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Long Beach, Ca, Us

- Managed factory development of Virgin’s second site in Long Beach with a budget of $500,000 while working cross-functionally with operations, procurement, facilities, contractors, and vendors to develop and execute the future state layout under - Led waste elimination initiative in bottlenecked area (propulsion component testing work cell) by identifying and developing an action plan resulting in a 22% increase in technician efficiency and 14% increase in deliveries- Performed capacity analysis in lamination work center to identify takt time, cycle times, capacity constraints (tooling, equipment, labor) at various rocket delivery rates and led kaizen improvements around constraints to increase deliveries by 40% in lamination work center- Utilized BasicMOST time measurement system to develop Virgin Orbits standard process for determining labor standards in order to measure efficiency and productivity of a work center

Birmingham, West Midlands, Gb

- Accountable for achieving the People, Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cash, and Cost targets through the discipline of the Lean Operating Model- Lead and develop first class team members to meet customer and stakeholder commitments- Works with cross-functional support staff to ensure People, Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cash, and Cost targets are met.-Comply with all legal and regulatory requirements to ensure that team members are compliant with all policies and individual responsibilities.

Birmingham, West Midlands, Gb

-Provide continuous improvement best practices, approaches, and current tools to build, streamline, implement key processes.-Utilize process improvement methods by identifying, documenting, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating processes, and standard operating procedures.- Perform capacity analysis for expansion scenarios relating to equipment, tooling, and labor

Birmingham, West Midlands, Gb

- Performed site wide risk analysis on sites non-conformances to prioritize sites improvement projects- Assisted Director, Engineering & Quality in managing engineers on site wide improvement projects- Coached Supervisors and Engineers on structured problem solving tools for their improvement projects using the DMAIC approach

Birmingham, West Midlands, Gb

-Sustaining engineer for the acrylic, glass, and composite lamination process through the sites autoclaves-Performed temperature, pressure, and vacuum uniformity studies to modify cycles to increase throughput and OEE in cell-Designed new or modified existing tooling fixtures with complex shapes to increase throughput in cell-Experience working with PVB and Polyurethane interlayer materials in a Class 100 clean room environment

Birmingham, West Midlands, Gb

- Performed risk analysis on non-conformances on Bell’s V-22 Program to prioritize programs improvement projects- Lead improvement projects on the top 3 non-conformances prioritized based off risk- Coached sustaining engineers on process flow maps and variable control matrix as tools to address non-conformances on their improvement projects- Conducted 5S, 8 Wastes, Visual Management events to improve non-conformances and flow- Standardize process & tooling for manual drilling to eliminate hole related non-conformances- Implemented a Leadership Standard Work system to pro-actively address compliance issues

Birmingham, West Midlands, Gb

-Part of a corporate sponsored improvement project to implement a communication system to report key performance indicators from cell level to site steering committee-Communication system included a structured primary visual display boards at a cell, value stream, and site level to report daily key performance indicators and escalate daily issues.-Implemented a series of standard work documents to efficiently use the primary visual display boards and running the meeting-Performed risk analysis on non-conformances on Boeing 787 Floor Grid Assembly Program to prioritize programs improvement projects-Implemented standardize tool to eliminate tooling inventory issues and reduced manual drilling non-conformances