Engineer Process

Adam R. Law

**** ******* *** *****, **** Wayne, IN 46835 260-***-**** ***.****.*@*****.***

Objective

To obtain an engineering position where I can use my experience and education in aiding the company in achieving their goals,

cost savings, and improved quality.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Industrial Manufacturing Engineering May 2011

Indiana Institute of Technology, Fort Wayne

• Graduated with a 3.80, on Dean’s List, Magna Cum Laude, and as an Alpha Chi National College Honor Society

member

• Related course work: business management, project management, lean, work design, quality, Unigraphics 3-D

modeling, AutoCAD drafting, safety, material science, manufacturing processes, a Total Quality Management (TQM)

project with Fort Wayne Metals, senior project on implementing the lean concepts of 5S, Total Productive Maintenance

(TPM), and kabana in a plumbing company, basic Programmable Logic Control (PLC) programming, basic mill

Programming, basic robot programming, and engineering ethics

• Many of the instructors had me help the people that did not understand what they were doing

Skills & Abilities

Management

• Scheduled employees’ time off from the line and their locations on the line while working

• Got employees to go above what was required, most of the time, by explaining to them why we needed to work harder

to produce more

• Was given the trouble workers because I could work with them and get them to perform, by explaining to them what

was expected and treating them properly

• Trained most of the people that spoke English as a second language because I could get them to understand what was

needed well

Communication

• Ran team meetings for my assembly line

• Had monthly meetings where I presented what the team had done for the last month and discussed what would be

happening for the next month

• Performed presentations for most of the classes I took as part of my degree and for any projects that I was a part of at

work

Leadership

• Trained employees in proper job procedures, safety, proper conduct, and lean tools

• Led by example; worked as hard as anyone on the line, to show what was expected of them as workers in the company

• Led Kaizen projects to improve the production area, 5S projects to create cleaning standards, and TPM projects to

create maintenance standards

• Led senior project on a plumbing company

Engineering

• Worked with Engineering Department on implementing changes to the lines

• Worked on finding the root causes for issues and reporting these to the process engineers

• Helped create value stream maps and collect times to improve performance of the line

• Performed projects to reduce the quantity of vented poly urethane and other scrap issues

• Learned how to use the basic aspects of 6 Sigma to set up and perform projects

• Worked on a Single Minute Exchange of Die (SMED) project to improve mold change over times by 91%

Experience

Process Engineer Technician

BAE Systems September 2011 – Present

• Process improvements,

• Product technical support,

• Resource allocation,

• Ensure labor efficiencies & customer deliveries are met,

• Confirm product is built to specification,

• Provide guidance and feedback to operators,

• Work closely with sourcing,

• Planning,

• Production to achieve all aspects of product delivery

Process Engineer Technician and Team Leader February 2000 to April 2009

Autoliv ASP NA 4868 E Park 30 Dr, Columbia City, IN 46725-8861

• The company makes automotive safety products, the plant I worked at made steering wheels, assembled driver’s side,

passenger’s side, and side curtain airbags, and performed final inspection for seat belts

• Poly urethane injection molding process engineer technician 4 years

• Performed changeovers to the molds and the paint; performed SMED project in this area to improve

efficiency in on all three shifts

• Trouble shot issues with the paint and paint system, the poly urethane foam and foam system, molds and mold

carrier system, and PLC

• Tracked daily production numbers for molding department for the molding production manager and reported

it to him once a week

• Performed basic maintenance on the paint system, foam system, molds, and mold carrier system

• Performed lean projects to implement 5S, TPM, kabana, and SMED in my department’s areas and the

molding cells

• Worked with production personnel to improve their quality and productivity

• Team Leader of a side curtain airbag line 4 years

• Ran the daily production for the assembly line I was assigned to

• Led team meetings and training activities in the Aetolia Production System (APS), job procedures, and safety

• Performed basic maintenance on the machines and would try to fix before contacting maintenance

• Lean projects:

• Co-led: 5S project to improve line, time study, and line layout project to improve productivity of line

• Participated: kaizen, quality, mapping, worker procedure, and raw and finished part kanban

• Helped train other team leaders on how to perform their duties and associates on theirs

• Moved to a line that did not hit any of their targeted numbers and within a month had them performing better

than required in all key areas of measurement

• Left Autoliv because the plant was closed down under TAA so I went to school full time from April 2009 to May 2011

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