Engineer Manager

Richard Gauthier

Email: *********@********.***

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City: Topsfield

State: MA

Zip: 01983

Country: USA

Phone: 978-***-****

Skill Level: Management

Salary Range: $110,000

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Job History / Details:

Richard J. Gauthier

(508) 472 - 6235 (Cell)

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Summary: A results driven 'hands on' Senior Industrial Engineer / Manufacturing Manager / HS&E Manager with progressive experience in both high and low volume manufacturing. Developed and implemented various projects, programs and initiatives pertaining to cost reductions / improvements, process and material flow, equipment and labor utilization, manufacturing space planning, regulatory and specific health / safety / environmental compliance.

Demonstrated results:

Lean Manufacturing

Facility and Production Equipment & Area Layouts

Continuous Flow Improvement

New Product Introduction - including layouts / staffing

Integrated Work System (IWS) Training

Cost Reduction & Loss Elimination Programs / Improvements

Environmental, Safety and Health Program Development

6S Workplace Standards & Organization

Site Wide Recycling Program Development

Production / Inspection Line Installations / Transfers / Relocations

Professional Experience:

Site HS&E / Program - Environmental Manager

* Responsible for 3 direct reports - IH&S Ldr. / Tech Safety Ldr. / Fire Protection Ldr.

* Continue to lead site to > 10mm safe working hours (No lost time days for > 3 yrs)

* Maintain and reduce site TIR to 0.34 / IRR to 0.42 through behavioral / culture improvements and programs

* Build and maintain an internal HS&E cross functional team to achieve / develop and maintain site policies / practices / procedures through development to deployment site wide

* Responsible for all site regulatory permits / monitoring / reporting / inspections including Title V (MA DEP - EPA) / NPDES / MWRA / SWPPP / OSHA and local / State laws achieving and maintaining compliance.

* Developed / Managed site wide detailed Key Element action plan on track to achieve an 8.0+ rating by end of Dec 2012

April 2012 - Present P&G Gillette, So. Boston, MA

Manufacturing Capital Management Manager / Mfg Engineer

* Developed capital management project funding priority and ranking process

* Generated manufacturing capital project requests for equipment, upgrades and production improvements.

* Developed layouts and labor loading / assembly procedures for new / temporary manual production lines

* Developed initial Recycling Program resulting in $1.5MM savings annually

February 2007 - April 2012 P&G Gillette, So. Boston, MA

Industrial Engineer - Assigned to the Gillette Company, So. Boston, MA in the Industrial Engineering Dept.

* Conducted production machine qualification and process / operator time studies

* Developed manufacturing and site layouts for equipment and area installations

* Analyzed processes for cost reductions / improvements from conception to implementation

* Developed manufacturing and process staffing utilization, material handling and process flows

March 2005 - February 2007 Total Technical Services, Inc. Waltham, MA

Manufacturing Manager - Light assembly manufacturing for boating products

Had successive promotions from Industrial Engineer to Manufacturing Manager while managing, developing and maintaining all environmental, safety and health concerns, facility and maintenance improvements and upgrades for a 90,000 sq. ft. facility on 5 acres. Managed staff of 10 production supervisors and 4 manufacturing engineers and provided managerial leadership to 175 employees covering two shifts.

* Eliminated need for off-site 30,000 sq. ft. warehouse through cleanup and reorganization (6S) / consolidation of raw and obsolete material saving $60M annually.

* ITT Facility Environmental Manager conducting environmental, safety and health audits of other ITT facilities as member of the corporate ESH Team.

* Initiated, developed and managed facility required checklists to meet OSHA standards per 29 CFR 1910

* Achieved budget shipments of $3-4MM per month upon developing and implementing shipment linearity procedures.

* Developed complete Environmental, Safety and Health program including 43 policies, practices, procedures and training needs achieving full regulatory and site compliance.

* Transformed existing production batch processes to single piece continuous flow achieving 50% increase in production yields.

* Developed and implemented production tracking and dashboard metrics to measure and control processes for all twelve (12) production areas and shipping / receiving.

* Initiated and developed production assembly and maintenance layouts and directed / coordinated all moves without assembly process interruptions.

* Generated all capital expense proposals for production, maintenance and facility and managed all upgrades / installations.

* Facilitated transfer and set up of new production lines from site prep to final production output.

* Directed and coordinated all plant and production pertaining to process implementation, improvement, development and new product introduction.

* Lead, coordinated, assisted and participated with cross-functional teams to resolve, improve and implement a wide variety of opportunities.

* Managed productivity, material and production improvements to exceed facility and plant goals.

* Conducted time studies on all production lines to set standards, line balancing and to improve efficiency.

April 1998 - July 2003 ITT Rule Industries Gloucester, MA

Project Engineer - Fluorescent light manufacturing

Had successive promotions from Sr. Industrial Engineer to Project Engineer while supporting efforts to automate production and improve the facility with an emphasis on work measurement, process flow and method analysis for improvements, cost reductions, facility and production equipment layouts, modifications, ergonomics, packaging and value engineering. Managed the Industrial Engineering and Plant Facility departments regarding job evaluations, facilities planning, plant security, energy conservation, plant engineering and maintenance, and expenditure justification to support the facility and high speed equipment.

* Assisted and involved with production equipment project planning to move various production lines to Mexico City, Canada and Kentucky US including layouts, disassembly, re-assembly, contractors, schedules, utilities and equipment placement.

* Developed, implemented and maintained a complete environmental compliance program.

* Developed a complete facility maintenance program for all supporting equipment.

* Conducted time studies on production and machine operations.

* Lead Ergonomic Committee for all three shifts successfully completing 62 projects during first year as a team.

* Developed a complete environmental program including asbestos abatements, mercury decontamination / ventilation and maintenance, hazardous / toxic waste collection and disposal, air quality monitoring, daily and annual reporting.

* Member of the ISO implementation team, active ISO internal auditor and mentor of selected departments.

* Developed layouts and managed the construction of renovated and new engineering labs and offices on time within budgets.

* Maintained and updated a 314,000 sq. ft. building on 16 acres with a $4MM facility and department operating budget.

* Developed layouts for production and storage requirements, plant personnel departments, facility upgrades and renovations working closely with all levels of plant personnel, consultants and contractors to develop project concepts and specifications.

* Planned, developed and generated capital expenditure proposals for the facility and production improvements pertaining to equipment selection, placement and installation.

* Project leader for various equipment upgrades and installations from small-scale equipment improvements to $2.5 MM projects.

January 1986 - April 1998 OSRAM Sylvania Products Inc, Danvers, MA

Education: Merrimack College, North Andover, MA North Shore Community College, Beverly, MA

B.S. Industrial Engineering A.S. Manufacturing Engineering

A.S. Mechanical Engineering A.S. Electro / Mechanical Engineering

Professional ACAD 2010 - Autodesk

Development: Certified MTM (Methods Time Measurement) Practitioner - Maynard Research Council

ISO Internal Auditor Training - Osram Sylvania

Environmental Training

Hazardous / Toxic Waste Management - Lion Technology

DOT Hazardous Material Transportation - Lion Technology

Environmental Compliance - Lion Technology

OSHA Compliance - Lion Technology

HS&E Environmental School - P&G Gillette

HS&E Program Leader School - P&G Gillette

Lean Manufacturing Training

Green Belt - University of Michigan

Lean Master - The George Group

Engineering Change Management System (ECMS) Trained - P&G Gillette

Integrated Work System (IWS) Training - P&G Gillette

o Autonomous Maintenance AM Step 3 Qualified

o Unified Problem Solving (UPS) Level 4 Qualified

o HS&E Pillar Leader (13 members covering all cross-functional organizations)

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