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Ashland, Virginia, United States

Coordinate and manage various departments at Merchants Fixture, including engineering, manufacturing, and overall operations. Standardize and maintain processes and procedures for the elimination of waste, and reduction of defects in manufacturing.

Develop and maintain operational procedures. Process Improvement. Ensure that customer requirements are met. Seek out and eliminate waste in the manufacturing process. Develop a culture of quality and quality control. • Created and documented quality procedures specific to operations and manufacturing• Increased product throughput by establishing a production line and manufacturing cell, in turn reducing the manufacturing footprint in the plant by 75%• Reduced the overall occurrence of engineering and manufacturing defects during the project lifecycle by creating a framework, within which, the project team was able to plan, control, and execute each project• Increased machining accuracy by requiring manual functions, where possible, be done on the CNC machine, resulting in a 50% reduction in manufacturing workforce• Created a system to track and eliminate defects throughout the entire operations of the company• Reduced hardware inventory and eliminated the need to hold large quantities of material• Implemented a manufacturing-based ERP system that has streamlined production, increased job cost accuracy and improved companywide communication on project status

Ashland, Virginia, United States

Bachelor’S Degree, English Language And Literature, General

Engineering Physics/Applied Physics