Operations Manager Quality Control

John S. Welch Jr.

Permanent Address Contact Information

**** **** ******* ** 662-***-****

Brandon MS, 39042 ********@***.***

Summary

Operations Manager with 18 years manufacturing experience that ranges from Engineering to Plant Management and Operations. Proficiencies include process improvement, plant layout and space planning, management, and employee relations.

Education

M.S. ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY University of Southern Mississippi, May 2004

B.S. INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY University of Southern Mississippi, May 2003

Skills and Training

Plant Management Six Sigma Green Belt Training

Profit and Loss Raytheon Six Sigma Training

Quality Control Microsoft Suite

Process Improvement Quality Control

Safety Management Resource Allocation

New Plant Startup AutoCAD

Plant Layout Safety & Production Training

Plant Redesign Inventory Control

Detailed Experience

Engineering Manager, Kasai Madison – 4/24 to Present

Manage the Manufacturing Engineering Department

Analyze data to reduce defects, scrap and increase efficiency

Implement cost savings and drive Engineering projects

Implement lean, new equipment installs, and drive continuous improvement

Sr Manager Operations and Quality, SMS Group of Companies – 7/23 4/24

Manage Operations for 3rd party Quality at Nissan Plant Canton MS

Mange P&L for Branch and discrepancies in billing

Set KPI’s for branch

Drive root cause analysis via data analysis

Manage containment breaks, resolve issues, implement work instructions to reduce quality defects.

Operations Manager, Dynamic Environmental Services – 2/21 to 11/1/2022

Directed sales increase to 30%.

Reduced Driver incident rate.

Reduced Employee turnover by implementing change management.

Focused sales to retain customers and re-establish lost customers.

Plant Manager, Airgas – 8/20 to 2/21

Oversee the entire plant operations.

Managed staff of 60+ employees.

Reduced production time by focusing maintenance to reduce downtime indicators.

Maintain production goals during covid outbreak by allocating and training key personnel.

Conducted HR functions discipline and hiring of plant personnel.

(Tenured resignation due to medical)

ASSISTANT PLANT MANAGER, Gold Coast Commodities – 10/11 to 8/20

Project Manager on acquisition of new production facility.

Create, Lead and enforce the company’s safety policies and provide training to all employees.

Coordinate all vendor support for in-plant operations.

Provide all Engineering support for the Brandon, MS site location. This includes new construction, layout changes, and new process implementation.

Perform maintenance when needed, including troubleshooting PLC hardware, pump wiring, and welding.

Manage permitting for company, as imposed by city zoning, MDEQ, and OSHA.

Note: Also worked part-time at this location in High School, beginning with production line work, advancing to customer sales, and eventually promoting to Production Lead- 2nd shift.

Production Manager, Milwaukee Electric Tool Company – 4/10 to 10/11

Managed Engineering and employees for three separate departments during tenure:

oManaged 2nd shift production employees for Sawzall blade line, with a total of 15 employees.

oManaged 2nd shift production employees for Sawzall and Holesaw paint lines, with a total of 25 employees.

oManaged 1st shift production employees for paint and package lines, with a total of 25 employees (both full-time and temp staff).

Conducted process improvement projects on the paint and package lines.

Created new process layout to increase floor space and equipment utilization.

SR. MANUFACTURING ENGINEER, North American Bus Industries – 1/09 to 3/10

Managed Industrial Engineering man-hour standards for production lines.

Implemented Engineering Change Notices to production floor.

Supported line personnel with engineering issues.

Designed production aids using AutoCAD.

Worked with Design Engineering to correct design issues and installation.

Led 4M process improvement team.

Participated in process improvement activities with Hungarian production plant.

SR. MANUFACTURING ENGINEER, Northrop Grumman Corporation – 2/07 to 1/09

Worked with Engineering planning and work scheduling.

Worked with personnel, using TCM (Team Center Manufacturing) to create models and flow to planning.

Monitored budget for Coast Guard and Naval Ships.

Conducted time studies and compared data with standards to ensure operations were adequately budgeted.

Worked with ship foreman, progress coordinators, and Industrial Engineering Department to correct budget issues.

Programmed Excel to pull from Access database in order to sort and compile data for easier presentation.

Audited shipbuilding electrical work to ensure work progressed accordingly.

MANUFACTURING ENGINEER I, Raytheon – 4/04 to 9/07

Created work instructions for production line.

Created and modified shop floor routers.

Performed troubleshooting and corrected any production problems that arose on shop floor.

Worked with Quality Department on production issues.

Interpreted drawings in order to ensure products met specification by comparing drawings and products to military specifications.

Projects

Project Management – Designed and managed a plant extension project. Project cost totaled $500,000.00. Designed the project in AutoCAD 3D and contacted vendors for estimating the cost and construction of the project, worked with local government on permitting and zoning restrictions, hired vendors for the project and managed construction from start to finish.

Plant Layout – Assisted in the purchase of a new facility located in TN. Worked with resident engineer on the remapping and design of piping and material flow to better accommodate new production. Developed layout with personnel needed to manage each operation and area. Hired security and worked with new management for project handoff.

Waste Water Treatment – Worked with consultants and MS Dept. of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) to develop a plan for the disposal of waste water. Contracted with local city government to dispose of waste water at an unused lagoon. Developed payment plan for city and still currently manage this project.

Plant Layout – Assisted in the purchase of a new packing machine. Met initially with vendors to study and learn the machine’s operation. Once purchase was final, redesigned the cell layout to accommodate the new machine and to improve material flow throughout the cell.

Process Improvement – Led a project team of managers and engineers in a review of the painting process. Project consisted of reviews of current process and the implementation of 4M (man, machine, method, material). Project results included increased efficiency from 22% to 55% and an overtime reduction from 23% to 13%. Project timeline was four weeks.

Time Study Project – Conducted a time study project on the building of fiber optic cables onboard a Coast Guard ship. Time studies revealed that fiber optic building was not feasible due to the amount of time required to build onboard ship. Project resulted in a move to build fiber optic spares onshore, as well as replacing damaged cables instead of repairing them.

Product Improvement - Worked with Electrical Engineers to reduce static noise generated on circuit boards. Reviewed current work instructions, then remapped and redesigned work instructions to show new wiring method and placement. The new method reduced noise generated by wires and improved production build time.

Plant Layout – Led a project team of students at a manufacturing plant. Team’s accomplishments included value stream mapping of the current process and creating a value stream map of a lean manufacturing process. Current layout was changed to accommodate the new value stream map. The procedure included obtaining a blueprint of the current manufacturing facility, which was put into AutoCAD so the students could get an overview of the facility. By using JIT techniques, the layout was changed to increase production.

Ergonomics – Conducted a study of Ergonomics and its effects on humans. Study included researching the effects of light, weather, elements, and job design. Purpose of the study was to enhance the Lean Enterprise training on the Gulf coast campus.

Website – Created a webpage for the Industrial Engineering Department at the University of Southern Mississippi using (HTML) Hypertext Markup Language.

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