Engineer Manufacturing

MICHAEL DVORAK

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Zeeland, MI ***64

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OBJECTIVE: Seeking Manufacturing Engineering position.

SKILLS:

. Worked side by side with maintenance and tool room personnel in

repair or modify of production equipment.

. Exceed at troubleshooting electrical and mechanical machinery

and improvising temporary and permanent solutions.

. Implemented process and product cost reductions by applying

lean technology techniques.

. Computer and AutoCad literate.

EXPERIENCE:

May 2004/Apr 2009 Production Operator

Royal Technologies - Hudsonville, MI

. Ran injection molding machines and ancillary machines.

. Provided continuous process improvement ideas that were

implemented to save time and money.

Apr 2002/Apr 2003 Manufacturing Engineer RAN Tubular

& Metal Products - Grand Rapids, MI

. Developed machining, forming, and robotic welding processes for

$250,000/ yr. tubular/stamped automotive structural brace

. Provided production support in repairing and maintaining

equipment and ordering of supplies.

Feb. 2000/Nov. 2001 Eng. Account Manager Automatic Spring

Products Corporation - Grand Haven, MI

. Designed springs, quoted new business (costed

materials/coatings/processes), managed prototypes, and resolved

quality issues (corrective actions).

. Reduced prototype delivery timing from two weeks to one week.

. Designed inspection gages that eliminated 200 hours of

production time per year.

Oct 98/Feb 2000 Process Engineer

Track Corp. - Grand Haven, MI

. Reduced assembly costs 28% as Kaizen team member for seat

adjuster.

. Designed PLC based rivet assembly station reducing manpower

from three operators to two per shift saving $35,000 on first

shift annually.

. Designed & implemented new ergonomic pneumatic control arms

that increased build rate from 55 to 90 units per hour saving

$42,000 per year.

. Designed PLC & pneumatic based assembly station that eliminated

one operator per shift and eliminated downstream rejects.

Feb 95/May 98 Manufacturing Engineer

BLD Products Ltd. - Holland, MI

. Launched tooling side of fuel pressure regular line of 46

different parts simultaneously. Coordinated tooling design,

testing and process equipment approval, PPAP sample runs.

. Consolidated springs and stampings on fuel pressure regulator

line saving $82,000 per yr. in part costs.

. Part of team that qualified fuel pressure regulator line one

month ahead of schedule and $400,000 under budget.

EDUCATION:

Classroom training in AutoCAD, Pro-E, FMEA, DOE, GT&D, SPC, QFD, APQP,

PPAP, Allen Bradley PLC (SLC500), Panasonic robot welding, Kaizen,

BSME.

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