Engineer Manufacturing

Judson Michael Preator

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Lewiston, ID 83501

Professional Summary

Industrial engineer with over 6 years of experience in manufacturing environments as both an engineer and a manager.

Experienced in bringing new products from concept to full scale production as well as revitalizing existing processes

through the use of lean principles and tools. Recognized for a great work ethic and a practical approach to problem

solving developed from working on the family farm for many years.

Injection Molding Project Leadership Kaizen

Mold Design Time Study Lean Principles

Supervisor Experience Changeover Reduction Mandarin Chinese

Experience

Industrial Engineer, Alliant Techsystems Inc. Lewiston, ID (Aug 2011 – Current)

Researched and implemented a standard for conducting time studies.

Instrumental in developing floor layouts for future expansion projects.

Provided a technical resource to continuous improvement activities.

Parker Hannifin EPS Division, Salt Lake City, UT (Feb 2008 – Jun 2011)

Value Stream Team Leader, Nacogdoches, TX

Managed a $10 million a year area consisting of a team of 3 supervisors, 2 engineers and 30 production employees

with responsibility for all metrics and financial performance.

Implemented continuous improvement projects that increased sales by 20% while reducing the cost of poor quality

by 30%.

Oversaw the implementation of an automated cell for new cleaning procedure .

Manufacturing Engineer, Nacogdoches, TX

Responsible for scrap reduction of a compression molding cell, reduced scrap from 13% down to 3%.

Quoted manufacturing costs for custom products based upon customer requirements.

Key contributor in multiple lean kaizen events for continuous improvement based upon the strategic goals of the

company.

Manufacturing Engineer, Salt Lake City, UT

Collaborated with application engineers to develop manufacturing processes and enhance design; brought two

major product lines from concept to production.

Reviewed and approved tool designs for new product.

Responsible for process control of two plastic injection cells including cpk analysis.

Inventory Controller, Harward Irrigation Systems. Springville, UT, (Mar – Dec 2007)

Identified inventory problems.

Made recommendations for improvement.

Assisted management in implementing changes.

Intern, MacLean Quality Composites. Hangzhou, China, (Aug – Dec 2006)

Analyzed the quality inspection for filament winding, hand layup and tube rolling of carbon fiber.

Assisted in the modification of reporting procedures to reduce translation loss.

Assisted engineers in process improvement.

Education

B.S. Degree, Manufacturing Engineering Technology, Dec 2007

Brigham Young University, Provo, UT

Management, Minor

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