Engineer Plant Manager

Raymond Schuler

**** ********** ****, ******** **** KY 41017

(110K) No phone listed

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Current Private (2002 to Present ) Tier 3 Auto/services Manufacturing Engineer/cost estimator /sales support / quality support / programming support/office support/ etc.

Mar 2001 - Apr 2002 Machining Strategist General Tool Company General Tool is a job shop for the aircraft, aerospace & medical industry that services GE, Rolls Royce, Lockeed, and Pratt&Whitney etc. Also a manufacturer of Friction Stir Weld Machines and Gas Turbine Power Generation Units for Allison. Layoff due to work slowdown in aero after 9/11 * Planned lean machining methods * Purchased cutting tools, holders, fixtures and gages to meet customer demand * Reviewed current CNC programs for value engineering and followed up by checking the machine results * Used Cribware software to document cost and usage * 50 machine tools of varying types 2,3,4,5 axis and configurations with two 10-hour shifts * Supervised 2 crib attendants, and assist 4 programmers * Attend meetings with customers

1998 -2001 Purchasing Engineering Coordinator Honda of America Mfg. Inc.

* Cost evaluation of quotes for new models * Support for crisis management at the supplier’s * Function as expert in line layout and tooling requirements * Trained associates to extract data from Catia Engineering work station and from Product View * Specialized in machining but also worked with raw material requirements, die cast tools, plastic molds, stamping dies, and assembly line tooling * Assisted Cost Leader and Buyers with cost negotiations * Developed new methods to manufacture for lean manufacturing * Wrote the definitions for common and exclusive investment currently in use * Cut tool feeds and speeds and machine tool capability that produce the cycle time * Performed Time and Motion Studies for manual and Auto Operations

1997 - 1998 Process Eng. & Cost Estimator Stadco Automatics (a tier 2 to Delphi) * For CNC machining, screw machines, broaching, tooling, cams, repair and etc. * Supported their ISO 9000 and QS 9000 certification by writing FMEA and quality methods * Also purchased and documented their gage inventory

1989 -1997 Senior Production Engineer Mazak Machine Tool * 3,4,5 Axis m/c, turning multi-axis with live tooling * Was hired as a Tooling Engineer to design, purchase and build tooling and inventory for the machining dept., and after one year, was promoted to Senior Production Engineer * Also assisted fabrication, stamping, assembly and application engineering * Involved in diverse projects: High pressure coolant (lathe), 40000 rpm spindle m/c installation, gantry installation, plant area layout, work flow, tooling reduction, cutting tool trials, special and standard gages * Supported ISO 9001

1987 -1989 Machinist Gold Medal Mfg. * Assisted with tool making for the stamping and welding departments

1987 - 1987 Machinist / Die Maker General & Chain Mfg. * Designed and machined dies for the manufacture of chain, automotive parts, cold headed fasteners and garden tools * Facility had 4 slide, crank, knuckle, and hydraulic press machines, and the parts were primarily from coiled stock

1985 - 1987 Machinist / Assembler A.R. Industries * Machined large fabrications and assembled large equipment for power generation, water pumping, steel mills, coal processing, machine tool bases, and heavy equipment up to 30 ft. in general

1984 - 1985 Supervisor Glenmoor Screw Products * Manufacturer of electrical connectors as an OEM and Job shop work for the equipment they had * Was hired as supervisor of 12 in the multi-spindle automatic department * Shared the tool room [4] responsibilities and maintenance * Responsible for training and evaluation * Responsible for reporting dept. hours and cost to the Plant Manager and the VP of Manufacturing

1974 - 1984 Setup Operator / Lead Man Wm Powell Valve Mfg. * Manufacturer of water, gas, chemical, oil, and nuclear valves * Was hired as labor, promoted to Operator and Setup Operator, and then Lead Man in the machining dpt. assembly,tool room, shipping,and raw material temp assisting.

Dale Carnegie Supervisor's class and Manufacturing Course, Southern Ohio College, 1984: SPC, ISO9001 SME, capacity index, CNC Programming, geometric tolerancing, SME gage calibration, SME heat treatment, SME low cost jig and fixture, SME impact of tool and workpiece dynamics on high speed machining, Gleason Gear Cutting, Sandvik cutting tool, Product View, Catia, Office 98, Plotters, Copiers, Fax, E-mail, Internet,

Cost Tables, Visual Mgmt, CPM, Time/Motion studies. Diploma, Dixie Heights High School, Fort Mitchell ky