Alex Mateus Email & Phone Number

St Paul, Mn, Us

Senior Coating Engineer

3M Company, Hutchinson, MN10/06 to present Command™ Process and Product Engineer (Construction Home Improvement Markets)Product engineer for all Command product work centers (compounding, converting, slitting)Long range forecasting in anticipation of continued product growth Drove growth initiative through:o Leading construction and installation of second Command rotary converting line for Hutchinsono Leading design and installation of blister line packaging unito Key member of team designing and constructing third rotary converting line for Hutchinsono Key member of team working with vendor in designing dedicated slitter for Command productso Led qualification of three new products, including a Circle of Technical Excellence and Innovation (CTE&I) award winnero Drove process improvements on Command rotary converting lines to meet growth forecastso Provided international process engineering support in preparation for delivery of the third Command line in Singapore Member of eight member team receiving Manufacturing Technical Excellence (MTE) Award for Command in HutchinsonRecipient of 3P Movers award for bringing Command adhesive from Springfield to Hutchinson, and of 3P Mobius award for reduced packaging and shipping costs for blister line.

5L Vinyl and SRU Process Engineer (10/06 to 3/10)Provided technical support to the 5L coating operations (Electrical Markets Division and Industrial Adhesives Tape Division)Initiated and drove improvement projects, including:o Carrier paper reduction, resulting in reduced downtime and wasteo Reduced wrinkles in jumbos and improved liner splices, resulting in reduced downtime during converting of jumbo to master rollso Reduction in hard bands by using root cause analysis to determine cause (air bubbles in adhesive), and upgraded equipment to eliminate this issue.o Reduced coater startup waste by addressing multiple concerns between calendering and coatingDrove capital improvement projects, including carbon replacement for SRU, motor, drive, and control upgrades to primer station, dancer replacements, and load cell additions. Provided product engineering support for the Bumpon ™ products for EMMD (Electrical Markets Materials Division).

Shipping Supervisor Led shipping department functions for small high-tech startup company- Pick, package, and prepare product for shipment to customers based on orders received. - Follow commercial domestic, international and postal shipping methods, including observation of US and export rules and regulations.- Implemented improved methods of packaging product in order to reduce shipping costs of product to customer.

Lead Materials Manager for Applied Materials Warehousing Operations  - Key player in the implementation and management of Lean Manufacturing (5S). - Responsible for management and direction of two departments in refurbished product development group. - Responsible for resolving inventory discrepancies between physical and logical locations through auditing, and organize information for presentation to management groups. - Created and tracked Key Process Indicators (KPI) to determine areas of improvement, areas of efficiency, and product received in and shipped out of warehouse.

Parsippany, Nj, Us

Manufacturing Services Engineer- Provided team leadership and supervision in process development and optimization to enhance product development and reach department objectives and goals. - Provided on-site engineering support for multiple manufacturing facilities, including interfacing with all levels of site employees. - Assisted in conception, development, and management of new projects and processes, including logistics of new process implementation in manufacturing facilities. - Developed and designed experimental approaches for projects, up to and through validation, while meeting required quality standards. - Investigated and tested new capital equipment options to improve product manufacturing, beginning with initial vendor contact through equipment installation and qualification. - Resolved product and process issues through use of root cause analysis.