Trevor Rabold
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Skills Summary
Experienced Manufacturing Engineering Supervisor and project leader offering new perspectives and
practical expertise to industries and organizations in a Managerial role. Demonstrated ability to quickly
assimilate to complex project requirements and provide timely, consistent, and accurate results. My
abilities to achieve successful results in management include; new and sustaining product design
projects, cost reductions, process improvements, team building, root cause analysis, product data
management, and extra-departmental facilitation to ensure that customer requirements and necessary
shipping deadlines are met while maintaining design intent, integrity, and safety guidelines. Excellent
communicator and problem solver capable of interacting positively with both the internal and external
customer at all levels of the organization, to achieve desired goals. Strong commitment to ensure
accurate, complete, and ethical results.
Skills/ Experience:
• Project Management • Product Support Specialist
• Strong technical background • Continuous Improvement
• Team Leadership • Customer Service
Professional Experience:
Manufacturing Engineering Supervisor United Technologies Aerospace Systems, Cleveland
Plating Facility (April 2015 – Present)
Senior Leadership Team member who manages a group responsible for maintaining key projects
that impact $193M of annual products (consumer and military)
Develops and manages process improvement projects that improve quality, productivity,
efficiency, improve on time delivery, and reduce standard hours required to make product
Leads investigative teams to identify root causes for non-conformances in product and drives
mistake proofing solutions to prevent recidivism
Manufacturing Engineer II United Technologies Aerospace Systems, Cleveland Plating Facility
(May 2014 – April 2015)
Monitoring key metrics and leading projects to improve them (productivity, efficiency, standard
reduction) with activities like; time observations, SPC, and percent load charts, continuous
improvement board ownership used to report on metrics and identify waste activities, and
developing visual controls and checks to improve total preventative maintenance audit times
Developing and updating standard work and techniques based on customer and industry
standard requirements for aerospace equipment
Conducting root cause analysis investigations on corrective actions relating to process issues and
developing action plans to mistake proof these non-conformances
Leading continuous improvement events including 5S, Kaizen, and Lean events
Providing training to bargaining unit employees on; processes and accepted manufacturing
techniques, customer and regulatory specifications, and standard work instructions
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Project leader on machine guarding initiatives which improve safety and lessen negative impacts
to production times
o Developer of a “Best In Class” recommended design for a machine guarding apparatus
Winner of “Level 2” awards for leading continuous improvement projects and for teamwork on
RCCA project relating to a customer quality issue
Product Support Specialist, CAD Designer/ Drafter Bettcher Industries Inc. (Nov 2002 – May 2014)
Developed action plans that included; team selection, identified deliverables and milestones,
and identified required completion dates for activities
Identified best practices and made them benchmarking activities upon which I created standard
work instructions to improve processes
Provided technical support to the outside customer including conducting on-site investigations,
training, new product development, and existing product improvement projects
Provided technical support to the following departments: Manufacturing Engineering,
Marketing, Purchasing, Quality, Sales, and Service
Represented the Engineering Department at daily Material Review Board meetings, determined
the disposition of nonconforming materials and subsequent actions to be taken by Quality,
Production, and Manufacturing Engineering departments, in relation to those materials
Prepared Engineering bulletins and technical manuals to increase communication with
customers and to assist them with product related issues in the field
Prepared evaluations and proposals for upper management on the impact and cost of changes
to products
Worked with Assembly and Manufacturing Engineering to improve the efficiency of product
assembly of new and existing components, to better meet customer demand
Conducted investigations to review proposed engineering changes, prepare recommendations
for management (as necessary), issue and complete Engineering Change Notices (ECN)
Contributed to new product design and support of existing products including: creating/
maintaining B.O.M’s., cost reduction activities, component design, drawing creation, laboratory
testing, performing stack-ups, reviewing GD&T, and reviewing regulatory agency compliances,
and test fixture design
Led continuous improvement events that included lean, 5S, Kaizen and value stream mapping
events
I also provided the same services listed above for Bettcher Industries’ medical start-up, Exsurco
(2012-May 2014)
Education:
Tiffin University:
B.B.A. in Organizational Management 2015 (Completion in August)
o GPA: 4.0
Lorain County Community College:
Associates of Technical Studies; Industrial Management December 2012
Certificate of Proficiency, M.E.T., CAD Design Operator December 2010
Certificate of Completion, M.E.T., CAD Aided Design December 2007
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