Engineer Manager
Resume:
MATTHEW L. SAXON
Maricopa, AZ 85138
630-***-**** Cell
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Summary of Experience
Strong background in organizing and managing manufacturing line and necessary building expansions or modification projects, large scale moves or relocations, with emphasis on ergonomics and safety. Recognized for contributing continuous improvement to manufacturing systems to enhance efficiency and reduce cost, attention to detail, and for team building skills. From 2002 through 2009 my career has been driven by several opportunities to manage large scale projects. Use of tools such as MS Project, Excel, Powerpoint. Highly proficient at AutoCAD.
October 2016 to February 2017. Griswold Engineering (Segula), Consulting Plant Design Project Manager. Active member of 15-person Project Management team in a plant redesign for a 1.25MM Sq.-Ft. manufacturing operation with Mack Truck(Volvo) in Macungie PA.
March 2014 to January 2016. Innocor Inc. Manufacturer of Urethane Foam for the Bed Mattress Industry. Plant Engineer. Tasked with extensive Plant Layout to maximize the optimum efficiency of Manufacturing Operations. Process Flow Design, Capital Equipment Justification, Campus Space Planning, and Equipment Evaluations for future budgeting and acquisition. Building modifications, updating building systems and updating corporate Maintenance Work Order System are among many duties and responsibilities. Active in Plant Leadership Team.
Typical manufacturing changes led to extensive Kaizen, 5S and SMED events and statistical analysis.
October 2012 to Oct 2013. PCTEL Corporation. Manufacturer of thousands of variations of Antenna products, Contract Industrial/Facilities Engineer. Tasked with major plant layout project to accommodate new business cycle and minimize major changes to building envelope. Contracted through Aerotek Engineering. All project work involved LEAN manufacturing emphasis.
12/2007 to 04/ 2009 Omron Automotive Electronics. High quality supplier of Automotive Electronics for multiple customers. Contract assignment through Aerotek Engineering.
Contract Project Manager to support Facilities/Maintenance and Production Departments for special projects. Assisted Omron Management with the following projects:
Complete re-layout and set-up of the Receiving/Shipping Warehouse, and other areas.
Supported production facilities equipment upgrades and construction.
Assisting production in manufacturing equipment relocations and layouts.
Evaluations of all building MEP systems for necessary drawing up-dates.
Assembled packages for building Capital Equipment upgrades.
May2007 to Oct 2007 Acciona-NA, Chicago, Illinois
International renewable energy company expanding to US in the wind power industry.
Facilities & Industrial Engineering Consultant (6-month contract through The Beco Group) to assist in start-up on new manufacturing operation in West Branch, IA. Participate in design of physical plant operations, large equipment justification for procurement, recommendations to management for critical assembly operations lay-out and project manage organization moving to new office.
ITW (Illinois Tool Works), Glenview, Illinois
April to Nov 2005 A multinational manufacturing company with global sales of $12 billion in engineered products, industrial and consumer goods.
Sr. Project Engineer & Facilities Consultant. Reported to the Director of Real Estate. Responsible for supporting the Corporate Real Estate group for a portfolio of 40 idle facilities and Facility Manager for the corporate office building. Many diverse responsibilities include “best practices” for managing a crisp and well maintained corporate office environment.
Managed large scale moves for business units outside of the corporate offices. Coordinate construction projects with corporate office Real Estate group. Extensive use of AutoCAD to support several projects.
Performed Property Manager duties with several buildings in the Leasing and Investment group property holdings.
Interfaced daily with Office Services, Maintenance, Housekeeping, Security, and many Vendors/Contactor services.
2004 to 2005 CUMMINS-ALLISON CORP., Mount Prospect, Illinois
Domestic leader in the design through manufacturing of world wide currency handling
counting and sorting equipment industry.
Plant Engineer & Building Supervisor. Reported to the Facilities Manager. Responsible for constant evaluation of supplier building services contracts; complete plant, office and campus layout; and Project Management of Facilities related activity to support the organizations corporate HQ. Supervising maintenance personal, outside contractors and building design, Large projects such as entire roof replacement and multiple parking lots replaced, Capital Equipment Appropriations, and construction management are among the many daily activities.
Heavily involved in the ongoing campus expansion, with both interior and exterior construction.
Project involving re-lamping of the entire factories, with energy saving fixtures, to improve safety and ergonomics.
2002 to 2003 SHURE, INC., Evanston, Illinois
Leading international manufacturer of highest quality microphones and electronic parts for
professional and personal use, with over 1,000 employees in 4 plants.
Facilities Project Manager. Reported to the VP of Support Services and Facilities. Responsible for managing space planning for large employee moves, developed new building operating systems’ standards, and assisted organization with plans to close Evanston campus. Managed relationships with building support vendors, with annual budget exceeding $500,000. Supervised 2 associates directly, and 3 others indirectly. Participated on the Safety and Ergonomics team.
1997 to 2000 MOTOROLA PCS, Libertyville/Harvard, Illinois
Senior Facilities Engineer. Project managed full range of facilities services for (2) 1+ million sq.-
ft. buildings. Operated in multiple project environment with complete control for clarifying work
scope, obtaining customer requirements, coordinating design criteria, and implementing
construction. Supervised generation of architectural/mechanical drawings; prepared cost estimates,
project budgets and schedules; and ensured compliance with all standards of internal control for
bidding and purchasing.
Recognized for ability to prepare multi-million-dollar project cost estimates reliable enough for fast track situations.
Supported Human Resources at Libertyville campus by implementing building changes for ADA compliance, with documentation used for required government compliance audit.
Key Project leader for the relocation of large scale distribution center, and cell phone battery manufacturing operation.
Supported the Safety and Environmental teams that were part of the Facilities Engineering department with respect to requirements on large projects or major building renovations.
1993 to 1996 DUKANE CORPORATION, St. Charles, Illinois
Manufacturing Engineer (1993 – 1996) Senior Engineer (1996) Supported design documents
through manufacturing of commercial audio and institutional communications. Designed continuous
manufacturing process and coached manufacturing personnel on implementation.
Produced manufacturing methods for wire and assembly of numerous audio products.
Recognized for reducing cycle time and saving $1,000s in annual cost. Drove design decisions for ease of assembly of audio products, resulting in concurrent engineering. Promoted to Sr. Engineer.
1990 to 1993 OLIN-WINCHESTER, INC., East Alton, Illinois
Industrial Engineer. Designed and implemented equipment layout for company’s first
continuous flow manufacturing project. Recognized for reducing labor costs by allowing machine
operators to transition to quality inspection and for successful cycle time reduction projects with
results to 80%. Key contributor to company-wide ergonomics program.
1986 to 1990 JOHNSON CONTROLS, INC., ASG, Lapeer, Michigan
Plant Industrial Engineer. Acquired hands on international experience by directing installation
of manufacturing system in Lerma, Mexico. Coached joint venture partners in manufacturing plant
layout plans for trouble-shooting JIT production flow issues. Key contributor on new building
design team. Plant Layout and space programming resulted in very successful relocation. Assisted
vendor in systematic design of new complex shipping storage system.
EDUCATION BS Degree, Engineering Management, 1984 University of Illinois at Chicago
MILITARY: United States Air Force, Scott AFB, 1976-1980
Honorable Discharge. Completed four-year Active Duty term to utilize GI Bill. DD214 Available upon request
PROFESSIONAL
TRAINING: Ergonomic Design, 1987, 1992 SPC, 1994: Project Management 1999
Effective Communications, 1991 Audio/Video Facility Design, 2000
Design for Manufacture, 1995 TQM, 1987, 1991, 1993
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