Manufacturing Engineer - Operations & Process Improvement

Callan Gruber

Current Address: ** **** **** ** *****: 860-***-****

Towaco, NJ 07082 Email: ******.******@*****.***

OBJECTIVE & CORE VALUES

Utilize leadership, analytical, manufacturing and innovation skills to improve the business and society.

Maintain high standards of quality with passion and purpose

Continuously challenge the status quo

Strive to improve and learn every day

Invest in the future by developing myself and others

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Siemens Healthineers (Flanders, NJ) November 2016 – Present

Staff Manufacturing Engineer – Supply Chain and Manufacturing Engineer supporting Commercial Production and Strategic Projects

●Engineering Project Manager

oManaged site wide production shutdown activities through completion with burndown charts

oCoordinated transfer of instrument production to an overseas manufacturing site

oDeveloped milestone charters, risk mitigation strategies and production readiness checklists

oLed a cross-functional team to implement a complex compliance product design change to meet global demand

oIdentified business critical SME areas of expertise and chartered a successful handoff process

●Module Team Lead for the Atellica Automation modules

oLed a team of Engineers & Engineering Technicians to maintain production continuity and drive issue resolution alongside process improvement

oGuided direct report on task management and prioritization including career development

oManaged direct report timesheets for accountability

oActed as Supply Chain & Manufacturing representative for the Atellica Automation modules at cross functional review boards including PHT, IFRB, SoS, IFPY, Asset Teams, & Gemba

●Manufacturing Engineering Productivity Lead for Operational Excellence

oChange Agent for Productivity and Process Improvement Culture

oHealthineers Performance System Core Methods trained Practitioner (A3, VSM, AVM, HK)

oLaunched the Plan Do Check Act (PDCA) process for Manufacturing Engineering

oPerformed product baseline assessments including productivity opportunity generation

oEvaluated impact vs effort of productivity opportunities and translated to agile action plans

oBusiness Charter Engineering representative for Agile Actions Plans

●Engineering Change Implementation Lead for the Atellica Automation modules

oManaged an average of 35 open and 20 proposed Engineering Changes for implementation

oDeveloped implementation plans for Engineering Changes to be phased into production

oUtilize the Sprint methodology of Scrum to plan, manage and execute change implementations

oCoordinate Supply Chain cross functional teams including Procurement, Finance, Production, Planning, and Quality for Engineering change implementations

oMaintain the Bill of Material (BOM) of the instruments to drive material demand and ensure proper material consumption in production for production continuity and financial accountability

oConsidered business impact (e.g., reliability, design to cost, supply chain continuity) when planning material dispositions and executing implementations

oExecute deliverables for process updates including manufacturing work instructions, assembly SAP routings, and process verifications/validations

●Lead Engineer for Production Spare Parts and Accessory Kits

oDeveloped framework of initial kitting process for a new product

oMaintain over 30 unique instructions for different accessory kits

oManufacturing Engineering POC for over 1000 spare parts

oStakeholder for site wide daily Gemba walks representing all product lines

●Quality Notification System non-conforming materials Expert

oMaterial Review Board (MRB) technical representative reviewing and approving non-conforming material rework procedures and non-conforming material to be used as-is

oEvaluation of non-conforming material for acceptance or scrap including material from off-site production facilities or distribution centers worldwide

oDevelop and manage temporary manufacturing deviations while, in parallel, driving permanent design solutions to ensure product compliance and sustainability

oProduct Risk Coach certified in accordance with ISO 14971

Product Engineer II (Contractor with Rose International) – New Product Introduction (NPI) Engineer supporting the Atellica Solution

●Coordinated the Atellica Solution through new product launch into commercial production

oSupply Chain and Manufacturing sub-assembly cognizant engineer for Pre-Production instruments

oModification kit process stakeholder for procuring and retrofitting parts for servicing instruments globally

oISTA ship test coordinator for the Immunoassay Module

General Dynamics Electric Boat (Groton, CT) June 2012 - November 2016

Fluid Systems Construction Senior Engineer - Reactor Plant Fluid Systems Engineer supporting VIRGINIA Class Submarine New Construction

●Maintained an Active D.O.D. Secret Clearance

●Interacted and corresponded with shipyard trade workers, government contractors, and Navy personnel

●Composed procedures to construct systems that support a Nuclear Power Plant in compliance with Military Specifications, System Diagram Requirements, Nuclear Standards and Technical Manual requirements

●Evaluated and provided disposition of liabilities to adjudicate non-conformances and deficiencies

●Coordinated and reviewed Reactor Plant and Steam Plant system diagrams for ship specific criteria

●Tracked status of and coordinated department commitments and scheduling of Nuclear Construction and Repair procedures

●Co-lead a unique pump repair by coordinating shipyard organizations along with vendor and customer representatives

●Trained in Grade “A” Cleanliness, Detrimental Materials, Deckplate Engineering, Limited Radiation Worker and S9G Reactor Plant

●Developed companywide shipyard standard procedures for trade personnel and Engineering departments

EDUCATION

University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT Graduated May 2012

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Mathematics Minor

3.470 GPA

1st Place in ME Senior Design Competition

SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE

●Value Stream Mapping, Structured Problem Solving, Agile Visual Management, Hoshin Kanri, Gemba

●Microsoft Planner, SAP, Teamcenter, IED, SOLIDWORKS, AutoCad, Azure DevOps

●Supply Chain Management, Engineering Change Management, & Production Process Change Control

●GD&T, Fluid System Diagrams, Construction Drawings, and Technical Manuals

●Certified Associate in Project Management (in process)

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