Engineer Manufacturing
Resume:
Greg Van Horn
Willoughby, Ohio 44094
abmh47@r.postjobfree.com
Summary
I have eighteen years diverse supervision, engineering, and project
management experience. I work well across all levels of the organization.
My career background has been with world class technology leaders in
electronic connector manufacturing, plasma metal cutting equipment
manufacturing, medical training device manufacturing, and nuclear power
plant operations.
Education
B.S. Mechanical Engineering 1994 Grade Point 3.3
Accreditation: A.B.E.T.
Grove City
College, Grove City, Pennsylvania
A.S. Engineering 1992 Grade Point 3.9
President's List Graduate
Camden County College, Blackwood, New Jersey
Experience
Manufacturing Process Engineering: 15 Years: 2 years- Assembly
manufacturing of Human Patient Simulators/Surgical and Medical training
products. 7 years- CNC component machining and medium volume assembly
manufacturing. 6 years- High volume automation production of predominately
telecommunication electronic connectors
Mechanical and Electro/Mechanical Design Engineering: 4 years overlap -
Various factory automation and work station design projects implemented:
assembly, inspection, and packaging. Process Flow and factory layout
design. Product design: Automated demo display(METI)
Training Supervisor/Nuclear Power Plant Operator: United States Navy: USS
Texas (CGN 39)
6 years active duty service- 3 years enlistment leadership experience: 2
years as Senior Electric Plant Trainer and Reactor Casualty Drill
Instructor with 2-6 direct reports; 1 Year as Reactor Plant Electrical
Maintenance Supervisor with 4-8 direct reports
Professional Training Courses
Lean/Six Sigma Green Belt Certification, Geometric Tolerances for Design
Engineers, Machine Vision Programming, Allen Bradley SLC500 PLC
programming, Electro-Pneumatic circuits Series, Machining Skills for
Engineers and Technologists, Electronic Sensor Technology Training Series
Computer Literacy and Machining Skills
. 15 Years CAD experience and proficiency: Solid Works, 7 Years, AutoCAD 8
Years
. Proficient in use of Microsoft Office products; Word, Excel, PowerPoint,
Access, MS Project
. CNC lathe and milling G-Code programming
. 400 Hours lathe, mill and precision grinding experience
Professional Association
Member, Society of Manufacturing Engineers
Fundamentals of Engineering Certificate, Pennsylvania
Work History
Medical Education Technologies Incorporated (METI) Sarasota, Florida
2007 - 2009
Manufacturing Process Engineer
. Lean Implementation- Led Kaizen teams and Implemented lean manufacturing
cells in the manufacture of human patient simulators, Surgical Simulation
Products and Medical Learning Products
. New Products- Significant Design for Manufacturing contributions for
successful New Product launches including standard work and manufacturing
cell implementation in manufacturing
. Product Design- Designed automatic ergonomic display system for the
Marketing and Sales team for handling a full size and weight human
patient simulator that enables a single sales person to safely setup and
fully demonstrate the product on the road without assistance
Hypertherm Incorporated Hanover, New
Hampshire 2000 - 2007
Manufacturing Process Engineer
CNC Machining Center and Product Assembly of torch consumable components
for plasma arc cutting machines
. ISO compliance- Developed, standardized and championed formal product
production launch readiness process for consumables product team
. Six Sigma- Championed and lead team in its first effort in performing
machine tool and process capability studies using SPC to evaluate and
develop robust machine processes
. Automation Leader- Developed custom machine design specifications
frequently necessary for team equipment special processes; Established
self as cross team assembly automation go-to person within the
consumables products team
. Lean Implementation- Led Kaizen teams in implementing various lean
manufacturing cells with standard work processes; Championed Continuous
Improvement Activities for team
TYCO Electronics
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 1994 - 2000
Manufacturing Project Engineer
Electronic connector Manufacturing for Communication Industry
. New technology Implementation- Lead inter-departmental development team;
engineers, technicians and operator associates, to integrate the
introduction of continuous horizontal pallet coil reeling technology
material handling in stamping, plating, insert molding and assembly
processing departments. Project generated an annual cost savings of
$2,200,000
. Quality Assurance Projects- Eliminated customer returns for product
defects on 6 product lines through designing and installing automated
100% inspection machine vision systems as stand alone and integrated in-
line units with various assembly machines throughout the production shop
. Managed $4,000,000 capital budget and lead team for implementing a rapid
capacity expansion project for a fast growing product line. Includes
specification and acquisition of high speed assembly machines, material
handling equipment, Insert molding and automatic indexing equipment
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