Air Force Manager

Rodney Singletery

** ***** ****** **********, *** York 14218

Email:****************@*****.***, Phone: 231-***-****

Career Summary

A dedicated Manufacturing Area Manager with more than 20 years experience in unionized and non-unionized environments. Strong background in large press room/stamping, fabrication, assembly, material, dock operations, machining support, spare parts inventory management, inventory control, and new model retooling operations. Provided fork truck and personal protection equipment safety training and certification. Effective in assessing and resolving operational line and people problems that lead to increased productivity. Strong commitment to teamwork, quality products and lean manufacturing practices. Excellent communication, computer and people skills.

Grinding Operations

Machining Operations

Aluminum Investment Castings

Non Destructive Testing

Penetrant Inspection

Polishing Operations

Welding Operations

X-RAY

Implementing Lean Manufacturing

TOC Theory of Constraints

Conducting Performance Reviews

Conducting Process Audits

Takt Time

A3 Experience

Total Quality Management (TQM)

Statistical Process Control (SPC)

Design Of Experiments (DOE)

Root Cause Analysis

Process Failure Mode Effects Analysis (PFMEA)

Value Stream Mapping

Visual Systems

Kaizen Events

Leading Kanbans

Leading Continuous Improvement

Continuous Improvement Goals

Controlling Labor Costs

Taking Corrective Action

Creating Shipping Schedules

Developing Performance Metrics

Developing Production Plans

FIFO Staging

Hiring / Training

Implementing Continuous Improvement

OSHA Regulations

Optimizing Manufacturing Processes

Machining Operations

Project Management / Planning

Standard Work

Developing Work Instructions

Team Leadership

Training Production Employees

Equipment Maintenance

Professional Experience

Manufacturing Supervisor July 6 2015 – Oct 9, 2015

Fiat Chrysler Automotive

Manages 20 to 30 2nd shift hourly employees that stamp (press) large car and truck body parts, (doors, hoods, panels and all metal body parts) from steel and aluminum sheet metal at the world’s largest stamping facility

17 active large Schueler and Danly presses for it Jeep line of vehicles, Town and Country minivans, Ram trucks, Chrysler 300, Dodge Challenger, Dodge Charger and Chrysler 200 vehicles.

Company was actively reducing headcount and I was called in and terminated for not picking up processes fast enough which was a surprise.

Manufacturing Supervisor Oct 2014 – May 2015

Eaton Aerospace

Manages 30 2nd shift hourly employees that fabricate (bending tube, welding, chemical bathing, metal finishing and FAA marking), aerospace hydraulic and jet fuel hoses and couplings for Boeing, Airbus, Sikorsky and Gulf Stream.

Resigned position to move back to automotive.

Manufacturing Area Manager Mar 2012 – Sept 2014

Tenneco Automotive

Manages 40 2nd shift hourly employees that fabricates and assembles automotive (truck and car) exhaust systems (tailpipe manufacturing, welding, bending, expanding), resonators, and mufflers.

Contracts declining in automotive and I moved to Eaton.

Alcoa

Manufacturing Supervisor Oct 2010 – Dec 2011

Managed 60 to 83 UAW hourly employees that fabricates, processes and manufactures 483 different super alloy single crystal airfoils for the Jet Engine industry supplying General Electric Aviation, Rolls-Royce, Pratt & Whitney and other engine builders throughout the world.

Aluminum alloy investment casting and mold setup and finishing operations.

Laid off with entire 2nd shift due to loss of contracts.

Receiving Supervisor Aug 2006 – Sept 2009

General Motors

Managed 4 hourly employees that processed 35 to 200 packages per day delivered by FEDEX, UPS, and individual. Suppliers for Non-Production and Maintenance spare parts and equipment.

Implemented Romulus Engine Assembly Local 163 (shop rules) and UAW National contract agreements for safety, first time quality standards for job performance, Implemented overtime management, payroll, attendance and discipline.

Processed all invoiced material (package slips) and verified hourly employee package checks (for the 35 to 200 packages).

Company went bankrupt and laid off

Material Supervisor June 2004 -Aug 2006

Managed 24 hourly fork truck drivers that served

12 Machining (V-6 and V-8 blocks, heads, cranks and piston rods, rough, in-process, finished and scrap material and storage) lines, ensuring storage requirements were maintained for finished and in-process banks, realigned drivers and in-process material to keep machining line running during tool change out or unscheduled machine downtime.

26 Docks (Rough Castings, Finished Engine shipping, received v-6 and v-8 Purchased Parts), managed just in time bulk and small part floor storage banks for plant engine assembly lines and ensured the proper delivery and quantity of finished engines for vehicle assembly plants

3 Engine Assemble lines using synchronous electronic pull for bulk storage parts and manual small part pull card (kaizen) system.

V-8 Engine Assembly Supervisor April 2002 – June 2004

Managed 28 hourly employees out of 120 assembly line shift of employees

Maintained 2.5 units per minute cycle time yielding 150 units per hour and built 4400 engines per day for two shift operation.

Set new production record for the most pistons placed into engines during a standard 9 hour shift (amongst days or afternoons).

Working in machining of castings on weekends.

Material Supervisor June 1997 – April 2002

Managed 16 hourly fork truck drivers

General Foreman appointed me as Senior Supervisor for when he is unavailable or not present.

Shifts held 150 hourly drivers on Days and 125 drivers combined for afternoons and midnights

V-6 Engine Assembly Supervisor June 1995 – June 1997

Managed 38 hourly Engine Assemblers out of 102 shift employees

Maintained 1.75 units per minute cycle time yielding 105units per hour that built 1870 engines per day on two 9 hour shifts.

USAF Officer, Space Operations June 1982 – June 1995

U.S. Air Force

Lead teams of military enlisted personnel and defense civilian contractors

Conducted Satellite state of health and mission payload activities, Mission Flight Control (east and west coast) of Titan, Pegagus and Delta launches, Operated Space Surveillance Command and Control Systems.

Managed development and testing activities of Satellite and Launch Systems as part of Air Force Special Projects Operation Division Four

Taught as initial cadre for the Air Force’s Undergraduate Space Training School in Satellite and Launch Operations for 16 hours and Space Physics for 48 hours (Basic Mechanics and Optics) of a 240 hour course, 9 times a year.

Held Top Secret security clearance and received an Honorable Discharge.

Education and Training

MS Degree, Engineering Management, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, 2004

MA Degree, Space Systems Management and Business Administration, Webster University, St Louis, MO, 1989

BS Degree, General Studies, US Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO, 1982

US Department of Transportation Hazardous Material (HM-126F) Awareness, Eastern Michigan University Center for Organizational Risk Reduction and Management, Ypsilanti, MI, 1997

Computer Skills

Intermediate proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, and Lotus Note Emails

Payroll and Overtime Hour Time Keeping Systems (GMTKS for General Motors, WORKBRAIN for Alcoa, ATTENDANCE TRACKER for Tenneco Automotive KORONS for Eaton Aerospace)

General Motor’s OLYMPIC Spare Parts Inventory Control and Management System for disbursements, receiving, record engineering float requirements, store keeping, inventory and shipping of non-production and maintenance spare parts.

Weekly SAP Inventory Checks of WIP muffler bodies and Press Stamped Muffler body Shells

Daily Monitoring and Report generation of SAP Inventory Flow and input scanning of in-process and finished material and MFGPRO for Eaton

Communication and Project Experience

Briefed data for Plant Manager’s Afternoon Shift First Time Quality Meeting

Interviewed and selected three USAF Academy cadet candidates that received appointments

Wrote subordinate performance reports and temporary employee appraisals

Developed and wrote school’s student handouts, instructor lesson plans and instructor guides for Physics, Satellite and Launch Operations, Orbital Mechanics at Undergraduate Space Training program

Initiated Plant Wide Machining Gage Calibration and Qualification Certification

Supervised and managed shutdown (change over) activities which installed and initialized heavy equipment and new model year upgrades for the plant’s assembly and machining lines

Managed material support and assembly activities during V-8 assembly and machining manufacturing from initial start-up or ground breaking to full production (4400 engines a day)

HOURLY WORK EXPERIENCE

Innovative Concepts in Entertainment CNC Machine Operator May 5, 2017 – Present

Operate a CNC machine in the wood shop that does turning, cutting, drilling, tool changing, rounding edges and chamfering operations on wood (plywood, particle board, etc), plastics and acrylic materials used to manufacture Pinball and coin Arcade games.

Advance Auto Parts Driver April 13, 2017 – Present

Deliver Automotive Parts and supplies to commercial collision, automotive repair, and automotive dealership service departments in Western New York for store businesses in Blasdell, New York and Lackawanna, New York

Federal Express Ground Package Handler March 14, 2017 – April 28, 2017

Sorted, Unloaded and Loaded trucks with packages (up to 70lbs to 100lbs in weight) using the FEDEX Ground package handling systems for high volume delivery by FEDEX Ground.

Home Depot Freight Receiving Team Associate Oct 7, 2016 – Feb 4 2017

As part of the store Receiving Team, unloaded, sorted, distributed and restocked the local store shelves of inventory at Home Depot.

US Postal City Carrier Assistant Sept 17, 2016 – Oct 21, 2016

Delivered mail to homes and businesses in Batavia and western New York using US Post Offices Delivery Processes, Practices and Systems.

Uber & Lyft Ride Share Driver Nov 23, 2015 – Aug 4, 2015

As an independent contractor drove passengers to their destinations in the eastern Michigan area with Detroit Metro area as the hub.

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