Olukayode Ademola Alabi

**** ********** ***** ****** ******, NC 27214

Phone :336-***-**** E-mail:act6bt@r.postjobfree.com

INDUSTRIAL/LEAN ENGINEER

Career Objective

To obtain an engineering position that allows the use and expansion of current skill and principles

Profile

20 years of experience in Industrial engineering practice and Human resources management policies in a manner which instills public and employee trust maximizes employee potential and fosters high ethical standard in meeting the Department’s mission.

Demonstrated excellent and effective leadership administrative skills in other to create and sustain an atmosphere in which timely, quality information flows between self and others, and express facts and ideas in a convincing manner whether one-on-one or before the group.

Known for personal dedication as a team player with the ability to develop, motivate, and sustain cooperative working relationships with others.

Proven ability to take a long-term view of the Department’s direction and articulate a vision, which integrates key program goals, priorities, and value.

Skilled in defining a problem, analyze relevant information and develop solutions and plans to solve the problem.

Ability to keep focused on understanding, anticipating and responding to the needs of customers (whether department employee or the general public).

Learn new systems and software readily: strong desire to expand computer knowledge and apply it to improve business/departmental performance

Computer Skills

Windows 98 NT, Unix, Microsoft Office, Visio, Project, Arena and Micro-saint (Simulation software), SAS, Visual Basic, C++, FrontPage, HTML, Java, Power Builder, Access, Oracle, Data Plot, Minitab, GAMS, MATLAB, Networking, Project Management, AutoCAD

Education and Training

D.sc Information Enterprise and Architecture July 2012- July 2016

Colorado Technical University. Colorado Springs

M.sc Industrial Engineering Aug 2005- Dec 2008

North Carolina A&T State University

Lean Six Sigma Certification Aug 2009 – Nov 2009

Villanova University Online, Tampa, Florida

M.sc Industrial Engineering Oct 1997-Oct 1999

University of Ibadan, Nigeria

Post Graduate Certificate in Engineering Management Jan 1992-July 1992

Wolverhampton University, Walsall, England

B. Eng (Food Processing and storage) June 1984-June 1989

University of Ilorin, Nigeria

Academic and Work Experience

United State Postal Services Oct 2014 – To Date

New Castle, DE

Operation Industrial Engineer/Lean

Design or evaluate human work systems, using human factors engineering and ergonomic principles to optimize usability, cost, quality, safety, or performance.

Prepare reports or presentations summarizing results or conclusions of human factors engineering or ergonomics activities, such as testing, investigation, or validation.

Evaluate experimental, prototype, and retrofit equipment.

Ability to provide oral and written technical guidance, training, and policy interpretation related to industrial engineering, standardization, and continuous improvement processes.

Performs analysis of mail processing operations using industrial engineering and continuous improvement principles to improve service, productivity, and cost performance.

Implements national standardization programs and processes through direct involvement in mail processing operations to improve service, productivity, and cost performance.

Develops and implement costing and staffing models to promote the effective use of employees and equipment; provides advice and guidance on how to best schedule employees to meet mail volumes and time constraints.

Develops alternatives to improve operating performance and reduce costs; monitors the implementation of new procedures and evaluates and reports results.

Provides input for the preparation and justification of new and altered facilities and equipment; recommends changes to workroom floor layout of equipment and operations.

Provides technical advice and guidance to managers throughout the facility on all aspects of engineering; may coordinate the work of operations support specialists and technicians.

Oversees and monitors operations and equipment performance using national and local reporting metrics to improve service, productivity, and cost performance.

Leads multi-functional teams working on service, cost, and productivity improvement efforts.

Provides training to mail processing managers and employees on standardization and continuous improvement tools and processes using nationally developed training material.

Accomplishment

Introduced flexible time schedule that reduced labor costs by 18percent.

Played key role on a team that successfully implements Lean Mail Processing (LMP) generation 1 – 4.

Saved company $260,000/month by motivating team to implement process improvement in LDC 12 operation.

United State Patient and Trademark Office April 2012 to Oct 2014

Alexandria, VA

Industrial Engineer/Patent Examiner

Checking applications for technical accuracy and compliance with formal requirements

Treating disclosure statements and claims of priority

Analyzing disclosure and claims for compliance with 35 USC 112

Planning a field of search

Conducting search

Formulating rejections under 35 USC 102 and 103 with supporting rationale, or determining how to claim(s) distinguish over the prior art

Determining whether amendment introduces new matter

Determining whether restriction is proper

Determining whether claimed invention is operable/useful as disclosed

After preliminary instruction, you will perform patent examining functions and formulate or recommend appropriate action on Evaluating / applying case law as necessary

Evaluating sufficiency of affidavits/declarations

Determining whether appropriate line of patentable distinction is maintained between application and patents

Evaluating sufficiency of reissue oath/declaration

Accomplishment

Part of the team that reduces the filing of application processing from 48 months to 26 months.

PNSN and IMF, Navy Shipyard May 2011 – April 2012

Bremerton, WA

Industrial Engineer/Lean

Develop an implementation strategy for lean transformation

Identify and remove barriers to implementing Lean Processing

Participate in corporate policy development regarding the lean transformation

Serve as the direct representative of the shipyard commander on all matters concerning the lean transformation at the Naval Shipyards and other activities

Represent the command on the shipyard lean transformation team and the national value stream management board

Ensures that the command has a full understanding of the requirements and implications of a lean transformation; specifically that it is a complete business strategy focused on identifying and eliminating waste and improving efficiency

Knowledge of industrial engineering theory, principles, techniques, and practices related to layout planning, work simplification, process analysis, work measurement, quality control, ergonomics, and material handling of Navy Assets.

Implement industrial engineering principles as related to work methods improvement, operational performance improvement, work measurement, and employee scheduling and staffing.

Lead multi-functional performance improvement teams.

Develop layouts for operations, processes, systems, and equipment

Accomplishment

Led team to increase recycling rates of up to 49 percent monthly of all the Navy Assets during the turnaround maintenance

Conduct and established benchmark for work study for the mechanics

Significantly reduced waste and end- to- end production time by leveraging expertise with Statistical Process Control (SPC) methodology

Collaborated with senior management on Business Process Re-engineering (BPR) efforts, gaining 5% increase in productivity and quality

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Sept 2005 – Dec 2008

Greensboro, North Carolina

Research Assistant

Design a Department and Research Laboratory web page

Assist the Professor in teaching, assessing and evaluating classes when needed

Researching Sense-Making using Micro-saint Simulation

Simulation of Adversary Social Network

Accomplishment

Journal Paper Presentation

North Carolina National Guard HQ Aug 2006 – April 2011

Raleigh, North Carolina

Emergency Operation Technician

Develop process to improve the capability of the emergency management program to interact with other jurisdictional departments

Conduct annual review of emergency management ordinance Oversees National Guard early warning function, by developing appropriate systems and ensuring systems are functioning effectively;

Maintain process to ensure the jurisdiction has met all state certification requirements

Develop long-term plan to improve the jurisdiction's capability to prepare for, respond to and recover from a large-scale disaster Update/Revise the jurisdiction's emergency operations plan

Develop long-range program to improve the jurisdiction's perception of emergency management

Establish/maintain good working relationships, with private industry and volunteer organizations

Develop multi-year training and disaster exercise schedules

Support the development, monitoring, and evaluation of emergency assessment and response quality assurance, standards and accountability measures to improve National Guard operations practices and preparedness

Guides and supports regional emergency coordinators (RECs) in strengthening country office and regional emergency capacities

Contributes to the development of logistics supply chain and pre-supply arrangements

Ugomola Engineering Services May 2003 – Aug 2006

Greensboro, North Carolina

Engineering Consultant

Created a database, which monitored the validation and calibration of all production equipment.

Responsible for increasing productivity through combined work steps, removing non-value added tasks, adding automation and the development of effective work practices.

Performed time studies on production equipment to successfully establish production bottlenecks.

Monitored equipment downtime and implemented corrective action procedures.

Developed a set of guidelines to reduce costs in the division through value improvement programs

Enoma Group Services Inc. Canada May 2000- March 2003

Quality Assurance/Industrial Engineer

Reports to Industrial Engineering Manager Plans and oversees layout of equipment and production facilities.

Conducts time studies in operations to maximize work flow and spatial utilization.

Ensures facility efficiency and workplace safety.

Has knowledge of commonly-used concepts, practices, and procedures within the industrial engineering and safety fields.

Relies on instructions and pre-established guidelines to perform the functions of the job. Assists with maintenance of company safety policies adhering to local, state, and federal health and safety regulations.

Involved in the design and development of facilities, work areas and work procedures and makes environmental, health and safety recommendations accordingly.

Responsible for preparing, maintaining, and updating safety tracking databases & 5S/KAIZEN Program.

Ensures compliance with all environmental, health and safety regulations, and keeps abreast of any changes to laws and regulations that impact the organization.

Has knowledge of commonly-used concepts, practices, and procedures with lean six sigma application field.

Re-design work environment to improve efficiency and cut costs

Cadbury Schweppes Overseas, U.K Jan 1995-April 2000

(Nigeria Office)

Project/ Industrial Engineer

Develops and implements activities concerned with creation, application, and maintenance of quality standards for assembly lines, materials, and product development.

Leads Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Test (DFT) initiatives.

Devises sampling procedures and designs and develops forms and instructions for recording, evaluating, and reporting quality and reliability data and metrics.

Compiles and writes training material and conducts training sessions on quality control activities.

Investigating operational problems affecting production. Troubleshooting and identifying the cause of factory line failures and RMA material. Interfacing with HW/SW/TEST teams to quickly and effectively contain any production issues.

Meeting with senior manager to review office and project performance

Collaborated with engineers and project managers regarding design parameters for organization projects.

Accomplishment

Tracked yield loss per machine deviation, coordinating yield improvement groups to gain a 6% yield improvement

Effectively supervised 30 employees and designed work schedules that optimized production level

Meeting with senior manager to review office and project performance

Implemented Just-in-Time (JIT) strategy to optimize throughput and lower warehouse costs by as much as 15%

Professional Development

Train the Trainer Effective Management Techniques

Performance Management Stress Management

Time Management Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification in progress

Area of Expertise: Industrial production, Quality control, Lean Manufacturing, Process Redesign, Just-in- Time, 5S and Kaizen, Statistical Process Control (SPC), Cost Reduction and Avoidance, Detail- Oriented, Simulation & Computer programming familiarity, Strong presentation skills, Operations Research

Community Services

Meals on Wheels for the elderly Scott Mission, Canada

Substitute Teacher National Youth Services Corp, Nigeria

References are Available upon request

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