STEPHEN CHOUINARD
631-***-**** *****.*********@*****.***
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Over 10 years’ experience in aerospace manufacturing engineering. Extremely well versed in all computer programs. Executor of organization, in even the most unorganized situation. Excellent telephone, interpersonal and organizational skills. Very professional in management, staff and customer relations.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Welding Metallurgy, Inc./Air Industries Group – Hauppauge, NY 2013-Present
Manufacturing Engineer/Tool Design
Analyzing customer data and writing methods and shop instruction
Maintain accurate manufacturing and engineering records (i.e. bills of material, engineering change notices, work instructions)
Project Administrator/Coordinator
Initiate and direct development of new manufacturing processes or changes
Create and maintain CAD drawings and basic tool designs including welding and assembly fixtures using CATIA V5 and NX 10
Responsible for creating shop aids and drawings to assist in the production of parts
Participate in meetings and conference calls with customers to discuss job flow
Provides engineering assistance to other departments as needed
Review & update Engineering Change Notices, Change Orders, and jobs for manufacturing tooling requirements.
Communicate with all departments to manage programs from quotation through shipping
Alken Industries – Ronkonkoma, NY 2010-2013
Engineering/IT Support
Manage the receiving of new customer data, analyzing changes and reporting to methods and programming.
Maintain critical documents containing customer data. Ex: Manufacturing check sheets, Operation Sheets
Facilitate in the creation of assembly drawings, instructions, schematic drawings, layouts, and other visual aids from revision to revision.
Generated masking sketches, part marking cards, and other instructions as needed.
Communicated with customers and suppliers to request data and generate work instructions.
Head of IT department; Install all software/hardware, fix machines and network.
Participated in company’s 6-S Lean program
GKN Aerospace – Amityville, NY 2007-2009
Program Manager / Production Planner / Engineering Liaison
Successfully manage tracking of multiple product lines from receipt of raw material to shipment of the final product.
Gave direction to Production Planning as to the sequence product was to be produced.
Oversee receiving new customer data, creating an engineering change order and distributing to the engineering liaison department.
Reviewed engineering change documents to assign proper effectivity to product within the shop.
Manage the release of hardware, raw materials, etc., and assigning them to specific product.
Prepared rework operations and routings.
Responsible for document and data control throughout the company
Deal directly with all drawings changes and revisions during project life cycle so all info regarding particular project is up to date.