Engineering - Manufacturing, Process, Quality, Management
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DENNIS PATRICK MCNEW
Hazlehurst, Mississippi 39083
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/dennis-mcnew
SUMMARY: Degreed engineer with 15+ years experience in electronics and automotive manufacturing. Engineering experience ranges from quality/customer support to safety, health and environment to process and manufacturing.
AREAS of
EXPERTISE: Process Engineering Manufacturing Engineer Quality Engineer
First Time Quality Quality Management Systems PFMEA
Lean Manufacturing Wire Harnessing Supervisor
5S 8D Printed Circuit Board Assembly Cost Reduction
ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE:
APTIV Brookhaven Operations – Brookhaven, MS 2/15 to 5/20
Manufacturer of liquid silicone rubber components (cable seals, seal plugs and connector seals) producing over 2 billion parts per year for over 100 customers inside and outside of APTIV. The Brookhaven Operations is a union shop, IUE-CWA.
Quality engineer
Developed quality procedures to reduce first time quality (FTQ) and the Cost of Poor Quality (CoPQ).
Developed and updated control plans and PFMEAs to address customer reported issues.
Responded to customer issues and implemented corrective actions to prevent the re-occurrence and escape of the reported issues.
Monitored scrap material and implemented inspection processes at the press to identify and correct the cause of defects quicker.
Trained new operators on all processes.
Manufacturing Supervisor
Supervised 29 operators.
Monitored all scrap and containment costs.
Answered customer complaints and developed initiatives that eliminate the reoccurrence of the identified issue.
Conducted customer visits to discuss identified quality issues and to understand how seals produced in Brookhaven are handled and installed.
Production is 24 hours per 7 days per week.
Supervised 28 operators working a combination of 7 days on/7 days off.
Manage overtime for operators.
Delphi Packard Electronic/Electrical Architecture Systems, Mexico West Operations 6/01 to 1/15
Manufacturer and supplier of wire harnesses and electrical components to a variety of automotive companies, such as General Motors, Mercedes Benz, Ford, Toyota and BMW.
Customer Support Engineer, General Motors Truck Group, Arlington Assembly Plant, Arlington, Texas
Resident engineer performing the role of customer liaison between the vehicle assembly plant and the various Delphi Packard manufacturing facilities in Mexico and the United States.
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Worked with the vehicle assembly plant and Delphi Packard facilities in root causing and correcting assembly plant identified quality defects.
Hired outside companies (third party) to perform rework or sorting activities to ensure a quality product is delivered to the vehicle assembly plant.
Proactively identified potential quality issues and initiate corrective actions prior to being discovered by GM quality engineers.
Worked alongside the GM Vehicle Launch teams and Delphi Packard design engineers for successful vehicle launches.
Maintained and supplied the assembly plant with spare parts.
Corresponded with the various departments and facilities within Delphi Packard Electric, Mexico and United States, on quality and design issues identified during vehicle assembly (post launch).
Teamed with assembly plant operators in identifying items that can be changed to aid in the vehicle assembly process resulting in cost savings to the customer and to Delphi Packard Electric.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Increased raw material usage by reducing the amount of color added to parts and increasing the amount of raw material (liquid silicone rubber) used in a kit.
Root caused a fuel rail thermal event at the GM Arlington truck plant. The cause of the event was the positive battery cable terminal contacting the rail on the police pursuit version of the Tahoe. The root cause was the positive cable was “hot” after the dual batteries were connected.
MILITARY: United States Coast Guard
Honorably discharged at the rate of E5, Second Class Petty Officer.
EDUCATION: University of Texas at El Paso, BS Mechanical Engineering
University of West Florida, Master’s Business Administration
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