Manager Sheet Metal
Resume:
John Alexander
Fort Worth Texas *****
*************@*****.***
Summary
Technical Manager with 26 years of experience in Manufacturing and construction materials engineering. 6 years of experience in sheet metal and machining, 3 years of experience in circuit board manufacturing, and 17 years of experience working for a steel building systems manufacturer.
Experience
Mesco Building Solutions Irving, TX 2000-Present
Drafting manager 2012-Present
Manage a team of 30 Drafting Supervisors, Drafting Coordinators, and Drafting Designers
Project scheduling for all drafting activities
Full authority on development and implementation of drafting process and procedures
Successfully integrated 3 independent drafting groups in to a single customer focused team.
Restructured the team and process flow to implement Lean processes to drive efficiency, develop standard processes and procedures. Changes resulted in 20% improvement in production on-time, 10% improvement in foundation plan on-time, and 15% improvement in Man hour per ton
Successfully developed and promoted 7 team members to both internal and external positions
Represent the voice of drafting on the Mesco first team council
Represent drafting for all NCI buildings divisions on the corporate process improvement team.
Developed new outsource drafting teams and negotiated with current teams to increase their capacity allocated to Mesco.
Design Engineer 2004-2012
Design Steel Building Systems Per customer specifications and jobsite criteria
Provided overflow capacity to the Mesco Estimating department
Provided overflow capacity to the Mesco Field service group addressing customer concerns and direction for field modification requests
Provided Drafting SME guidance to the Mesco Design Engineering group to ensure both project specific and general process designs that fulfilled drafting requirements
Used knowledge gained as Drafting Designer to assist in expediting high profile quick turn foundation setting plans as requested by sales
Identified the need for and created spreadsheet tools to address repetitive off-line calculations for the design process.
Provided training and support for new Engineers.
Twice awarded the Mesco Elite Award
Drafting Designer 2000-2004
Create Foundation Setting Plans, Erection drawings, manufacturing detail drawings, and Bill of Materials for Steel Building systems
Created End Wall detailing tool using Excel that generated 50% time saving and reduced detailing errors by 50%
Independently learned proprietary software for generating Foundation Setting plans and provided overflow capacity to the foundation plan squad
Train new drafting associates on software applications
DSC/Alcatel Plano TX 1997-2000
Process Development Engineer Intern
Worked with the process development engineering team to create new and improved existing manufacturing processes.
Successfully Re-tooled an obsolete inspection machine for batch inspection of formed thru hole electronic components
Created tooling plates and associated on line visual documentation for the installation of press fit connectors
Designed and installed safety features for pneumatic presses used to install press fit connectors.
Characterized, documented and implemented new circuit board feed equipment
Characterized, documented and implemented new circuit board re-work equipment
EDS Plano TX 1996
Operations Tech
Operated magnetic tape tracking system and facilitated data pulls for customers to access stored data.
Regal Research& MFG Garland TX 1992-1995
Stockroom Control - Kit Prep Manager / Receiving Manager
Prepared mechanical hardware and electronic component kits for the assembly of sub contract Commercial and DOD products.
Performed receiving inspection and inventory control of electronic components and raw materials
Sheet Metal / Machine Shop Assistant 1989-1992
Machine operator for sheet metal, Machining and deburr / finishing Departments.
Education
University of North Texas Denton TX
BS Manufacturing Engineering Technology
Trinity Valley Community College Athens TX
Pre-Engineering Program
Professional Development / Associations
NCI Jack Welch Management Program
NCI Lean Management / Continuous Improvement Training
NCI QMS Training
Six Sigma Green Belt Aveta Business Institute
Member of the Texas State Technical College Drafting Advisory Board
Software
AutoCAD
Microsoft Office Suite
Proprietary Steel Design Software
Oracle
Beam Pro
Matlab
Ram Structural
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