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Project Manager on 80000 square foot plant facility expansion ; Lead direct and indirect personnel towards goals and objectives with reportable KPI measurable ; oversee daily operating reports, operational standards, facilitate process and overall continuous improvements and direct all plant maintenance activities ; increase production by providing leadership and developing and implementing strategic plans for increased revenue based upon fundamental lean and six sigma culture and concepts ; develop and maintain capital expenditures for short and long term goals

Responsible for manufacturing and assembly operations of Gear Drives and systems in the Industrial, Mobile and Wind / Alternative Energy sector.

- Guided manufacturing facility through operations transition to Mexico- Developed and presented build out volume, Quality Assurance and operations transition plan to customers (GM, Toyota, Ford, Chrysler, Hyundai)- Organized, planned, and prepared timing for machine relocation phases - Guided/ motivated BU production to set new Quality PPM record 2008 (10 PPM)- Handled Quality, Manufacturing and Maintenance Engineering functions due to personnel attrition after operations closure announcement in June 2007- Directed equipment modifications to achieve exit PPAP of all equipment to transfer to acheive 1.66 Cpk on critical attributes- Developed and coordinated all bank build plans with production scheduling and materials planning departments for Toyota, GM, Chrysler, and Hyundai for transferring production to Mexico- Led and managed group of 3 supervisors, 2 engineering technicians, Quality Engineer, Production Control Scheduler, and Production Control Commodities Specialist

- Directed Manufacturing budget, headcount requirements and equipment needs for New Program / Product Launches- Develop new equipment design, direct cost negotiations and procurement with suppliers- develop process and equipment specifications and request for quotes for all equipment needs- Develop quality gage specifications negotiate and evaluate all potential suppliers for procurement- APQP, PFMEA and control plan development for manufactured Product- Establish, maintain investment budgets- Development of program launch timelines- Regular timing review with customers- Coordinate plant and equipment layout for Product Launch and trial and PPAP production runs- Establish process flow for new manufacturing products

Led Kaizen workshops in assembly and fabrication, Toyota, Ford and Polaris program manager develop and implement design change recommendations, worked on SPC improvements and process improvements, supervised and directed 2 engineering co op students for two semesters, develop review documents for TS 16949 auditssupport and track welding and fabrication for quality and downtime issues, developed pareto analysis reports weekly, performed SPC capability studies on new product launches, develop welding control plans and establish various periodic weld inspection req'ts, develop preventative maintenance work instructions, develop 5S standards and work instructions for fabrication areas, responsible for tooling design in fabrication and welding areas, develop tooling blueprints, obtain quotations and purchase, set up spare part inventory system for fabrication and assembly, develop changeover reduction procedures, met regularly with customers and suppliers regarding quality issues

Green Belt, Six Sigma Certfication

Bachelor Science, Mechanical Engineering

Associate Science, Physics / Pre Engineeering