Project Manager, Industrial Engineer

OBJECTIVE: Highly motivated Industrial Engineer seeking for new challenges in Continuous Improvement projects.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

• Currently enrolled in dual degree M.S. in Industrial Engineering and MBA.

• Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering.

• Solved design and manufacturing problems on existing products.

• Assisted Engineering in the Product Design for Assembly and/or Manufacturing.

• Worked with bill of materials.

• Applied industrial engineering concepts related to time and motion and labor utilization.

• Cross-functional supply chain experience from the planning phase through execution in Maintenance Department.

• Managed high number of SKU’s.

• Experienced with MRP/ERP planning and scheduling systems.

• Conducted manufacturing facilities improvement, safety and compliance project for molding injection Company.

• Fluent in both English and Spanish; functioned as translator in a business setting.

• AutoCAD.

• Microsoft Office and Project.

EDUCATION

The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX Expected Graduation Date: December 2012

Master Business Administration in Operations Management

Master of Science in Industrial Engineering.

The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX. December 2006

Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering.

WORK EXPERIENCE

FRITO LAY NORTH AMERICA, Irving, TX 2010 - Present

Manufacturing Manager

Management of the Extruded Business Unit.

• Lead team of 45 associates with varying levels of experience and education.

• Responsible for people and team development, quality performance, cost, service and safety.

• Develop individuals and the team to solve operational issues.

• Motivate the team to achieve performance targets.

• Organize and facilitate team meetings to achieve continuous productivity improvements.

• Coach team members to use the processes in place and facilitate problem solving on the floor.

• Administer policies and procedures.

• Initiate and implement continuous improvement projects.

AMERICA’S BEVERAGE COMPANY, Irving, TX 2008 – 2010

Maintenance & Engineering Intern

Cross functional supply chain and facility improvements

• Created catalog system for facility drawings, and updated all drawings to reflect new system.

• Inventory management of Spare Parts and analysis leading to optimization of the system.

• Managed facility improvements projects including planning, scheduling and execution.

• Produced evacuation maps drawings in AutoCAD.

• Updated the plant’s layout drawing in AutoCAD for additions and changes to plant configuration and equipment.

• Created technical manuals library for maintenance department utilizing a catalog system to include a numbering system and organized manuals into new same size binders allowing for easier identification by mechanics and staff.

• Leaded a team in the creation of the Maintenance Department’s first Planned Job Package which is to be used as the template for all planned job packages.

• Established the first time studies in the rebuilt of critical equipment identifying waste in the process.

• Assisted in the KPI monitoring for the Maintenance Department.

• Perform capital expenditure justifications

ATRIUM WINDOWS AND DOORS, Dallas, TX 2007-2008

Manufacturing Engineer

Optimization and Lean Manufacturing Projects

• Applied Kanban systems in vinyl assembly lines doubling productivity.

• Established time studies in the assembly lines in order to redesign the work methods and workflow ensuring they are ergonomically correct.

• Designed layout of new aluminum window assembly line.

• Reduced failure of insulated glass through lean manufacturing implementation, bringing a cost savings of $600 on average per unit (if replaced in the field).

• Standardization and training of assembly operations for employees.

• Managed business-supplier continuous improvement projects for manufacturing operations.

• Applied root-cause analysis in the redesign of various windows profiles.

REHRIG PACIFIC COMPANY, Dallas, TX 2006

Intern

Safety and Lean Manufacturing Projects

• Promoted standardization of visual signs on the entire facility.

• Established time studies before and after redesign of areas to calculate savings in the process.

• Implemented lean manufacturing through Kaizen events.

• Assisted in the implementation of 5 S’s methodologies

• Interacted with all levels of plant personnel.

• Assisted in the plant’s preparation for OSHA’s inspection.

APPLICABLE SKILLS:

• Facilities Planning

• Human Factors/Ergonomics

• Operations Research

• IDEF Modeling

• Simulation

• Methods, Standards, and Work Design

• Quality Control/Total Quality Management

• Probability and Statistics

• Project Management.

PROJECTS:

• Applied statistics to create and validate predictive equations.

• Used Operations Research to model real life situations.

• Utilized simulation to model real world situations, and locate any problems.

• Developed statistical quality control to find problems with a product, and suggest product redesign.

• Went through the process of developing a new product, customer base, and plan for manufacturing and marketing the product.

• Conducted ergonomic analysis project.

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