John Benson

708-***-**** § adf6ds@r.postjobfree.com § Alsip, IL 60803

Manufacturing engineer

Proven manufacturing engineer with 25+ years of experience driving continuous improvement within manufacturing environments. Change agent, developing solutions and effectively implementing change. Collaborative leader focused on skill development, training, and coaching of operating procedures across an organization.

Core Strengths

Operational Excellence Cross-Functional Teams Manufacturing Reliability Fundamentals SAP Change Agent

Process Control Technical Knowledge Complex Decision-Making Multi-Site Management & Support

Team Leadership & Development Training / Coaching / Mentoring Skill Development Stakeholder Collaboration

Professional Experience

Manufacturing Engineer Dayton Superior 2018-Present

Set rates for Press, Robot Welding and Snap Ties Manufacturing Processes.

Develop Labor efficiency tracking methods for Robotic Welding and Snap Tie Machines.

Developed a more efficient Layout for Production & Shipping.

Review Production Costing, Routings and BOM.

Analyze and provide improvement options to address Quality issues.

Develop Work Instructions for Various manufacturing processes.

Manufacturing Engineer Wynright Corporation 2017-2018

Design and Development of Welding and Fabrication fixtures to better Production, Quality and Reduce Labor cost.

Developed plant layout for expansion of welding area.

Created work instructions for all Fabrication operations.

Justification of new machinery.

Manufacturing Engineer Caterpillar, Inc. 2008-2016

Reduced costs by collaborating with the vehicle heavy structures teams working with burn to shape processes, including introducing common line burning, chain burning, and common line chain burning.

Achieved savings through dynamic and static nesting with Sigmanest and Pronest software.

Identified the most cost effective location by developing a costing sheet for heavy structures.

Collaborated as part of a team to research value of aPriori costing software.

Played a key role on several cost reduction projects working with facilities in Aurora, IL, Mexico, and Brazil.

Developed a process for control of velocity in the burning process.

Currently in review for US Patent.

Senior Industrial Engineer Joseph T. Ryerson 2006-2008

Developed plant layouts for four plants consisting of sheet, pipe, bar, tube, structural, and plate items.

Created database programs that were used in the decision-making process for relocation of material.

Reduced time by implementing programs that provided information quickly and accurately.

SAP Trainer Joseph T. Ryerson 2004-2006

Trained employees on SAP at the Milwaukee, Lansing, Livermore, Devens, and Chicago facilities.

Developed curriculum focused on proper grossing, work completion, receiving, and delivery.

Supported operations throughout a SAP rollout period.

Lead Industrial Engineer Joseph T. Ryerson 1989-2004

Served as the leader of the Industrial Engineering Department, overseeing updates to the manufacturing processes, as well as Foreman for the long products.

Achieved a 30% cost savings by working with development teams to improve the beveling process, leading to increased productivity.

Managed automated and manual handling devices.

Increased uptime by 25% through automated operations that resulted in a lowered man hour per ton.

Played a key role in the layout and relocation of the company’s plate process machinery, consisting of 23 oxy fuel burning machines, eight plate shears, four plasma burning machines, 6 coldsaws, and a radiograph beveling area.

Collaborated with the implementation and development team on Cell Manufacturing, which consisted of five areas of the facility and four oxy fuel burning machines per cell.

Wrote and developed Access databases that tracked inventory management and monitored delivery performance.

Education, Honors & Training

Bachelor of Science (BS) in Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago Graduated 1988

Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America

MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access), Pronest, Sigmanest, aPriori, Creo, AutoCAD,ROI

Green Belt – Six Sigma

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