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Industrial Engineering - Manufacturing & Lean Leadership

Location:
Bakersfield, CA
Posted:
January 29, 2026

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Resume:

ANDREW VILLALOBOS

*********@*****.***

Manufacturing Engineering and Supervision:

Time Studies, Line Balancing, Production Capacity reports, Facilities Layouts

Kaizens, Value Stream Maps, 5S, Root Cause Analysis

Production Supervision, Safety Training, Production metrics reporting

Detailed Production work instructions

S.P.C. training and implementation

Review Engineering Drawings using GD&T

Professional Experience:

Pactiv Evergreen, Bakersfield, CA 5/2022 – 5/2023

Continuous Improvement Engineer

Perform production floor 6S Kaizens and Root Cause Analysis.

Facilitate A3 productivity improvement projects.

In charge of Gemba Walk Lean Program.

Participate in Tier II meetings.

Curtis-Wright Defense Solutions, Santa Clarita, CA 1/2019 – 5/2022

Manufacturing Engineer

Support production operations for commercial and military electronics.

Create and update work instructions and develop routing for production processes.

Proposed improvements utilizing Industrial Engineering and Lean manufacturing techniques.

GKN Aerospace, Garden Grove, CA 9/2018 – 1/2019

Manufacturing Engineer

Contract position.

Support value streams for commercial and military aircraft.

Improve clean room and fabrication transparency processes.

Review work in progress assemblies for disposition and scrap reduction.

RSA Engineered Products, Simi Valley, CA 3/2018 – 6/2018

Operations Supervisor

Contract position.

Supervisor for 18 direct reports responsible for aerospace ducting mechanical assembly and non-destructive testing in 5S work areas. Performed evaluations, disciplinary writeups, and terminations.

Teamed with Engineering on new product manufacture and redesign projects.

Aerospace processes included cleaning, welding, honing, pressure testing, penetrant testing, X-ray testing and sheet metal fabrication for low volume high precision products.

Sempra Energy, Los Angeles, CA 2/2017 – 12/2017

Industrial/Manufacturing Engineer

Contract position.

Performed time studies of SoCal Gas field technicians and created time standards. Processes included leak repair, leak detection, cathodic protection

n and gas meter repairs.

Proposed improvements utilizing Industrial Engineering and Lean manufacturing techniques.

Analyzed and reported results to upper management.

LISI Aerospace, Torrance, CA 5/2014 – 1/2017

Production Supervisor

Responsible for Continuous Improvement projects and interfacing with maintenance for machine down occurrences. Performed 5S projects to improve tooling availability and organization.

Supervisor for over 25 machinists responsible for aerospace tight tolerance fastener machining processes including SPC inspection and testing. Safety training and disciplinary actions.

Aerospace processes included flat rolling, grinding, cutting, thread rolling and roll radius.

Managed adherence to production schedules and reported performance metrics.

CABLOFIL – LEGRAND, Pico Rivera, CA 11/2010 – 9/2013

Manufacturing Engineer

Lead Kaizens, facilities and packaging improvement projects utilizing Lean and Six Sigma analysis for cable tray and electrical power products.

Project management of maintenance, environmental and capital projects. Supported electrical assembly, testing, MIG welding, and sheet metal fabrication.

Completed certification of the ISO 14001 environmental standard.

Improved plant health and safety program. Utilization of SAP, Microsoft Office, Visio, and Torchmate CAD/CAM software. Supervised production technician.

DYNAPUMP Inc., Northridge, CA 9/2007 – 12/2008

Manufacturing Engineer

Project manager of plant expansion, maintenance, construction, and capital equipment implementation.

Supervised 2 maintenance department employees.

Supported CNC machining, welding, electronical assembly, hydraulic assembly, and testing of low volume oil pump systems.

Estimated labor hours and headcount required for production schedules.

Created plant layout drawings.

In charge of plant safety and environmental programs.

BAXTER Bioscience Los Angeles, CA 11/2003 – 9/2007

Principal Industrial Engineer

Management of cost savings program, lean training, Kaizens, value stream maps, and FMEA’s using Microsoft Project for high volume manufacture.

Member of cross functional team that developed new cleaning process of production materials resulting in over $2 million in annual savings.

Performed time studies and determined production capacity for biopharmaceutical products.

Created new process methods and facility layouts using Visio.

Performed capital equipment justifications. Completed DMAIC Six Sigma Greenbelt training.

SIEMENS Transportation Systems, Carson, CA 10/2000 – 8/2003

Manufacturing Engineer

Supported CNC machining, welding, assembly, and painting for light rail train chassis production.

Participated in shop floor Kaizens.

Created plant layout drawings using AutoCAD.

Managed capital project for a new CNC vertical milling machine for large components.

Initialed engineering change orders using GD&T.

Created and modified engineering product drawings.

Education and Training:

Stanford University, Bachelor of Science, Industrial Engineering

Shop floor Kaizen Breakthrough

Six Sigma DMAIC Greenbelt

Statistical Process Control

Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)



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