Mechanical Engineer Manager

Robert C. Moran

Mechanical Engineer – Management/Manufacturing/Quality

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I have more than 15 years of experience within Product Design/Development, Operations, and Quality with 6 years at a Corporate Level.

Results-driven leader with over 10 years of management experience.

Cross-functional team leadership in production, maintenance, plant engineering, quality, logistics, finance, IT, and human resources.

Manufacturing and supplier development responsibilities extend outside the borders of the US to Asia and Mexico.

Diverse manufacturing background in markets such as Abrasives Powders, Commercial, Food Service, Healthcare, International, and Entertainment. Work Experience

Saint-Gobain

Plant Manager

5/2011 – Present

Reporting to the Business Manager, my responsibilities centered around managing a 40,000 square foot single shift facility with 28 hourly and 8 salaried employees. Manage production, quality, maintenance, IT, logistics, ISO, finance, safety, environmental, and human resources. Details include:

Returned the plant to profitability in 2017.

o Foster an environment of continuous process improvement through idea sharing, high project closure rate with proven positive impacts, and celebrating the successes. o Develop a vision and strategy for improving the plants overall Key Performance Indicators. Design much needed automated processes for calculating both the KPI’s and the departmental Operational Performance Indicators. o Right size operation to match demand using Lean tools. o Streamline operations to better handle fluctuations in volume. Implement 5S concepts throughout 50% of the operation. Efforts continue toward 100%. o Managed inventory reduction programs by improving all aspects of the plants purchasing process.

Manage and improve a structured Safety program which includes awareness, behavior and environmental audits, training, and risk assessments. o Received highest North American safety award in 2017 for our purification risk reduction project. Currently under consideration for the same award in all of Saint-Gobain.

Establish interactive control plans for technical manufacturing processes to maintain the highest levels of quality.

ISO Certification Management.

Provide manufacturing support for all new product development projects.

Justify and manage all facility maintenance projects.

Justify and manage all facility capital expenditures in 2015. Manitowoc- Garland Commercial Industries

Manager, Manufacturing Engineering

5/2008 – 5/2011

Reporting to the Director of Operations, my responsibilities centered on the management of cost reduction projects, capital investments, new product introduction, lean strategy development, process improvements, and product enhancements. Details include:

Improve fabrication efficiency from 45% to 55% in one month.

Improve employee efficiency awareness.

Increase equipment uptime by implementing a PM program.

Started gathering information for a set-up reduction project.

Grill production ramp up from 12 grills per day to 30 grills per day for a new product roll out.

Managed the final project details.

Managed the installation and arraignment of the new production line.

Implement lean strategy throughout manufacturing. o Train personnel.

o Manage kaizan events.

Managed the daily activities of the union maintenance and janitorial staff.

Member of a Safety Council.

o Implemented a Manitowoc Corporate Safety Management System.

Managed two Manufacturing Engineers and one fabrication programmer. o Establish goals and objectives.

o Align project prioritize with corporate objectives. o Perform mid-year and annual reviews.

Justify and manage facility maintenance projects.

Managed the reduction of electrical costs by 25%. Emerson Electric - InterMetro Industries Corp

Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Corporate

3/2000 – 5/2008

Reporting to the Director of Manufacturing Engineering, my responsibilities centered around cost reductions, capital project management, manufacturing line movement and set-up, equipment set-up time reduction, process improvements, product enhancements, and outsourcing. Details include:

Supported the opening of a new manufacturing facility in Cuauhtemoc, Chihuahua, Mexico.

Managed the rebuild of manufacturing machinery throughout the corporation using capital funding.

Certification and development of suppliers and vendors in China, South Africa, and the United States.

Analyze, justify, and implement corporate cost reductions.

Justify and manage facility maintenance projects.

Project leader of Alternate Finishing group.

Plant start-up and shut down

DeadSolid Simulations

Mechanical Engineer

7/1998 – 3/2000

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, my primary responsibilities included new product design, manufacturing support at local vendors, supporting internal assembly operations, and establishing drawing standards to improve communication. Other responsibilities include:

Cost reduce existing products in order to maintain a 60% gross profit margin.

Design improvements on existing product to increase its reliability.

Perform make versus buy cost analyses.

Cost justify the purchasing of equipment for in-house manufacturing.

Supplier development, qualification, certification, and performance management.

Established and maintained drawing standards for the purpose of establishing communication with vendors.

Used AutoCAD to improve the time-to-market for famous course input from 2 weeks down to 3 days per hole.

InterMetro Industries Corporation

Standard Product Engineer

4/1995 – 7/1998

Reporting to the Standard Product Engineering Manager, I assumed the responsibility of managing a standard product project team.

Analyze customer, Marketing, Quality, vendor, and/or Manufacturing needs regarding existing products.

Generate design improvements as well as additional new products.

Maintain engineering records of product compliance with UL regulatory agency.

Provide technical assistance and product design solutions for internal and external customers.

Inspection and approval of Engineering CAD drawings. Education

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre PA. Minor in Physics.

Green Belt Qualification

Emerson Lean Champion

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