Steven Rudig

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Phone 260-***-**** E-mail actlo7@r.postjobfree.com

Successful record of accomplishments as a manufacturing engineer providing cost reductions and manufacturing processes that maximizes profitability while meeting company and customer timing and quality requirements.

2014-Present Zimmer Biomet Warsaw, In Contracted through The Experts

Sr Manufacturing Engineer

Supported new process validation.

Documented work order maintenance, and test parts.

Provided support on corrective action plans.

2014-2014 Rathburn Tool and Manufacturing Auburn, In

Process Engineer

Provided day to day support to production and quality.

Did machine change overs and maintenance.

Updated work instructions and documented new.

2013 – 2014 Guardian Automotive Ligonier, In

Process Engineer

Provided on call engineering support for off shift production and maintenance to keep production running at best possible efficiency.

Provide Engineering support to production setting parameters, tracking defects, finding root causes for issues and correcting.

Updated work instructions and process parameters for consistent production results and best practices in work.

Started team to find and correct practices causing air trapped in windshields to reduce scrap and rework costs.

2012 – 2013 Benteler Automotive Goshen, In

Manufacturing Engineer

Provided cycle time reductions creating 15% decrease in laser utilization.

Provide Engineering support through the quote and launch of new equipment, coordinating contractors installing equipment, setting up new parts and trying out equipment.

Created work instructions for use of new equipment, trained operators and maintenance on basic operations and scheduled training for advanced issues of machines.

Created and modified programs for CNC laser equipment, cycle timing and making adjustments to decrease time.

Quoted, sourced, followed and programmed laser fixtures for cutting new parts, provided initial set up and adjusted into tolerance for PPAP.

Defined process for new parts in lasers.

Launched new parts, set up programs and fixtures, ran PPAP parts and trained operators.

2011 – 2012 Caterpillar Peoria, IL Contracted through Aerotek

Manufacturing Engineer

Provide Engineering support through the quote and launch of new equipment, tracking timelines, coordinating equipment moves and installation of both moved and new equipment.

Provide plant layout support for proper location of equipment with proper work flow.

Document equipment costs, outsourcing costs, process cost savings and justifications for new equipment.

2009 – 2010 Alcoa Auburn, IN Contracted through Headway Corp.

Quoting / Process Engineer

Provide Engineering support through the quote process and design of processes for best practice processing new parts and setting up for launch.

Provide on floor process engineering support for day to day production issues to correct issue defining new procedures and working with resources to correct mechanical issues.

Estimated cycle times for machining, forming, and welding of parts, and developed business cases from them, developing costs and selling price to present to management and sales department.

Designed fixtures for CNC machining and provided engineering support for builds.

Defined process for parts during quote and finalized after award.

Provided quote data for awarded contracts in excess or $10,000,000 in annual business.

2005 – 2009 Wayne Metals, LLC Markle, IN

Process Engineer

Reprocessed parts and assemblies resulting in $150,000 in annual savings.

Provide Engineering support through process design and documentation and customer contact.

Launched product lines creating $2,000,000 in annual business.

Answered customer quality concerns, providing on time answers and solutions for all issues.

Provided flat drawings for parts for ease of manufacturing in brake press using Pro E.

Developed part processing to comply with geometric tolerances on part.

2004 – 2005 Dana Corporation Fort Wayne, IN Contracted through Aerotek

Industrial Engineer

Provided time study and standards documentation for products that had been moved into plant.

2003 – 2003 BENDIX CORPORATION Huntington, IN Contracted through Aerotek

Manufacturing Engineer

Provided plant layouts for new and existing equipment to allow the company to merge their foreign plant with their Indiana production.

1993 – 2002 TOWER AUTOMOTIVE Auburn, IN

Process Engineer 1999 - 2002

Performed material usage analysis to find 5% in annual cost savings by reducing the pitch of the material.

Functioned as team leader for cross functional team investigating customer quality concerns and provided solutions and implementation timing within required 5 day time line.

Provided team leadership for cross functional team investigating poor performing jobs to increase productivity, totaling approximately 3% labor savings.

Quoted and followed tooling for engineering changes.

Defined and changed part processes to reduce costs and quality issues

Design / Packaging Engineer 1995 - 1999

Transferred part data into system from customer and out to appropriate tooling suppliers making sure that tools come in up to date to latest part revision.

Created 3D part roadmaps using Catia to measure parts on CMM.

Provided plant layout for weld cells and part containers.

Worked with customers on part quantities per container and container sizes as well as design of special containers.

1990 – 1993 PENT, INC. Kendallville, IN

CADD Draftsman

Designed and documented stamped steel and injection molded parts for modular wiring systems and under shelf lights.

Designed mechanical staking equipment for plastic assemblies for modular wiring systems.

Trained new employees in numbering system and equipment usage

1986 – 1989 MAGNAVOX G&I ELECTRONICS Fort Wayne, IN

Designer 1988 – 1989

Drafting Apprentice 1986 – 1988

EDUCATION

1997 – 2010 Purdue University Fort Wayne, IN

B.S. Mechanical Engineering Technology

1988 – 1994 Purdue University Fort Wayne, IN

A.S. Mechanical Engineering Technology

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