Microsoft Office Manufacturing Engineer

ADRIAN CLEVELAND

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OBJECTIVE Detail-oriented drafter with 8+ years’ experience in drafting using AutoCad, Inventor, CatiaV5 and Solidworks seeking Drafter position.

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

10 years in Zodiac Seats positions. Robust knowledge of product flow, from design inception, manufacturing, through to final assembly. Strong drive to learn and succeed, demonstrated through job promotions and awards. Was Assistant Grocery Director and Safety Coordinator at Tom Thumb, prior to joining Zodiac Seats US in 2005.

RELEVENT EXPERIENCE

ZODIAC SEATS US Gainesville, TX

Designer - Costing Team November 2005-Current

Find ways to produce significant cost and weight reductions without compromising the integrity or quality of the seat.

Negotiate lower prices with suppliers or determine if more cost effective to produce in-house.

Re-design parts in such way that reduces components and/or hardware, which reduces cost and assembly time.

Create database tools for Engineering to aid in deciding the most reliable and cost effective parts for their programs.

Train Engineers to use the database tools.

Manufacturing Engineer

Identify and overcome problems related to the design and manufacturing of commercial aircraft seats.

Extensive hands-on project work (described in Special Projects section; page 2).

Reviewed modifications to existing product designs to evaluate impact to fabrication components, assembly, material characteristics, and cost analysis.

Manufacturing/Plastic Supervisor

Lead a dept of 30+ resources to successfully meet all schedules and objectives, which were previously delinquent.

Handled employee time keeping, attendance, interviews, writing standard work instructions, preparing presentations, running reports, managing budgets, compliance with Teamster Union, etc.

Reviewed all rejected parts to determine if they were re-workable or scrap.

Worked on assembly line upon hire, but was quickly promoted to source inspector and then supervisor.

AWARDS

Zodiac Gold Award for implementing the most quality improvements in a quarter, saving the company over $100K.

Zodiac Gold Award for Z100/300 arm. Created plastic internal arm structure that was light and wouldn’t break.

Zodiac Silver Award for solving material problem which allowed the product to ship on-time to high profile customer.

Nominated twice for the Presidential Award, which is the highest honor at Zodiac.

EDUCATION

- Associates degree in Drafting currently underway, anticipated completion in summer of 2016.

SKILLS / QUALIFICATIONS

- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Power Point), Lotus Notes, MAPICS.

- Excellent drafting skills (AutoCAD, ProEngineer, & CATIA) with knowledge of drafting standards.

- Significant exposure to Lean and Kaizen methodologies and Continuous Improvement.

- Yellow Belt Certified

- Achieves solid, long term solutions based on research and experience from working with Zodiac products.

- Extensive knowledge of industrial plastic materials and adhesives.

- Extensive knowledge of in-house machines and machining capabilities.

SPECIAL PROJECTS

Restructured entire Plastic dept, to maximize efficiency. Moved location of machines in order of workflow, to reduce travel time. Evenly distributed number of programs per machine, taking into consideration time duration to run programs and due dates. Programs were previously loaded randomly, causing some machines to get bogged down while others sat idle with no programs to run. Created machine calibration logs, and enforced calibration to be conducted daily. This solved the problem of finished parts not being per spec measurements. Organized parts into shelf systems; shelves for completed parts, problem parts, hot parts, etc. This enabled the status of the shop to be visual at all times. Cross trained all employees so they could be moved around as needed to cover workload and absences.

Designed and modeled in ProE, a nylon spoon shop-aid tool. The key was to find a material that would not scratch video bezels, yet still be strong enough to dress seats.

Co-designed universal finger pinch guard, in ProE, that fits on all 5751 seats. The part was previously vacuum formed plastic. By changing it to injection mold, it now snaps into place, eliminating the need for hardware, dramatically reducing installation time, and can quickly be mass produced. This resulted in a savings of $289K annually.

Conceived and initiated idea to create bins with foam cutouts for holding parts, using AutoCAD to design it. The design prevented parts from getting scratched, which in turn reduced scrap and re-work. The bins also sped up the counting process because they held a certain quantity, such as 10, 15, or 20 parts.

Using ProE, designed a two bin Kanban system for hardware. This system replaced a card system where the assembler would take a card to their lead to get additional hardware when they ran out. With the two bin system, the assembler takes the empty bin and places it behind the full bin facing the opposite direction. This eliminates the need for assemblers to leave their work table to get more hardware, and they never run out. The lead can visually see the empty bins. This saves Leads travel time because they can collect all empty bins at once for one refill trip.

Using ProE, designed poka yoke shop-aid tooling for Cathay Pacific amenity shrouds (poka yoke means mistake proof). The original process, without the use of a shop-aid, resulted in a high ratio of bonding and routing defects. The shop-aid was designed where parts would slide in perfectly, hold them stationary, and enable flawless sealing of the shrouds. Not only did it solve the defect issue, it also saved 38 minutes per shroud assembly; 45 minutes down to 7 minutes.

Designed a one piece bottom seat pan ramp-mount (is now patented), to resolve the field service issue of the ramp-mounts breaking in the field. The one piece part not only resolved the issue of it breaking, it is also much leaner. The one piece eliminated 26 parts/hardware which reduced fabrication and assembly efforts. This amounts to a cost savings in material and time to assemble.

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