Engineer Process
Resume:
Springdale, AR *****
***********@***.***
BRAD D. GUTHRIE
Objective Manufacturing / Process Engineering / Management
Summary of
qualifications
QUALIFYING EXPERIENCE
2011 – 2014 Superior Industries, International (Tier-One OEM supplier of aluminum wheels)
Corporate Packaging Engineer
Responsible for corporate-wide submissions and approvals of customer-specific
packaging requirements that included both returnable and expendable components.
Clients include General Motors, Ford, Chrysler, BMW, Toyota, Nissan and Tesla.
• Developed and implemented a monitoring and reporting structure that allowed
corporate-wide visibility of individual container types
• Instilled a discipline of accountability across five International Business Units
toward the goals of commonality and resource sharing
Special Projects
•Leadership of internal Midwest Tool Crib inventory relocation teams
•Developed reporting and accountability structure for associates to have
equitable stakes in weekly accuracy measurement reports
2010 – 2011 Gates Corporation (OEM and aftermarket power transmission components)
Process Engineer / Continuous Improvement
• Initiation and implementation of “Model Cell” concept
• Focus on Manufacturing output increases (tools, methods, processes)
• Waste elimination – wait, overproduction, inconsistencies between operations
and operators
2006 – 2009 Montana Tractors (OEM supplier of agricultural tractors)
Parts Distribution Center Manager / Industrial Engineer
• Responsible for approximately $1.2 million inventory
• Managed facility and inventory relocation
• Supervise and evaluate hourly personnel
• Purchasing agent for all Montana Tractors PDC inventory (both domestic and
international suppliers)
2003 – 2006 Superior Industries, International
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Industrial Engineer – Chrome
• Responsible for plant-wide process review to optimize production
• Determine and maintain plant’s product routing structures and bills-of-materials
for internal and corporate use
• Supervise and evaluate salaried and hourly tooling personnel
• Project lead for new customer product evaluations
• Evaluation, justification, and implementation of capital projects
1998 – 2002 Kawneer Co., Inc. – An Alcoa Company (Architectural aluminum extrusions)
Manufacturing Engineer / Supervisor (2000 – 2002)
Responsible for engineering support of fabrication areas of Kawneer Springdale’s
manufacturing facility (Wall, Window, and Miscellaneous Fabrication). Supervise and
evaluate salaried and hourly tooling and tool room personnel.
• Manage departmental budgets of $650,000
• Evaluation and justification of capital projects
• Development and documentation of Safety and Operational Procedures
Industrial Engineer (1998 – 2000)
• Continual review of layouts and methods for improvements
• Designed and implemented an aluminum forming fixture and system to eliminate
ergonomic and safety issues
• Designed and implemented hydraulic work platform systems
1989 – 1997 Sulzer Intermedics, Inc., Angleton, TX (Implantable cardiac pacemakers, defibrillators,
leads, and programmers)
Manufacturing / Process Engineer (1992 -1997)
Responsible for the packaging of sterile and non-sterile heat-sealed pouches and
thermoformed blisters. Team Lead for FDA-mandated packaging changeover from PVC
to PETG. Packaging validation team leader. Responsible for the tooling, processes, and
procedures of manufacturing and computer-based pacemaker programming equipment
• Designed or redesigned approximately twenty thermoformed packages for
implantable medical devices
• Purchased and validated a quality acceptance device and method, resulting in a
75% labor savings in seal integrity testing
Industrial Engineer (1989 – 1992)
Supported the manufacture of implantable cardiac pacing leads by developing time
standards and establishing the capacities of individual work centers. Developed
documentation to support capital, tooling, budgeting, and personnel requirements.
Coordinated the transfer of technical proprietary information to overseas manufacturing
facilities
• Authored plant-wide capital justification studies
• Designed and developed plant layouts for manufacturing, laboratory, and
administrative areas
• Performed the initial time studies that became costing and budgeting standards
for Sulzer Intermedics
EDUCATION B.S. Industrial Engineering
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, 1989
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SPECIAL SKILLS Computer literate with experience in AutoCad, Excel, Word,
Projects, SAP, QAD, and MiniTab
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