Engineer Engineering

Career Summary

To secure a position which makes use of my skills in:

• Industrial Engineering / Time Study & Line Balancing / Process Control

• Assembly Documentation, Procedures and Component Specifications

• Manufacturing Engineering / Obsolescence Management / Component Engineering

• Documentation Control / Configuration Management

• ERP System Execution / Control of Bill of Materials & Changes, MRP

• Quality Engineering / TQM / Customer Quality Support

• MS Access Administrator / SQL / Database Design, Development & Implementation

• Customer Service / RMA

• Production Line Capital Expenditure / Production Line Maintenance

• Electronic Technician / SMT/TH Component level repair

• Laser etching systems

COVER LETTER

I am a seasoned professional and a DeVry graduate with over 30 years of industry experience in Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering and many other skill sets.

I demonstrate on my resume the focused work habits, problem solving abilities and people skills it takes to do a great job and succeed if I join your team. I would also like to say that I am unique, different, and hopefully the best candidate for this position based on my extensive experience in handling business challenges, exactly like those you face every day.

I think that my unique and varied experiences differentiate me from other candidates that might have a skill-set similar to mine. I am the one person that people can rely on to get the job done; a dedicated and loyal hard worker that will do what it takes to make your projects a success in every way.

Thank you for your time and I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

Rubin (Dale) Marcum

Work Experience

Manufacturing Engineer / Industrial Engineer / Sustaining Engineer

8/2007 – 3/2016, Meggitt Training Systems Inc., Suwannee, Ga. (Meggitt Defense Systems – UK)

• Evaluate manufacturing processes by designing and conducting research programs; applying knowledge of product design, fabrication, assembly, tooling, and materials; conferring with equipment vendors; soliciting observations from operators.

• Develop manufacturing processes by studying product requirements; researching, designing, modifying, and testing manufacturing methods and equipment; conferring with equipment vendors.

• Improve manufacturing efficiency by analyzing and planning work flow, space requirements, and equipment layout.

• Conducted assembly line time study and line balancing, and achieved the top most production efficiency.

• Keep equipment operational by coordinating maintenance and repair services; following manufacturer's instructions and established procedures; requesting special service.

• Maintains product and process database by writing computer programs; entering data.

• Obsolescence management through determining Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS).

• Develop and maintain Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS) database.

• Integration of GIDEP systems into DMSMS process for counterfeit component prevention.

• Obsolescence management of materials used in the production of Virtual and Live Fire Training Systems.

• Saved over $100K over 6 months by developing an in-house UID Laser Etching Systems in accordance with Mil-Std-130N, and integrating it into the MRP system.

• Improve product cost and manufacturing process by implementing revolutionary ideas.

• Thorough test evaluation of new devices in current product lines.

• Create Engineering Change Notices (ECN) to control Bill of Material (BOM)

• Create work instruction documentation and procedures.

• Create component specification documentation.

• Develop and build test equipment for Incoming Inspection purposes.

• Performed Continuous Improvement activities to production lines and achieved cost reduction.

Industrial Engineer / QA Manager

11/2005 – 8/2007, Metalflex Manufacturing Co. Inc., McDonough, Ga.

• Improved process controls by implementing new ERP system (E2 Shoptech).

• Installed new servers and administered shop control systems in onsite and offsite manufacturing areas.

• Developed ISO documents, procedures and forms in preparation for ISO certification.

• Developed Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for all management and supervisory staff resulting in improving communication and manufacturing visibility by 50%

• Trained management and supervisory staff on SOP procedures.

• Developed Corrective Action Request (CAR) system in MS Access to facilitate CAR and customer credit processing, resulting in an 85% increase in customer credit response capabilities.

• Developed shipping manifest procedures and forms, effectively eliminating shipping errors.

• Responsible for rebuilding and managing the Quality Assurance department.

• Developed new check fixtures for metal fabrication production environment, resulting in eliminating customer related issues on problem parts.

• Conducted 5S & Kaizen Process Improvements throughout manufacturing.

Sr. Industrial Engineer / Factory Eng. Mgr. & SV

5/1998 - 11/2005 Vitel Technologies, Inc. (Wholly owned subsidiary of American Megatrends, Inc.), Norcross, GA

• Manage factory engineering and continuous efforts for the entire factory – emphasis on printed circuit board assembly, product assembly, product testing, and OEM packaging.

• Supervised production in electronic assembly and testing of customer OEM products.

• Troubleshoot and repair of products to SMT component level, and analyzed components for ESD/EOS conditions.

• Control Bill of Material (BOM) and change control in ERP/MRP system.

• Created work instruction documentation and procedures.

• Conducted assembly line time study and line balancing, and achieved the top most production efficiency.

• Conducted RIAL & Kaizen Process Improvements resulting in an increase in quality to below 300 DPPM.

• Repair and maintenance to manufacturing equipment.

• Supervise engineering professionals, process technicians and configuration management staff.

• Established strategy of designs for manufacturing of new product introduction.

• Managed operational budgets and managed production line capital expenditure for new products.

• Managed TQM training efforts involving Mentor Assist Training / OJT, Employee Certification, and continuous improvement projects.

• Developed Engineering Change Order (ECO) system in MS Access resulted in eliminating all obsolete material.

• Developed Corrective Action Request (eCAR) system in MS Access, which resulted in an 80% improvement in responses.

• Assisted in ISO 9002 certifications.

• Directed Oracle ERP implementation factory wide, from Accounting, Manufacturing and shop floor control. Developed work instructions and conducted training courses.

Quality Process Engineer

1/1997 - 5/1998 American Megatrends, Inc., Norcross, GA

• Responsible for Quality Engineering support for RAID & Motherboard manufacturing in accordance with ANSI/IPC-A-610 CLASS 1 & 2, and ANSI/J-STD-001. Direct liaison on quality issues for Dell, Compaq, Hewlett Packard, IBM, NEC, Hitachi and Toshiba.

• Initiated packaging design team. Goals of which were to keep costs down while standardizing over many product lines, and qualifying to required laws, regulations, and specifications in accordance to the American Society of Testing and Materials ASTM-D5276-94, ASTM-D4169-96, ASTM-D4728-95, and Bellcore GR-63-CORE.

• Managed product introduction from design conception, through circuit board prototype development and into manufacturing.

• Trouble shot and repaired products to SMT component level, and analyzed components for ESD/EOS conditions.

• Developed and implemented vendor component qualification process.

• Developed and initiated SPC controls and monitoring methods for SMT, and Through-hole insertion in MS Access.

Sr. Industrial Engineer / Supervisor

8/1988 - 1/1997

Panasonic, Inc. / MCCA, Peachtree City, GA, 1988-1997

• Initiated and oversaw introduction phase of new product lines and in design for cost-effective manufacturing. Built tooling by motion economy principles and good design practices at all areas of cellular phone, pager, point of sale, and car audio manufacturing.

• Initiated Kaizen and RIAL improvement projects with all facets of the company and manufacturing.

• Developed and designed workplace layout through the use of motion economy principles, handling devices, etc.

• Thoroughly knowledgeable concerning time study principles for capacity modeling or line balancing.

• Thoroughly knowledgeable with production workstation design, ergonomics and layout economy.

• Designed, installed and maintained equitable production standards.

• Managed three other IEs within the same capacity for different consumer products.

• Developed and maintained production work guides and procedures.

• Installed companywide Xerox ERP system to all areas of the company (from accounting pay roll through manufacturing and finished goods), and initiated documentation instruction procedure requirements for ISO 9002 certification.

• Developed and maintained production parts lists and routings.

• Familiar and able to improve production operation systems, strong drafting and computer skills, and a high level of ability to visualize, design solutions for, and implement solutions for complex technical problems.

Electronic Technician / Supervisor

8/1985 - 8/1988

Panasonic, Inc. / MCCA, Franklin Park, Ill.

• Troubleshoot and repair of cellular telephones, pagers, point of sale and car audio products to SMT component level.

• Thoroughly knowledgeable with troubleshooting experience of RF and digital technologies to component level, using all types of testing equipment, i.e. oscilloscope, spectrum analyzers, digital logic analyzers, and a multitude of other equipment.

Special Projects Technician

1/1983 - 8/1985 James Electronics, Inc., Chicago, Ill

• Designed, built and repaired test fixtures for production, engineering and quality control.

• Calibrated and repaired all electronic/electrical testing equipment for production, engineering, and quality control.

• Repaired customer security systems at customer sites to component level.

• Installed and maintained internal voice and data network, including Entel PABX and VLP workstations.

Education

1993 Competitive Edge, Inc., Peachtree City, GA

DISC Management Training

1992 West Georgia College, Carrollton, GA

Statistical Process Control

1988 Matsushita University (Panasonic), Yokohama, Japan

AS - Industrial Engineering

1985 DeVry University - Digital Electronics Technology, Chicago, Ill

AS - Digital & Analog Electronics Technology

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