Engineer Manufacturing

ROBERT FISHBURN

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Huntington Beach, CA 92648

Objective: To attain a challenging position that will utilize my training and Engineering experience to include opportunities for growth into new areas.

Business Experience:

Evans Manufacturing, Garden Grove, CA 2014 to Present

Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Responsibilities include supervising the manufacturing engineering department and the technical support team for the tool room and production areas. The designing and acquisition of new equipment for automation in production and the increase the abilities of production flows.

Setup a cell concept for processing in production, moving orders from the warehouse through production to shipping smoothly efficiently.

Design and develop automated processes from new and exciting products.

Leader for the Manufacturing Engineering and tech team that handles implantation of new products, support to existing equipment and development of new automation systems in the production department.

Development of a bar to box type of flow through the molding and production departments for a better process flow through the shop.

Setting up a complete engineering documentation process for manufacturing, marketing and purchasing. Started the use of Process Failure Mode & Effect Analysis (PFMEA) with the tool room personal for mold issues and PM services.

Set standards for ordering, maintaining and verification of the equipment and molds purchased for production.

Nobel Biocare, Yorba Linda, CA 1998 to 2014

(Manufacture of Dental Implants and Dental care devices)

Manufacturing Engineering Manager 2002 – 2014

Responsibilities include supervising the manufacturing engineering department and the technical support team for the machine shop and production area. The designing and acquisition of new equipment for automation in production and the increase the abilities of the machine shop.

Set yearly budgets for production development for new products and process improvements.

Part of a global manufacturing team that sets production goals for the year.

Design and develop automated processes from new and exciting products.

Responsible for process Validation, risk evaluation and to insure all process remain in a validated state using Design Failure Mode & Effect Analysis (DFMFA).

Harmonizing of production machining, processing, cleaning and packaging with Karlskoga, Nobel Biocare Swedish manufacturing facility with the Yorba Linda’s facility.

Leader for the technical team that handles programming, machine set-ups, repairs and validations of Swiss screw machines and mills using PFMEA.

Leader for the Manufacturing Engineering and tech team that handles implantation and validations of new products, support to existing equipment and development of new automation systems in the production department using PFMEA and DFMEA.

Development of a bar to box flow through the machine and production departments for a complete automated paperless process flow.

Help to implement and manage Lean manufacturing into the Yorba Linda facility. Trained in lean manufacturing by EMS Consulting Group. Strong knowledge of ISO, GMP, GD&T, DFMEA, PFMEA and MDD requirements.

Strong back ground with fit and function evaluation, tolerance studies and design using Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing.

SENIOR PRODUCT ENGINEER 1998 to 2002

Responsibilities include validation of new outside venders, engineering representative for MRB, develop and implementation of new processes for in house manufacturing and help to improve productivity in production

Bring titanium anodizing in house and validate the process, new vender validation for Titanium Plasma Spray and developed automated devices to help speed up production.

Trouble shooting outside processes and review product for ease of manufacturing.

Evaluating material and design failure with DFMEA, PFMEA and lab testing to failure of material and design.

APPLIED MEDICAL, Laguna Hills, Ca. 1996 to 1998

(Manufacture of medical devices for Vascular, Urology and Laparoscopy.)

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER

Responsibilities include design and development of new optical products from design, validation to production release. Also design improvements to existing products including review of protocols and test reports before implementations, defining additional testing to add CE (ISO 9000) mark to products and design input on design reviews.

My production Design and release products include Mini Laparoscope with discrete lens on the image fiber, deflecting 8.5F Choledochoscope and cystic duct access kit

FIBER OPTIC DESIGN, Huntington Beach, Ca. 1990 to 1996

(Manufactures and designs fiber optic enhancements for theme parks, displays, signage, advertising, and clothing.)

MANUFACTURING MANAGER

Responsibilities included design of effects, mechanical and optical, also, quoting, writing, implementing production schedules, and follow-up on all materials and vendors.

Some special effects projects were:

BRC Imagination’s: Space Center Houston, The Visitor Center and

Knott’s Berry Farm, Spirit Lodge

Universal Studio’s: E.T. Adventure ride

Landmark Entertainment’s: Jesus Christ Superstar stage play 1995-96

I designed a line of fiber optic clothing that holds two patents.

Education: Orange Coast College; California State University Long Beach -Mechanical Engineering; University of California at Los Angeles-Industrial Arts Teaching Credential; California State University Fullerton-Business Management

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