Operations Manger.

Bradley Arneson

*** ****** **** **. **************@*****.*** Home: 803-***-****

West Columbia SC, 29169 Cell: 803-***-****

OBJECTIVES: Assume a roll as a team member within a company that would strives to be better tomorrow than they are today. My objective every day is not only to teach something every day but to also learn something every day. Continual improvement is the cornerstone of any successful company environment.

SKILLS:

Ability to implement engineering theory to practical applications

Budgeting

Scheduling

Structural connection design Engineering

Production Engineering (Manufacturing and Fabrication)

Process Engineering

Industrial Safety Codes and Practices

Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma Training.

Complete computer literacy.

Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Word

Excellent communication skills

EXPERIENCE:

Owen Steel Company, Columbia, SC & Wilmington, DE (January, 2018 – Present)

Operations Manager

This title change includes all of the prior job duties and now includes:

Quality control – AISC certifications for document control, detailing, welding and painting of complex structures.

Over site Engineering – Manage operational functions of Engineering staff.

Over site all scheduling – Take customer needs and create complete project schedules for Engineering, Purchasing, Detailing, approvals, shop, shipping and erection of structural steel.

Owen Steel Company, Columbia, SC & Wilmington, DE (January, 2011 – January 2018)

Columbia- Plant Manager/Production Manager/Process Engineer/Manufacturing Engineer

Wilmington - Production Manager/Process Engineer/Manufacturing Engineer

Work with multiple automation companies to develop automation equipment in an industry lacking automation options.

Currently implementing and employing a completely robotic assembly and welding system for the production of structural steel beams and columns.

Using technics from process and manufacturing engineering restored a shop that was losing significant amounts in labor costs and having a poor safety record, causing the inability to bid essential work. To a shop producing work at or below budget. Technics also yielded a 4 year record of no lost time incidents, a MOD rate reduction from 1.7 to 0.75, enabling the bidding of essential work and the saving of over $500,000 is worker compensation claims.

Responsibilities Include:

oProduction long range scheduling

oDevelopment and integration of innovative manufacturing processes

oDevelopment and integration of automation to reduce labor costs

oMaintenance

oProduction Goals

oSafety - Environmental and Physical

oShipping and Receiving

Site Representation for Steel Erection (July, 2007 – January 2011)

On site manager for the structural steel erection at the World Trade Center Memorial Museum.

Coordinated with multiple fabrication sites to insure the timely delivery of fabricated steel.

Coordinated with Erectors and Sub Contractors to ensure quality and timely schedule completion

Ames Fire and Water Works, Woodland, CA (February, 2005 – July, 2007) Plant Manager/Process Engineer/Manufacturing Engineer

Restored a shop unable to produce projects on budget or schedule, to a profitable production center.

Utilized training on Toyota manufacturing techniques and training from Kennametal Inc. on Lead Manufacturing and Six Sigma, to design new manufacturing lines which included a “Just in Time” system that maximized space, allowing for two additional production lines utilizing the same workforce.

Gayle Manufacturing Company, Woodland, CA (August, 2003 - March, 2005)

Plant Manager/Manufacturing Engineer

Research and implementation of new and innovative means to produce at a decreased cost each year.

Implemented a new trucking system allowing for increased flexibility and on-time performance.

Responsibilities include:

oAll day-to-day operations

oContinual communication with customers to plan production

Herrick Steel Company, Pleasanton, CA (April, 1997 – August, 2003)

Project/Materials Manger

Read and interpreted Structural and Mechanical Drawings to Draw 3 dimensional models for the material and labor estimates of structural steel packages for high-rise buildings.

Underwent 18 months in complete Loop training throughout the entire fabrication process prior to assuming job responsibilities (training included: CNC programing, CNC machine Operation, Fitting, Welding, Layout, Shipping, Receiving, and Maintenance).

Rockwell International (Now Boeing), Tustin, CA (July 1984 – June, 1994)

R&D Special Project

Research and development for the B1B Aircraft project.

oDesigned, developed, and instituted the tooling and the manufacturing processes for the flight instrument consoles and nuclear ejection systems.

oAfter completion, transitioned to the design and implementation of test modules and procedures to field test and repair electrostatically supported inertial guidance systems onboard submarine and surface vessels with nuclear payloads.

EDUCATION:

The University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN

B.S. Mechanical Engineering

Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, CA

Engineering

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