Manager Engineer
Resume:
Steve Calabro
**** ********* ******, *********, **, 32940
abtnh8@r.postjobfree.com
PROFILE
Business focused and proven engineering professional with extensive
experience in military, medical and commercial manufacturing. Accomplished
at waste reduction, problem solving and leading teams to improve products
and production times. Six Sigma Green Belt Certified and skilled at
performing new product introductions. Driven to obtain goals and make
improvements in products, processes and systems. Expert at learning and
exploring new technologies and processes. Excellent people skills and
facilitates team building.
DFMA/FMEA
Lean Manufacturing
Six Sigma Green Belt Certified
New Product Introduction
Pro/engineer
Production Management
Military Production
SPC "Infinity QS"
ORACLE
Optical System Manufacturing
RoHS Compliance
Program Budgeting
Product Lifecycle Management
Thin Film Coating Process Validation
Root Cause Analysis
Process Improvement
CAPA
DMAIC
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
DRS Technologies, Melbourne, FL 1994-2012
Military and Commercial Infrared Night Vision and Medical Device
Manufacturing
Operations Manager (2009-2012)
Directed staff of 80+ within multiple departments to support IOP goals.
Performed financial budget analysis to align with corporate challenge goals
to improve P&L targets and, developed BOM's, estimated assembly times,
resolved materials and parts issues, investigated new equipment
technologies, mapped processes, created Lean assembly lines, wrote assembly
instructions and formulated presentations for weekly operations reviews to
Executive staff.
. Initiated thin film coating wafer process for detector windows as a
new line of business.
. Created a ROHS compliant production assembly process for sub-assembly
clean room.
. Developed training process and operating procedure to implement AS9100
certification.
. Created focused factory to support mission critical component
manufacturing.
Manufacturing Manager - NPI (2007-2009)
Managed New Product Introduction team and insured fulfillment of all
operational goals thru product lifecycle. Controlled target budgets and met
or exceeded customer expectations for multiple programs. Conducted phase
gate reviews with both integrated product team and customers in support of
five different thermal imaging system product lines. Presented status data
for all operations reviews to assure material, cost, and schedule met
customer requirements and milestone goals.
. Led Green Belt project team to develop and implement a capacity metric
by work center to increase the manufacturing shops throughput.
. Created DLC coating process and realized ROI of over $1M capital in
less than two years.
. Increased yield of Thermal Weapon Sight shutters from 30% to 95%.
. Completed, on schedule, all gate review requirements on three new
programs.
Manufacturing Manager (2003-2007)
Managed and motivated staff of 40 within four manufacturing areas, (Machine
Shop, Optics, Thin Film Coating, Diamond Point Turning).
. Created a company tooling request system to order and prioritize all
request by need.
. Implemented a VMI system for all off the shelf requirements.
. Created tool crib and online vendor to provide all perishable needs,
realized 30% under budget savings.
. Developed process and implemented "Infinity QS" database for SPC data
collection.
. Reorganized the optics shop equipment into work cells to create
process flow efficiency.
Manufacturing Process Engineer (1994-2003)
Supervised and motivated engineering team of 5 process engineers in support
of manufacturing operations group. Methods included defining CNC production
and processes required to manufacture mission critical components to meet
or exceed customer requirements. Activities included but not limited to
process development, tooling design, CNC programming of equipment, product
design input, optimization, and troubleshooting issues.
. Provided detailed data of cycle time, material requirement, and
machine utilization for all component manufacturing.
. Excelled in optimization of machine programs to insure customer
quality, cost, and schedule expectations were met.
. Developed detailed capital expenditure plan for purchase and
implementation of 8 new CNC machining centers.
. Created Lean assembly flow, in new facility, for production cost and
space minimization.
Prior experience:
OptoMechanic 1984 to 1994
Company was purchased by DRS Technologies
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science, Professional Administration
Barry University
Associate of Science, Drafting and Design Technology
Brevard Community College
TRAINING
DRS Professional Development Program
DRS, Melbourne, Florida
Six Sigma Green Belt
Certified, DRS, Melbourne, Florida
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