film
structure development and scale up.
Responsible for coordinating R&D Technical, Production Technical, Field
Service and Marketing contributions to the project.
Gold Bond Building Products
1987 - 1991
Research Center Buffalo, New York
Research Engineer, Vinyl Products & Exploratory Research Group
Laboratory development work included color and compound formulation for
monolayer and coextruded vinyl siding, IR reflective dark color
development, artificial and outdoor weathering programs.
Manufacturing development work included new color/formulation trials,
implementation of on-line color concentrate addition, and training of plant
personnel.
Worked in exploratory research area developing cement and latex-based
exterior insulation finish system basecoats and coatings.
EDUCATION:
Rochester Institute of Technology
MS Information Technology, Telecommunication Technology and
Management (Pre-thesis)
State University of New York at Buffalo
Erie Community College
BS Chemical Engineering
AAS Chemistry
COURSEWORK:
RIT Design of Experiments HunterLab's Color Formulation Theory &
Statistics Computer Color Matching Seminar
Statistical Process Control Total Quality Management (Philip Crosby &
Associates)
Regression Analysis Network Planning and Control
Solidworks/AutoCAD Allen Bradley PLC Hardware/Software
Machine Safety Risk Siemens PLC Hardware/Software
Assessment(MSRA)
Hazard Identification Risk OSIsoft PI (Plant Information) Software
Assessment(HIRA)
Record Information Management Koch Market Based Management (MBM)
(RIM)
PUBLICATION: "Best Practices from Packaging Pros" Lights, Camera, Action!
Using Videotaping, Companies Eliminate Downtime Without Shutting Down the
Line. Packaging Machinery Technology Jan/Feb 2007.
PATENTS:
Improved Barrier Properties Clear Coextruded Polypropylene Film
Mobil Chemical Company, Europe 660775
Improved Dead-Fold Coextruded Polypropylene Film
Mobil Chemical Company
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