Engineer Manager

MICHAEL ANDREW SHANTIE

**** *. **** ***** ****

Rathdrum, ID. 83858

Phone: 208-***-****

Cell: 541-***-****

Email: abncad@r.postjobfree.com

CAREER SUMMARY

I am an accomplished Manufacturing Manager and Sr. Manufacturing Engineer

with extensive experience in manufacturing across a wide segment of

industries. I have a proven effectiveness in resizing areas of

responsibility to match market conditions while driving continuous

improvement in productivity, quality, safety, and financial targets.

EDUCATION

Almeda University - Idaho

B.S. Manufacturing Engineering - 2005

Merced College- Merced CA.

60 semester hours, Industrial Engineering program -1982-1986

WORK HISTORY AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Unitech Composites, Hayden, Idaho 3/2009-9/2009

Program Engineer

Report directly to the President of the Corporation. Manage all aspects of

interfacing with Aerospace customers, quoting their requirements, and

managing the program through completion. Responsible for setting training

objectives, quality and delivery expectations for all areas to include;

Oven and Auto-claves, Composite lay-up, trimming and assembly of aerospace

composites, tooling requirements for new and existing projects using

internal tooling shop and external sources as required, and CNC machining

of composite components. I am the main interface between engineering and

manufacturing on new product introduction to insure the timely delivery of

components built to customer specifications, quality requirements and

corporate profit expectations.

Jore Corporation, Ronan, Montana 11/2007- 3/27/2009

Manufacturing Manager, Drill Grind Department

Report directly to the President of the Corporation. Manage all aspects of

the Drill Grinding operation, with 8 direct reports, 32 indirect reports.

Responsible for P&L, Safety, training, Quality, hiring, and termination of

employees within section, and the on-time delivery of product to internal

as well as external customers. Work directly with Sales and the Engineering

department on new product introduction, cost reduction programs, and

process improvements.

Mfg & Automation Solutions 6/2004-11/2007

As owner of my own business I have had the pleasure and opportunity to

develop manufacturing solutions for customers in the Medical, Dental, and

Aerospace manufacturing sectors. Utilizing my skills with Solid works,

Master-cam, project management, and CNC machining I was able to bring

quality products to realization on time and at a competitive value for my

customers.

Mountain Mfg & Distribution, Bend Oregon 1997 - 2004

Formerly Marus Dental International

Manufacturing Engineering Manager 9/02 -4/04

Managed and led a staff of 2 engineers, 5 technical associates and 38

indirect reports, with responsibilities to produce all the machined and

fabricated components for an International producer of Dental equipment.

Assess, and improve overall quality levels, on-time delivery, health, and

safety aspects.

Reduced the internal quality assurance expenses by 25% utilizing SPC

concepts, while simultaneously putting a Set-up reduction program in place

that drove down delivery time to our customers by 30%, and increased our

capacity by 25%.

Implemented a Tooling Management program utilizing tooling suppliers and

Kan Ban management of the tool crib, which in turn reduced tooling costs by

15%.

Set-up an MRP driven Kan-Ban finished goods inventory system which allowed

us to reduce delivery times to our customers to shipping time only, and

reduced overall inventory by 50%.

Sr. Manufacturing Engineer -Machining Processes 9/97 -9/02

Managed and led a staff of 4 engineers, 2 production supervisors, and 60

production associates in the manufacture of CNC machined components, welded

fabrication, and powder coated parts for Dental Equipment. Projects

included new tooling introduction, various tooling improvements,

implementation of statistical process control program, new equipment

introduction, and installation of predictive maintenance program. Exceeded

the fiscal year production plan by 10% while holding expenses 2% under a

total budget of $5.7M.

Successful implementation of ISO 9002 certification program in two years

for both the machining division and the assembly division.

Key Knife Inc. Tigard Oregon

Senior Manufacturing Engineer 12/93 - 9/97

Lead the engineering team in new product introduction, Design for

Manufacturability, Capital Equipment selection, justification and

procurement including budget and cost justification. Lead the design and

production of fixtures, tooling, automated pneumatic and hydraulic handling

systems for CNC Machining Centers, and Creep Feed grinding. Performed all

Smart-Cam part programming and initial set-up of Mazak CNC Machining

Centers. I was responsible for new product design for wood processing

equipment. Awarded US Patent # 5,511,597. This enabled the company to

increase sales from 10M to 20M/year over a two year period. I developed all

the machining processes and fixtures for new products, trained associates

on process control utilizing SPC methodology. Introduced Creep feed

grinding technology into production and integrated a pull system from

finished goods inventory which reduced inventory by 30% and improved

delivery to customers from two weeks to three days.

Sprague Controls Canby, Oregon 10/90- 12/93

Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Responsibilities included assessing needs for tooling changes, design of

tools and fixtures, design and programming of automated assembly machinery,

supervision of the R&D tool shop and it's two tool makers, project

management for all new tooling both internal and external, design of test

fixtures, formulation of process sheets, training in the use of tools, test

fixtures, processes, assembly line balance studies, and pull manufacturing

setup.

Implemented one piece flow into the assembly line utilizing automated

assembly fixtures and Kaizen training which increased production by 50%,

eliminated rework, and decreased labor by 25%. Project management of new

product introduction, including design for manufacture, design for Assembly

teams with cross functional members from management, customer service,

engineering, and production.

Zeff Advanced Products Modesto, California

Mechanical Engineer 7/87-10/90

Responsible for mechanical design, manufacturing processes, and all tooling

design of progressive stamping dies, plastic injection molds, and automatic

assembly equipment, on new car audio product development, management of the

machine shop, and supervision of ten employees. Company contact for vendors

of manufactured components, in charge of the S.P.C. program and quality

assurance manager.

OTHER TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES

Proficient in use of Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, Solid Works, Cad-

key, Auto Cad Mechanical Desktop, Smart-Cam, Master-Cam, MRP programs: MFG

PRO, PROMAN, MAN-MAN, QAD-Pro, Report Writer.

Familiar with production planning, materials management, and engineering

change management modules, statistical process control, design of

experiments, facilitation of kaizen events, ISO 9001:2000.

OTHER TRAINING

USAF Lackland AFB, Castle AFB, 1977-1981

OJT/CDC Training for Journeyman Machinist, Advanced Machining Course, NCO

management training.

Finley Industries, Merced CA. 1981-1984

Tool Maker Apprenticeship, CNC programming Course, Allen Bradley PLC

Programming.

Zeff Advanced Products, in conjunction with Ford Motor Company 1987-1989

Statistical Process Control, Failure Mode and Effect Analysis, Design For

Assembly, Design For Manufacture.

Sprague Controls, in conjunction with Ford Motor Company 1990-1993

Total Quality Management, Design of Experiments, Electronic Data Mapping,

Process Improvement, Ergonomics, Project Management.

Key Knife Inc., in conjunction with Portland State University 1994-1996

Advanced Statistical Process Control, Train the Trainer, Kaizen Event

Training & Implementation of process improvements, Manager as a Change

agent, and Coach.

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