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Macon, Ga, Us

Fort Valley, Georgia, United States

• Designed, led, and managed the successful launch of our new 37,500 sq. ft. state of the art electric vehicle production facility. Creating a new foundation based on Lean, 5S, and Six Sigma principles, providing the infrastructure to increase daily production and improve safety, quality, and efficiency. • Collaborating with customers, sales, purchasing, engineering and production teams to successfully conduct new product launches and updates for next generation EV offerings. Producing new chassis configurations with variations including new battery and electric drivetrain components. Utilizing project management, design for manufacturing, and pilot/prototype skills and techniques prior to launch to optimize production processes in order to meet deadlines and goals.• Designed and managed the creation of new electric vehicle charging infrastructure to support the growing demand and increased production levels of EV units. Specifying a new charging layout and process flow to utilize opportunity charging and ensure increased volumes of EV units can be charged efficiently.• Creating and implementing foundations for a manufacturing execution system through initiatives such as a new digital work instruction platform aimed at reducing complexity and helping visualize product installations. Collaborating with multiple teams to create and provide configurations, filtering, and product structure to tailor digital work instructions around single parts in a work cell.• Providing daily support for internal and external stakeholders through continuous improvement, issue resolution, product changes, and employee care.

Fort Valley, Georgia, United States

• Led a team responsible for commissioning EV Chassis, as well as ensuring all parts were correctly installed and quality issues were diagnosed.• Applied 5S, Lean Manufacturing, and Six Sigma Black Belt techniques by cleaning and redesigning the commissioning area and designating new parts storage areas. This created reductions in the time spent by operators walking to find parts or tools.• Instructed plant floor operators about parallel processing that resulted in an accelerated commissioning process.• Traced quality issues back to origin such as install location or defective parts and applied closed loop systems to ensure quick identification of potential quality issues.• Generated a 235% production rate increase within 30 days

Fort Valley, Georgia, United States

• Assigned to the chassis team to lead special projects for the EV chassis assembly process. Built relationships with plant floor manufacturing personnel to gain in-depth insight into the assembly process• Authored an instruction manual as a standard for EV chassis assembly that provided training for manufacturing personnel and resulted in improved quality and accuracy during the assembly process • Collaborated with leadership and engineering to create new parts and drawings, changes in installation order, and changes in installation methods to resolve identified problems during the assembly process• Created a foundation to homologate offline and online chassis assembly and increase production

Macon, Georgia, United States

• Provided support to the Recall Department by processing recall claims and notices with a strong attention to detail and accuracy.• Followed recall claim protocol and strategies when advising dealers about service bulletins and campaigns affecting their product models. • Observed engineering design and build processes in the body department.