Engineer Project

Richard E. McKibben

** ****** ***** **********, ** 22980 (540) 447-

0505

SUMMARY

Senior manufacturing professional with significant experience in plant

engineering, product design and project management. Key strengths include

proven group leader, highly organized, successful problem solver, Six Sigma

Black Belt and Lean Manufacturing trained.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Turnbull, LLC 2009

Engineering Manager

Managed an effort to create new product designs that were less costly to

manufacture and provided improved functionality to the customer. This

included the use of Solidworks to design furniture that utilized lean

manufacturing principles to create designs that eliminated 25% of the steps

in the manufacturing process and as much as a 20% decrease in number of

parts. The designs also resulted in features that created a significant

improvement to the customer (i.e. 5-10% weight reduction, and a 5% increase

in storage capacity).

American Safety Razor 2007 to 2009

Project Coordinator

Coordinated the efforts of all departments in the company to effectively

implement the start-up of a new facility in Mexico. This included

management of a $3 million dollar capital budget and associated projects,

working with customs to transfer equipment and products, and coordinating

training of staff at the new facility. Also worked with sales and

marketing to assure completion of proper packaging modifications.

The project was completed on schedule and under budget.

Output of plant more than tripled in six months.

Manufacturing Engineering Manger 2004 to 2007

Responsibilities included Process and Project engineering assignments with

the objective of improving the efficiency of the plant production

operations utilizing Lean principles.

- Led more than twenty kaizen events, resulting in process improvements

and cost reductions. Work was completed under the direction of two

Japanese Senseis from Shingujitsu and one consultant from Moffitt

Associates.

- Completed six-sigma black belt training and passed the exam.

- Lead a team of skilled trades personnel who designed and built several

new pieces of production equipment that have supported the

implementation of lean manufacturing principles.

- Created a Manufacturing Support department to support production in

the Virginia facility as well as in the Mexico facility.

Alcoa/Reynolds Metals Company

Technical Director 2002 to 2003

Given responsibility for the core maintenance group (approximately one-half

of the department), as well as the Project and Process Engineering groups.

This group was responsible for providing Engineering and process support to

the three newly created business flowpaths.

- Lead a project to install cast film line and to develop the process

necessary to produce a new line of products on the equipment.

- Developed an improved line of blown PVC film

- Began implementation of computerized maintenance management system.

Plant Engineer 2000 to 2002

Responsible for all aspects of plant asset management and maintenance.

This included a 50-person maintenance department, including 3 supervisors.

Responsible for all of the Project Engineering that was done at the plant,

with a staff of four Project Engineers.

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Alcoa/Reynolds Metals Company (Continued)

Project Engineer 1989 to 2000

Building Construction and Renovation

- Coordinated the design and supervised the construction of a 45,000 sq.

ft. air conditioned manufacturing expansion, a 22,000 sq. ft. air

conditioned warehouse; a liquid storage tank farm with 160,000 gallon

storage capacity; and a pallet storage building.

- Managed major plant renovations such as raising the roof on a portion

of the plant; enlarging the maintenance shop; enlarging a

manufacturing area to accommodate an automated packing line; and

designing and installing structural steel platforms for the

installation of 7 blown film extrusion lines.

- Responsible for a variety of building maintenance functions including

the sprinkler system, roof systems, floor repairs, paving and air

handling equipment.

Purchasing and Installation of Equipment

- Purchased and supervised the installation of mechanical equipment on

10 blown film lines; one cast film line; and two fully automatic

packaging lines.

- Purchased and supervised the installation of 2 high output

centerfolders, 1 automatic palletizer and 2 gravimetric blending

systems.

Team Leader

- Project leader cross-functional teams including an ergonomics team,

and a team that redesigned a section of the plant.

- Lead a team that was responsible for the development of manufacturing

equipment for a new product. This effort included coordinating

efforts with the sales and marketing departments as well as all

aspects of plant operations.

Maintenance and Troubleshooting

- Coordinated mechanical aspects of a preventive maintenance program.

- Designed modifications to improve output, safety, and ergonomics of

production equipment, and assisted maintenance personnel in repairing

equipment that was out of service.

- Selected and supervised installation of new pneumatic conveying

systems to accomplish more efficient operation and to reduce fugitive

emissions.

Hopeman Brothers Inc.

Engineer 1985 to 1989

Supervised 2 manufacturing departments; scheduled production for the entire

manufacturing operation, which included between 500 and 700 jobs at any

given time; and assisted in the selection and implementation of a

manufacturing resource planning system. Provided engineering support for

the design and testing of automatic welding equipment, an adhesive curing

system, a load transfer system for a conveyorized paint line, and a piece

of flame spread test equipment that was incorporated into an American

Society of Testing and Materials specification. Designed and implemented

several methods improvements in the manufacturing process.

Education

MBA, James Madison University

BS, Mechanical Engineering, Cum Laude, Grove City College

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