Engineer Manager

MICHAEL HENRY

**** ****** ***** ******, **********, AL 36022,

Cell: 334-***-****, Email: *********@*****.*** or http://www.linkedin.com/in/mhenry8002

Operations Manager (MBA) / Engineering Manager / Senior Welding Engineer

Career Summary: I am an experienced Engineering Manager with an MBA in Operations

Management, looking to advance my career opportunities, while sharing my background and seventeen

years of experience to compliment my future employer’s bottom line. My leadership experience and

technical background would be an asset to your company’s future growth and expectations.

Experience:

Assistant Manager Engineering:

Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama, Assembly Plant, Montgomery, Alabama.

yundai

Responsibilities

• Led Engineering quality improvement activities to improve first time through

• Created SAP Maintenance Planning, Scheduling and Improvements to reduce downtime

• Organized and Scheduled project and material planning to increase efficiencies an uptime

• Task force team building through empowering and leading my workforce teams

• Tracked Plant performance tracking (Production Availability & Efficiency) to reduce cost

• In charge of downtime tracking (SMART Team improvements) to measure effectiveness

• Led problem solving engineering teams improvement processes and performance

• Led data driven root cause analysis to improve plant delivery utilizing my engineering team

December 11, 2006 to Present

Maintenance Area Supervisor:

DaimlerChrysler Corporation, Warren Truck Assembly Plant, Warren,

Michigan.

Responsibilities

• Maintenance Supervisor over skilled tradesman to promote uptime and increased throughput

• Plant Throughput / Lean Manufacturing Manager in charge of tracking and eliminating problems

• Launch Welding Team Leader: ND Dakota, Ram and Raider (1600 / day) on time and in budget

• Production Availability tracking (95%) though TPM led improvements and corrective actions

• Champion of Throughput Projects within Body, TCF and Paint, reporting to the Plant Manager.

Projects: Improved the Total Maintenance System and efficiency of current operations. Reduced

downtime, cost and scrap within all of Body in White Operations using TMS / TPM initiatives.

Supervised installation of equipment, improvements and led TPM activities while empowering team.

August 15, 2002 to December 15, 2006

Maintenance Area Supervisor:

DaimlerChrysler Corporation, Indiana Transmission Plant, Kokomo, Indiana

Responsibilities

• Maintenance Supervisor for skilled trades and improvement projects and cost savings.

• Reduced equipment cycle time, cost to operate, and equipment downtime using TPM

• Supervised every department and shift with plant wide responsibilities on 3rd shift.

• Launched new equipment within the facility as part of new plant launch objectives.

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June 15, 1998 to August 14, 2002

MICHAEL HENRY

Operations Manager (MBA) / Engineering Manager / Senior Welding Engineer

Process Engineer:

Tenneco Automotive Corporation, Walker Litchfield Plant, Litchfield, Michigan

Tenneco

Responsibilities

• Plant Welding Engineer in charge of welding operations and welder training (Walker

certification).

• Process Engineer for Honda, Delphi and Chrysler

Projects: Launched several G.M.A.W. multi-axis weld systems for Volkswagen (Puebla, Mexico).

Launched ABB robotics G.M.A.W. system for welding Delphi oxygen sensors $180,000/yr savings.

Reduced weld wire cost for 309 & 409 Stainless $300,000/yr savings. Developed G.M.A.W. torch

alignment device to improve weld quality & consistency. Worked with Walker Monroe plants and

Walker Puebla, Mexico to reduce rework and scrap cost.

January 20, 1997 to June 12, 1998

Welding Process Engineer / Advanced Laser Safety Officer:

Ford Motor Company, Livonia Transmission Plant

Ford

Livonia, Michigan

Responsibilities

• Process Engineer for torque converter assembly manufacturing of AX4N/S Transmissions.

• Senior Plant Welding Engineer with hands on experience with (14) Rofin-Sinar 5KW CO2 and

(2) 200W Lumonics pulse Nd:YAG laser systems.

Projects: Launched several laser systems with plant wide welding responsibility. Lead Team to reduce

plant helium cost to a savings of $500,000/yr savings. Lead the launched of a new torque converter line

as the Process Engineer of torque converter assembly operations.

June 1, 1994 to January 20, 1997

Process Engineer:

Ford Motor Company, Alpha Manufacturing Development Center

Redford, Michigan

• Hands on experience with Fine Plasma Robotic Arc Systems (8 axis)

Projects: Design Of Experiments (Taguchi Method) used to determine the robustness of Komatsu

robotics system. Analysis of exterior escort braze joint warranty problem between “A” and “B” pillars

(Wayne Stamping Plant). Resistance Spot Welding for Aluminum Intensive Vehicle: Developed the

Design of Experiment of welding aluminum with and without adhesives.

September 14, 1992 to June 1, 1994

Welding Engineering Analyst:

Ferranti-Sciaky International, Chicago, Illinois

• Weld Analyst for parts welded with turnkey systems. Hands on experience with Electron Beam,

Laser, Plasma and T.I.G. welding systems.

Projects: Pratt Whitney - E.B.H.V. hole drilling of turbine blades, Martin Tool Works - E.B. welding

F-14 navigation pods, L.T.V. Inc. - E.B. welding of missiles, Powertrain - laser welding of forward

& reverse clutch housings, Westinghouse - E.B. welding of turbine blades, TACO - T.I.G. welding of

motor armatures.

January 15, 1992 to May 15, 1992 (Laid off)

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MICHAEL HENRY

Operations Manager (MBA) / Engineering Manager / Senior Welding Engineer

Student Intern:

General Motors Inland Fisher Guide Corporation, Flint, Michigan

Aided Senior Engineers in a manufacturing environment.

Projects: Wrote operational & set-up manuals for a two station automated M.I.G. welder and

redesigned tooling for welding springs to deck lids.

May 15, 1991 to August 15, 1991

Education:

American Intercontinental University Online, Hoffman Estates, Illinois, MBA in Operations

Management.

July 23, 2006.

July

Ferris State University, Big Rapids, Michigan, Bachelor of Science Degree in Welding Engineering

Ferris

Technology

November, 1991

Jackson Community College, Jackson, Michigan

Associate in Applied Science Welding Technology

April, 1989

Academic Honors:

4.00 GPA, American Intercontinental University

3.26 GPA, Ferris State University

3.38 GPA, Jackson Community College

Recipient of (3) Gold Medals in Vocational Industrial Clubs of American for G.T.A.W. of Aluminum

and Stainless. Nominated at Ford Motor Company for Outstanding Civic Involvement Award,

Engineering Society

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