Engineer Plant
Resume:
Craig M. Zimmerly
Perrysburg, OH 43551
CAREER OBJECTIVE
To obtain a position with a progressive company, that will utilize my skills and education in a challenging work environment.
WORK EXPERIENCE
April 2014 – Present GKN Driveline Bowling Green, OH
Plant Director
Manage 200 employees, 158 hourly and 42 salaried employees.
Responsible for Safety, Quality, Cost and Delivery Metrics
Increased Return on Sales from 13% to 15% in fewer than six months.
$2M inventory reduction in raw material.
Driving cultural change across the plant to improve response times to issues.
Create cost savings tracking metrics totaling $600K year to date.
Implemented behavioral based safety system reducing recordable from 14 in first 3 months of the year to less than 6 for the remainder of 2014.
Started visual factory and leadership standard work across the plant floor.
Improved spare parts inventory to eliminate obsolescence and increase what was needed.
July 2011 – April 2014 Faurecia Interior Systems Southfield, Michigan
JIT Operations Director Business Transformation
Lead operations work stream during the due diligence phase of the acquisition of ACH Saline plant
Drafted the plan to transform the business from -4% operating income to +4% operating income in three years
Created the future state plant layout to achieve a lean manufacturing flow
Developed a detailed cost and timing to move the equipment while continuing normal production
Part of the bargaining committee for the new collective bargaining agreement.
Lead contact point with Ford Motor Company for coordinating all assembly moves into the joint venture.
Successful re-launch of 5 assembly lines and 8 injection molding machines in less than one year at new manufacturing location.
Sept 2006 – July 2011 Faurecia Interior Systems Northwood, Ohio
JIT Plant Manger
Manage 148 employees, 128 hourly and 20 salaried in a JIT environment.
Assisted in getting two successful concessions on the current labor contract.
Achieved 15% productivity gains for three straight years, through Hoshin workshops and standardize work deployment.
Single digit PPM for over 5 years.
Implementation of a quick response quality control process including improvement of customer relations.
Standardize Work Implementation with visual aid and audit schedules.
Indirect labor cost analysis to 100% flex to declining economic conditions.
TPAP process cost savings of $1.8M to date.
Create training plans for employees to support plant goals, and personal development.
Developed a management control process to review key performance indicator inputs daily to ensure plant outputs are met.
Create reaction rules and escalation procedure for non-conforming processes.
Implemented visual management process to understand current situation.
Assigned to special assignment to lead the operation work stream for a potential acquisition.
Sept 2005 - Sept 2006 Faurecia Interior Systems Northwood, Ohio
Manufacturing Engineer
Set up new plant from existing warehouse building.
Developed process flow of the production line, which included material flow and ergonomic working conditions.
Supervised and assisted in the installation of all production equipment and facility equipment.
Set up preventative maintenance procedures..
Initiated and developed standard operation procedures and APQP documents.
Implemented rework procedure for non-conforming parts, nominated for best practice in interiors.
Troubleshoot equipment and provide 24-hour support to the production line.
Work with operators to better streamline the process.
Jan. 2004 - Sept. 2005 Collins and Aikman Dura Convertible Systems Adrian, Michigan
Manufacturing Engineering Manager
Supervise six full time engineers.
Initiate and lead value added value engineering activities.
Responsible for leading lean manufacturing initiatives.
Investigate new manufacturing technologies to better ergonomics and efficiencies.
Set departmental budgets for the fiscal year, including any capital spending requirements for the entire plant.
March 2000 - Jan. 2005 Collins and Aikman Dura Convertible Systems Adrian, Michigan
Manufacturing Engineer
Focus on new product launches, starting from the prototype stage through the entire product life cycle with Ford Motor Company.
Create and maintain tooling budgets and capital budgets for new programs.
Conduct design of experiments to better understand the sources of process variation, and what can be done to minimize the variation.
Implement cost saving projects, one project saved $225,000 annually.
Provide feedback to product engineering on the design for ease of manufacturing.
Interface with the customer concerning quality issues and possible solutions to their process to better the function of the convertible top.
Create new processes to better control variation. One such process is currently going through the patent procedure.
Supervise hourly employees during start up of new programs.
Create and maintain standards for minimum tooling and gage requirements.
Place GD&T on component drawings to ensure proper assembly and manufacturability.
Attended Kiazan College.
Feb. 1999 - March 2000 Pilkington Libbey Owens Ford Northwood, Ohio
Advanced Development Engineer
Major focus on project management of high-risk parts coming into the development stage. This included quick, accurate decisions, cost control and accurate timing.
Provide tracking for projects though project management from prototype to production.
Supported plants on existing parts, by increasing thru-puts and yields, while decreasing set-up time.
Involved with technical personnel on new materials and processes.
Maintained team effort with coworkers to ensure completion of tasks.
Traveled to manufacturing plants to ensure success of their development run.
Completed Six Sigma green belt training.
EDUCATION
University of Findlay Findlay, Ohio
Masters of Business Administration
University of Toledo Toledo, Ohio
Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering Technologies
SKILLS
Trained in the APQP, FMEA, and 8D process. Attended GD&T training. Working knowledge of Mintab. Cadkey, Microsoft Office, Visio 2003, and Microsoft Project. Six Sigma green belts certified. Trained in the FES System, PC&L foundations, and Employee Empowerment.
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