Cover Letter and Resume David Hendrick
• ** years of manufacturing & safety experience.
• Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma Experience
• Experienced in project management skills. *Management principles (budgeting, strategy planning, resource allocation and human resource.
• Experienced in implementing safety policies, quality, productivity,
• Adequate knowledge of business and management principles (budgeting, strategy planning, resource allocation and human resource)
• Knowledgeable of safety, quality, productivity, demand creation, inventory and stewardship processes.
• Expertise in manufacturing continuous improvement methodologies including breakdown analysis/ Root cause analysis, CAPA and Failure Analysis
• Extensive experience in a metal fabrication environment, including machining and metal finishing
• Mass production methods, human labor and use of tools, machinery, and other equipment, resulting in automation.
• Proven leadership skills: creating safety, quality, inspection, Strategy Implementation, hazmat and emergency response programs. A professional management career with technical skills in manual & CNC machining, blasting, metal finishing, welding, anodizing, plating, chemical cleaning, painting, clean rooms, punching, bending, heat treating, kitting, manufacturing, quality, safety, first aid, engineering, environmental reporting, Haz-Mat, inspection, non-destructive testing including magnetic particle inspection, analytical analysis, R&D, and plant construction management. Multi-Site Management experience. Capital Equipment Manufacturing, Job Shops, Union and Non-Union. Experience in Union Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiations.
• Management skills include overseeing personnel in small organizations to Fortune 500 Companies, private and government employers. Diverse customers base includes automotive, semiconductor, medical device, aerospace and defense, oil field, construction industry and museum artifacts restoration.
• Proven executive with over 20 years of senior management experience managing growth of existing businesses and building several start-up facilities. Extensive background which includes Environmental Reporting, Safety Coordinator, Customer Service, P&L, and implementation of Lean Manufacturing. Plant Management, Process Engineering, Journeyman Machinist, Plating, Anodizing, Chemical Cleaning, ISO 9001, Tier II, Nadcap, OSHA, HAZMAT, DOT, OSHA 40-hour HAZWOPER training, Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration Training 2011, Environmental Reporting and EPA Experience. Skill set includes Kaizen, SPC, TQM, ISO, JIT, ERT, COTR, Design of Experiments, Kanban, and Continuous Process Improvement/Lean Manufacturing, and Toyota Production System. Software includes Windows, Works, MS Office, Excel, Power Point, Microsoft Access, Word, Outlook, Freelance Graphics, Jump, Quantum and Lab Wizard. CNC programing. Page 01 of 02
ACCOMPLISHMENTS & TRAINING
• ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING • SPEAKER AT INTERNATIONAL METAL CONFERENCE
• HEALTH & SAFETY PROGRAMS • SPEAKER NATIONAL ASSOC. FOR SURFACE FINISHING
• OSHA TRAINING& CERTIFICATON • INTERVIED BY PRODUCT FINISHING MAGAZINE.
• DEVELOPED NEW MACHINERY • KAIZEN, ISO, SPC, LEAN, TPS AND TQM
• HAZWOPER TRAINING • MULTI-PLANT MANUFACTURING EXPERIENCE SMITHSONIAN AIR & SPACE MUSEUM – DC, VA&MD – DEC. 2009 TO Oct. 2022 PLATING SUPERVISOR/HAZARDOUS WASTE COORDINATOR/SAFETY COORDINATOR
(Aircraft and Space Related Equipment Restoration. Restoration Plating - Environmental Reporting - Safety Coordinator. Providing restoration services for air and space artifacts, contact officer for environmental reporting and onsite Safety Coordinator. Provide technical advice and assistance to professionals and employees for manufacturing processes and procedures. Provide technical analyses on materials and coatings on artifacts. Identifying possible hazardous conditions and generating written procedures to remove or isolate hazards.
TOSOH ADVANCED PARTS CLEANING - VIRGINIA – MARCH 2007 TO NOVEMBER 2009 ENGINEERING MANAGER/ HAZARDOUS WASTE COORDINATOR /SAFETY COORDINATOR
(Major Start-up Company. Developed chemical cleaning recipes, purchased and installed waste treatment systems, recruited Engineering personnel and developed training for production personnel. Areas of responsibility included, Waste Treatment, Environmental Reporting, Laboratory, Inspection, Non-Destructive Testing, Clean Room, Process Engineering, Facilities/Maintenance and Quality. Established SPC controls, health & safety program and process instructions. AEROSPACE DEFENSE COATINGS - GEORGIA – JAN. 2006 TO MARCH 2007 COATINGS MANAGER/ HAZARDOUS WASTE COORDINATOR/SAFETY COORDINATOR
(National Aerospace and Defense company providing Conversion Coatings, Chromic Acid Anodizing Type I, Type II & Type III Sulfuric Anodizing, chemical cleaning, pre-penetrant etching, non-destructive testing, magnetic particle inspection, liquid penetrate inspection, hardness & conductivity testing, part marking, passivation, black oxide, cadmium plating, silver plating, manganese phosphate, nickel plating, electroless nickel, and zinc plating. PLATRON MANUFACTURING - TEXAS – FEB. 2003 TO DEC. 2005 GENERAL MANAGER/ HAZARDOUS WASTE COORDINATOR/ SAFETY COORDINATOR
(National precision machine shop & metal finishing company serving the semiconductor, oil field and medical industries. Providing CNC and manual machining, fabrication, heat treating, welding, paint, chemical cleaning, plating and anodizing.) Hiring and budget responsibilities. Developed safety program and provided training to fifty employees. HR responsibilities, production scheduling and developing written procedures based upon customer blueprints. Multi-facility management of two facilities: Coordinate multifunctional teams to support contracts. Provided feedback to superiors on impact of organizational goals. Metal Finishing, Cleaning and Machining Division. ISO 9001
Jack & Gerry Properites, LLC Fulshear TX Oct. 2022 to Current - Owner AI INDUSTRIES, INC. (TEXAS & CALIFORNIA) - 1995 TO 2002 VICE PRESIDENT/GENERAL MANAGER – (AUSTIN)
(National anodizing, plating and chemical cleaning company serving semiconductor, automotive, defense and aerospace.) Shared P&L accountability with President while exercising full accountability authorizing purchasing orders, staff hiring / development and termination. Conducted timely, thorough research on return investment and costing. Directed 47 hourly employees and 3 managers; indirectly managed 2 Managers in California, Human Resource Manager and Controller. Trained and monitored staff on compliance on manufacturing system. Provided training to management staff in contract administration. KEY CONTRIBUTIONS:
• Affected noticeable productivity improvements by implementing employee cross training and reducing cycle time on existing equipment that lowered labor cost by 25%; successfully reduced labor/sales percentage from 60% to 23% of sales.
• Spearheaded massive building project of new process line; project included plumbing, electrical, lighting, and heating aspects as well as construction of production building within expansion shell, process tanks, electrical controllers, and overhead dual cranes for product transfer.
• Received coveted approval and qualification for chemical cleaning, anodizing, and packaging for leading manufactures including defense industries.
• Instrumental player in company receiving highest award offered by City of Austin, “City of Austin Wastewater & Control High Achiever Award,” during all years of responsibility with Texas facility.
• Implemented procedures in initiating first stages of ISO certification and collaborated with Quality Manager throughout implementation of TQM; vital in improving SPC controls.
• Instituted Lean Manufacturing, Design of Experiments and Continuous Process Improvements.
• Increased sales by 400% within 2 years by expanding customer base, adding services and improving delivery times Established safety and hazardous waste disposal program.
Kaizen SPC TQM ISO JIT ERT Design of Experiments Kanban Continuous Process Improvement/Lean Manufacturing and TPS Windows Works MS Office Excel Power Point Lotus Freelance Graphics Visual Cad B.S. in Business Administration – Almeda University S. M. TECHNOLOGIES – TEXAS - 2002 TO 2003
OWNER/COO
(National metal finishing company: serving automotive, semiconductor, defense, aerospace and medical industries. Processes included anodizing, zinc, e-nickel, e-polish, tin, chromate, chemical cleaning, wet paint and powder coating, ISO 9001.) Full P&L accountability planned and implemented building and process expansion for the semiconductor market. Planned and built anodizing, plating, chemical cleaning line and class 1,000 clean room. SEAGATE - ANAHEIM, CA. (FORTUNE 500 COMPANY) - 1988 TO 1995
(World’s largest manufacturer of hard disk drives through extensive machining, grinding and plating processes.) PROCESS ENGINEERING MANAGER
Presided over 45 technicians accountable for research/development initiatives and challenged with improving operations by developing innovative processes and machinery. Supported newly developed process and machinery with quality training for technicians and development of new operating manuals. Performed analytical analysis and oversaw all design of experiments. Oversaw all logistics and set up of machinery equipment during move from old to new facility. Areas of management support included machine shop and plating shop. Developed improvement plans in all areas.
KEY CONTRIBUTIONS: Saved company over $1 million dollars annually by improving yield of the hard disk drive at final assembly and test stage. Oversaw set up and de-bugging of new automated ultrasonic cleaning line resulting in elimination of manual labor formerly utilized to clean disk while improving product quality reducing stains 98%. INDUSTRY AND COMPUTER TRAINING