Project Engineer
Resume:
STEVE NEWBAUER
** ********** ****, **********, ** 45309 937-***-**** advit7@r.postjobfree.com
SUMMARY
Experienced supervisor and leader with an unwavering commitment to improvement, safety and training. CHARACTERISTICS
Leadership
Team collaboration
High Ethical Standards
Project coordination
Decision Making/Strategic Thinker
SKILLS & ABILITIES
• Experience managing department staffing needs, including setting staff goals and promoting a positive, productive work environment.
• Effective communicator with expertise in leading teams of technicians, including training and goal setting.
• Environmental Health and Safety Coordinator in charge of safety training, as well as training of fork lift and aerial lift operators and organizing material safety data sheets.
• Fosters collaborative relationships with vendors.
• Completion of numerous plant layouts.
• Performs cost-cutting modifications that improve safety and boosts machine productivity.
• Develops preventative maintenance systems to improve productivity of plant equipment.
• Troubleshoot systems and repair breakdowns quickly to maintain operating efficiency.
• Maintain department budget.
• Order parts and supplies for machines.
• Develop capital projects for machines.
• Member of a team that went to Germany to oversee runoff and approval of a new machine.
• Installed climate control in a plant.
• Create set-up sheets for machines.
• Member of Attack Team, that brainstorms how to fix/improve problems in the production area.
• Facilitated moving of a plant from Kentucky to Ohio, which included adding transformers, switch gears, a bus, installing a chiller, rearranging and moving machinery inside the plant, adding new air tank, installing air compressors, enlarging a water tank.
• Experienced in lean manufacturing.
• Proven abilities in a wide range of technical skills, including:
-Hydraulics -Minor welding, wire and stick
-Air compressors -480V AC-24V DC
-Create PM programs -Run rigid pipe and thread pipe
-Troubleshoot PLC’s -Troubleshoot injection molding machines
-Set and level presses -Effective Communicator
-Lean Manufacturing -Calibration on machines
-Auto Cad
EXPERIENCE
01/17 to 01/23 FACILITIES MANAGER
Flow Dry Technologies, Brookville, OH
• Work with job setters on tooling, writing set up sheets, and improve current production methods and tooling.
• Reduce cost variance and make recommendations for improvements.
• Manage new equipment, process improvements and tooling for non – automotive section.
• Provide cost estimates and time lines for projects.
• Maintain spare parts inventory, order spare parts with outside vendors.
• Utilize and improve CAD in the development of new tooling, equipment, and quality gages for production.
• Design improvements to current tooling, and equipment.
• Outsource design and building of equipment and tooling.
• Create all plant layouts in CAD.
• Work with our sales team on quoting injection molding tooling and auxiliary equipment for our plastics plant.
• Work with production on lean manufacturing.
• Promoted to Facilities Manager in August 2020.
09/07 to 01/17 PROJECT ENGINEER
Creative Extruded Products, Tipp City, OH
• Responsible for training R&D techs, finishing techs, and supervisors on new machinery, creating production ready process flows for new products, and debugging new machines.
• Part of Attack Team organized to brainstorm and problem-solve how to fix and improve challenges in the production area.
• Worked with various outside machine builders to obtain quotes to build specialized machines within budget, debug and perform a run rate.
• Created all the plant layouts in CAD.
• Worked with production on 5S and lean manufacturing.
• Organized set-up technician’s area and wrote set-up sheets, assisted shift team leader manage the floor, and worked with quality to minimize issues, built new welders, and ordered supplies for machinery.
• Selected as mentor for the 2nd shift team leader and improved communication skills within the team.
11/06 to 09/07 MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN
Sugarcreek Packing, Dayton, OH
• Worked on 618 packaging machines, slicers, conveyor belts.
• Worked on multivac machines.
• Trained on microwave transmitters, grote machines and translicers.
• Responsible for keeping the floor running and up-time of equipment.
• Tore down equipment for cleaning and set-up equipment after cleaning. 06/97 to 11/06 MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN SUPERVISOR/FACILITIES MANAGER Creative Engineered Polymer Products, LLC, (Formerly Parker Hannifin), Vandalia, OH
• Ten years’ experience in injection molding with five years’ experience as maintenance supervisor/facilities manager.
• Lead a maintenance team of 6 technicians and 11 associates. In this role, I was responsible for training, setting team goals and developing the skills of my team.
• Worked with a budget and understand the process of invoices/expense sheets.
• Responsible for the facility, which included rigging of machines, running electric, water and air.
• Responsible for contracting outside services, which included electrical, heating and air, air compressors, chillers and grounds keeping.
• Ordered parts and supplies for the machines and facilities.
• Implemented lean throughout the plant.
• Developed and implemented safety training and was the Environmental Health and Safety coordinator.
• Extensive experience with injection molding machines, press blow presses and auxiliary equipment.
CERTIFICATION
Auto Cad 2008
New Coordinator Environmental Training Certification
DVT Framework Training Certification
DX 100 Maintenance w/programming Overview
Battenfeld of America:
Certificate for Operation of Unilog 9000 Servo Motor Controlled Robot Systems
Certificate for Maintenance and Operation of Unilog 4000 CD-C Injection Molding Machines
Scott Hydraulics:
Certificate of Achievement in Hydraulics
Miami Valley Career Technology Center:
Certified Electrician
REFERENCES
James Hartings
Manufacturing Engineering Technology
University of Dayton
Vance Vair
Plant Manager/COO
Custom Foam Products, Inc.
Juan Romero
Quality Manager
Meritor
Hollie Vanhoose
Retired Process Engineer
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