Engineer Manager

José L. Trujillo

EXPERIENCE AND A WINNING ATTITUDE

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Manufacturing, Production Leadership – Plastics and Medical Industry

LEAN • Injection Molding • Device Assembly • ISO13481 • Cell Manufacturing • Team Coaching • Continuous Improvement •ISO9001

Successful instilling a sense of urgency and leading manufacturing/production teams to new levels of performance, productivity and profitability. leader with in-depth experience building highly motivated, cohesive cross-functional teams in “world class” manufacturing environments, utilizing LEAN principles, Strong technical, critical-thinking and personnel development skills combined with the proven ability to align production requirements, quality and safety standards with customer demands. Experienced at guiding teams through change and working with executives to bring new ideas to the manufacturing front.

Spearheaded creation, overcame resistance introducing and implementing cell manufacturing approach/systems. (Roll as Industrial Engineer)

Led task team at the Torrance plant to develop quick die exchange methods and systems for the SMED and JIT manufacturing requirements. (16 turn tables thermoplastic welding machines) (Roll as Industrial Engineer)

Implemented the approach of building mirror machines and/or equipment enabling one operator to safely and efficiently run two machines. (Roll as manufacturing engineer)

Managed project of dismantling, transferring and re-installing equipment from USA manufacturing plant to maquiladora plant, located in Juarez Mexico. (Roll as project manager)

Designed and implemented a faster and efficient work flow of finished goods. Intraocular lenses manufactured in a clean room level (100) then transferred to sterilization. (Roll as manager/engineer)

Managed Production for a contract manufacturing plant in a clean room environment, familiar with medical catheter assembly, micro-soldering, IQ/OQ/PQ, ISO 13481 and FDA protocols. (Roll as a manager)

Trained personnel and implemented COGz a preventive maintenance software program and spare parts data base. Issuance of preventive maintenance work orders to comply with ISO protocol.

Managed facility and plant safety dealing with OSHA, AQMD and Fire department compliance and outside contractors. (Roll as plant engineer/manager)

Created and implemented advanced machine and auxiliary equipment PM program that prevented catastrophic failure and resolved issue of major production downtime. (Roll as plant engineer/manager)

Used continuous improvement and basic lean manufacturing principles to drive efficiency and teamwork to introduce 5’s, Kaizen, Kanbans, Standard-Work methods, monthly audits. (Roll as Industrial engineer)

Managed daily activities for blending/prepping rubber and silicone injection and compression operation for a French owned plant. (Roll as Manager)

Self-made leader who worked his way up from entry-level production role. Came to America with no English skills, worked as a janitor, lead man, Supervisor, Staff and Project Engineer, Department and Plant Manager. Earned a BS degree while working full time. A lifetime of successful hard work, dedication and professionalism.

Technical Capabilities and Expertise

Manager, Supervisor, Engineer experienced in Union environment. (Teamsters, Steel workers)

Rubber Injection Molding: 250T - 1000T

Rubber Compression Molding: Rutils, French Oil

Tube extrusion. Davis-Standard to 6”,Techniplast

Ultra-Sonic plastics welding. Dukane, Branson

Radio Frequency plastic welding: Callanan, Thermatron, Cosmos, Kabar

Project Manager

Medical Industry experience, ISO 13485

Technical troubleshooter, scrap reduction,Efficiency, Benchmarking

Manufacturing process design and execution

Process flow analysis, development and simplification. Standardization SOPs

Walk around management style, Hands On approach.

Equipment justification, cost/benefit analysis, Planning Budget Management

Conflict resolution with a win/win approach.

A Career Building and Leading High Performing, Manufacturing Systems and Teams

PLANT MANUFACTURING ENGINEER/ FACILITY MANAGER – Culver City / Gardena, CA (Oct 2009-Jan 2015)

Recruited into this role to deliver solutions and build and implement infrastructure. Initiated analysis on manufacturing practices and workflow. Provide manufacturing support to all departments (Sales, Quality, Machine Design Engineering, Safety, Production and Executive Management).

Leadership. Provided a well-defined plan to comply with the Code of Federal Regulations, OSHA. Fire Department and City Code and City. Reporting to VP of Engineering and Manufacturing Director.

Improved equipment performance in the auto stapling area by performing technical changes and upgrades to the equipment. Reducing downtime and increasing output, reducing scrap.

Extablished a 5S program, trained machine techs and initiated part stocking Kanbans.

Accountability. Held each team member fully accountable for entire area of responsibility by empowering through ownership.

Bottlenecks. Quickly identified and provided viable solutions to bottlenecks within manufacturing process, leading to improved overall machine effectiveness (OEE).

ISO-9001 Certified. Focused on product quality and customer satisfaction. Created document control and traceability. Investigated /resolved CAPAS

Engineering/Machine Shop. Worked with machine design engineering and Machine Shop, improving equipment output and OEE.

Safety. Official company trainer of proper and safe machine operation, including the application of GMP throughout plant.

Managed maintenance department implementing successfully the use of COGz, a preventive maintenance software and components inventory system to comply with ISO certification protocol.

Designed equipment layout, installing new equipment, streamlining work flow, improving raw material storage capabilities

PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR, Natvar/ Tekniplex, Industry CA (2008 to 2009)

Managed medical tube Production operations on second shift. Manufacturing extruded tubing. Responsible for shipping, receiving, maintenance, quality assurance and clean room packaging.

PRODUCTION MANAGER Staar Surgical, Monrovia CA (2007-2008)

Managed complete manufacturing molding process of implantable silicone corneal lenses; including quality assurance, maintaining GMP training personnel in all clean room operations.

PRODUCTION MANAGER LIFE Science Outsourcing, Inc. Medical, Brea CA (2005-2006)

Managed medical device plant production, manufacturing processes, line balancing, packaging and sterilization operations, process improvements, GMP’s, safety, personnel training and customer liaison.

PLANT/ PRODUCTION MANAGER, SR Design, Home Furniture Manufacturing, Los Angeles CA (2002-2004)

Responsible of plant operations: safety, design, prototyping, assembly, finishing, upholstery, quality assurance, personnel, purchasing, distribution and P&L

MANAGER/ Sr. INDUSTRIAL ENGINEER, HUTCHINSON SEAL Corp, Rubber Molding, DOWNEY CA (1999 - 2002)

Manager of mixing and prepping operations, in charge of the complete improvement and transformation process of the area, reducing scrap, upgrading equipment, improving safety, employee involvement and motivation. Consolidated operations, reduced work force and increased per capita output improving division efficiency. Sent to France and Spain.

Sr. Plant Industrial Engineer, technical troubleshooter assigned to investigate cause/ effect of manufacturing related issues, responsible for capital improvement projects, safety issues and compliance, process improvement and plant layouts.

MANUFACTURING ENGINEER, REMBRANDT PHOTO SERVICES, Thermoplastics, COMMERCE CA (1996-1999)

Performed work as a project engineer, responsible for plant layouts, equipment upgrades, plant safety program, tool design. Created first manufacturing work cell, introduced high speed packaging system, developed hazardous communications plan, provided employee training, searched and qualifies technical sources and vendors, testing materials, resolving technical issues and working on specially assigned projects.

DIV. STAFF IND. ENGINEER/ SUPERVISOR, Avery Dennison, K&M Div, Stationery Prod. TORRANCE CA (1987-1995)

Assisted marketing in the new product/manufacturing processes introduction to satellite plants. Worked closely with FRUCON Consulting firm in the Re-engineering project.

Managed technology transfer and re-installation project from Torrance CA to Juarez Mexico. Provided operator training in the maquiladora plant.

Plant Industrial Engineer: Established first experimental manufacturing work cell in the plant. Trained people involvement team members in statistical process control utilization. Responsible of executing plan to convert plant to a cell manufacturing operation. Responsible of providing cost- benefit analysis related to capital projects. Generated the largest savings plant-wide in approved cost saving ideas.

Plant Manufacturing Supervisor: Managed daily activities for the largest unionized manufacturing operation in the plant with 130 hourly operators. Led successfully task team to investigate, develop and implement solutions to product mislabeling issue. Led successfully the first setup reduction team established in the plant, achieving a 94% reduction in setup time. Attended engineering college program while working full time for Avery Dennison.

Education

DeVry University, Long Beach California, BS in Technical Management.

West Coast University, Los Angeles California, AA Industrial Engineering Major

Industrial Electro-Mechanic Tech., Instituto Tecnico Industrial Santa Rosa, Rda Colombia

Certificate in Management and Leadership, UCLA.

Special Skills and Training:

ACAD, MS Project, Excel, Word, Value Analyst, Certified Ergonomic analyst, QS9000 auditor, MRP-I & MRP-11, KANBAN systems, Statistical Process Control trainer, People Involvement Teams trainer, Lean manufacturing, Five-S program, Toyota manufacturing techniques, Manufacturing cell design. Work knowledge of machine tools.

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