Manager Engineer

RICHARD J. BENNETT

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Merrimack, NH 03054

Home: 603-***-****

E-mail: ************@***.***

WORK EXPERIENCE

Manpower, Portsmouth NH May 2016 – October 2016.

Shift Supervisor

Supervise 18 associates for throughput, quality, safety and labor.

Temporary Contract Assignment

Armstrong Mold, Syracuse NY. May 2014 – November 2016

Foundry Engineer

Approved tooling for manufacturing requirements.

Prepare foundry work instructions.

Train foundry employees.

Reduce foundry scrap by 24 %.

Triton Systems Inc. Chelmsford MA. May 2013 – October 2013

Process Engineer / Pilot Lab Manager

Commercialize metal matrix process.

Reduce cost to manufacture metal matrix composite.

Coordinate production schedule to deliver finished product to aerospace customers.

Managed outside vendors to insure finished products delivered on time.

Boyd Coating Research Hudson MA. July 2012 – April 2013

Production Manager

Implement Lean manufacturing principles through manufacturing plant.

Summit Technical Services Braintree, MA. March 2012 – Present

Contract Manufacturing Engineer for Injection Molding Company. 2 to 3 month assignment.

Wyman Gordon Tilton, NH – October 2005 – October 2011

Area Operations Manager June 2009 – October 2011

Manage multiple production departments that comprise of 3 supervisors, 3 lead men and 53 associates.

Purchased and installed new equipment to reduce chronic foundry defect by 33%.

Responsible for increasing throughput and productivity 2% each quarter.

Responsible for reducing department variable cost 2% each quarter.

Plan & execute productivity improvements within each department.

Responsible for safety and safety training programs for each department.

Investigated and installed new equipment to reduce chronic quality problem by 50% and reduce downtime by 33%.

Increased productivity by 11% by identifying and implementing improvements by department.

Foundry Process Engineer / Supervisor October 2005 – June 2009

Reduced foundry related scrap by 20 %.

Continuously improved production metrics such as throughput, quality, safety and budget variances.

Investigated manufacturing problems and provide technical assistance for their solution.

Established operating equipment parameters.

Responsible for foundry standard practice instructions.

Reviewed, evaluated and recommended changes to part specific foundry work instructions.

Directed shift production personnel to insure products are manufactured to appropriate procedures, specifications and safety policies.

Hitchiner Manufacturing Corp. Milford, NH – August 2001 – October 2005

Foundry Process Engineer / Supervisor

Lead team for increasing foundry throughput from 450 to 600 shells per week

Investigated manufacturing problems and provided technical assistance for their solution.

Established operating equipment parameters.

Responsible for foundry standard practice instructions.

Reviewed, evaluated and recommended changes to part specific foundry work instructions.

Member of multiple scrap reduction teams.

Completed training for Six Sigma Black Belt.

Resin Systems Corporation, Amherst, NH. - September 1997 – October 1998 & January 2000 – August 2001

Manufacturing Engineer

Provided manufacturing team with engineering support.

Selected and installed new equipment.

Prepared process and work instructions for all products

Prepared quotes for customer solicitations.

Implemented process improvements to reduce costs, scrap and rework.

Atlantic Extrusion Corporation, Salem, MA. October 1998 – December 1999

Manufacturing Manager, April 1999 – December 1999

Reduced machine downtime by 40%.

Increased on time deliveries from 88% to 98%.

Process Engineering Supervisor, October 1998 – March 1999

Managed three Engineers

Reduced production scrap from 20% to below 10%.

Lead multifunctional teams to solve production issues.

Optimized line/product throughput and material utilization.

Emerson & Cuming Composite Materials, Inc., Canton, Ma. - October 1989 - August 1997

Manufacturing Manager for Composites, Marine Products & Syntactic, September 1996 - August 1997

Managed two shift operation which included direct labor, scheduling, maintenance, raw material and finish product inventories, and environmental, health and safety issues. Annual sales $3 -4 MM /year.

Directed workforce consisting of one process engineer, one materials coordinator, one supervisor, and twenty-two hourly workers.

Prepared technical proposals and quotes in response to solicitations.

Reduced direct manufacturing costs for syntactic and thermoforming product lines by 11% & 24% respectively.

Military Syntactic Foam Installation, July 1993 - August 1997

Designed a portable process to install syntactic foam into submarine cavities and control surfaces at ECCM and Naval shipyards.

Initiated process and work instructions for use by Emerson & Cuming and Naval Personnel

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Emerson & Cuming Composite Materials, Inc., Canton, Ma. - October 1989 - August 1997

Composite Production Manager, October 1989 - June 1993

Increased production throughput of finished composite parts by 33%.

Reduced manufacturing variances by $20,000 per month.

Initiated hands on training classes for new and existing production personnel.

W.R. Grace & Company, Acton Ma. September 1986 - September 1989

Quality Manager

Manage the quality lab chemical analysis of product being produced.

Perform audits of plant operations to ensure compliance to work instructions.

Investigate and answer customer complaints.

Implement SPC on manufacturing floor.

EDUCATION

Completed 2 years of Mechanical Engineering studies at Northeastern University

CAREER DEVELOPMENT

Completed course work in advanced statistical process control.

Completed course work in design of experiments.

Completed course work in advanced design of experiments.

Completed Green Belt Certification At Hitchiner Manufacturing Corp.

Proficient in minitab statistical software.

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