Professional Experience

DRS-RSTA Florida February 2010 – April 2012

New Product Integration/ Sr. Manufacturing Engineer

• Develop and coordinate teams for the integration of new products to the production team.

• Review conceptual designs from engineering and recommend changes for ease of manufacturing DFMA.

• Planning for new product material, procurement, Long Lead Items, FAI, Make/Buy analysis, and stock to floor planning.

• Initial build of new products, design changes of new products, expediting of machined parts and electronics.

• Quality auditing and process auditing.

• Controlled and monitored new product financials such as, assembly touch time costs, bill of material costs, and tooling costs.

• Reported financial, schedule, and budget information of current projects to management.

• Build first run prototype, qualification and demonstration units.

• Prepared Visual Instruction Plans (VIP’s/process plans) for production of new products.

• Prepared and give presentations of new product progression at specified toll gates.

• Assisted the quality department with the preparation of inspection plans for the new products.

• Assisted the planning department with the location and scheduling of parts for the new product.

• Assist Test engineering with testing of new products and test plans.

• Review and approve drawings and designs from engineering.

• Design assembly tooling and assembly fixtures.

American Physical Security Group December 2008 – March 2009

Contract Mechanical Engineer

• Design and develop new marketing material for the vehicle barrier product line.

• Approve and test design changes to products to insure conformance to Department of Defense crash rating standards.

• Fabricated hydraulic power units and vehicle car barriers

• Troubleshoot mechanical and electrical issues with the products in the field and in house.

• Inventory control.

• Assist with accounts payable.

• General administrative duties.

Boon Edam October 2007 – December 2008

Mechanical Engineer

• Lead Mechanical Engineer over the High Impact Vehicle Barrier Department.

o Engineered and assisted in the fabrication of prototypes, beta builds, and production units.

o Analyzed current and new products for function and safety and conformance to Department of Defense standards

o Created 3D model packages of equipment for manufacturing.

o Expedited overdue projects for on time delivery.

o Ordered material.

o Primary problem solver.

• Lead Mechanical Engineer over the Revolving Door Department.

o Approved design changes to existing product lines.

o Created and approved manufacturing drawings.

o Designed retrofits for existing doors in the field.

o Improved the design of a high demand revolving door.

o Primary problem solver.

Tyco International February 2003 – October 2007

Tyco Healthcare/ Mallinckrodt Imaging:

Process Engineer / Six Sigma Black Belt July 2005 – October 2007

• Lead six sigma projects that produce cost savings and improve product quality and manufacturing processes. Accomplished over $300K in savings by reducing defects.

• Improve and analyze manufacturing processes by Six Sigma methodologies.

• Purchase equipment to improve inspection of product and decrease defect rates.

• Train personnel on Six Sigma and computer programs for analyzing and diagnosing problem processes for improvement.

• Write and revise standard operating procedures to include visual aids and simplify and clarify procedural steps for operators.

• Produce test plans and documentation for Validation.

• Insure projects and changes adhere to FDA, regulatory and CGMP compliance.

Tyco Fire and Security/ SCOTT:

Sustaining Product Engineer / Process Engineer / Six Sigma Black Belt February 2003 – June 2005

• Current product and process improvement, qualification of product changes such as new tooling and design changes.

• Made process changes to the production lines and cells where needed to improved production performance.

• Lead project team with manufacturing in troubleshooting process issues, test machine issues, training and process improvement. Accomplished over $200K in savings by improving line efficiencies.

• Designed and oversaw the fabrication and assembly of testing equipment for the production cells.

• Developed inspection criteria of received products and qualified of vendors and suppliers.

• Implemented part and/or process redesign.

• Cross function with many departments with in my SBU.

• Integrate Six Sigma into current projects and all new projects.

Cyril Bath Company June 2001 – September 2002

Design Engineer

• Managed projects from machine conception through delivery to customers

• Designed heavy machinery for the stretch wrap forming process as well as production tools.

• Was a key person in the fabrication and trouble shooting of the machines

• Process capability studies for customers such as GM and ALCOA.

• Preformed statistical process control studies for quality control.

• Prepared estimates for sales as well as tooling quotes for contour forming.

• Prepared ISO9000/QS9000 documentation form customers

CDI Corporation June 2000 – April 2001

Design Engineer (Contract Position with Hills Inc.)

• Prepared 3D models for assembly and manufacturing of spin-beam polymer machinery.

• Made sheet metal designs for the skins used to cover the spin-beams.

• Assisted in the fabrication of the skins and insulation of the machines.

• Created and revised designs for manufacturing.

• Assisted in trouble shooting and design requirements.

Skills

Professional Skills:

• Project management leadership.

• Ability to lead cross-functionally.

• Advocate new ideas and champion change.

• Delegate responsibility and empower team members.

• Able to work independently.

• Build strong customer and supplier relationships.

• Ability to stay focused on end result.

• Comfortable wearing many hats.

Engineering Skills:

• Process design and redesign

• Fabrication, Machine Design, Sheet Metal forming

• Reliability testing methods, Design of experiments (DOE) and measurement systems analysis.

• Hydraulic and pneumatic plastics and injection molding analysis.

• LEAN process implementation, 5S and 8D utilization KAIZAN, Kanban, JIT.

• Design for Six Sigma (DFSS)

• QIP, DFMEA, PFMEA, FMEA and C&E Matrix.

• Quality and reliability testing

CAD/Engineering Packages:

• AutoDesk Inventor 9. Mechanical Desktop. Solid Works.

Computer Skills:

• Minitab Rel. 14.

• Sigma Flow.

• ALL Microsoft office programs. I am familiar with various types of spreadsheet programs. High level of computer literacy.

Education

• 2006 Training on creating visual standard operating procedures for the medical industry from Parenteral Drug Association (PDA).

• 2004 Six Sigma Black Belt DMAIC, Manufacturing and Transactional from Six Sigma Academy

• 1995-1997 University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Charlotte, NC

B.S.M.E.T., Mechanical Engineering Technologies.

• 1992–1995 Guilford Technical Community College. Jamestown, NC

A.S.S.C., Drafting and Design Engineering Technologies.

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