James Luz

Kingston, NH ***** Tel # 603-***-****

Teamwork – Safety – Progress – Aptitude – Planning – Results

MANUFACTURING EXPERIENCE

SIG Sauer inc, Exeter, Dover & Newington, NH 2011 – Present

Finishing Lead, Machining Lead, Acting Production Supervisor.

The ability to function with minimal support to achieve goals through time, personnel/resource management, training and attention to detail while understanding future needs and how they relate to the decision making process.

Experience operating, teaching and supervising all aspects of pistol barrel production (from raw material to finished product).

Evenly distribute delegated responsibilities to ensure smooth throughput and reduce machine downtime.

Communicate all pertinent information to the management team.

Participating in 5S Kaizen events & lean manufacturing efforts and implementing process improvement strategies.

My forward-thinking forces me to look at the bigger picture to ensure that pragmatic decisions are made that will benefit production with future goals in mind.

With the goal of world class manufacturing in mind, I implemented the cell manufacturing that is currently being used with the intent of cost reduction through increasing employee efficiency by assigning specific employee tasks within the cell & a dedicated training procedure.

NOTABLE MACHINING & MEASURING SYSTEM EXPERIENCE

Yama Seiki & Mori Seiki single turret CNC lathes.

Nakamura 2 & 3 turret CNC mill-turning centers.

Sunnen ML-4000 hone.

Engis vertical CNC honing machines.

Manual and automated induction heat treat processes.

Micrometer. Dial Caliper. Micro-hite. Tesa-hite. Visual comparator. Renishaw Equator comparitive measuring systems. CMM automated measuring systems.

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