Manufacturing engineer/Production Manager
Resume:
Mike Fowlin.
Schaumburg, Illinois.60193.
Ph: 847-***-****; Mobil: 847-***-****; E-mail: ******@*********.***
OBJECTIVE:
Highly skilled and motivated manufacturing professional with over 20 years of experience in
management, manufacturing engineering, quality control, process development and audit.
Familiar with close tolerance assembly, welding, leak detection, autopsy of failed devices and
implementation of techniques and devices to prevent similar defects. Member of several teams
driving release of new production and improving existing devices to meet customer satisfaction.
Working with vendors to improve quality of incoming parts.
QUALIFICATIONS:
*Managed several production departments of over 160 team leaders and
production operators.
*Union and nonunion environment experience.
*Implemented KanBan and Lean Manufacturing techniques.
*Quality control and Metrology, Highly efficient in both metric and
standard measurement systems.
*FMEA, PPAP and CMS.
*Knowledge of SPC.
*Experience with Ford 8D.
*Knowledge of ISO 13485, ISO 9001, TS 16949.
*5S training and implementation.
*Development, design, engineering and layout of sheet metal production.
*Hands on experience with Rollformers, CNC equipment, Press brakes,
*Metal Stamping, Punch presses, Notchers, Shears.
*All aspects of welding. Leak detection control of hermetic weld.
*Former member of AWS.
*Experience with lathes and mills.
*Development of new line of production and equipment.
*Hands on experience in troubleshooting, repair and maintenance of high speed
production lines.
*Knowledge of hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical and mechanical equipment.
*Experienced in making custom tools and fixtures for fabrication and
welding applications.
*Have knowledge of PC OS' as WINDOWS XP, 7, 8,
UNIX, ORACLE database, Microsoft Office, various MRP software, SAP, Agile.
*Experience with SolidWorks.
Mike Fowlin.
127 S. Springinsguth Rd.
Schaumburg, Illinois.60193.
Ph: 847-***-****; Mobil: 847-***-****; E-mail: ******@*********.***
WORK HISTORY:
2005 – 2015
Manufacturing Engineer.
Philips Healthcare.
555 N. Commerce St.
Aurora, Illinois. 60504
High quality, precision X – Ray and CT device manufacturer.
*2009 – 2015 Production Support Engineer for Welding department.
*Worked with operators on improving working condition to comply with OSHA requirements.
*Developed fixtures for close tolerances, high repeatability of the welded assemblies.
*Received AWS certificate of Certified Welding Inspector in 2011.
*Participating in design teams for introduction of new product and/or improvement of existing devices.
*Purchased He Leak Detectors to insure that welded parts will not fail during thermal processes due to
the failure of the hermetic envelope.
*Worked with metallurgy lab to improve welding of dissimilar metals.
*Designed and released to production special valve, in order to replace more expensive and less reliable
purchased valve.
*Developed a process of recovering non-hermetic parts to reduce the scrap.
*Closely monitored incoming parts and notified vendors of all defects encountered during inspection.
*Established recycle program for parts that were non critical for device performance and could be
reused, with average saving of $ 800.00 per part.
*Monitored welding clean room condition and ran monthly particle count to assure that parts not cross
contaminated during assembly.
*Released and performed scheduled calibration of all the production fixtures and equipment to assure
that all production parts and assemblies meet all design criteria.
2005 – 2009 Production Support Engineer for Anode department.
*Responsible for continues improvement of anode assembly and balancing.
*Using SEM, implemented acceptance criteria for bearing balls in order to extend bearing field life and
reduce in-house failure.
*Purchased Fisher XRF to be able to assure the bearing coating thickness uniformity within +/- 100 Ǻ.
*Visited the vendors to develop cleaning process of the parts before Pb and Ag coating.
*Reduced bearing failure and customers complaints by 25% by implementing tighter tolerance for
device balancing.
*Attended bearing design seminar at Case Western Reserve University.
*Worked closely with Machine Shop and outside vendors to ensure the production parts quality and first
pass yield.
*Received several management awards for quality improvements and introduction of new assembly
techniques,
Mike Fowlin.
127 S. Springinsguth Rd.
Schaumburg, Illinois.60193.
Ph: 847-***-****; Mobil: 847-***-****; E-mail: ******@*********.***
2002 – 2005
Production Manager.
Borg – Warner Transmission Systems.
700 S. 25th Avenue, Bellwood, IL. 60104
*Managing several departments of high and low volume assembly
production lines of automotive parts supplier.
*Responsible for Quality Control, Layered audits and internal process
compliance.
*Over the course of service reduced scrap by more than 50%, working
with tool engineers reduced customer
complaints and improved quality of product.
*Improved production of afternoon shift by 25% enforcing production rate.
*Making daily schedules and ensuring on time delivery.
*Closely working with manufacturing and product engineering to enforce
product quality and process compliance.
*Working with maintenance department in order to prioritize repair of
equipment and minimize production down time.
*Communicating with customers to ensure customer satisfaction.
*Actively participating in Six Sigma projects in order to improve
quality and production output.
*Responsible for compliance with OSHA standards and enforcing safe
operation on the production floor.
*Collecting and preparing production and quality data for monthly
performance review presentations.
1998 - 2002
Department Manager, Symons Corp.
Des Plaines, IL
*Working in high volume budget based production environment. Managing
three departments of two unions (United Brotherhood of Carpenters and
International Association of Machinists.), over 50 union employees.
*Conducting monthly safety and production meetings and enforcing safety procedures on
manufacturing floor.
*Responsible for interviewing, hiring and training of hourly employees.
*Production control and scheduling as well as cost reduction, quality
control, purchasing and shipping/receiving.
*Other task included preventive maintenance, rate enforcement and production improvement.
*Coordinating semiannual inventories.
Mike Fowlin.
127 S. Springinsguth Rd.
Schaumburg, Illinois.60193.
Ph: 847-***-****; Mobil: 847-***-****; E-mail: ******@*********.***
1996-1998
Production Supervisor, Roof Products and Systems Inc.
Bensenville, IL.
*Managing over 35 hourly employees in high volume production shop,
Including sheet metal fabrication, welding, quality control and
scheduling daily production.
*Programming and maintaining Cybermation CFC700 Plasma cutting equipment.
*Also involved in repair and maintenance of all shop equipment.
*Responsible for shipping, receiving and dealing with vendors.
1994 - 1996
Production Supervisor, ACE Metal Crafts.
Franklin park, IL.
*Supervising 25 hourly employees in high quality production, including
Fabrication, welding, grinding and polishing to #7 or Mirror Finish of
high tolerance food equipment, utilizing ISO-9000.
*Developing high-tech fixtures for welding applications.
1990 – 1994
Shift Supervisor, Safety-Kleen Inc.
Des Plaines, IL.
*Responsible for the development and implementing of prototypes for a
new production line, including layout, production procedures,
equipment set up, and welding techniques. Those procedures are still in
use at Safety-Kleen production plant. Responsible for equipment
maintenance. Also, managing over 15 hourly employees.
EDUCATION:
Computer Information Systems,
Harper College. Palatine, IL, 1995.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering,
Minor in Business Management,
State University. Riga, Latvia, 1986.
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