RESUME FOR RICHARD GERARD QUINTELA
Del Rio, Texas 78840
OBJECTIVE: Employment in a Manufacturing Environment.
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE:
Plant Industrial Engineering Manager
Construction Specialties, Del Rio, TX
July 2007 to January 2010
* Responsible for Plant Industrial Engineering department.
* Review and modify Layouts, time studies, new product evaluation.
* Purchase of required machinery to support plant operations.
* Lean Manufacturing Introduction to Staff and employees.
* Department budgeting and capital expenditures.
* Work with plant departments for cost savings efforts.
* Improvements to mode of packing and shipping of products to customer.
* Coordinate activities within departments to complete projects, on time
delivery.
* Design and troubleshooting of assembly tools and fixtures.
* Outsourcing of products and services.
* Analyze departmental expenditures, material utilization, efficiency and
Scrap.
* Review and coordinate Engineering changes with corporate office.
* Responsible for Facilities expansion approximately 65,000 SQ. FT.
* Responsible for 1.3 Mil. Powder Coat System implementation.
Ford and General Motors Operations Manager Magna Intier
Automotive, Del Rio, TX
2002 to April 2007
Responsible for Production Operations within a $105 million gross sales
cut and sew facility.
Specific responsibilities include:
* Supervision of Customer Focus Teams (Production, Materials, Cutting,
Quality, Engineering Customer Service, H/R, Maintenance, Program Mgt.)
and 532 direct and 75 indirect employees.
* Responsible for Daily production goals based on customer demand,
Customer Quality performance goals, Continuous improvement goals,
health and safety goals for employees, Training schedule for employees.
* Budget control for the Production departments (GM and Ford). Publish
and maintain Operational graphs.
* Design validation and troubleshooting. Function as Liaison between
Manufacturing Engineering, Assembly Operations, Quality Control,
Cooperate Design Engineering, Material and Production Control at plant
and customer level.
* Develop Production ramp-up schedule and coordination of all sample
builds.
* Analyze time and motion studies to determine feasibility and cost
effectiveness of the different operations in the assembly process.
* Material utilization, efficiency, Scrap, PPM's etc.
* Review and adjust Manning and line balance with customer releases and
plant goals.
* Review and coordinate Engineering changes, including, raw materials and
finished goods, minimizing obsolescence exposure for plant fault claims.
* Tool and fixture review and design for production line readiness.
Special projects included:
* Develop and Implement TS 16949 and ISO-14001 procedures to industry
standards.
* Production scheduling. Implementation of 5's principles. Value Stream
Mapping (VSM) Implementation of Lean MFG. Principles, TPM and VAVE.
* Coordinated P.S.O audits at supply base.
* Launch of DCX RS mini-van. Ford Freestar mini-van, Saturn Vue and Saturn
Ion Programs, coordinated hiring and training of required personnel for
two shifts.
Engineering Manager, Intier-Magna Automotive, Del Rio, TX 1998-
2002
Responsible for Plant Engineer department, 21 Industrial Engineers and
3 Digital patterns Engineers. Lay-outs, time studies, new program
evaluations,
Department budgeting, Purchase of required machinery to support plant
programs.
Industrial Engineer, Irvin Automotive, Del Rio, TX 1992-1998
Responsible for line set-up and line balance, create and maintain visual
aids, create check fixtures, pattern verification (pattern vs. cut part),
sample builds and implementation of
Q.S. 9000 and Q1 standards and procedures.
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATION:
B.S. IN INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES, SUL ROSS UNIVERSITY (1989) LOCATED IN
ALPINE, TEXAS.
Hobbies or Interests: Golf and Hunting.
LANGUAGES: BILINGUAL: ENGLISH & SPANISH
REFERENCES FOR RICHARD GERARD QUINTELA
118 Mariposa
Del Rio, Texas 78840
Donnie Newberry
Retired - U.S. Boarder Patrol
305 East Harriet
Alpine, Texas 79830
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Rene Calvetti
Controller Terex Mfg.
307 Quail Creek Drive
Del Rio, Texas 78840
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Diana Gonzalez
Cost Accountant Supervisor
605 Broadbent
Del Rio, Texas
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