WALTER P. HIDALGO

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Hughson, CA 95326

ph: 209-***-****

email: m3iofm@r.postjobfree.com

Profile

Results oriented individual with solid problem-solving experience. Strong interpersonal abilities have led to effective teamwork and demonstrated ability to organize, motivate and communicate with diverse groups. Proven strengths in analytical skills, decision-making and implementation.

Accomplishments

Billington Welding & Manufacturing Modesto, CA Jan 2012 – Oct 2012

Industrial fabricator specializing in all aspects of the automotive, food processing and material handling markets.

Project Management

Provide project management services.

• Generate new business and establish long-term relationships with industries to assure growth of existing accounts.

• Collaborate with customers to assess potential application of resources and services.

• Resolved customer issues, provide technical assistance and communicate customers feedback into future service and product development.

• Provide engineering, design solutions, lead the development, coordination and implementation of projects within budget and time constraints.

• Developed scope of work, estimates, proposals, budgets, timelines, solicit bids, select subcontractors, oversee work performed, tracked project progress and expenditures.

WorkflowOne Livermore, CA Jun 2010 – Jan 2012

Printed business forms, document management, promotional marketing services and distribution.

Plant Engineer

Responsible for plant facility maintenance and manufacturing processes.

• Assumed maintenance manager position. Began 24/6 coverage of plant operations.

• Implemented P.M. program including equipment maintenance logs, production maintenance requests, personnel cross training, monthly safety training, daily and weekend work schedules. Organized inventory and purchasing protocol. Initialized vendor service support contracts. Organized hazmat waste procedures, documentation and reporting.

• Worked with corporate engineering and plant manager to identify production issues and provide engineering support for capital projects.

• Provide support to Production and Continuous Improvement teams (Kaizen blitz,)

• Developed scope of work, estimates, investment proposals, budgets, timelines, solicit bids, select subcontractors, oversee work performed, tracked project progress and expenditures.

BCM Service & Engineering Tracy, CA Jan 2007 – Feb 2009

General Contractor specializing in all aspects of Industrial plant relocation services, production line installs and upgrades.

Project Engineer

Provide project management services.

• Coordinate relocation of several manufacturing facilities within Bay Area to the Central Valley.

• Generate new business and establish long-term relationships with industries to assure growth of existing accounts.

• Collaborate with customers to assess potential application of resources and services.

• Resolved customer issues, provide technical assistance and communicate customers feedback into future service and product development.

• Provide engineering, design solutions, lead the development, coordination and implementation of projects within budget and time constraints.

• Developed scope of work, estimates, proposals, budgets, timelines, solicit bids, select subcontractors, oversee work performed, tracked project progress and expenditures.

• Established metrics to measure BCM’s performance and customer service.

• Established BCM’s safety program resulting in earning additional bonus monies for zero jobsite accidents.

• Assumed safety officer role. Implemented tailgate meetings, safety training and weekly safety meetings for employees including safety orientation for all subcontractors.

• Experience working with Central Valley, Monterey and Bay Area, county and city permitting and Hazmat agencies.

Dana Corporation Stockton, CA July 2005 – Jan. 2007

Manufacturer of light vehicle truck frames for the automotive industry.

Project, Manufacturing & Process Engineer

Provide standardization of processes and production to maximize quality and efficiency.

• Supervision of major production lines improvements that saw quality throughput increase and exceed Toyota and NUMMI’s newly established production rate.

• Work with various project teams on process flow, line balancing, new equipment installations to support the goals and direction of management and the customer.

• Project management: Lead the development, coordination and implementation of both short and long range capital projects. Develop scope of work, budgets, project timelines, solicit bids, select contractors, oversaw work performed, track project progress and expenditures.

• Train production and maintenance personnel regarding equipment operation, adjustments, repairs and maintenance of existing and new production equipment.

• Provide engineering support to Maintenance and Continuous Improvement teams (Kaizen blitz, 5S, 5 whys) including machine design, documentation, BOM’s and fabrication.

• Work with Q.A. to maximize quality throughput and manage supplier and vendor quality concerns.

• Determine and implement periodic adjustments of automated production cells based on Q.A. inspection data.

• Toyota Production System, Material Handling Equipment, First Responder, Confined Space Rescue and Professional First Aid & CPR certs.

Racor Division, Parker Hannifin Corporation Modesto, CA 1994 - May 2001

Manufacturer of fuel and lube oil filtration systems.

Manufacturing Engineer

Machine design, manufacture and assembly of production lines and test equipment. Company is ISO 9000 / QS9000 certified.

• Responsible for the redesign of John Deere production line that resulted in John Deere awarding new contracts.

• Responsible for the development of the ITT Coniflow compressed natural gas production and testing program resulting in additional business from Toyota, and other Pacific Rim automotive manufacturers.

• Manager for Scrap Reduction Team with best performance reducing overall scrap and increased savings.

• Worked with Q.A. to develop torque measurement process, procedures, training and systematic implementation as well as methods of inspecting tooling and first articles. Familiar with Browne & Sharp CMM, Optical Comparator, manual inspection tools, SPC, FMEA’s, NCR’s, PCN’s, root cause analysis, short term, long term corrective action.

• Managed the day-to-day operation of production lines, and test equipment to ensure conformance to quality standards, and customer requirements. This includes diagnostics and repair, calibrating instrumentation, tool design, and modifications to PLC programming.

• Instrumental in the development and implementation of modular cell production concept for “Just-In-Time” (J.I.T.) process using the “Toyota Production and Value Stream Mapping Systems".

• Major contributor defining manufacturing processes, procedure documentation, work force utilization and training.

• Computer skills include Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, and Pro-E solid modeler.

Lockheed Missiles and Space Company Sunnyvale, CA 1979 - 1994

A global security and aerospace company.

Design Engineer

Vehicle structures and mechanism design. Providing conceptual, structural design and engineering support.

• Instrumental in recapturing performance bonuses totaling in excess of $1.75 million over a two-year period.

• Successfully resolved critical design problems with multi-axis payload handling structures while maintaining or exceeding original customer requirements surpassing all cost goals and scheduling milestones.

• Integral part in first time use of solid modeling computer generated full-scale mockups.

• Developed an innovative concept for lightweight, deployable contamination blankets used on payloads for the Space Shuttle and Titan lV vehicles. Built full-scale mockup to verify integrity of materials, design and related power equipment. Developed method for manufacturing and assembly. Generated all necessary requirements, operational procedures, production drawings, BOM’s.

• Managed staff of 21 draftspersons. Responsible for coordinating and scheduling engineering support services.

• Expanded computer graphics knowledge to include Cadam w/CNC programming, Catia, Caeds, Ideas and AutoCAD.

Lawrence Livermore Laboratory Livermore, CA 1974 - 1979

Research and development of nuclear energy, energy resource and biomedical resources.

Senior Draftsperson

National Security Defense Systems. Providing drafting support and entry-level engineering.

• Participated in the successful completion of an accelerated weapons testing program.

• Participated in fabrication, assembling and cycle testing of various components, mechanisms and systems involving thermal, acoustic, radiographic, destructive and non-destructive tests.

• Trained in ANSI Y14.5 GD&T, flat pattern development, descriptive geometry, AWS welding.

Bilingual

Spanish

Awards

3 Letters of Commendation

References available upon request

Clearances

D.O.E. Inactive - D.O.D. Inactive - E.B.I. Inactive

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