Engineer Manager

Steven M. Frazier

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New Hudson, MI 48165

Residence: 248-***-**** **************@***.***

Cell: 734-***-****

Dynamic Manager/Engineer

Dynamic Manager and great troubleshooter with 10 years experience that

takes on tough assignments such as projects that were used as guidelines

between customers and tier companies for design reviews and more. Results-

driven with a proven record of reducing cost like removing steps in math

data translations ending with great result minimizing cost by 50% and

improving efficiency, utilizing existing resources to the maximum

potential. I love to Train others. Expertise include:

Process/Operations Management Technology Management (MBA)

Product Engineering/Design Reliability Management

(Maintenance)

Research and Development Project Engineering

Computer Aided Design (multiple Failure Mode Analysis

softwares) Software Training

Continuous Improvement (Champion)

Over 20 different classes for job enhancement training.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

US Steel - Zug Island, Iron Making, Ecorse, MI

10/2008-Present

Process/Operations Manager Prior: Operations/Materials Manager;

Reliability Engineer/Manager

Safety 1st implementation such as Safety huddles, safety incident

discussions, safety review before actively working and safety equipment

check, paying and assigning off days and vacation request, in charge of all

functionality of equipment and controls. Maintain ALL working aspects of a

furnace/iron making operation. Also manage furnace processes including

shutting down and ramping up the furnace. House keeping and Continuous

Improvement, in charge of all down-day maintenance, lock out-tagout-tryout

and restart of entire facility. Manage crew of 30 or more for inspection

of 2 large furnaces including repair of capital equipment, sump pumps, main

leaks, large equipment filters while implementing safety first.

. Reliability Manager/Engineer: Applied critical equipment analysis

using engineering principals to improve reliability and quality of

capital machinery such as Kerry Actuators, FAG and SKF fan stove

bearings and Material distributor. Use Project Management skills

to maintain, manage and track the progress of each project.

Implement and help develop Reliability Based Maintenance process.

Facilitate and participate in equipment Root Cause Failure

Analysis, Failure Mode Effect Analysis and Interim Failure Analysis

Fix. MIOSHA Trained; Reliability Management Trained.

. Operations Manager: Handle relocating material as large as 50,000

tons, guiding and managing ships to docs for delivery of material,

managing a labor force of 36 people, many trained on large

industrial vehicles such as pay loaders, forklifts and massive

cranes.

Vitro (VVP Autoglass) Westland, MI

6/2008-9/2008

Quality Assurance Manager

. Collected statistical information for quality and customer

satisfaction.

. Traveled to customer site location to monitor and participate in

improving quality assurance

. Helped move process equipment from other site to main plant and plant

layout

Diversified Machine Inc. Engines, Howell Michigan

9/2006-5/2007

Manufacturing Engineer

Completed launches of future and new product lines (6 parts) to support

PPAP/PSO timelines. Planned and designed manufacturing processes in

industrial plant. Updated program information such as FMEA's, Control

Plans, ISS, Flow Diagrams and Visual Aids. Maximized efficiency by

analyzing layout of equipment, recreating floor plan layouts, workflow,

perishables tooling, work instructions and work force utilization

. Championed QAAT (Quality Assurance Audit Team) team to improve

overall quality level of facility including 5S's Kaizen and Line

Process Audits (LPA's)

. 3L/5Y trained and used to implement failure mode analysis.

Dow Chemical Polypropylene, Dow Automotive Auburn Hills, MI

5/2006-9/2006

Product Development Engineer

Responsibilities included but not limited to research and development of

new low-cost forming technology and processes for foam products for

automotive supplier. Utilized tools such as DOE and Value Stream Mapping

to streamline processes. Used experience with foam to create new ideas in

polypropylene manufacturing and process

Lear Corporation Interior Division, Wauseon, OH

10/2005-5/2006

Engineer II-Product/Process Engineer

Process engineering trouble-shooting process failure by first identifying

issues then sample testing possible reasons using PFMEA process. Organized

manufacturing and industrial engineering related documentation for new

products. Maintained 3 cells including Konal Automated vinyl press and

vac, Rotocast, 6 water knives (Fanuc), 2 routing robots (Fanuc), and 1

polyurethane pour robot. Supervised 6 employees

Woodbridge Foam Corporation, Whitmore Lake, MI 2000-7/2004

Project Engineer Prior: Product/Tooling Engineer (Manufacturing Environment

and Corporate both)

Product/Tooling Engineer: Used Design for Manufacturability (DFM)

procedures to simplify all manufacturing functions and design new product

manufacturing for seating and tooling assembly, designed/developed tool

modifications, and mechanical tooling in creating Design guidelines.

Utilized DFMEA techniques to identify and eliminate possibility of failure.

Participated in Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) meetings to

determine customer needs, requirements, and expectations using tools such

as Quality Function Deployment. Lead APQP meetings at the corporate level

. Product/ Design Engineer: Enhanced tool effectiveness by developing

new tool templates that were used to make molded foam cushions as a

guideline to increase part probability. Increased tooling

productivity for tool design by coordinating design engineering and

managing manufacturing teams. Simplified and designed new product

manufacturing for seating and tooling assembly and Designed/ developed

tool modifications and mechanical tooling.

. Project Engineer: Applied analytical principles to complex design

issues. Wrote and implemented policy, procedures, and programs for

design initiatives. Worked with Manager on $700K budget to identify

more cost effective resources. Responsible for implementation,

distribution, development, and coordination of problem resolutions for

Computer Aided Design/Drafting (CAD)/Visview viewing package.

Implemented software package that allowed employees at any given

level/location to extract data for tool design, quality, procurement,

sales, model review, and/or Production Part Approval Process (PPAP).

Supervised 4 employees

Education

MBA-Technology Management, University of Phoenix, Detroit Campus

Livonia(2005)

B.S.-Manufacturing Engineering Technology (C.A.M.), Eastern Michigan

University (1999)

A.A-Liberal Arts (Pre-Engineering) Saginaw, MI (1992)

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