Engineer Manufacturing

Robin Hodson 512-***-****

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Austin, TX 78727

Summary

A highly motivated, results oriented engineer with 14 years of solid

manufacturing and industrial engineering experience with an emphasis on

Lean Manufacturing principles. Proven ability to manage projects. Strong

communication skills with internal and external customers, suppliers, peers

and management. Demonstrated ability for promoting company goals and

image.

Experience

2006-2008 Adecco Technical (Applied Materials) Austin, TX

Manufacturing Engineer

Project Manager for component obsolescence for 5 product lines. Managed 4

engineers and interfaced with Program Management for timely implementation

of new component design and release.

Manufacturing Engineering focal for Supplier Problem Sheets. Interfaced

with suppliers to address issues arising through their manufacturing

process. Delegated issue responsibility among 8 engineers and assisted in

resolution.

Manufacturing Engineering focal for Supplier Notification Forms. Evaluated

supplier process changes and sub-tier supplier changes for effects on the

final product and approved/disapproved changes based on results. Engaged

Design Engineering on assessment.

Quality Inspection Engineer responsible for ensuring critical parts coming

from the warehouse for use on refurbished systems meet specifications and

include all test and conformance data.

Coordinate re-certification of non-compliant parts and determined the

proper disposition for discrepant material based on the financial impact to

the company.

Experience

2005-2006 Active Power, Inc. Austin, TX

Manufacturing Engineer

Primary Manufacturing Engineer assigned to a new product being introduced

on the manufacturing floor and worked with Design Engineering to improve

manufacturability.

Collected data on manufacturing defects and did root cause analysis. Took

corrective action to prevent future defects.

Modified the floor layout and created kanban locations for completed

subassemblies which improved the efficiency of the manufacturing floor.

Successfully implemented fixturing on the manufacturing line to improve

throughput and efficiency.

Developed all work instructions for new product being introduced to

manufacturing.

Worked on a team to create the floor layout for the new product.

Process Engineering Change Orders for design and manufacturing changes

using Solidworks.

Experience

2003-2004 Celerity Group, Inc. Austin, TX

Manufacturing Engineer

Primary Manufacturing Engineer assigned to facilitate the interface between

engineering and manufacturing, assisting with design and manufacturability

issues as they arise on the manufacturing floor.

Identify process and line design improvements using Lean Manufacturing

concepts to continue to drive down defects and improve overall efficiency

of the manufacturing floor.

Conduct design reviews to ensure products are designed to conform exactly

to customer specifications.

Reduced the quotation cycle time of one product line by creating a

standardized product structure that could be used for all configurations of

product.

Successfully worked on a team to create a new power supply design following

the supplier obsolescence of the existing one. This had to be done on an

accelerated schedule due to lead time issues with the new power supply, and

limited supply of the obsolete one.

Process Engineering Change Orders for design and manufacturing changes.

1994-2002 Applied Materials Austin, TX

Manufacturing Engineer

Managed projects in New Product Introduction, taking them from Alpha and

Beta release to Gamma in volume manufacturing with responsibility for all

Process and Product deliverables.

Created manufacturing process documentation including Sequence of Events

and Operational Method Sheets for lean manufacturing.

Verified and corrected Bills of Materials using the Engineering Change

order process.

Reviewed designs for manufacturability, and incorporated changes for

process efficiencies and manufacturing improvements while maintaining

design specifications and intent.

Created product synchronization, process map and line design for New

Product Introduction project transitions to volume manufacturing.

Worked with Design Engineering to improve the manufacturability of new

products prior to moving into volume production.

Created facility layouts for the controller workcenter to facilitate and

improve the lean manufacturing line.

Project lead for implementation of lean manufacturing to convert the

controller workcenter to a mixed model line, increasing throughput of

product from 8 systems per month to 60 systems per month. This is a 750%

improvement over the course of one year.

Acted as Manufacturing Engineering Authority for the Centura controller

product line for Engineering Change Order implementation.

Provided manufacturing engineering support for the controller workcenter,

writing Engineering Change Orders to improve manufacturability of product.

Education 1990 Colorado State University Ft. Collins, CO

Bachelor of Science, Industrial Technology

Managing Interpersonal Relationships

Situational Leadership

Geometric Tolerancing & Dimensioning

Skills

AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor and Solidworks 3D Solid Modeling Software, Pro-E

Wildfire, MS Office, Design for Manufacturability, Lean Manufacturing,

Demand Flow Technology, Microsoft Project, Oracle, Agile, GD&T, ISO 9000

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