Dynamic and committed engineering professional with more than 18 years of progressive experience including management and leadership experience in fast-paced, diverse and competitive environments

Areas of Expertise

Production management

Project management

Team management and supervision

Engineering drawing and design

Safety management

Operations management

Cost monitoring and management

Scheduling & job ordering

Professional Experience

Keystone Profiles Beaver Falls, PA Sep 2013 – Present

An industry leader in cold drawn bars and metal shapes

PLANT ENGINEER

Manage all maintenance activities with supervision for 4 direct union maintenance technicians

Manage the complete process for all capital improvements with complete financial responsibility

Work with union employees and outside contractors, handle production schedules

Implement OSHA Lock-out/Tag-out Program as well as maintenance work order system

Charles Manufacturing Co Warren, OH Jan 2013 – Sep 2013

Light gauge metal fabricator with 3 punch presses, 2 brake presses and 1 combination punch press/laser

PLANT MANAGER

Managed routing of jobs in the shop and scheduling of production activities

Handled customer interactions on daily basis as well as shipping and receiving of materials

Processed engineering drawings and designs

Paragon Tool & Die Berlin Center, OH Jun 2011 – Jul 2012

A general machine shop specializing in custom machine design and build/design

OPERATIONS MANAGER

Spearheaded the initiative of establishing written procedures for all administrative, HR and official activities

Launched a program to facilitate the process of preparing job quotes as well as hourly employee handbook

Manage overall operations and review profitability for each job; review progress with engineers and foremen

Handle customer interactions and prepare quotes for different jobs

RMI Titanium Niles, OH Apr 2007 – Jun 2011

Producer for titanium mill and fabricated metal components for the global market

PROJECT ENGINEER

Achieved improvements and timely completion of capital expansion projects working with different stakeholders including outside contractors, management and union employees

Managed complete production processes for various projects including air compressor and dryer, rebuilding of a VAR melting furnace, automatic alloy system and press die designs

Handled proposals, scheduling and costing as well as technical and financial closeout for different projects

Lake Park Tool & Machine Youngstown, OH Jun 2006 – Apr 2007

Industry leader in extrusion industry building tooling, containers, liners, stems and die carriers

OPERATIONS MANAGER

Ensured timely completion of all engineering drawings in AutoCAD 2000 and managed scheduling activities

Managed purchasing of materials and tools and facilitated shop working on the floor for completion of jobs

Marlboro Manufacturing Alliance, OH Jun 2000 – Dec 2006

Producer of both continuous type piano hinges and butt hinges with specialty in labor intensive designs

PLANT ENGINEER

Worked with company Vice President and top management with direct supervisory responsibilities for 4 to 6 repair and maintenance employees and 2 CAD engineers

Completed the installation of new OSHA-compliant machine controls

Setup and debugged new butt hinge line; handled design and building of butt hinge assembly machine

Improved the plant layout and process flows based on formal studies and reviews

Setup and debugged new network backbone, servers and 20 new workstations

Served on additional assignment of Safety Director managing all OSHA programs including HazCom, Lock-out/Tag-out, lift truck training, emergency evacuation, Personal Protective Equipment and die-setter training

PRODUCT MANAGER

Operational leadership role in capacity of product manager for all overseas dealings; worked with Chinese and Canadian contacts to successfully introduce a complete new line of products in hinges

Managed purchases, invoices, engineering, quotes and customer services for both hinges and hardware lines

Added industrial hardware used in truck body industry in addition to hinges lineup

Facilitated the promotional material development including web pages and new catalogues

Lake Park Tool & Machine Youngstown, OH May 1999 – Jun 2000

Served in entry-level position while in college; proactively used AutoCAD (rel. 13 and 14) to design and improve existing extrusion industry tooling, containers, liners, stems and other parts

Developed a new system of cataloging all drawings in the facility using program developed in MS Access

Managed IT hardware and software upgrade, repair and maintenance

Handled customer interactions to ensure proper updates in design based on customer needs

Cantar/Polyair Youngstown, OH Mar 1998 – May 1999

DRAFTING AND DESIGN

Designed and detailed customized swimming pool covers utilizing CADKEY design and drafting software while working on orders from a worldwide salesforce

Completed projects working in the plant to improve the efficiency of the way the swimming pool covers are manufactured, designed and packaged.

Comdoc Office Systems Youngtown, OH May 1997 – Mar 1998

FIELD SERVICE ENGINEER INTERN

Carried out maintenance and repair for all office and public copiers in Youngstown State University Campus

Diagnosed and repaired both mechanical and electrical problems

Education

Youngstown State University

BACHELORS OF APPLIED SCIENCE Jun 2000

Mechanical Engineering Technology

ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE Jun 1998

Mechanical Engineering Technology

Skills

Proficient in a number of design and productivity software including AutoCAD and MS Office

Strong customer services and interpersonal skills with a knack for problem resolution

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