Engineering Management

LARRY HART

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QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY

Engineering specialist with eighteen years of extensive experience with vehicle build activities, experimental/production release processes and leading an engineering change team for a global manufacturer with annual revenue exceeding $180 billion. Successful at compiling bill of materials, supporting build center events and meeting key operating objectives. Exceptional at understanding and implementing engineering release processes to maximize program performance, increase productivity and reduce cost. Result oriented, hands-on and highly effective at the execution and management of design changes from release to implementation. A strong track record at building and maintaining cross-functional departmental relationships with a genuine interest in achieving common business goals.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Engineering Change Management • Team Leadership & Collaboration • Scheduling & Planning

Procedure Documentation • Program & Project Management • Process Improvement • Quality Control

Material Planning • Bill of Materials • Vehicle Building • Technical Data Analyst • Product Coordination

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

OAKLAND LIVINGSTON HUMAN SERVICE AGENCY – PONTIAC, MI 2009-PRESENT

ENERGY SPECIALIST & INSPECTOR

Performs skilled duties assisting low-income clients in the development of their capacity to manage and reduce energy usage and costs. Duties include assessing home energy efficiency and monitoring the quality of weatherization improvements done to clients' homes; ensuring compliance with state and federal guidelines.

• Perform pre inspection of approved clients which includes health and safety testing for gas/carbon monoxide leaks, worst case combustion appliance zone drafting and garage zone pressure diagnostics. Assessment of indoor air quality, electric baseloads, attic ventilation, health/safety components and major bypass/infiltration/exfiltration air leaks using blower door.

• Completes federal and state documents to determine appropriate cost-effective methods of saving energy according to provided calculations and/or computer programs (NEAT/MHEA). Understand job costing to ARRA, LIHEAP, MPSC and Energy Optimization funds.

• Issues jobsite work order detailing health/safety and energy savings items to be completed.

• Perform post inspection of jobs to ensure quality and weatherization work complies with program guidelines and policies and that air sealing targets are met.

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION - WARREN/PONTIAC/FLINT, MI 1992-2009

CHANGE MANAGEMENT LEADER & EIT COORDINATOR – MEDIUM DUTY TRUCKS (2000–2009)

Managed and coordinated the change approval board and engineering work order implementation team for the GMT560 product line. Due to complexity and variation of the builds both teams operated from the assembly center in which the product ran in a continuous launch mode. Also, responsible for working with design release engineers to provide launch assistance, which included education and training of the engineering change and manufacturing processes to ensure flawless production activities.

• 100% review of all engineering change orders for adherence to global guidelines and launch procedures; this resulted in better time management of the change approval board.

• Facilitated the change approval board which holds responsibility for reviewing and approving engineering’s intent to modify a vehicle and established the target implementation date for when the change is required to be at the assembly center.

• Single point contact for tier-1 suppliers, manufacturing plant floor, material department and sequencers for engineering release issues that required a 24-hour corrective action plan to be implemented.

• Led a launch team of managers from purchasing, supplier quality, manufacturing and engineering that managed and resolved roadblocks in the implementation of engineering changes from design release, contract and ppap to the assembly center floor.

• Subject matter expert for all engineering release information pertaining to the GMT560 program.

• Recognized by the General Motors Medium Duty board of directors for participation and efforts put forth to uncover significant improvement opportunities for the order management process model.

EXPERIMENTAL RELEASE ANALYST – MEDIUM DUTY TRUCKS (1997–2000)

Created and maintained bill of materials for future experimental vehicle and testing builds using design subsystem layouts and internal documents to construct. Attended vehicle build meeting and advised management of issue resolutions and BOM release status.

PROTOTYPE BUILD ENGINEER – LUXURY CARS (1996-1997)

Provided build event coordination and root-cause analyst of all prototype and pilot production vehicle builds using various methods of problem solving. Interpreted design data, blueprint and statistical charts for setting up short and long term resolutions. Part of several vehicle teardowns for evaluation of product design issues.

• Provided interior trim engineering start-up support at assembly plant to assist in new vehicle launches.

• Managed the complete build from coordination of timing, design transfer, material handling and manufacturing of carbon fiber instrument panel and console bucks for the GMX 160/220/310 programs which resulted in reduced design changes, manufacturing pilot issues and rework cost.

SPECIFICATION ANALYST – LUXURY CARS (1992-1996)

Created and maintained bill of materials for future experimental vehicle builds using engineering work orders. Analyzed, wrote and processed engineering work orders to facilitate part design and specification revisions to the downstream systems. Maintained and updated process assembly documents for vehicle manufacturing at the assembly center.

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

University of Wyoming – Laramie, WY

• Associate of Applied Science in Automotive Technology

Wyoming Technical Institute – Laramie, WY

• Certificate in Energy Efficiency and Auditing

Certificate in Weatherization

OSHA 10

American Green Careers – Flint, MI

• Residential Builders’ and M & A Contractors’ Board Residential Builder License

EPA Lead Certified Renovator

Indoor Air Quality / Mold Certified

Department of Labor & Economic Growth – State of Michigan

• Certified as a Building Analyst, Envelope Professional and Field Proctor

Building Performance Institute

• Certified in CPR, AED and Responding to Emergency

American Heart Association

SKILLS/TRAINING:

General Motors Mainframe Systems (GPDS/MGO/Flex/E-squared) •.GD&T • Statistical Analyst • Lotus Notes

5-step Problem Solving • Technical Writing • Microsoft Office (Excel/Word/Powerpoint/Access/Outlook) • Blueprint Reading • PPAP • Unigraphics • Vehicle Building • Material Planning

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