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Wixom, Michigan, United States

Wixom, Michigan, United States

Senior Manufacturing Engineer in change of Advanced Technology and Special Projects.

Wixom, MI

• Responsible for machining, production, maintenance and material cost reductions throughout the plant.
• Responsible for launching new products, working closely with the R&D engineers to ensure a smooth transition.
• Analyzed part warranty claims from Smith and Wesson, Glock, Beretta, USMC and Army.
• Determined short and long term priorities to maximize uptime and productivity.
• Improve efficiency and output by reducing part to part variation and cost.
• Reduced costs by nearly $500k dollars a year by deburring parts internally.

Farmington Hills, MI

• Responsible for maintaining Subaru, Mitsubishi, Unisia and American Axle production and service accounts.
• Responsible for negotiating productivity and material cost increase agreements with the customer.
• Responsible for short term and long term production forecasts.
• Responsible for expanding new business in the wheel and ball bearing market.
• Coordinate and confirm shipping dates with manufacturing to guarantee customer deliveries.
• Implemented on time product changes, cost reductions and new product launches.

Farmington Hills, MI

• Responsible for maintaining Ford accounts within the Powertrain Operations Engine group.
• Responsible for identifying cost reductions in the design and manufacturing stages.
• Conduct FMEA and Control Plan reviews with the customer
• Conduct and document internal and customer weekly open issues meetings.
• Coordinate product changes between manufacturing and engineering.
• Weekly leak inspections at the engine dyno facility to review prototype parts during testing.

Livonia, MI

• Design and release responsibility for slip control and foundation brake systems.
• Reduced warranty claims of front hub bearing and sensor issues on the Ford Superduty platform.
• Provided onsite support to customer assembly plants during development, vehicle launch and ongoing production.
• Create and maintain communication with the customer through PMT and PST meetings.
• Perform winter ABS testing at our cold weather test facility.
• Developed one-page work plan documents to track and follow individual changes and their progress; including change document numbers, cost and timing.