PROFILE
Recent graduate in Industrial Engineering. Passionate, hardworking individual with strong organizational skills. Proficient in electrical, mechanical, and engineering.
Self-driven, team player with ability to meet goals and strategic plan of company. Seeking a position in the industrial engineering field.
SKILLS
PROFICIENT IN:
Lean Manufacturing
Earned Value Management
Excel
Access
SAP
Auto Cad, Revit
C ++
Microsoft Word
RODNEY GAUSE
CONTACT
PHONE:
EMAIL:
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WEBSITE:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodney-gause-a48651138
EDUCATION
INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
University of Southern Mississippi May 2022
Grade 3.4 GPA.
The National Society of Leadership and Success- April 2022
Presidents List
INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROLS
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College December 2014
Grade 3.4 GPA
PSI PHI BETA
4.0 President List Scholar
WORK EXPERIENCE
Huntington Ingalls Shipyard, Pascagoula MS (Industrial Engineer 1)
February 2023–June 2023
Sept 2012–Apr 2015
Managed projects with Earned Value Management methodology.
Assisted in planning, executing and assessing how the project performed against the plan.
Calculated earned value from an initial baseline.
Performed variance analysis.
Analyzed project trends.
(Structural Fitter)
Verified all the material are correctly sized and positioned adhering to the building specifications.
Prepared large metal pieces for fitting which required the shaping or bending of the material to meet the required specifications detailed in the blueprints.
Extensive knowledge of blueprints which enabled in determining the size of material and the optimum order in which to complete each step in the project.
FLEX (Randstad Staffing) (Engineering Technical Writer)
Jul 2022–Jan 2023
Implemented the culture of lean manufacturing, assisted operations with lean tools to ensure nonvalue waste is identified and solutions are realized: end to end (upstream from the customer to downstream supplier).
Conducted statistical production studies and analyzed production cost at a monthly cadence utilizing Continuous Improvement Maturity Tracker (CIMT).
Utilized “pull” systems to avoid overproduction. Level out operational workload, and work to establish standardized processes as the foundation for continuous improvement.
Koyo Bearings, IPG, INVISTA (Maintenance Technician)
May 2015–Sep 2020
Read and interpreted equipment manuals and work orders to perform required maintenance service, performed highly diversified duties to install and maintain production equipment. Diagnosed problems, replaced and repaired parts, tested and adjusted electrical and pneumatic control devices.
Corporate Security Solution (Federal Officer Level 2)
Oct 2006 – Mar 2009
Armed security guard licensed to establish security to keep FEMA building and residential sites safe from crime, fire, and other threats. Served as executive protection personnel with established detail team.
US Army (Personnel/Administrative Specialist)
Sept 1993 – May 2002
Provided a variety of management services essential to the direction, operation, and efficiency of the organizational mission.
Monitored, coordinated and tracked all ongoing personnel actions for the Division.
Delegated the position of Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Noncommissioned Officer, in which zealously provided tactical training to the Battalion to ensure operation and maintenance of NBC equipment.
Held top-secret security clearance in order to access Department of Defense data.