Manager Engineer

WILLIAM JOY

*** ******* ** - ********, ** *****

Phone: 402-***-**** *****@**********.***

Cell: 402-***-****

MANUFACTURING/OPERATIONS MANAGER

Results oriented leader with proven record of successfully leading

production teams, leading engineering teams and improving efficiency in

manufacturing operations. Outstanding ability to identify opportunities

for reducing costs, improving quality and improving processes while working

through constraints. Successfully managed multiple projects to introduce

new product lines, improve facilities, increase capacity and implement lean

and continuous improvement practices into manufacturing operations.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

. Leading change

. Capital and expense budgeting

. Experienced with metals and wood fabrication, machining and finishing

. Leadership team policy setting

. ISO documentation

. Leading project and production teams

. Lean Manufacturing

. Continuous improvement

. Product labor costing

. Developing and implementing viable strategies

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ARMSTRONG CABINETS 4/2007 - 12/2008

Auburn, Ne

Project Engineer

. Member senior leadership team responsible for setting policy,

strategy, budgets and goals

. Project leader responsible for identification of opportunities for

improvement and growth, sourcing of vendors and contractors,

justification and implementation

. Contribute to day to day operations improvements

. Leader and implementer in continuous improvement - 5S, Value stream

mapping, conversion from batch mode manufacturing to flow mode, kaizen

facilitator, cell concepts, 6 Sigma.

. Successfully implemented 3 projects in first 7 months with Armstrong:

- Increased finish line capacity by 15 % by adding additional

spray booths

- Added additional equipment to roll coating line to improve

quality

significantly and reduced process scrap by over 50%

- Specified, purchased and had installed a heat recovery system to

reduce

gas consumption for plant heat by 40%

. Leader in inventory reduction and consolidation projects.

Private Investing 11/2005 - 4/2007

. Attended schooling to learn the fundamentals of securities marketing

and the tools for analyzing securities.

. Set up and managed a personal on line account for trading securities.

EXMARK MFG CO., INC. 6/1998 - 10/2005

Beatrice, Ne

Manufacturing Engineering Mgr 6/1998 - 10/2005

. Started up a new manufacturing engineering department which grew to a

total department size of 6 personnel. Established policy, procedures

and duties within the department.

. Was a member of the overall Exmark strategic planning team that grew

revenues by 18% per year to $212,000,000 in 2005.

. Set departmental goals in support of achievement of company growth

strategy.

. Managed department and projects for plant expansions which increased

facility size by 260% in 7 years.

. Provided engineering support to expand production lines and their

support functions by 175% in 7 years.

. Implemented a labor time standard system for the production processes

with an accuracy of 95%.

. Directed purchase of over $1,000,000 of production tooling, $700,000

in production related capital expenditures per year and $1,500,000 of

plant expansion capital/year.

. Investigated Lean Manufacturing and submitted recommendations for

pursuing its adoption and implementation as a means of operations

improvement and control. Lean Mfg was implemented and savings of over

$1,250,000 were realized in each of the first two years.

. Initiated and implemented assembly process improvements which improved

hydraulic systems quality that led to a reduction of hydraulic systems

rework costs by over $225,000 per year with total implementation cost

of less than $30,000.

. Reduced welding bottleneck by purchasing and installing four robotic

weld cells with a return on investment of over 40% annually and

productivity improvements of 200%+ .

. Initiated changes in warehousing layout to increase space utilization

by over 30%.

. Managed Manufacturing Engineering support for Exmark branded products

produced in 3 plants located in 3 midwest states.

. Managed implementation of SAP PM module for tooling maintenance

program.

Environmental Manager 1999 - 2005

(Concurrent with Mfg Eng Mgr position)

. Filed all required reports with the Nebraska Dept. of Environmental

Quality.

. Revamped procedures to improve monitoring of quality of discharge

water.

. Filed for and received certification for SPCC (spill prevention and

control program for petroleum based materials).

Safety Manager 1999 - 2002

(Concurrent with Mfg Eng Mgr position)

. Directed Safety Council in monthly meeting, safety audits and

reporting activities.

. Implemented safety shoe program and reduced serious foot injuries

significantly.

. Implemented feedback system in accident reporting to insure reduction

or elimination of safety hazards.

Facilities Manager 1999 - 2004

(Concurrent with Mfg Eng Mgr position)

. Managed a department of 4 maintenance personnel and 7 janitorial

personnel and 2 contractual facilities care providers.

. Achieved an on time preventative maintenance schedule completion of

over 97%.

LANDOLL MFG CORP 7/1988 - 6/1998

Marysville, Ks

Manufacturing Engineering Mgr

. Reorganized department and revamped procedures to reduce departmental

through put time by 300%.

. Setup standard data tables, for 16 unique work centers, for use in

scheduling, costing new products and quoting OEM contracts.

. Researched and wrote three modules in the ISO9001 certification

submission. The submission was successful and Landoll received

certification.

. Consolidated, justified and submitted all capital budget requests for

a total of over $750,000 per year.

. Determined and submitted for approval the annual operating budgets for

all production departments which totaled over 350 personnel.

. Updated CNC programming methods from manual to computer assisted to

complete computer generation for nested programs. Realized

programming productivity gains of 2500%.

. Wrote CNC Programs for Turret punch press and Oxy/Acetylene torch

cutting.

. Reviewed programming, fixtures and machine selection for CNC

machining, turning operations and plasma cutting operations.

. Supported floor operations in heavy and light stationary and mobile

equipment fabrication, welding and assembly operations. Determined

AWS and D1.1 weld standards for contract with military and private

jobs.

. Served on the sales and operations planning team.

. Quoted over $10,000,000 of new contract business every year. Received

contracts for approximately 50% of the bids.

LOZIER MANUFACTURING CORP 10/1984 - 6/1988

Omaha, Ne

Industrial Engineer

. Generated and implemented warehouse picking matrix to determine

staffing level - saved 1-1/2 - 2 people per day.

. Improved processes in the acrylics store fixture manufacturing

department which resulted in a 50% labor reduction.

. Established raw material and cardboard container inventory levels and

buy triggers to reduce their inventory levels by more than 50% and

more than doubled the inventory turns per year.

. Conducted projects in the wood store fixtures department to improve

layouts and efficiency.

EDUCATION

University of Nebraska - Lincoln

39 of 48 hours completed toward an MBA degree

University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Bachelor of Science Industrial Engineering

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