Kevin L. Fryer

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Lancaster, CA, 93534

661-***-****

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Qualifications: +15 years of Manufacturing and Production aerospace experience

Seeking an Operations or Production Supervisor / Manager position.

I have Manufacturing engineering and Quality engineering experience. AS9100 compliant

Experience: LEX PRODUCTS, Sun Valley, CA 11/2016 to 02/2020

Job Title: Manufacturing Manager

I am responsible for the execution of plans to attain manufacturing goals, expand production capabilities, and development of quality systems. I assist company officers and senior staff members in development and formulation of long and short range planning, programs, and objectives.

Duties include:

Manage all production, assembly and distribution activities.

Supervise all facility employees, including hiring, reviewing and terminating.

Responsible for inventory control.

Manage the building and equipment maintenance.

Work with the IT department to improve ERP utilization.

Details of duties:

Facility maintenance and upkeep, janitorial services, vending machine services.

Interviewing employee candidates, timecard approval, sick and vacation approval,

Human Resources assistant,

Manage / Supervise 25 employees

Involvement with RMA processes and procedures, Warehouse / Inventory activities,

Shipping & receiving activities

Enforce Production to final Quality processes and procedures.

Utilize my engineering background to develop assembly tooling,

Root cause analysis, Corrective and Preventive Actions,

Continous Improvements

Coordinate with corporate mangement regarding long and short term goals and strategies.

Experience: SEMCO INSTRUMENTS, Valencia, CA 10/2012 to 11/2016

Job Title: Senior Manufacturing Engineer / Supervisor

Manage Manufacturing Engineers (Valencia & Nogales) in promoting growth and changes in the current processes.

Create work instructions (i.e. Step –By- Step photographs with written instructions in English and Spanish)

Re-evaluation of all tooling used, methods, processes, etc.

MRB board member AS9100 compliant

Create and design tool fixtures to support assembly process using Catia software

Coordinate with Design Engineering, Quality and Production.

Perform Quality Inspection- perform Quality Engineering .

Perform Root Cause analysis and Corrective Action. Implement Preventive Actions.

Manage scrap for both sites and report daily progress to senior management.

Process Improvement

Perform additional tasks as requested from site Director.

Acting Plant Manager when Mfg Manager is absent.

Job Title: MRO Supervisor ( FAA Repair Station) / Mfg Engineer.

Initiated a Repair Station by organizing, developing and creating internal procedures-

Oversee and assign cross training of personnel to cover absent work station operators.

Responsible for Interviewing, hiring and training employees

Assign and direct daily work.

Responsible to ensure the team meets the schedule ship dates and that the product meets all specifications.

Report OTD and TAT Bi-monthly to senior management and customers

Conduct KPI meetings

Write performance reviews.

Daily coordination with other departmental managers to ensure products are meeting schedule.

Improve processes, methods and workflow

Improve and promote quality.

Supervisor of 40 team members:

FAA Repairman card owner

Carry out management responsibilities in accordance with our company’s policies

Experience: TIMCO AEROSYSTEMS, Pacoima, CA (aka Brice Seating) 8/2008 – 6/2012

Job Title: Manufacturing Engineer / Production Supervisor

Resolve sub-assembly and final assembly build constraints.

Create and design tool fixtures to support assembly process

Assigned to MRB to resolve and disposition part anomalies discovered.

MRB chairman

Create Rework instructions.

Create or revise Processes and Procedures

Create and implement Manufacturing Instructions using English and Spanish instructions.

Create and develop Assembly Line stations.

Perform Time studies. Balance stations to flow requirements.

Volunteered for 2nd shift Production supervisory position when needed

Recognized and rewarded from Corporate for implementation of cost saving ideas to improve production and improve quality.

I accepted a temporary position as Quality Engineer from November 2011 to June 2012.

AS9100 compliant

Experience: REGENT AEROSPACE, Valencia, CA 5/2003 – 8/2008

Job Title: Manufacturing Engineer / Production Supervisor

Provide manufacturing and assembly support to aircraft crew and passenger refurbishment.

Create and update procedures and processes.

Design Tooling fixtures.

Crew lead of 8 mechanics

Experience: GLENAIR, Glendale, CA 10/2000 – 10/2003

Job Title: Design Engineer

Provide design support for connector design and revision updates.

Assigned to support Quality Inspection for 1 year

RECOGNITION: TIMCO AEROSYSTEMS- Recognized for development and implementation to document and reord discrepancies discovered during assembly process and to react real time without jeopardizing line flow. The document and process I developed is called “Squawks” which permits the floor operator or assembler to record a concern regarding process flow or procedure.

TIMCO AEROSYSTEMS- Recognized for Production supervision for the new assembly line. I was instrumental in developing the assembly line for double and triple passenger seats. The team and I reduced TAT and OTD with high Quality standards.

SEMCO INSTRUMENTS- Recognized for developing, organizing and managing the manufacturing FAA Repair station. Formally known as MRO- Manufacturing, Repair and Overhaul.

OTD was measured in 2012 at +15 days. By mid year 2014, OTD was less than 10 days.

LEX PRODUCTS- Recognized for executing my plans to relocate our facility – on time. Production was off-line for 3 days instead of 2 weeks as originally planned.

May 2019

EDUCATION: Arizona Institute of Design Engineering- Glendale, Arizona. A.A.S. degree in Mechancial Design and Engineering.

Antelope Valley College- Certificate programs in Aerospace manufacturing processes

Management Training

Air Force Technical Orders

1553 Mux Bus system testing (Ditmco)

Computer Aided graphics- 2D and 3D modeling, Northrop’s CADAM, NCAL and NCAD

SOLID WORKS

CAD-KEY

CATIA

Geometric Tolerancing

Word and Excel proficient

PDM= Product Data Management

MRP= Material Reviewt Planning

MRB= Material Review Board

SAP= Systems,Application, Products

FOD= Forien Object Damage/Debris

ERP= Enterprise Resource Planning

REFERENCES: Available upon request

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