Engineer Manufacturing

Sondra K. Gray

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Madison, AL 35757 E-mail: ****.******@*****.***

Education: 1996 – 2000 University of Alabama in Huntsville

Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering

Work 2012 – 2014 Steelcase Inc. Athens, AL

Experience: Manufacturing Engineer

• Resolve quality issues, implement cost reduction initiatives, and resolve production related problems based on tangible data and statistical analysis.

• Perform product design reviews for manufacturability and completeness.

• Design/ develop production flow and layout of machinery and assembly processes in order to optimize efficiency and eliminate waste.

• Provide cost estimates for new product designs.

• Work with corporate liaison to eliminate the Athens’ facility use of EPS and other environmentally unfriendly packaging materials.

• Responsible for plant-wide Cost Reduction Projects relating to packaging and shipping.

• Researching the viability of Vacuum packing, Ring wrapping, and Stretch wrapping in place of current, less cost-effective packaging methods.

• Member of the Athens’ Cost Reduction Team and responsible for updating corporate and local finance with estimated and completed project savings data.

• Lead for the resolution of RDC customer complaints resulting from packaging defects.

2008 – 2012 MBDA, Inc. Huntsville, AL

Manufacturing Engineer III

• Generation and maintenance of Viper Strike Program Standard Work and BOMs.

• Responsible for packaging changes resulting from product revisions.

• Developed new procedures for utilizing recycled packaging materials to reduce cost and environmental impact.

• Assisted in the development and implementation of returnable packaging container alternative camouflage textures.

• Accountable for production scheduling and ensuring all customer delivery requirements are met; develop contingency plans to meet commitments when necessary.

• Review all product development drawings for accuracy and manufacturability; disposition Non-Conforming material; implementing CRs, RNs, NRs.

• Developing and implementing manufacturing processes for enhancements, product changes, and new products, and related fixtures and tooling that are consistent with zero defect level and low product cost.

• Instrumentation Manager – responsible for tracking all calibrated equipment and ensuring they are within tolerance.

• Personnel Training Analyst – responsible for tracking training documents; ensure all employees receive proper training according to their job function.

• Inventory Control Manager – responsible for managing all production inventory (including Gov’t owned materials); kitting each assembly build according to the BOM.

2005 – 2007 Benchmark Electronics Huntsville, AL

Sr. Manufacturing Engineer

• Provide technical and process support for new products through pilot and production builds.

• Develop new setup/ process tooling in order to reduce equipment changeover time and/ or increase throughput time.

• Resolve manufacturing quality issues through root cause analysis, data collection, and experimentation.

• Electronic assembly and component packaging development, including BGA matrix tray, IC, daughterboard subassemblies.

• Develop and maintain process routings, BOM’s and work instructions for the shop floor.

• Instigate and implement cost reduction initiatives, generate ECO’s and minimize waste through lean manufacturing concepts.

1998- 2005 Copeland Corporation Hartselle, AL

Industrial Engineer

• Performed labor balancing and time study analysis in order to streamline production lines and material flow.

• Assisted in the implementation of Lean culture. Including;

o Completion of Value Stream Mapping

o Facilitating Kaizen events

o Implementing Poke Yokes

o Developing 5S procedures, standard practices, and audits.

• Worked closely with Quality Engineering to perform DOE’s, disposition Non-Conforming material, interfaced with the customer often to resolve manufacturing issues.

• Initiated and implemented numerous cost reduction opportunities in excess of $500,000 for the Hartselle facility.

• Packaging Engineer Liaison for the Hartselle facility. Responsibilities included;

o Corporate resolution for packaging related customer complaints.

o R&D of new packaging formats required for new products and current product revisions.

o New packaging material qualifications.

o Alternative packaging methods to reduce overall packaging costs.

• Performed FMEA analysis for Hartselle manufacturing process.

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