Engineer Manufacturing
Resume:
Nathan Baier
Rochester, MN 55902
***********@*******.***
Qualifications:
Excellent communication skills. Strong organizational and problem-solving
skills established from previous employment experiences. Leadership
experience. Experience with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Datasweep,
Agile, Mapics (AS400), Lotus Notes, Pro/Engineer, AutoCAD, Microsoft Works,
and MathCAD.
Experience:
VALMONT INDUSTRIES INC, Farmington, MN (2006-2009)
Manufacturing Engineer
Project leadership
Monitored process and product quality and presented metrics to whole
site
Led product quality corrective and preventative action
Audited lean manufacturing and 5S principles
Owner of site welding procedures and welder certifications
Chair of site Ergonomic Committee
Member of Safety Leadership Team
Led cost reduction initiatives
Created visual work instructions for manufacturing
Created receiving inspection procedures
Created visual warehouse
Authored capital allocation requests and manufacturing experiments
PEMSTAR, Rochester, MN (2002-2006)
Manufacturing Program Engineer
Project leadership
Worked with data storage and transfer products and industrial power
distribution and control boxes.
Worked closely with customers and program managers, direct contact for
any engineering issue involving product
Delivered first article approval requirements to customer
Created first article change template for common customer requirements
Worked with customer on pending ECO changes and offered suggestions to
BOM changes
Worked with customer to reduce the number of parts on BOM
Worked with customer to eliminate RoHS parts from BOM
Authored ECO changes
Authored Deviation changes
Led manufacturing team meetings to instruct manufacturing on changes
to product or process
Established time standards for operations and investigated
improvements
Maintained label printing programs and label printers
Maintained part number and serial number rules for a Mapics data
collection system
Defined Datasweep floor tracking operations and data to be input
Dictated which Datasweep operations require a pass/fail
Helped define error codes and fail codes for Datasweep
Recorded metrics for the manufacturing area to help identify product and
process problems
Presented metrics to management and customers
Involvement and leadership in preventative action initiatives
Leadership in corrective actions
Responsible for setup of manufacturing area, the equipment and tools
required for a specific operation
Involvement in multiple manufacturing line moves and changing layouts of
manufacturing lines
Suggested changes to packaging of product
Involved in label content requirement and changes to enable proper shipment
Involved in initiatives to reduce floor space foot print of manufacturing
areas
Monitored measurement equipment using SPC tools
Qualified manufacturing line per product
Representative for manufacturing area during audits, ISO, TUV, UL
Authored an RMA process that was eventually used throughout the company
Helped define a database that could track RMA and all applicable
information about the RMA
Defined system for receiving RMA request
Primary contact between Pemstar and customer on engineering related issues
Helped define inspection requirements for product at inspection operations
Implemented customer changes and rework requests
Responsible for having all equipment on a calibration schedule
Helped design or define tooling for manufacturing area
Responsible for launching new product into manufacturing environment
Responsible for DFM reporting on new product before it is launched into
production phase
Consulted manufacturing areas on 5S principles
Audited lean manufacturing and 5S principles
Quoted manufacturing products
PEMSTAR, Rochester, MN (2000-2002)
Manufacturing Process Engineer
Proprietor of process documentation
Authored process change documents
Involved in improvement process initiations
Trained production employees to become instructors on manufacturing
processes
Education:
University of Wisconsin Platteville Platteville, WI 1994-1999
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Training/Certifications
IPC-A-610, IPC-A-620, Statistical Process Control, 5S, FMEA, Process
Control Plans, DFM Analyses, Manufacturing Process Documentation, Defect
Pareto Charts, Lean Manufacturing, Corrective Action Reporting,
Preventative Action Planning
Nathan Baier
3814 10th Avenue Southwest
Rochester, MN 55902
***********@*******.***
REFERENCES:
Jeff Girdner (professional)
700 1st Street
Farmington, MN 55024
Leah Springer (professional)
4245 Mallard Place SE
Rochester MN 55904
Kevin Guenther (professional)
3535 Technology Drive NW
Rochester, MN 55901
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