Engineer Process

Career Summary:

Accomplished Engineer with a strong focus in: Product design and Manufacturing Engineering, design layouts and Project management.

Developed a strong discipline in attention to details, data analysis, documentation and prioritization as well as a proven ability to multi-task projects and responsibilities while achieving goals, meeting deadlines and maintaining a high level of professionalism.

Skills Summary:

AutoCAD 2D

SolidEdge 3D

Mechanical Desktop

Setting Standard Work

Bill of Material Creation

Managerial Skills

New plant Start-up

Engineering Change Process

Lean Manufacturing

Demand Flow Technology

Time Studies

Plant and Line Layout

Geometric Design & Tolerance

Machinery Set-up & testing Fixture & Gage Design

Data Gathering & Analysis

TAKT Time calculations

Blueprint Reading

Blueprint creation

Team Building Skills

Visual Work Instructions

Professional Experience

PROCESS ENGINEER - 12 YEARS

New plant start-up from initial layout through machinery installation, testing and production start-up

Plant layout experience

Developed pictoral work instruction standard and implementation of visual work instructions plant wide.

Experience in developing and refining documents and processes used in high temperature stainless steel alloy manufacturing processes in an ISO 9001 work environment.

Conduct some programming of YAM CNC lathes with Fanuc controls, Wire EDM machine, and HAMI CNC machine center.

Enhanced throughput with the use of Lean Manufacturing, and DFT practices & techniques.

Develop and implementation of Self Directed Work Teams

Develop Product flow Diagrams and Control plans.

Led process improvement initiatives.

Experienced with 5S within an ISO 9001 certified facility.

Develop processes and procedures to improve the quality of work being performed by the Engineering team as well as improve the on-time performance.

Responsible for reducing lead-time & scrap while decreasing cycle times using time studies to verify.

Refine processes used in the manufacture of high quality office furniture.

Create standard work guidelines used on the assembly lines.

Perform Root Cause analysis and countermeasure implementation.

Responsible for Scrap Reduction and Process Improvements.

Design and build fixtures and gages as well as improve existing fixtures & gages.

Engineer and design custom office furniture utilizing 2D & 3D CAD.

Provide shop floor support as necessary.

Coordinated design of custom office furniture with the sales department as well as the end customer.

Create bill of materials and material specifications.

Create submittal drawings for customer approval.

Create shop floor drawing packages.

PRECISION MACHINIST – 4 YEARS

4 years experience in set up and operation of CNC machining centers, including: Lathes, Vertical turning lathes, Vertical & Horizontal milling machine centers.

Conduct the fabrication and repair of tooling and fixtures.

Experienced in the use of Fanuc machine controls.

set up and operation of various sheet metal forming machinery

PURCHASING AGENT – 3 YEARS

Purchase all business related materials and supplies.

Work with Suppliers to reduce cost, and delivery times of raw materials used in the manufacturing facility

Responsible for purchasing consumables used in the office area and delivery costs associated with transportation of the finished goods.

Coordinated delivery of raw materials to the manufacturing facility, as well as scheduled timely delivery of completed products to the customer. ( Cost saving achieved by working with existing suppliers and finding alternate suppliers averaged $50,000 to $75,000 annually.)

Employment History:

Westwind Wood Specialties – Kokomo IN

(Cabinet Door Manufacturing / Wood, Machining, and Assembly)

Plant Engineer 3/29/2010 to Present

KIMBALL OFFICE – Salem IN

(Furniture / Wood, Machining, and Assembly / Office Products)

Process Engineer 12/2004 to 3/26/2010

IDX CORPORATION – Jeffersonville, IN

(Commercial Retail /Wood, Welding & Metal Tubing / Display Fixtures)

Product Design Engineer 7/2004 to 12/2004

KIMBALL OFFICE – Borden IN

(Furniture / Wood, Machining, and Assembly / Office Products)

Product Design Engineer 5/2002 to 7/2004

ENGINEERED CONVEYORS – Kokomo and Scottsburg, IN

(Industrial / Metal forming / Engineered Conveyors for automotive manufacturing facilities)

Purchasing Agent 11/1999 to 1/2002

ACRALINE PRODUCTS INC. – Tipton, IN

(Industrial / Machining & Metal Fabrication / Close-tolerance High Temperature Stainless Alloy components for turbine generators)

Process Engineer 1994 to 1999

Shift Supervisor 1989 to 1994

Precision Machinist 1985 to 1989

Fabrication Operator 1981 to 1985

Education:

Lean Six Sigma Certification - 2007

Solid Edge V17 Certification - 2007

Creative Problem Solving Certification - 2007

5S Certification - 2007

SDRC Ideas 3D Part Design Certification - 2004

Principles and Practices of Lean Manufacturing - University of Kentucky - 1998

Organizational Learning for Lean Manufacturing - University of Kentucky - 1998

Dale Carnegie Course - 1996

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