Manufacturing Engineer Fire Sprinkler
Resume:
LOUIE D. GOLDSMITH
Davenport, Iowa
Email: **************@*****.***
SUMMARY
Experienced Mechanical/Design/Manufacturing Engineering Professional who has optimized processes and systems; lead design efforts; identified and implementing cost savings; and improving efficiency, quality, and designs, performed and improved profitability in a variety of manufacturing environments which include machining, sheet metal fabrication, and plastic and elastomer molding, and welding. Seeking a full-time Engineering position.
CONTRACT EXPERIENCE
Mechanical Designer, Continental Fire Sprinkler, Davenport, IA 08/2024 to 09/2024
Designed plumbing systems for fire sprinkler systems for residential, buildings and warehouses using sprink software
Studied fire sprinkler codes
Manufacturing Engineer, Astec Industries, Yankton, SD 09/22 to 01/24
Publicly traded company who makes crushing, screening equipment, washing equipment to support the making of asphalt, and concrete.
Responsible for improved production flow through 5s and lean tools.
Specified new production processes and designs
Implemented 5S operations on tool boards for building conveyors
Implemented warehouse operations, recorded down to improve receiving efficiency
Recorded downtime to improve production efficiency
Control and organize the production schedule
Designed drawings on pulley layouts on pallets for racking and shelf space.
Designed carts for storage and handling purposes
Designed weld tooling for rock crusher frames.
Developed work instructions to train operations on the use of a VLM
Worked with weld operations on crusher bases to speed up operations.
Downloaded data out to Epicor data base and analyzed it for process time to create value stream maps.
Design Engineer, John Deere, Davenport, IA 06/22 to 08/22
Contract engineering position to update their designs on hydraulics assemblies utilizing creo and bracketing for their series of front loaders for service and production purposes.
Implemented new o-ring designs on their hydraulic tubing assemblies
Updated drawings for service to improve service life of hoses/tubings
Manufacturing Engineer, Hunter Lab, Reston, VA 01/21 to 03/22
A privately held company that is an OEM manufacturer of spectrograph equipment and color evaluation equipment
BOM’s, investigating nonconformance’s, making dispositions for the product in MRB.
Led the operational team for looking into finding first pass yield improvements, provided operations with work instructions, operational cost reductions, to production team to reduce waste in production cells
for assembly of the Aeros instrument
Modified design drawings to make parts more manufacturable with Solid Works
Maintained all fixed assets and supporting schedules.
Worked with machining and sheet metal fabrication suppliers
Used SolidWorks PDM for drawing revision control
Worked on the design of optics
Manufacturing Engineer, Cobham, Davenport, IA 01/19 to 10/20
Looked into finding the root causes of scrap, first pass yield improvements, provide operations with work instructions, operational cost reductions, routings, collection plans, investigating nonconformances, writing dispositions for product, researching/implementing the installation for new production equipment.
Led a team consisting of safety, maintenance, and operations personnel to implement a new pneumatic press for riveting and staking applications.
Worked with operations personnel to develop work instructions and update c17-1 documentation, which includes work instructions, test information sheets, and product drawings to meet AS9100 requirements
Did root cause analysis, worked on problem A3’s to find the root cause analysis to problems.
Did first article analysis and PPAP on a series of parts to meet AS9100 requirements.
GE Healthcare, Milwaukee, WI 2002 – 2003
GE HealthCare is a subsidiary of General Electric Corporation that provides transformational medical technologies and services helping to deliver patient care to people around the world.
Project Manager (02/2003 – 06/ 2003)
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Contract Position managing new product introduction and variable cost reduction projects in Manufacturing. Determined parts of the product to make or buy, reviewed design drawings ensuring product manufacturability, implemented new production processes, managed writing of work instructions and implementation of quality plans. Implemented bills of materials into the Oracle database system and performed value stream mapping on the product, and ensured product cost rolled up into Oracle.
Created a manufacturing scorecard to measure supplier quality performance for suppliers.
Developed value stream flow chart to evaluate product costing.
Led an international team to implement the production process of a new control cabinet for an MRI machine between Mexico and the US facilities.
Manufacturing Engineer (06/ 2002 – 02/2003)
Contract Position assisting the manufacturing team in implementing new processes, writing work instructions and quality plans, and developing process validations for FDA/GMP approval on a new production X-ray tube.
Deveveloped DOEs to optimize procecesses
Wrote work instructions to provide operator training on assembly weld operations to improve product throughput by 10%.
Developed leak check processes and fixtures for weld joint inspection; cathode spot welding processes to meet weld force requirements via design of experiments; and quality control plan for in-house operations for product launch.
Worked with suppliers on the design and manufacturing of the ball bearing transfer carts.
OMNI-CIRCUITS, INC., Glenview, IL 1999 – 2002
Omni-Circuits specializes in double sided, multilayer, and blind/buried via boards for RF and other applications, using FR4, Teflon, and exotic materials.
Manufacturing Engineer
Installed capital equipment, wrote work instructions, defined overall process parameters, improved product quality through design of experiments. Developed and improved process capabilities for new products and wrote CNC programs.
Managed the installation of an x-ray drill increasing production throughput by 25%.
Led a team to resolve product registration problems; developed Access database of internal inner layer compensation numbers resulting in a $40K scrap reduction.
Implemented and trained production personnel on Statistical Process Control to reduce productions scrap by 10%.
Worked with a process optimization team for the optimization of the immersion silver plating and organic solder ability protectant coating lines; results provided a 10% reduction in chemical usage and scrap.
Enhanced multilayer press recipe parameters using design of experiments, and improved cycle time by 20%.
Developed work instructions and preventative maintenance for the Accuscore scoring machine.
Tested different tooling schemes to optimize drill registration.
Developed and implemented new engineering change notice procedures.
Led a team to resolve panel shrinkage issues reducing scrap by 10%.
Ipc-610, ipc
LONG-TERM EXPERIENCE
Project Engineer, S&C Electric Inc., Chicago, IL 03/15 to 01/18
Responsible for running capital projects for manufacturing like machine upgrades, replacing outdated manufacturing equipment and procuring newer technology equipment to support CNC metal fabrication and metal CNC machining operations.
Specified new equipments and production processes.
Led a team to Procure Sub Spindle Y-axis turning centers to decrease changeover times by 15% and increase throughput by 20%
Led a team that consisted of fabrication, facilities, production personal, and suppliers to procure and install, and route parts on two new tool changing brakes reducing changeover time by 30%.
Planned equipment downtime for project planning to install new equipment
Led a team to procure a new bandsaw to decrease maintenance costs and improving sawing efficiencies
Led a team to install semi-automated tool changing press brake to decrease change-over time by 20%.
Performed capital appropriations, (CAPex), ROI Analysis, and expenditure justifications relative to machining, welding, mechanical assembly, and infrastructure changes, product testing, and industrial manufacturing facility equipment.
General building construction and mechanical aptitude - capable of coordinating trades for construction projects, knowledgeable about materials:
Mechanical Engineer, W.R. Grace, Deerfield, IL 06/03 to 01/15
Managed the design and updated product drawings for the newly manufactured Flash and Prep instruments to meet business product launch timelines.
Performed CAPA on production parts.
Developed routings/process maps for new product launches assisting operator training, improving product throughput by 15%.
Did process validations (ip/0q/pQ)
Reduced new product costs, which resulted in meeting pricing within 10% of projected cost.
Assisted/managed the building of prototypes for design verification/validation of new products.
Headed implementation team of assembly operations for conversion of the ELSD to meet time deadlines.
Led/managed a team to validate an automated assembly line for insourcing of SPE tubes to a new manufacturing plant in India geared to increase product profitability by 40%.
Managed design team for development of Flash Cartridge product line to meet product launch and pressure rating requirements
Developed the welding and assembly operations of the Flash Cartridge product line to meet the pressure and product stewardship pressure requirements.
Led the design efforts for the Spring Column product line to meet the ASME pressure vessel code.
Managed engineer team on the design/Validation efforts for Solid Loader to meet customer requirements.
Led design, mfg. implementation, design validations of multi-packer products, met CE requirements.
Updated product drawings on our injection molded fittings to support supplier requirements and tolerances to achieve a 20% cost reduction.
Managed the design and the building of automation machines to pack flash and SPE cartridge processes.
Used team center Xpress PDM for drawing revision control.
Responsible for project planning and process planning for new processes and projects.
Planned circuit board delivery/wire harness delivery of prototype builds to meet production schedules
Created tubing drawings for flash instrument; worked on the design of optical systems.
EDUCATION
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, (1994)
TRAINING & CERTIFICATION
Statistical Process Control; Six Sigma Yellow Belt; ISO 9000 Auditor Training
Introduction to Creo; Solid Works, Introduction to Six Sigma; Project Management (PMP), DMAIC
PATENTS
Flow Restrictor Pattern on Grace Flash Cartridges
SKILLS
AutoCAD R14; Solid Edge; Solid Works, Auto Desk inventor, Word, Excel, SAP, Oracle, Team Center express,Epicor, Creo/ Proengineer
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