THOMAS E. HITCHCOCK

**** *. ********* *** • West Covina, CA 91791 • Mobile: 714-***-****

Manager, Lean Facilitator, Senior Engineer with twenty-eight years of experience in Aerospace Manufacturing, Engineering, and Quality Assurance. A highly motivated self-directed individual specializing in saving money by increasing productivity, decreasing scrap and rework, decreasing lead times, and eliminating waste. An innovative professional with positive, transmittable energy who builds teams, creates relationships, troubleshoots and resolves problems.

E X P E R I E N C E

All ENTERPRISES INC, Montclair, CA 2017 - Present

($5 Million machinery mover and heavy industrial equipment repair service)

Design/Manufacturing Engineer - Designed and manufactured all parts required to repair large, heavy, old, industrial equipment. Created lifting and rigging equipment and custom tools to successfully accomplish unique challenges.

Production/Service Manager - Managed 20+ crew members. Scheduled and dispatched crews to daily jobs with the necessary transportation, equipment, tools, and materials to achieve the tasks at hand.

Outside Sales Rep. – Very influential in winning new business and continued work from new and existing customers. Usually the first point of contact for any perspective clients through the initial call, to the job walk phase, and receipt of order.

Warehouse Manager - Responsible for the accurate control, inventory, and movement of all of our cutomers’ machinery and equipment inside of our 100,000 square foot warehouse.

Purchasing Manager – Sourced and purchased all alloy metals, materials, hardware, and outside services for all new designs, engineering projects, service repairs, onsite improvements, etc.

Job Site Superintendent – Trained, guided, and directed team members on job site to complete the customers’ expectations on time, for the agreed upon price, in a safe and professional manner.

Quality Inspector, Shipping/Receiving/Delivery Supervisor, 140,000 Lb. Forklift Driver, Etc, etc,

NEILL AIRCRAFT CO, Long Beach, CA 2001 - 2017

($44 million manufacturer of structural metal aircraft components and sub-assemblies)

Lean Facilitator/Manager(’01-‘17)

· Developed and mentored multi-functional teams, and directed all Kaizen events resulting in average 28% increase in productivity, over 56% decrease in manufacturing lead time, 23% reduction of scrap, all realizing over $11M in savings.

· Restructured entire plant from departmental manufacturing to manufacturing cells by creating part families and laying out equipment to flow product through each cell, responsible for an annual savings of over $1.2M

· Developed 5S and Lean training program at the plant level by scheduling and performing all training classes for over 300 employees.

· Instrumental in growing production from $8M to $44M in twelve years by bringing in new capabilities and considerable 5S efforts to make space for, and strategically place new capital equipment, all in the original mfg. footprint.

· Designed, maintained, and updated scaled drawings for over 30 buildings and overall campus layout, aiding in facility planning, process mapping, and people and part travel charting.

Facilities/Maintenance Manager, Internal Auditor, M.E., Waterjet Prog.(’02-‘17)

· Purchased, maintained, and programmed three Flow waterjet cutting machines realizing an 81% decrease in set-up and run time over previous process.

· Managed high visibility, deadline-driven projects while minimizing project costs, resulting in project savings of 15% - 40%.

· Implemented preventive maintenance system and led TPM events to optimize machine performance and dependability leading to over 10% increase in up time.

· Developed standard work instructions throughout the manufacturing cells, stabilizing process variation and improving visual aids.

· Analyzed processes, created process maps, control plans, and Process Failure Modes and Effects Analyses(PFMEA) helping to increase quality rating from 94% to 99.6%

· Revised quality procedures, completed internal audits, configuration audits, and effectivity audits in preparation for and successful certification of NAC’s quality system to Rev C of the Aerospace Standard AS9100.

GKN AEROSPACE, Garden Grove, CA(Formerly Pilkington PLC) 1990 – 2001

($90 million international manufacturer of plastic, glass and composites/reinforced aerospace and military products)

Project Engineer(‘98 – ‘01)

Responsible for all aspects of developing, testing, and qualifying new products.

· Increased annual sales over $400,000 through development and implementation of repair and overhaul procedures for on site FAA certified repair station.

· Reverse Engineering of cockpit windows with complex geometries using a Romer arm digital-measuring device, realizing an annual savings of $250,000.

· Managed projects using a Integrated Product Development (IPD) Team approach, reducing time to market 15% - 20%.

· Directly responsible for first article fabrication, conformance, and qualification testing.

· Extensive interaction with customers for design and system requirements reviews.

Sr. Manufacturing Engineer(‘94 – ‘98)

Responsible for developing, implementing, and improving manufacturing processes.

· Automated manual machining processes and designed and purchased new tools instrumental in simplifying production, decreasing labor hours, and reducing scrap rates by 20% – 40%

· Prepared cost justifications and purchased capital equipment responsible for reducing scrap 15% and downstream labor by 60%.

· Successfully managed new programs from inception to completion while achieving all cost, quality, and customer requirements. These programs accounted for over 50% of the company’s new business.

· Dispositioned and routed non-conforming parts for rework,

· Wrote process specifications, assembly and test procedures, and manufacturing outlines.

· Checked detail drawings for fit, form, function, completeness, and customer requirements.

Production Supervisor(’93 – ’94)

Responsible for meeting monthly shipments and departmental budgets, reducing scrap, rework, and cycle times, increasing efficiencies, and improving quality.

· Managed all three departments in the glass window facility consisting of a production crew of 23 full time employees and 15 temporary hires.

· In charge of all hiring, documentation of union issues, timely equipment maintenance, and monthly safety meetings.

Industrial Engineer(’90 – ’93)

· Implemented cellular manufacturing methods in the cabin window product line which increased efficiency 23% and productivity 28%.

· Performed time studies to balance staffing requirements in various product lines.

· Prepared facility and equipment layouts.

· Performed capacity analyses for plant equipment and departmental work centers.

· Worked with various modules of an American Software, Inc. MRP II system during its implementation and production phases.

NAVAL OCEAN SYSTEMS CENTER, San Diego, CA 1989 - 1990

(Producer of Military satellite communications equipment)

Engineering Co-op

Provided engineering support and assistance for a variety of applications in the satellite communications division.

· Designed and implemented the use of military Tactical Receiving Equipment (TRE) spares kits for Navy surface ships and Marine Corp.’s helicopters.

· Designed an inventory program for maintaining precise status on all parts used in (TRE) and (TRAP) Tactical Receiving Application Processes, reducing inventory manpower by 50%.

· Developed and programmed financial reports in Lotus1-2-3- and Dbase III for Navy contracts and engineering applications.

· Aided in the production and testing of sensitive tactical equipment necessary for the (TRE) systems project.

E D U C A T I O N

San Diego State University

Bachelor of Science Degree · Mechanical Engineering · December, 1989

Engineer-in-training · Lic.# XE077324 · Issued 1/26/90

On site training in: World Class Manufacturing/OPEX, SPC, Lean Manufacturing, TQM, and Unigraphics

Green Belt Certified • February 2001

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