David D. Email & Phone Number

Austin, Texas, United States

In my current role, I take on the critical responsibility of managing priorities, overseeing equipment, and guiding a team of skilled associates within a dynamic Manufacturing/Production line. Thriving in a high-energy, fast-paced production environment, I leverage my hands-on approach to ensure that process and equipment development remain at the forefront of our operations. My passion for employee growth drives me to actively mentor and develop both new hires and experienced staff, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.Key responsibilities include:Executing Priorities & Production Plans: Implementing strategies set by operations management to achieve optimal results.Team Leadership: Managing, coaching, and supporting up to 35 production associates per shift, empowering them to excel in their roles.Maintaining Standards: Upholding and enforcing Standardized Manufacturing Instructions and Control Plans to ensure consistency and quality.Troubleshooting & Adaptation: Utilizing proven skills to address and resolve process and equipment challenges, ensuring seamless operations.Root Cause Analysis: Investigating and resolving issues by tracking corrective actions to prevent recurrence.Quality Assurance: Monitoring the production process to meet stringent quality standards and ensuring defect-free outputs at every station.Reporting & Communication: Generating daily pass-downs and comprehensive quality reports for engineering and operations teams.Safety Compliance: Vigilantly ensuring that all employees adhere to safety protocols, promoting a secure and efficient work environment.I am committed to driving success on the production floor, seamlessly adapting to evolving challenges, and fostering a thriving, quality-focused team culture.

Fosters a positive work environment centered on compliance and continuous improvement.Supervises, engages and motivates frontline management and team members to follow and adhere to Company objectives regarding quality, safety, environment, and information security.Evaluates and monitors operations ability to meet production and regulatory standards and carries out corrective actions needed to meet Company operation goals.Leads the manufacturing process of automotive transmissions and or other automotive products that meet 100% of Company's quality standard goals.Lead manufacturing projects and influence team members to adhere to company environmental, health and safety standards such as cleanliness, ergonomics, standard operating procedures, required maintenance and inspections of equipment, temperature, noise, and overall safe working conditions.Leads the fair and productive work environment built on trust and respect of all team members and ensures compliance with all local, state and federal employment regulations. Supporting the kaizen activities for efficient production equipment improvements.Tracks and manages Manufacturing KPIs such as plant safety, quality, cost, delivery, and environment and TM morale. Take corrective actions to achieve KPI targets as needed.Checks production lines and production control boards, and confirms production issues by performing daily walks to ensure rules and standards are maintained.

San Antonio, Tx

Leads teams, maintains or develops a strong safety culture, and supervises people across multiple employee categories/payrolls in manufacturing sections to maximize efficiency in quality, velocity and cost.Monitor and improve safety on the shop floor; eliminate any unsafe operations and ensure a safe and clean production environment.Determines processing needs to assure fixtures, tooling, and methods are provided to meet schedules and production requirements.Daily tie-in with production management to designate workload, priorities, and sequence for work assigned.Determines overtime needs and priorities when resources are insufficient, and decides when disciplinary action is necessary.Suggest changes in working conditions and use of equipment to increase efficiency. Works to improve processes, timeliness and reduce costs by eliminating non-value-added activities.Ensures the quality of product produced and conforms to Caterpillar's Quality Policy while maintaining cost.Ensure necessary parts and materials are ordered and distributed in a timely and efficient mannerImplement various corporate initiatives such as 5S, Lean Manufacturing, 6 Sigma, CQMS/ISO certification.

San Antonio, Tx

Supervises the work in short, long and planned maintenance of the production equipment.In production equipment maintenance includes: Maintenance of forklifts, all lifting and rolling equipment, conveyors, racks, bins, compressor systems etc.Represents the company in contact with the authorities for all the permissions, inspections, and tests that are needed for the production equipment.Supervises the work in short, long and planned maintenance of the premises. Premises maintenance includes: Electricity (high and low voltage), water, sewage, ventilation, telephony, heating, build and reconstruction of the facilities, yards, gates, fences, parking lots etc.Communicates with equipment vendors or service department to clarify the subject for machine breakdown.Provides evaluation and recommendation of contractor’s services for use in selecting contractors for future projects.Provides professional training for technicians continuously and offers guidance to support maintenance activities in equipment repairs.Ensures the implementation of preventive maintenance (PM) plan weekly, monthly, quaterly and annually. Commited to reducing the maintenance cost and spare parts cost. Collaborates with technical department engineers, Section Managers, Team Members, and other essential personnel.Supervises a work unit of primarily hourly employees where planning, scheduling, monitoring, and reviewing work of subordinates is required.Establishes and monitor general policies and guidelines for projects, to ensure specific management goals are met and desired results are achieved.

San Antonio, Tx

Confers with management personnel to establish production and quality control standards, to develop budget and cost controls, and to obtain data regarding types, quantities, specifications and delivery dates of products ordered.Plans and directs production activities and establishes production priorities for products in keeping with effective operations and cost factors.Coordinates production activities with procurement, maintenance and quality control activities to obtain optimum production and utilization of human resources, machines and equipment.Reviews and analyzes production, quality control, maintenance and operational reports to determine causes of nonconformity with product specifications, and operating or production problems.Develops and implements operating methods and procedures designed to eliminate operating problems and improve product quality.Revises production schedules and priorities as result of equipment failure or operating problems.Consults with engineering personnel relative to modification of machines and equipment in order to improve production and quality of products.Compiles, stores and retrieves production data.

San Antonio, Tx

Confers with management personnel to establish production and quality control standards, to develop budget and cost controls, and to obtain data regarding types, quantities, specifications and delivery dates of products ordered.Plans and directs production activities and establishes production priorities for products in keeping with effective operations and cost factors.

Installation/Sales (Video, Voice, and Data Networks),Work with customer(s) and Network and Systems Engineers to determine Information Technology requirements to satisfy IT solutions.Perform site surveys and coordinate/collaborate with diverse organizations to ensure new/renovated facilities are designed to include necessary IT (fiber, cabling, communications closets, wall jacks, network devices, etc.).Develop/maintain comprehensive project plans using Microsoft Project; provide detailed reports and briefings (including Earned Value status).

Employee Recruitment, Development, Project management. Assisted with research, and new product development, and F.D.A. documentation.Assisted with internal audits, (Company Initiated). Assisted with KEMA, (ISO 9001) and CE Audits. Assisted in investigating customer complaints, and corrective actions both interim and permanent.Created Training Manuals, SOP, Protocols, Validations, MFG Processes/Procedures, Flow Charts. Designed manufacturing areas and work flow to increase production and efficiency, and fabricated gigs and other equipment to keep manufacturing processes consistent.Calibration and maintenance of manufacturing equipment.

Bsit/Se, It/Software Engineering

Systems Analysis and Design, Computer Programming, Database Development, Network Technologies, Information Systems Security, Web.

Aa, It/Networking

Networking focus on information systems and the analysis, design, and security of modern computer networks, (Local Area Networks, Wireless.

Aa, Microsoft Applications

Word 1 & 2 Excel 1 & 2 PowerPoint 1 & 2 Outlook 1 & 2 Access 1 & 2

Aa, Automotive, Computerize Engine Performance

Aa, Welding

Welding Technology: Arc, Brazing, Torch Cutting, M.I.G. and T.I.G.