Engineer Manufacturing

Matthew Whiteford

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Hampton VA

Phone: 757-***-****

Email: *********.****@*****.***

Professional Experience

Crane Research & Engineering Dec 2011-Present

Hampton VA

Planner

1. Maintained job scheduling requirements through shop.

2. Created work routings / instructions for machining of work pieces.

3. Designed work holding fixtures for NC machine tools.

4 Estimated job costs from material procurement through final inspection

activities.

5 Purchased and implemented BobCad Cad Cam System.

6 Developed and implemented operator daily maintenance check lists.

Sears Home Improvements July 2011-Nov 2011

Richmond VA

Field Sales Representative

1 Made in home sales calls for HVAC Equipment and Flooring home

improvement

products.

Goodrich Landing Gear May 2005-May 2011

Cleveland, Ohio

Manufacturing Engineer

1 Provided manufacturing engineering support for machining and

assembly of Large Gear programs including 747, 767, 777, A380, F18 and

C17 aircraft.

2 Defined assembly processes for the new 747-8 aircraft as well

as being the shop engineering contact for the program.

3 Responsible for providing day to day shop floor support for all

manufacturing and assembly processes.

1. Assisted Inspectors and Quality Engineers in troubleshooting

nonconformance issues and resolutions.

1. Provide backup support to front line supervision to cover weekend and

daily production requirements.

2. Responsible for processing all parts through Paint process.

MJX2 Elevators LLC

Hialeah, Florida July 2004-April 2005

Owner/Operating Partner

1. Engineering Design and Quality responsibilities for business founded

with other managers from Brice Southern.

Brice Southern, LLC Elevator Cabs

Hialeah, Florida Jan 2003-July 2004

Engineering Manager

1. Supervised Engineering department consisting of Design Engineers, CNC

Programmers, and Drafters.

2. Implemented Lean Manufacturing concepts in final assembly and metal

fabrication areas.

2. Developed a plant wide technical documentation base for all equipment

design and construction, Standard Operating Procedures, Preventive &

Predictive Maintenance, TPM, Kaizen and SMED set-up programs.

2. Approved all Maintenance and Tool Room Department major shutdown

activities as well as budgeting and allocation of internal manpower

and external contractors.

2. Responsible for Underwriters Laboratory and National Elevator Code

compliance and auditing.

2. Served as focal point for customer design and installation issues.

Goodrich Landing Gear Services

Miami, Florida Jan 1998- Dec 2003

Manufacturing Engineer / Maintenance Supervisor

1. Brought in-house bushing manufacturing operations that reduced the

cost of sales by an average of $130k/month.

1. Served as Boeing procurement contact for performing OEM operations on

747 and 767 gear leg components.

1. Served as 5S Coordinator for the machine shop.

1. Responsible for all Capital Expenditures for Machine Shop.

1. Acted as project lead for a team that achieved reduced turn-time for

737 gear legs from 38 to 25 days for Southwest Airlines through

standardized flow lines.

1. Planned the arrangement of machines within plant facilities to ensure

most efficient and productive layout.

1. Supervisor for Maintenance Department during the facilities relocation

of equipment into new $14.5M facility.

1. Developed CNC programs and designed fixtures for the machine shop.

1. Developed a preventive maintenance program that reduced equipment

downtime by 23%.

Goodrich Aircraft Wheels & Brakes

Troy, Ohio Jan 1995-Dec 1997

Manufacturing Engineer Trainee

1. Created process routings for the manufacture of parts.

1. Wrote CNC Programs for processing parts on Horizontal Mills and Lathes

1. Standardized cutting tool packages for milling machines to eliminate

setup time between parts.

1. Designed heat treated fixtures allowing for multiple parts processing

in one tank.

Goodrich Aircraft Wheels & Brakes

Troy, Ohio Jan 1992-Dec 1994

Drafter

1. Created modified tool standard designs to meet special applications.

1. Designed work holding fixtures.

1. Developed job setup standards and documentation.

Education

Sinclair Community College 1992-1995

Industrial Engineering Technology

Goodrich Aerospace

Lean Practitioner Certification 2010

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