Forklift Driver Team Lead

Robert R. Sims

**** *.*. **** **. Gladstone, MO.

Phone 816-***-**** E-mail ********@*******.*** Professional Summary

Twenty years of training experience with 5S, Lean Manufacturing, Safety, and Machining. Ten years Supervisory experience and six years Team Lead experience. Twenty three years of customer-focused manufacturing experience with various organizations. Seventeen years of precision machining experience producing parts to a +/- .00015 tolerance. Utilized SPC, SMED, Kaizen, TPM, 5S, FIFO, and Pull productions on a daily basis. Experience in Union environment utilizing Lean Principles with maximum results.

Accomplishments

•15 % reduction in Driveshaft machining Cell setup utilizing SMED techniques

•$85,000 cost reduction in machining operations via Kaizen events

•$35,000 cost reduction by applying PM/TPM

•Trained over 200 employees in 5S

•Trained 13 employees in Safety evaluations

•Implemented vending machine to manage tooling for inventory longevity purposes.

•Designed and Implemented TPM/PM schedules for aluminum machining.

Employment Summary

UltraTech Aerospace

Kansas City, KS

Production Manager

September 2022- Current

Managed weekly payroll of all employees

Reprioritized work and plan to meet changing deadlines

Over saw daily operations of production

Maintained compliance with safety standards

Tracked and enforced quality control standards

Worked with engineering, quality and project management to improve product

For increased efficiency

Maintained team of 25 plus employees and 2 Supervisors

Ensured adherence to company policies and procedures

Strived to maintain cost of scrap by company standard

Met regularly with President to review SQDC metrics

Burger and Brown Engineering

Grandview, Missouri

Manufacturing Manager

September 2021- August 2022

Ensured employees were adhering to PPE requirements.

Conducted Daily Balancing by the use of ERP for hours worked and quantities on work orders.

Ensured clocked in and clock out times were correct for payroll.

Updated completed work orders on master production schedule and installed upcoming work orders for all machining areas.

Closely monitored and ensured shipment dates were being kept and packaged as scheduled.

Followed through with first part inspections in QA to help keep machines running and work orders on task.

Scheduled out sourcing services and when work orders were to return to still maintain shipment dates.

Issue material as received for work orders.

PLYGEM

Manufacturing Shift Supervisor

Kearney, Missouri

July 2020- September 2021

EnsurE all employees on the shift are adhering to the safety PPE standards.

Closely monitor and inspect product to help drive a quality result to the customer.

Provide training and documentation to help all employees succeed.

Schedule production to achieve a 95% OTD to shipping.

Maximize production through lean principles while minimizing overtime needed to achieve goals.

Performing first responder duties in the event it is needed.

Working with and sometimes in conjunction with maintenance to help achieve minimal downtime on machines.

Making sure daily payroll is accurate.

Having employee accountability.

Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant, Claycomo, Missouri

Process Coach September 2014-July

2020

Manage up to 94 employees in the Trim zone departments. With seven direct and eighty seven indirect reports.

Ensure Quality matrixs are met through monitoring and documentation of finished product.

Provide Safety SPL's for new and current employees

Closely monitor cycle times through the use of and/on lights

Ensure parts are built correctly by providing updated OIS sheets

Meeting OLOT goals by closely monitoring and reducing cycle times

Provide accurate timekeeping and proper employee absent coding

Civacon/Knappco, Riverside, Missouri

Production Supervisor / Manager April 2012-September 2014

Supervise 26 employees – 26 on 1st shift and 12 on 2nd shift

Provide Safety Training for new and current employees

Established TPM/PM schedules for milling, both vertical and horizontal, lathe, and drilling procedures on aluminum parts.

Manage Daily Production schedules for the 34 machines, which included Mazaks and Okumas

Provide Shipment Goals and Requirements through daily communication meetings

Ensure that ISO standards are met by verifying set up sheets and part quality verification.

Manage interviews of potential employees

Perform daily Gemba walks within the CNC and Assembly departments

Siemens Wind Power, Hutchinson, Kansas

Lean Coordinator October 2010 to April 2012 Manage Production 5S audit processes

Train new blue collar 5S auditors

Participated in Hub area Kaizen

Executed VSM's for increased production and balanced work loads

Developed a Value Stream Map for HUB's, Paint, and Warehouse

Setup Hydraulic room by utilizing 5S and visual control principles

Restructure flow to maximize efficiency

Efficiency Projects Implemented -

-Set up Hydraulic Room for maximum efficiency

-Aligned Paint to support efficiency of the moving line

-Designed and Fabricated shadow boards for SMED purposes

Sonoco Papermill, Hutchinson, Kansas

Paper Machine Quality Inspector October 2008 to October 2010

Provide support for a Union environment in SQDC metrics

Performed QA checks for Inspection and Packaging requirements

Verified Weights and Measures for customer specifications

Eaton Hydraulics, Hutchinson, Kansas

Team Leader/Supervisor March 1997 to

October 2008

Weekly balance of hours in the Driveshaft Maching Cell in a Union environment

1st Shift Safety Coordinator

Member of the Employee Interview Board

Participated in 11 Kaizen and 6 PM/TPM projects

Established and Implemented TPM/PM schedule for milling, both horizontal and vertical, lathe, and drilling procedures for aluminum parts.

Savings due to Lean Principles was approximately $85,000 by maximizing machine capacity and reducing headcount

Eleven years of training experience with 5S, Safety, and Machining

Precision CNC Operator

Utilization of X bar and R charts

Consolidated Manufacturing, Hutchinson, Kansas

Team Leader of Polishing and Inspection Departments April 1994 to March 1997

Train and coach employees in 5S and Lean Principles

Precision metal Polishing- maintaining a 7-11 RA with the use of a profilometer

Use of micrometers to inspect in a range of .010-.040

Utilized X bar and R charts

Three years of training experience with Inspection and Polishing

Weld Up and Rework damage parts for regrind

Technical Summary

•CIP Certificate of Training Project Management – Siemens

•SPS ( Siemens Production System ) Training –Siemens

•5-S Certificate of Training – Eaton Corporation

•Set Up Reduction Certificate of Training – Eaton Corporation

•FIFI, Kaizen, TPM, and PM trained and applied – Eaton Corporation and Siemens

•SPC Certificate of Training – Consolidated Manufacturing

•Inspection and Quality courses taken with 4.0 GPA – Hutchinson Community College

•Blue Print Reading and Shop Math courses taken with 4.0 GPA – Hutchinson Community College

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