Manufacturing Resume ****
Gary Steinhaus
***************@*****.***
December 2020 - April 2023
Blueshark Enterprises – San Diego
Production Manager - Owner
Sales and service of underwater photographic and lighting equipment, electrical and electronic assembly and testing, mechanical assembly, design work, machine shop work, customer service, shipping, receiving, purchasing.
April 2021 – November 2021 (Qualstaff)
Thermo `Fisher Scientific – medical assembler – (COVID 19 test kits, assembly, testing, quality control, packaging.
Feb 2021 – April 2021 (Volt?)
Copan Industries – medical assembler (COVID-19 test kits) –kitting, assembly, labeling, packaging – clean room work.
January - October 2013 – May 2019 (part time)
Mako Technical Services – San Diego, CA
Manager & Owner
Sales and service of underwater photographic and lighting equipment, electrical and electronic assembly and testing, mechanical assembly, design work, machine shop work, customer service, shipping, receiving, purchasing.
August 2010 – September 2011
Peak Technical, Oceanside, CA
Electro-Mechanical Assembler
Mechanical and electrical assembler of sub-assemblies that are installed into complicated machines (handlers) used in the testing of computer chips. Tools almost exclusively hand tools – metric and standard. Work ranged from assembling special camera units to the use of adhesives for attaching sheets of insulation.
March 2008 - June 2009
Pyron Solar, San Diego, CA
Solar Equipment E/M Assembler-Tester
Mechanical and electrical assembly of electrical and optical units as part of large area solar arrays – parts assembly, wire preparation, special soldering of solar cells, high voltage testing, electrical testing of completed packages, physical testing of components including report writing and photography, parts organization, assistant facilities manager, assistant safety officer, packaging, shipping.
August 2007 - March 2008
Underwater Kinetics, Poway, CA
Administrative Assistant - E/M Assembler
Answering all incoming informational emails or distributing them to others, receiving and distributing incoming mail, ordering office supplies, Internet research, producing price lists, producing inventory system products, electrical and mechanical assembly, receiving all incoming visitors, updating and maintenance of MSDS library, assisting all departments –accounting, customer service, engineering, and production departments with various projects, using and maintaining all non-computer office equipment.
November13 - August 2007 and April 1990 – May 2012 (mostly part time)
Mako Technical Services – Stuart, FL & San Diego, CA
Manager & Owner
Sales and service of underwater photographic and lighting equipment, electrical and electronic assembly and testing, mechanical assembly, design work, machine shop work, customer service, shipping, receiving, purchasing.
June 2009 – Sept 2013 – electro-mechanical assembler
Rebikoff Underwater, Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Underwater Photo Equipment Technician
Electro-mechanical assembly of underwater motion picture cameras for U.S. Navy contract. Wire and PCB soldering Machine Operator / Assembler
Various part-time assignments including: machining of small parts with CNC and standard Bridgeport mills and lathes, silver soldering of underwater photo accessories. testing, technical writing.
June 2006 – December – December 2008
Industrial Technology, Riviera Beach, FL
E/M Assembler-Technician
Electrical (66%) and mechanical (34%) assembly related to gas turbine engine bases ($15 Million each) used as backup industrial power units. Soldering, terminal block building, wire preparation, building and populating electrical control boxes, machine shop work, wire installation and testing, installation of heating elements and fiberglass insulation blankets, inventory work, packaging.
September 2007 – Octrober 2011
Pulsecom Corporation, Herndon, VA
PC Board assembly, testing and inspection, and rework. Supervised and helped to control automatic soldering machines.
August 1988 – April 1991
Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics, Groton, CT
Electronics Mechanic
Mechanical and electrical work aboard nuclear attack and missile submarines. Included installation of equipment and termination of hundreds of wires, mostly into control boxes.
Mid to late 1980’s
Deep Sea Power and Light, San Diego, CA
Electro-mechanical Assembler
Various part-time assignments including: the installation and testing of video equipment aboard US Navy submarine tenders at Submarine Base Point Loma (with secret clearance); testing of lights used in MIRZ expedition to RMS Titanic, wiring control boxes.
June 2006 – Sept 2013 – electro-mechanical assembller
Rebikoff Underwater, Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Underwater Photo Equipment Technician
Electro-mechanical assembly of underwater motion picture cameras for U.S. Navy contract. Wire and PCB soldering Machine Operator / Assembler
Various part-time assignments including: machining of small parts with CNC and standard Bridgeport mills and lathes, silver soldering of underwater photo accessories. testing, technical writing.
1986 – 1987
Underwater Kinetics, San Marcos, CA1`q
Underwater Photo Equipment Technician
Assembly, testing, and sales of aluminum underwater camera housings and associated equipment. Included machining of small parts, soldering, building small circuit boards, potting,
Trade show work
1987
Manta Manufacturing, Pompano Beach, FL
Manufacturing Technician
Electro-mechanical assembly of diver tow vehicles. Wire soldering, testing including scuba diving.
1982 – 1986 and 1991 - 1996
Tussey Underwater, Tujunga, CA & San Diego, CA
Production Manager
Building and repair of underwater camera and lighting housings. Electro-mechanical and optical assembly, wire and PCB soldering, machining parts, customer service, sales, inventory work, site maintenance
1987
Manta Manufacturing, Pompano Beach, FL
Manufacturing Technician
Electro-mechanical assembly of diver tow vehicles. Wire soldering, testing including scuba diving.
1982 – 1986 and 1991 - 1996
Tussey Underwater, Tujunga, CA & San Diego, CA
Production Manager
Building and repair of underwater camera and lighting housings. Electro-mechanical and optical assembly, wire and PCB soldering, machining parts, customer service, sales, inventory work, site maintenance
At almost every one of the employers listed above I made one or more suggestions that became fully endorsed and accepted. One related to safety, others involved design, better tools to use to build the, and improving current tools.
Best Attributes:
Excellent hand-eye coordination
Able to work with very small parts.
Highly detail oriented.
Very experienced at interpreting engineering drawings and schematics.
Capable of multi-tasking.
Recent but not current IPC soldering certification.
Extremely clean working and organized.
Familiar in the use of almost all hand, power and machine tools.
Excellent at mathematics (24 credits of college math all with a grade of “A.”) Quick learner.
Reliable – ten minutes lateness during last ten years. Almost no absences.
First-class communicator – written or verbal.
Resourceful – gets the job done well and promptly.
Computer literate - Office, Excel, Photoshop, PC and MAC
Caring about the work performed.
College graduate – University of Miami – A.A. Degree - GPA – 3.25.