Manufacturing Engineer

Location:

Wichita, KS

Posted:

June 03, 2016

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THOMAS KLEBER

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Wichita, Kansas 67226-8913

Telephone: 316-***-****

Cell: 316-***-****

E-mail: ********@***.***

BACKGROUND SUMMARY

Detail-oriented industry professional and production planning specialist. Strong analytical and planning skills. Demonstrated leadership ability to develop and implement manufacturing operation and sequence processes. Knowledge of and experience with 3DVIA, CATIA V5, SAP, lean manufacturing, Six Sigma projects, and composites. Strong ability to think, reason, make a decision, and take responsibility for it. Selected accomplishments include:

Actively instrumental in first article of first F117A program, first article of Premier I, preliminary planning for Premier I-nacelles, first and second article flight test of AT-6.

Completed all work assignments in a timely fashion within timeframes given.

Achieved team goal of reducing overtime to less than 5%.

Increased proficiency with CATIA by logging over 200 hours on Saturdays in CATIA lab sessions.

While at Lockheed, received achievement award for 8 years perfect attendance.

SPECIALTIES: FLOOR SUPPORT, DETAIL SHEET METAL PARTS, ASSEMBLIES, 3DVIA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PDS ENGINEERING SERVICES, Wichita, Kansas 2015 - present

Process Engineer

Analyze blueprints. Release shop and tool orders required to manufacture detail parts and assemblies, using CATIA V6 and SAP. CATIA involves producing MFG_Models. SAP requires producing and releasing Material Masters (MM), tool work order instructions, and routers to document and produce detail sheet metal parts at Textron Aviation-Pawnee Campus, Wichita, Kansas.

AMOTEC, INCORPORATED, Cleveland, OH 2014

Manufacturing Engineer

Focus on validation of Time Standards and NVA waste reduction through time observations of long cycle-time furniture manufacturing processes at UTC Aerospace, Wichita, Kansas.

Report on result of time observations for specific key customer aircraft cabinetry/furniture monuments.

Act on approved recommendations to reduce process waste and improve productivity; with ability to collaboratively problem solve to drive systemic solutions to remove NVA waste.

PDS TECHNICAL SERVICES, Wichita, Kansas 2012 - 2013

Methods Engineer

Analyzed and interpreted engineer drawings to produce Visual Work Instructions (VWI) using 3DVIA and ENOVIA with Bombardier Learjet, Wichita, Kansas.

Engineered VWI so that task could be completed within 4-hour period.

Assigned to final assembly line, using CATIA, MS Excel, MS Word, SAP, ENOVIA, and 3DVIA.

JOHNSON SERVICE GROUP, Inc., Bedford, Texas

2010 - 2012

Aircraft Coordinator AT-6

Performed as liaison with on and off-site Design Engineering core group and Systems Specialists Engineering group at Hawker-Beechcraft, Wichita, Kansas.

Scheduled and confirmed all maintenance tasks and alterations complete prior to flight.

Participated in all test requirement reviews (TRR).

Manufacturing Engineer

Contract planner with Boeing Company of North Charleston, South Carolina.

Analyzed assembly plans and organized operations into four-hour tasks, using CATIA V5/ENOVIA.

VOLT, Wichita, Kansas

2009 - 2010

Manufacturing Engineer

Contract planner with Hawker Beechcraft Company of Wichita, Kansas.

Analyzed drawings and established task plans to document assembly processes.

Teamed with vendors to provide data for interior upholstery patterns and upholstery framework.

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CESSNA AIRCRAFT COMPANY, Wichita, Kansas 2006 - 2009

Manufacturing Engineer Sr. worked floor support for extrusion cell. Achieved:

Coordinated with tool design and tooling to modify stretch press to reduce set up and run time. Modifications increased flow and thru put. Estimated annual savings to company - $15,000.00.

Rerouted seat track from conventional operations of strippet punch and hand routing operations to CNC routing machine, consolidating three separate operations and work stations and set ups to one operation. Set up and run time reduced to 9 minutes per part. Annual cost savings approximately $25,000.00.

CARNECO Foods, Columbus, Nebraska

2002 - 2005

Manufacturing Auditor

Used ERP systems Adage and Whistle to reconcile raw material inventory between computer generated inventory and actual physical inventory. Generated and distributed daily available inventory report using Microsoft Word and Outlook.

Produced production orders for each production day using Adage. Produced and distributed production schedules for each production day using Microsoft Excel and Outlook.

RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY, Wichita, Kansas

Business Process Analyst

Strategized with SAP as a specialist in material master data mapping.

Performed trouble shooting solving problems of duplications, stock transfers, and deletions.

Technical Analysis Engineer

Collected data and prepared reports and presentations in order to assist upper management reach decisions regarding manpower and budget.

CDI MIDWEST, Wichita, Kansas

Manufacturing Planner

Contract planner with Raytheon Aircraft Company of Wichita, Kansas.

Analyzed drawings and established task plans to document assembly processes with responsibility for ordering tools.

Performed planning of detail sheet metal parts. Maintained bill of material for major and minor assemblies.

LEARJET, INC., Wichita, Kansas

Methods Planner

Analyzed engineering drawings and manufacturing methods to organize assembly operations into eight-hour blocks.

THE BOEING COMPANY, Wichita, Kansas

Manufacturing Engineer, Detail Sheet metal Parts

Developed, documented, and maintained planning data for projects that required total integration of sequencing operations to accomplish continuous workflow. Released orders for procurement of equipment, tools, detail parts, and assemblies.

LOCKHEED AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS COMPANY, Burbank, California

Planner-Assembly, Fabrication, and Functional/Planner Trainee/Structures Assembler General

Analyzed blueprints. Released shop and tool orders required to manufacture detail parts and assemblies. Concentrated classroom instruction followed by on-the-job training under the direct supervision of planning supervisors and planners. Assembled major and minor sheet metal assemblies using jigs and shop tools; experience working all aluminum alloys, titanium alloys, Inconel and Rene 41 stainless steel.

EDUCATION

Friends University, Wichita, Kansas

Master of Science in Operations Management (MSOM), 2009. GPA 4.00.

Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems, 1998

Lockheed Manufacturing Engineering, Burbank, California

Planner Trainee Program Completion (320 hours)

Spartan School of Aeronautics, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Certificate, Aviation Maintenance Technician

LICENSES

Airframe and Powerplant License FAA Inspection Authorization

MILITARY

U. S. Army Honorable Discharge MOS 52B30 Precise Power Generator Operator and Mechanic