Engineer Engineering

PETER JAMES PEDRYC

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TECHNICAL SUMMARY

Automotive professional with 35 years of OEM Experience in various Engineering Roles

Product Improvement focusing on Design Best Practices, Global Manufacturing System Requirements, Material Cost Reduction and Competitive Benchmarking

Business case development for appropriate program management decision making

Facilitate workshop, static and hoist reviews, teardown workshops and piece cost reviews

Train & evaluate subordinates including: interns, new hires, global engineering & UAW apprentices

Identify build process criteria to improve manufacturing throughput and reduce vehicle complexity

Generate cost reduction ideas at supplier, manufacturing and vehicle component levels

Communicate with all levels of Corporate infrastructure including program management, product development teams, studio design engineering, UAW technicians, assemblers and Tiered Suppliers

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Management, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1978 (2.5/4 GPA)

Course concentration within manufacturing systems, simulation & product engineering.

Additional credited hours toward Graduate Degree from Kettering University, 1992

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Design-for-Manufacturability MASTER Engineer, conferred March, 2003

Design-for-Six-Sigma GREEN Belt Certification, May 2012

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY 02/1980 - 06/2015

GM-Advanced Vehicle Operations, Warren, Michigan 01/2005 – 06/2015

Vehicle System Benchmark Engineer

Benchmarking Engineer Report Summaries for Global Interior, Safety & Body-Closures Engineering

Cost reduction liaison engineering for GM architecture programs and Tier 1 Suppliers

Facilitate trending & learning reviews with executive management & product development teams

VisMockUp, DFSS, Shippers, Vehicle Partitioning Summary, Rapid 3D Printing

GM-Quality Engineering, Warren, Michigan 06/1999 – 12/2004

Design-for-Manufacturability Engineer

Cockpit, Electrical, Closures & Passenger Compartment ‘Design-for-Assembly’ Engineer

Coordinate, conduct, document and implement Supplier Quality component improvement ideas

Product tools including Boothroyd-Dewhurst Part Analysis, DFMEA, PFMEA

GM North American Operations Car Group, Warren, Michigan 01/1995 – 05/1999

Senior Industrial Engineer

Labor development assembly modeling for Closures, HVAC, Exterior & Powertrain Systems Teams

Relocated to Oshawa Car Assembly for Trim Shop launch support, 1995

Product development launch lead for new model door line, instrument panel and final process

GM-Midsize Car Division, Bowling Green, Kentucky 01/1993 – 12/1994

Resident Industrial Engineer

“Train the trainer” production operations for optimized assembly line balance

Investigate and implement model change and method improvement proposals

Certify line operators under Corporate Quality Network objectives

Chevrolet-Pontiac-Canada Group, Arlington, Texas 02/1981 – 12/1992

Industrial Engineer

Wheel Assembly Product Development Team Arlington plant representative, 1985

Method Analysis and Standard Labor Data Instructor for bargaining unit employees, 1987

Lean manufacturing implementation for engine dress and final assembly, 1992

Tools include: Standard Labor Data, Material Handling Standards, AutoCad, CADAM

GM-Electro-Motive Division, LaGrange, Illinois 02/1980 – 01/1981

Associate Industrial Engineer

Plant Layout Engineer for production and maintenance floor space allocation

Waste handling operation analysis cost reduction recommendations

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