Project Manager Engineer

Donald L. Harper

**** ******* **** *** ******, MI 49224

Home 517-***-**** Cell 517-***-****

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CAREER SUMMARY:

Positions held at a high level of success; Operations Manager,

Production Manager, Lead Project Manager, Industrial Engineer,

Production Analyst, Quality Manager, Certified Quality Engineer,

Dimensional Engineer, and CMM Programmer. I have over 20 years of

manufacturing experience in the Automotive, RV, Fire & Rescue,

Military Vehicles, and Commercial products. Tier One suppliers with

JIT requirements. I am self-motivated with excellent organizational

and decision making skills and abilities. I have managed over 125

hourly and salary employees and worked with great success within a

Union shop in a team building environment. I have worked within and

helped create and maintain ISO, QS and TS16949 Quality systems.

WORK HISTORY:

Thomas-Redmer Group, Inc. Mason, MI (Formerly Thomas Fabrication

Inc.)

April 2006-Oct 2008

Plant Manager

Manager of the Charlotte campus in charge of all staff, metal

fabrication, machining operations and three tier 1-assembly

operations based on line sequencing JIT delivery. Oversaw and

maintained the campus Safety, Quality, PM program, Production

scheduling and delivery performance exceeding customers expectations

by maintaining award status of the supplier.

Project Manager

Manager of new customer projects including, RFQ, Prototype build,

PPAP requirements, implementation of full production processes and

deliveries to the customers. The Lead Project manager of such

projects as a fully fabricated Truck Cab and Chassis; Fabricated

Electric Car body and all suspension components, a fully fabricated

Aluminum Pontoon boat. Also responsible for over -all plant layout

and flow of manufacturing using Lean manufacturing, Focus factory,

5S formats, and principals. Lead Project manager of a complete

relocation of the 200,000 sq. ft. manufacturing operations into new

locations once in Aug. 2007 and again in Sept. 2008

Quality Engineer

(CQE) responsible for all fabrication processes including cost

effective production, work instructions, error-proofing, inspection

processes, PFEMA, Control plans and PPAP. Also creating and

maintaining plant performance matrix such as PPMs, Scrap logs, First

time quality, Training programs and On-time delivery performance.

American Specialty Cars Inc. (ASC INC.) Lansing, MI

Dec 2002-March 2006

Dimensional Engineer (CMM)

Worked at ASC on the launch of the Chevy SSR truck produced at GMs

Lansing Craft Centre. I was in charge of dimensional measuring and

analysis of all body in white and general assembly parts at the ASC

facility. The lead for all Class "A" surface panels related to

processes, operations and training of metal finishing staff also

direct contact person between stamping suppliers and the G.M. Craft

Centre.

Production Manager

In charge of all under-body and exterior panels in the ASC body

shop. I maintained production on a JIT delivery to the customer

while also maintaining Safety, Quality and working unity between the

85 associates including 11 team leaders of the local UAW members and

ASC management.

Plant Production Analyst

In charge of creating and maintaining, all plant manufacturing daily

production reports and summarizing monthly reports dealing with

production efficiency, production downtime, and scrap. Identify and

implement ongoing process improvements to increase efficiency and

reduce cost. Monitored and helped production maintain BOMs, SOPs,

assembly drawings, assembly processes, test procedures, and process

control of tools and fixtures.

Thomas Fabrication Inc. Mason, MI

March 1994-Dec. 2002

Operations Manager

I was responsible for all plant operations assuring that safety,

quality systems, production, machine, and building maintenance

programs were maintained. Also responsible for set-up of plant

layout in a lean manufacturing environment, to produce and maintain

the diversified customer based products. Also the teams lead of the

continuous improvement program.

Quality Manager/Quality Engineer

Managed the creation and full implementation of an ISO 9001-2000

quality system. In-charge of all cost effective methods and analysis

of manufacturing processes. Prototype and R&D of new product lines

and process analysis, work instructions, and inspection criteria

also full PPAP, Gage R&R calibration, Plate layout inspection, GD&T

capability and SPC. A Team member of fixture designs for

manufacturing and quality verification of production parts.

EDUCATION:

Baker College of Owosso, MI / 2000-2001 CQE/ASQ / 2003-2004

Industrial Engineering / Lean Manufacturing Quality

Engineering Certification

Lean Manufacturing Institute/ 2004 LCC/Western

Michigan University/June 2013

Value Stream Mapping

Currently working on 4 year bachelors' degree

Industrial & Entrepreneurial Engineering

SOFTWARE/SYSTEMS SKILLS:

Microsoft: Word, Excel, Power Point, Project Manager, Outlook

CMM Programmer / Brown & Sharp PC-DMIS / Datapage / Winview Data-SPC

Blue Print Reading / GD&T / Optical Comparator / Plate Layout

MRP systems: Mas90 / Real-Trac / Inventory Control

ADDITIONAL SKILLS AND ASSETS:

> Well versed in manufacturing processes, such as metal fabrication,

welding, machining operations, and line/cell assembly. Also build

sequencing for JIT deliveries; able to provide proposals for continuous

improvements, cost reduction opportunities, process control methods, root

cause analysis, and 6sigma. Create plans in manufacturing layouts.

> A working knowledge of materials, tooling, machine tools, and designing

fixtures.

> I can assist or provide any documentation as it relates to Quality, Work

instructions, or SPC as it relates to manufacturing operations. I am

skilled in organizing and implementing Engineering changes through

inventory controls, tracking and establishing break points, and verifying

Quality and Manufacturing standards are met.

Additional Manufacturing Facilities:

GM Oldsmobile 1978-1984 Lansing, MI

Johnson Control 1992 Lexington, KY

Toyota Motors 1992-1994 Georgetown, KY

Newco Industries 2009 Litchfield, MI[pic]

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