Michael D. Czapla
*************@*****.***
Seeking position as Director of Manufacturing
Summary of Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering with 18+ years manufacturing engineering. 6 Sigma certified, Black Belt, Green Belt and Kaizen through Ford Motor Lean Academy Manufacturing Engineering: Develop and Execute strategies to achieve the best quality, costs, and lead times.
Work Experience
Quest Global – USA/México – 7/2022-Current –Supplier Development Engineer
• Puedo hablar Español: Teach Operations to improve safety, quality of process, product throughput, cost improvement, and process capacity. Established and improved KPIs: OTD, PPM, and NPI/Change Control. Reliability Engineering- FMEA, Fault Tree, SPOF, SAP Oceaneering – Houston, TX 5/2020 - 6/2022 Reliability Engineer
• Improved ERP system for gathering Chain-of-Custody data: standardizing metrics for Utilization, throughput, TPM, KPI and other supplier metrics, SAP - PeopleSoft PlyGem Windows – Bryan TX- 5/2015 – 5/202, Engineering Supervisor & Quality Manager
• Reduce In-Process Scrap – save $1.2MM in internal scrap with cross-reporting and accountability.
Vallourec Drillpipe Products – Houston, TX -12/2008-3/2015, Process Engineer – Drillpipe Forging & Machining
• Research & Cost-Analysis for proposed Capital Expenditures for new products/facility modernization.
Ford Motor Company Dearborn, MI - 1999 – 2008, 6 Sigma Black Belt, Manufacturing and Quality
• Black Belt Projects: Improved Significant Concerns and First-Time-Through. Reduced Warranty concerns
from 202/1000 Things-Gone-Wrong to 101/1000 TGW Completed Black Belt 6 Sigma New Product Development: Vehicle Integration Engineer, F150 MY2008: Raptor F150 -Built and managed a
fleet of 60 prototypes, scheduled testing and maintenance.
• Production Supervisor of Final Area making current model, 12 months experience on the shop floor
Education -BSc Mechanical Engineering, University of Detroit-Mercy, Detroit, Michigan, 2002 U.S. citizen with passport, puedo hablar Espanol Other Engineering skills: Tools/Skills: Global 8D, FMEA, Process Controls, SPC, 6 Sigma, and Kaizen events; ISO 9001 and 14001 audits, TS 16949.