Michael E. Gray

P.O. Box ***

Thomasville, NC ***61-0813

828-***-****

acuvx2@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Progressive experience in many facets of manufacturing including automotive and commodity. Experienced in engineering, program management, and quality improvement. Proven performance in price reduction and cost avoidance. Progressive exposure and experience in engineering, tooling analysis, work cells layout, work instructions, manufacturing training procedures, and equipment layout & installation management. Experience in business to business sales.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Enterprise 11/2015 – Present

Car Rental

Service Technician

Automobile Preparation.

Woempner Machine Company 05/2014 – 11/2015

Machining

Project Manager

Coordinate RJR Vuse production machinery project.

Coordinate CAD for RJR Vuse production machinery project.

Quality check outside vendor parts.

Wire EDM operator.

Project was suspended,

Carolina Container 01/2012 – 12/2012

Corrugated Packaging

Project Engineer

Tasked with the installation of new capital equipment as well as relocation of existing capital equipment at multiple plants.

Annual project expenditure 2.6M.

Budgets were met.

Start of production dates were met.

Responsible for all contractor quotes.

Responsible for direct construction contractors & in-plant maintenance supervision on site.

Diebold Industries (Contract) 02/2009 – 04/2009

Financial Security Products

Manufacturing Engineer

Participation in kaizen improvement projects and events.

Space savings of 1000 square feet, $15,000 cost savings.

Labor savings of $90,000.

Hayward Industries 04/2008 – 02/2009

Pool Products

Manufacturing Engineer

Work cell design to reduce labor costs and operation times.

Specification, improvement, and procurement of secondary equipment.

Participation in kaizen improvement projects and events.

Space savings of 10,000 square feet, $138,000 cost savings.

Consolidated Metco, Inc. 10/2003 – 12/2006

Tier I & Tier II Manufacturer of Class 8 Truck Components

Plant Engineer, Program Management – Volvo/ Mack

Successful launch of first under-the-hood product in company history.

Reduction of process time of said product from 5 minutes to 55 seconds.

Labor reduction of 30% for same process.

Drove off line assemblies back to press side.

Extensive executive customer management interface.

Coordination of TPO material consolidation with direct results of 3% cost reduction against $6M in sales during a time period of commodity price increases.

Direct liaison between ConMet and Findlay Industries tasked with responsibility of smooth control and communication between OEM, Tier I and Tier II manufacturing plants.

Participation and presentation of quality programs at ICIM meetings and business review meetings

Evaluation, coordination, & implementation of Volvo/ Mack engineering change management (DCN).

Proven ability to evaluate, coordinate, & implement Volvo/ Mack new product launches.

Packaging design and cost analysis to Tier I management.

Coordination & resolution management resulting in smoother relations between Tier I and Tier II

Acrotech Southwest, Inc. (Contract) 03/2003 – 07/2003

Custom Injection Molding

Senior Project Engineer

Construction of Quality Engineering flow charts, FMEA, & PPAP documents.

Management of robotic improvements of a medical application working with equipment procurement, contractors resulting in production improvement of cycle time of 5% & quality improvement

Facility engineering management concerning HVAC, cooling water system, & secured quality containment & control area.

Work cell design to reduce labor costs and operation time.

Acrotech Southeast, Inc. 05/2001 – 06/2002

Custom Injection & Blow Molding

Senior Project Engineer

Tasked with responsibility of capitol equipment evaluation, and transfer to Acrotech Southwest manufacturing facility due to business consolidation.

Tasked with responsibility of plant layout design, transfer, facilities upgrades including contactor supervision to accommodate equipment additions at Acrotech Southwest facility.

Facility engineering management concerning cooling water system, & material handling system.

Tooling management including supervision of plant tool room.

Assembly fixture methodology.

Trimmasters, Inc. 04/2000 – 05/2001

Tier I & Tier II supplier of automotive interior components

Production Engineer

Tasked with responsibility with the ground up installation of injection molding operations at two plants with budgets of $22M & $7M respectively.

Budget was met.

Prototype samples and production dates were met.

Responsible for direct construction sub-contractor & in-plant maintenance supervision on site.

Creative Plastic Molders, Inc. 02/1997 – 04/2000

Custom Injection Molding

Project/ Process Engineer

Daily customer interface pertaining to production schedules, quality, new product launch, engineering development, & assembly methodology.

Tasked with responsibility of production improvements through work cell design resulting in labor reduction.

Responsible for production improvements utilizing automation, i.e. robotics and serialization programs.

Callahan Surveying Co., Inc. & Tri-County Land Surveying Co., Inc. 06/1994 – 02/1997

Surveying & Civil Engineering

CAD Drafter

CAD drafting, mapping, topographic maps, & road layouts

Carter Ind., Peters-Revington, Wesley-Allen 02/1982 – 01/1990

Furniture Industry

Manufacturer Sales Representative (NC, SC, PA, OH, NY)

Opened new accounts.

Compiled marketing packages.

EDUCATION

North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC.

BS Mechanical Engineering, Cum Laude

Elon University, Elon College, NC.

BA Business Administration

Machining, Davidson County Community College, 2013

(Intro to CNC, Manual Machining, GD&T, Intro CNC Milling, Intro CNC Lathe)

NIMS Certification

SloidWorks Intro, Davidson County Community College, 2011

Gunsmith School, Montgomery Community College, 2009 – 2010

(Tool Making, Fall 2009, Barrel Fitting and Two Piece Stock Making,

Spring 2010).

Plastics Technology, Davidson County Community College, 1998.

(Polymer Processing, Injection Molding, Mold Maintenance & Design,

Polymeric Materials, Mold Flow, Advanced Plastics Manufacturing)

PACCAR Six Sigma Black Belt Training, 2005

Contact this candidate