Production Manager/Supervisor/Production Control/Solder Assembler
Resume:
PATRICIA E. SMITH
***********@*****.***
** ******** ****, ******, ** 03063
CAREER SUMMARY
• 30 years in the PCB Industry. Multi-disciplinary electronics manufacturing operations beginning with
customer requirements and expectations throughout the processing required for producing customer
compliant product.
• Decisive team leader with extensive experience relating to all levels of the manufacturing organization.
• Extensive Assembly knowledge. Initially certified by the Department of Defense in June of 1988 as the
Category C Instructor/Examiner.
• Currently Certified IPC Trainer to the J-STD-001 and J-STD-001 Space Addendum.
• Certificates in Time Wise Principles of Lean, Lean 101, SPC, Six Sigma, Failure Analysis.
• Associate Degree in Computer Science.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Vulcan Flex Circuit Corporation
6 George Ave, Londonderry, NH
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Production Manager August 2008 – March 2015
• Managed and performed Solder Assembly and Finishing operations.
• Proficient in hand and mini-wave solder assembly, forming, crimping, potting, eccobonding and hand
stamping/serialization and documentation.
• Planned production activities to manage constraints, optimize efficiency, resource allocation and
equipment needs and utilization.
• Trained Solder Assemblers and Quality Control Inspectors to the J-STD-001 solder assembly
requirements.
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• Supervised the Stock Room and Shipping and Receiving also performing these activities on an as
needed basis.
• Released jobs to the floor through our M2M system and created sub-contract PO’s for outside
processing.
• Provided feedback to Engineering for needed modifications, tooling change/creation as well as
suggestions to ensure more efficient and less costly processing methods where possible.
AMPHENOL PRINTED CIRCUITS N.Eastern Blvd., Nashua, NH
ASSEMBLY SUPERVISOR 2006 – August 2008
• Transferred to Amphenol Printed Circuit Division at their acquisition of ACT to the position of
Assembly Supervisor.
• Supervised and scheduled solder assembly and finishing operations which included forming,
solder assembly, potting hand stamping and intermediate packaging of product for shipping.
• Maintained materials inventory necessary to the various assembly operations. Availability and
expiration dates.
• Ensure product was completed on time and compliant to customer requirements, corporate goals
and objectives.
ACT / N.Eastern Blvd., Nashua, NH
PRODUCT ENGINEER November 2005 – 2006
• Tasks included the transfer of all tooling, categorizing and maintain the tooling inventory acquired
from the Parlex Corporation Flex Division acquisition.
• Part of the team following “problem” jobs consistently needing special attention to maintain on
time delivery and profitable yields.
• Performed studies of these jobs while following them and requested changes and/or alternative
processing methods. Including but not limited to, scaling drill programs, artworks and/or a change
of cleaning methods.
PARLEX CORPORATION Milk Street, Methuen, MA
PRODUCT ENGINEER 1998 – 2005
• Received and reviewed customer documentation and Design Rule Checks from CAD/CAM.
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• Issued requests to CAD/CAM and Programming for tooling to produce each job.
• Issued Material Requests to Purchasing to support each job.
• Inspected all tools relative to my assigned jobs prior to production release.
• Created Job Travelers and Figure Pages for Production.
IMAGE SUPERVISOR 1996 – 1998
• Supervised and scheduled Dry Film Lamination, Image and Develop.
• Scheduled testing and maintenance of all machines in these areas.
PROTOTYPE TECHNICIAN 1989 – 1996
• Responsible for all processing of assigned prototype orders quickly through the shop.
• Received and reviewed customer documentation. Issued requests to Product Engineering for
tooling to produce each job.
• Kept detailed notes at each processing step to feed to the Engineering Group to ensure a smooth
transition from small quantity prototype orders to large production orders.
• Able to perform all production operations when scheduling through the production could not be
done when needed.
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