Matthew W. Singleton

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Mobile: 270-***-**** Email: i5pqes@r.postjobfree.com

PERSONAL PROFILE

I am a loyal and dedicated individual with an ambition to succeed in any given environment. My desire to learn, as well as initiative, generates an eagerness to welcome challenges. By exercising integrity, honesty, and positivity, I consistently gain the trust and confidence from all of my teammates and superiors.

OBJECTIVE

To utilize my organizational, mechanical, and manufacturing skills in addition to knowledge of management systems to be a successful contributor to a company that will contribute to the community, well-being of team members, and growth of itself.

ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE

Meritor Heavy Vehicle Braking Systems, Franklin, KY

Maintenance and Reliability Engineer Aug. 2011 to Present

Interim Engineering and Maintenance Manager.

Direct supervision of 4 maintenance leads and 4 maintenance technicians involving direction of daily priorities, performance evaluations, work schedules and planning.

Develop training matrix for increasing competencies in maintenance.

Implementation and refinement of maintenance systems such as PM, PdM, 5-Why Breakdown Analysis, 5S, Work Order and Prioritization.

Create metric reporting systems to focus efforts on continuous improvements.

Design, develop, recommend and implement projects which result in safety improvements and/or equipment OEE and reliability improvements.

Manage departmental budgetary spending as well as assigned capital project spending.

Project management using outside contractors.

Lord Corporation, Bowling Green, KY

Senior Tooling and Manufacturing Engineer May 2008 to Aug. 2011

Supported product design engineering during the product design phase for optimum manufacturability.

Daily work with Corporate Tooling Engineer during design and build of new molds and tooling.

Analyzed in-house tooling and molds to determine where efficiency could be improved through modifications, renovations, or re-tooling.

Liaison between Product Engineering and Manufacturing by communicating changes to product’s material, specifications, identifications, drawings, and packaging.

Daily communication with Program Managers, Product Engineers, Quality Personnel, and/or Production Associates to effectively implement changes to products.

Provided plant engineering resources to Product Engineers and Program Managers during the various stages of new product introduction.

Created cost estimates for new products or new processes to existing products.

Generated BOM and routings for new products as well as general BOM and routing maintenance.

Direct supervision of engineering student interns during their tenure at Lord Corporation.

Led the Engineering Committee meetings and activities, which involved various plant personnel, to address safety and manufacturing issues.

New Mather Metals, Inc., Franklin, KY

TPM Mechanical Engineer Jan. 2005 to May 2008

Utilized machine design ability, technical writing skills, and knowledge of human/machine interface with project management skills to implement process and downtime improvements.

Provided engineering support for 200,000 sq.ft. plant expansion by providing equipment layouts, contractor management, and scheduling.

Created, supported, and managed maintenance systems and assured these systems were adhered to resulting in a yearly average of 92% machine uptime.

Implemented spare parts inventory management system to supplement the machine uptime percentage.

Compared collected data to the standards and analyzed discrepancy

Compared collected data to the production reports and analyzed discrepancies, if any.

Organized and reported the maintenance data weekly, monthly, and yearly.

Adjusted performance goals as warranted by the performance improvements.

Facilities management by direct supervision of (4) Building and Grounds Technicians.

Collins & Aikman, Springfield, TN

Manufacturing Engineer Sep. 2003 to Jan. 2005

Analyzed process parameters to optimize machine output and improved quality products and once established, implemented controls to lock out parameters from being changed.

Established one-piece flow to improve recurring quality problems due to batch processing.

Created quotes for labor requirements and capital expenditures for new business opportunities.

Launched twelve different products utilizing the APQP procedures and techniques.

Conducted PFMEA exercises to reduce overall RPN (Risk Priority Number) on manufacturing processes.

Provided manufacturing engineering support for PPAP and ISIR submissions.

Assisted Quality in process capability studies.

Graduate of C&A Kaizen College 2004.

$162,000 annualized material cost reduction as a result of BOM auditing

EQUIPMENT EXPERIENCE

Resistance Seam, Spot, and Projection Welding

20 Ton CNC Turret Punch Press

38 Ton Hydraulic Press Brakes 150 to 800 Ton Stamping Presses

PVC Milling and Calendering PVC Vacuum Molding

3-Axis CNC Vertical Machining Centers Water-Jet Trimming

Plasma Cutting CNC Tube Bending

Steel Tube and Solid Bar Forging and Coining Induction, Resistance, and Gas-Fired Heating

Steel Shot Peening Heat Treatment of Steel; Heat, Quench, Temper

Powder and Electro Coating Painting Spin Forming of Steel

Coreless Induction Melt Furnace Channel Induction Pressure Pouring Furnace

Spin Casting of Gray Iron 2-Axis CNC Vertical Lathes

Rubber Injection, Transfer and Compression Molding 6-Axis Robots; Motoman and ABB

TECHNICAL/COMPUTER SKILLS

Green Belt in Six Sigma - Lord Corporation

Microsoft Project, Level 1 and Level 2

Certified Lean Manufacturing Specialist Microsoft Excel, Level 1 and Level 2

AutoCAD and Autodesk Inventor 2000 Microsoft Access

SAP Business Software MP2 and eMaint Maintenance/Asset Software

Elementary knowledge of PLC’s - RS-Logix Well Versed in TPS and TPM

EDUCATION

Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY

Bachelor of Science Mechanical Engineering Technology Aug.1998 – May 2002

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