Engineer Supervisor

RICK L. THRESS

**** ****** ***** **. 704-***-**** home

Stanley, NC 28164 704-***-**** cell

E-mail: ******@***.***

EDUCATION: Bachelor of Science, Business

West Virginia Wesleyan College, 1992

Overview of Experience:

10+ years of Management Experience (most direct reports 120)

15 years supervisory experience

Manufacturing experience in Automotive and Industrial environments

Multiple P&L and Balance Sheet Responsibilities

Six Sigma / Lean Manufacturing

MRP Material management systems

Ingersoll Rand- Davidson, NC

Title: Operations Manager 1/07 -present

20M yearly Gross Revenue

Strategic planning and Service support for the Americas

Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing Operations

Environmental Health and Safety Compliance,

Increased through put by 25% while reducing lead times 25%

Reduced Warranties by 90% by Implementing QC Test procedures for all production

P&L responsibilities

Ingersoll Rand- Mocksville, NC

Title: Manufacturing Facilitator 6/05-1/07

Manufacturing Operations consisting of 120 hourly employees, 8 direct Staff Reports

Established strategic direction in the operations

Managed Daily Performance Metrics

Troubleshooting machine, process, product and employee issues, improving operational throughput by

20%

Controlled and reduced expenses, scrap, and inventory, improved inventory accuracy by 75%

Budgetary Control of Operations - 5.9 million budget

Wrote and ensured compliance ISO 9001 procedures

Coordinate Production flow/machine PM within 7 day 24 hour schedule

Implement and improve Environmental Health and Safety practices –0 recordable infractions on IR

Environmental Audit

Ultimate responsibility for Continuous Improvement

Ingersoll Rand- Mocksville, NC

Title: Operations Supervisor 8/04-6/05

Hire, train, motivate, and develop department personnel

Scheduling of department workload and jobs

Implement new processes and technology

Meeting customer demands for quality and delivery

Write and ensure compliance with ISO 9001 procedures

Controlling and reducing expenses, scrap, and inventory

Manage machines and work flow throughout department

Implement and improve safety and environmental practices

Managing casting consignment program

Manage sub-contract machining

Freightliner Corporation/Daimler Chrysler Company- Mt Holly, NC

Title: Process Engineer / Maintenance Supervisor 2/01-4/04

Purchasing of new equipment, parts, processes

PLC/5 and RSLogix5, RSLogix500 Software knowledge

Supervisor over 50 UAW Union employees

Manage plant rearrangement to meet production demands

Responsible for designing and contracting out major upgrades and repairs to systems/plant

Supervise, schedule and coordinate preventative maintenance on all systems.

Direct Automated areas of responsibility include the operation of the Electrocoat primer system, the

Power-and-Free Overhead Cab Conveyor System and the Waste Water Treatment Area

Maintain/monitor all systems to meet daily production goals and schedule.

Work closely with Regional Environmental Engineer to ensure plant complies with EPA standards.

Waste treatment facility processes over 20,000 gallons of process wastewater per day.

Maintain ISO 9000 requirements

Troubleshoot all equipment breakdowns/failures

Responsible for Lean manufacturing, Kaizen, 5S,continuous improvement

Freightliner Corporation/Daimler Chrysler Company- Mt Holly, NC

Title: Materials Supervisor 6/99-2/01

Warehouse functions of computerized inventory control systems (IMIS), auditing, cycle counting, bin

location management, shipping and receiving

Supervise, plan and coordinate the activities of material handling to support production.

Monitor production schedules and inventory of material required for assembly functions.

Supervise 25-30 material handlers per shift (5-7 per area)

Troubleshoot and root cause analysis on material shortages

Coordinate internal material flow from site locations

Assure compliance with all safety and Environmental Regulations

The Beaver Excavating Company- Canton, OH

Title: Quality Director /Supervisor 7/94-6/99

Supervision experience includes 500+union employees and 40+ field foremen and superintendents,

various project managers and subcontractors, Implementation of new technology

Training of Continuous Improvement (safety, productivity, maintenance, job cost analysis, inventories,

production efficiency), Hiring/training of all field office personnel

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