Project Manager Engineering

DOUG COLLINS

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Diversified experience in managing engineered lean solutions to complex manufacturing and design problems with a passion for action.

Strategic planner orchestrating tactical tasks and details to achieve project goals.

Highly motivated and self-directed; able to work independently and as part of a team to achieve organizational goals.

Quality systems and permanent corrective action innovator

Data driven, customer focused, quantifiable results oriented, quality minded and entrepreneurial.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Lean Implementation

Manufacturing Execution Systems

Environmental, Health and Safety

Financial and Data Analysis

Team Development and Building

Customer Quality, internal and external

New Product Development and Introduction

Project Management

Design for Manufacturing

Manufacturing Engineering

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Consolidated Metco, Amsted Industries, ConMet- Monroe, NC Operations 2015-2016

Hub Assemblies Engineering/Project Manager

Manage a group of engineers and technicians providing direction and technical expertise to maintain and improve equipment performance, all indices directional correct.

Manage new equipment purchases, equipment upgrades, new installations; product changes that impact equipment, and review new technology determining appropriateness for assembly department.

Provides constructive feedback on a regular basis to all direct reports, encourages their development; holds each accountable for all applicable company policies and job related expectations.

Engineered 18 customer quality corrective actions improving throughput and yield.

Developed RFID serialization procedure to eliminate duplicity and containment escapes.

Define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions in a timely manner.

AVDEL USA, LLC STANLEY ENGINEERED FASTENING - a SBD Co., Stanfield, NC 2006-2015

Engineered Fasteners Engineering Manager / Project Engineer

Responsible for New Product Development and Introduction, Tooling: Design, Purchase, Rework, and Fabrication; Equipment: Purchase, Design, Maintenance, and Facilities.

Drive Lean Initiatives; moving process monuments while installing annealing oven resulting in reduction of cycle time and standard cost savings, standardizing work instructions, mapping value-streams

Introducing integrated machine vision to final assembly resulting in 20% reduction in standard costs for product family. Quality Inspection without adding cost.

Managing Cost Reduction Program: Bottom-Line savings of $5.5MM between 2006-2013

Directing Capital Asset Projects and Asset Management System: $3.1M while owned as a private Equity Company includes; Environmental and Human Factors, Production Equipment, Material Handling, Integrated Assembly Inspection, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) for Distribution Center

Environmental Management Representative- Managing ISO-14001 Audits and Re-Certification; Annual TRI Report and TIER II Report; Coordinated Due Diligence Environmental Audits during company sale

Customize Training, in cooperation with community college: Metallurgy for Non-Metallurgists, AutoCAD 2012- 3D, Basic Logic for PLC, Problem Solving

BOSE CORPORATION, Blythewood, South Carolina 1997-2006

Home Entertainment and Automotive Sound Systems Program Manager/Project Engineer

Develop and drive strategic initiatives in Manufacturing Engineering to support key business metrics Cost, Quality, Delivery, and People

Machine Control Platforms: program development and upgrades, implement revision control for PLCs, robots, automated assembly cells, and line controls.

New Product Introduction, NPI, for Bass Box and Amplifiers including PPAP, APQP, PFMEA

Engineering Technicians:

oDeploy DataStream’s MP2 AMS (asset management system) preventive maintenance and inventory control.

oProvide 24-7 engineering tech support, controlling indirect labor overtime, and maintain alignments with value stream teams.

oDocument MP2 work orders defining a baseline for a critical skills matrix resulting in $80K saving to training budget by contracting specialized training versus offsite training.

Champion for Manufacturing Execution System, MES program delivering benefits of increase First Pass Yields, reduce cost of quality, improve inventory accuracy, and reduce labor costs. Responsible for writing a comprehensive technical design, deployment strategy, qualification and validation, and selection of software vendors, with phased implementation.

Manufacturing Systems- led team of engineers with responsibilities for all product serialization. Introduce 9 CO2 lasers for direct part marking PCB’s, network Data Matrix scanners for route enforcement and smart programming at ICT, implement contents assurance and certified test record capabilities.

GMT8XX bass box program responsibilities to introduce 6 injection molding machines, 3 hot plate welders, palletized automated assembly, and automated testing. SOP 2001 for 1MM/yr @ 99.7% FPY.

Project Manager for seven Capital Equipment Transducer Projects in one year, completing all projects on time and under budget during three-shift operation. Line change improvements resulted in 70% reduction in downtime and Zero-time changeovers.

Direct Validation and Qualification Plan for Automotive customers' process change evaluation system APQP, and PCE. All product tests pass and timeline milestones complete on time.

Implement twenty-five (25) Poka-Yoke fixtures to eliminate scrap and build automotive customer confidence. All new designs use similar fixture technology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

Project Manager for automatic high-speed assembly of 28mm push/pull sports cap with assembly rate @300/min and cap labeler vision inspection @600/min.

System Administrator for Sun Sparc 5 UNIX workstation, Geometric Modeling Software (GMS) CAD, and perform Computerize Mold Filling Analysis (SIMUFLOW3D) finite element analysis

Research and develop gas assist molding application reducing part cost by 20% and creating 450 hours for 750-ton machine.

Design solid model concepts to detailed prints in AutoCAD 2010. Responsible for concept, design, light fabrication, and installations.

Turnkey designs require understanding of electrical control scheme and customer requirements.

Installed solutions include: Medical device manufacture, Automotive, Government, Food and Beverage.

EDUCATION

Graduate Studies in Industrial Engineering, Engineering Management, University Of Tennessee. Completed 80% Requirements of M.S.I.E.-Engineering Management

B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Tennessee Technological University

B.S. Aerospace Administration, Middle Tennessee State University

PROFESSIONAL LICENSE

E.I.T., STATE OF TENNESSEE, Registration Number 9644

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