Earl H. Greenleaf

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336-***-**** Lexington, NC 27295 ac18xv@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Extensive experience as a Manufacturing and Project Engineer in Precision Machining environments. Strong technical skills, from leading machine selections (19 machines, >$25M) to implementing tooling to reduce cycle times. Broad knowledge including Lean principles, machine capability (Cpk) and supplier relationships (machinery and tooling). Good interpersonal skills with floor personnel.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Atrium Windows & Doors, Welcome, NC January 2017 – August 2017

Process Engineer

Responsible for assisting production lines with improvements, quality issues and documentation.

Worked with software to determine best lengths of vinyl lineals based upon daily demand.

Savings of $40,000/year on one lineal could be realized if length was changed.

DOOSAN, Statesville, NC September 2011 – December 2016

Manufacturing Engineer

Evaluation of machines to produce rotors for a new rotor cell. Included trips overseas, technical discussions, development and review of possible options.

Two lines of four machines each ($20M) to produce rotors. Responsible for foundations, machine placement, coordinating rigging, working with machine suppliers, troubleshooting machine issues, process issues and assisting with operator training.

Work to reduce cycle times and reduce perishable costs. Grinding testing resulted in 10% cycle time reduction.

PPG Industries, Lexington, NC December 2010 – September 2011

Associate Engineer

Responsible for “Cold End” fabrication. Review of budgetary numbers for area, assign causes for waste, and determine spend. Respond to Customer complaints using standard work procedures and computer data. Work on radio controls for hoists (safety and ergonomic issue).

Ply Frame Engineer (7 total: included scheduling to customer orders, ensuring kanban levels and

adequate supply, creating programs, reviewing waste and testing locally sourced components).

Responsible for a family of products using WinSPC (adjustments to LOI and yardage) to keep

variables within specification. Fiber glass production knowledge, from filament diameters to binders

to twist frames to applications.

CORNING, INC., Midland, NC January 2010 – December 2010

Contract Mechanical Engineer

Technical support for the Core area. Included learning the laydown manufacturing process, associated machines and relevant information for fiber optic cable production. Responsible for troubleshooting machine issues, process issues and assisting with mechanical and electrical work.

Designed wheel guards, side flaps and overall guarding for Redraw area.

Heavily involved with process recipes, decisions based on trending and working with others in

the group, as well as floor personnel to reduce losses.

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INGERSOLL RAND COMPANY, Mocksville, NC 1992 – June 2009

Manufacturing Engineer IV (2004 – 2009)

Cast Iron tooling selection, drawings, tool cards and cycle time improvements for both new and existing products. Setting up Dynamic Control Plans for 7 parts. Assisted with numerous 5-Why’s. Review of numerous opportunities and quoting of new jobs.

Implemented tooling to drive down cycle time by 15% across 10 parts.

Purchased and implemented a spindle speeder for use on O-ring grooves (tripled feed rate).

Investigation, capital expenditure, project coordination, installation and implementation for a large horizontal machining center ($700k). Purchased for reduction in scrap.

Project manager for machine investigation, capital expenditure, project coordination and

implementation for a large, used horizontal machining center ($580k budget). Machine was in Iowa,

involved moving the machine on-site and related set-up. On-time, under budget (5%) and reduced

cycle times (10%).

Overseas production team leader (2003 – 2004)

Responsible for leading a team (Mfg, Mfg. Eng., Purchasing, Quality and Engineering) with India and China for overseas manufacturing. Extensive process knowledge transfer. Cast-Iron machining profiled to determine cost reduction opportunities and strategies for the future, which included gathering standards and process flows. Machine loading completed for 17 machines.

Advanced Manufacturing Engineer/Group Leader (1999 – 2003)

Supervised seven (7) people in the functional areas of programming (2), fixturing (1), tooling (1), methods (1) and 2 engineers.

Investigation, capital expenditure, project coordination, installation and implementation for (2)

horizontal machining centers ($1.6M) with linear transport vehicles and a two pallet vertical

machining center ($475K budget). On-time, under budget and reduced cycle times.

Successfully moved major parts onto these new machines with cycle time reductions >15%.

Manufacturing Engineer (1995 – 1999)

Principal project manager for the introduction of (3) high-precision horizontal machining centers ($3.5M) with pallet pools. Participated in machine run-offs (Japan) and calculated subsequent Cpk numbers. Reduction of cycle times in excess of 20%.

Project manager for successful installation of a vertical machining center ($310k).

Implemented a multi-stage, aqueous cast-iron wash system ($60K) and a single stage immersion

tank for cast-iron parts ($26K).

Jr. Manufacturing Engineer (1993 – 1995)

Engineering Management Trainee (1992 – 1993)

INGERSOLL RAND COMPANY, Shippensburg, PA 1990 – 1992

Engineering Management Trainee

EDUCATION

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York

Internship - General Electric Company, Turbine Machinery Group, Schenectady, NY

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Pro Engineer/Pro Manufacturing training Unigraphics CAD/CAM training

Statistical Process Control and Techniques

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