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Milton, ON, CA

Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Cambridge, Ontario, Canada

Cambridge, Ontario

• Responsible for supervising shop employees in an Aerospace CNC manufacturing environment. This position plans and assigns work, implements policies and procedures and recommends improvements in production methods.
• Ensure effective employee relations. Provide employee coaching and development. Makes employment decisions. Resolve employee issues through problem resolution.
• Balance quality, productivity, cost, safety and morale to achieve positive results in all areas. Work to continuously improve in all areas.
• Manage departmental performance measures, including visual controls and provides regular progress reports to Manager
• Perform accident investigations
• Maintain proper inventory levels

Cambridge, Ontario

• Support outbound processing product flow to ensure best material management strategy in shipping, tracking, freight, customs, and warehousing
• Advise on dispatch services and planned route coordination for daily local outbound processing shipments
• Relief driver for weekend local outbound processing shipments using a 28’ Penske Freightliner
• Train new and re-qualifying drivers for truck inspection, driving, MTO regulations, loading & unloading practices
• Offer support for PARS, Bond, ACE, and FAST border clearance

Cambridge, Ontario

• Diagnose equipment failures and lead investigations for corrective action and resolution
• Oversee prove-out of new product on-load in conjunction with Engineering, Quality, and Manufacturing teams
• Expert with Multi-Axis high Velocity, High-Torque machining equipment and controllers
• Integral member of the committee responsible for managing spindle health, diagnosis, and costs for repair/replace
• Implement and Troubleshoot MAS (Makino Advanced Systems) problems with IT personnel
• Project assignments yielding cost savings estimated at $250,000 per annum

Cambridge, Ontario

• Led team of 22 CNC Machinists on a continental rotation
• Scheduled weekly machine dispatch to optimize set-up time, tooling change over, and staffing
• Optimized machine run times leading to positive ESH (Earned Standard Hours), Productivity, and Throughput
• Provided training to CNC Machinists for best practices of product specific manufacturing
• Project managed new configuration on-load work
• Liaised with internal resources to overcome challenges in the production wheel

Cambridge, Ontario

• Analyzed operations through value stream mapping techniques in order to identify and eliminate process wastes
• Led process owners to achieve their desired results through the execution of accelerated improvement events
• Executed a variety of Lean principles such as Value Stream Mapping, Single Piece Flow, 5S, Visual Factory Management, Total Productive Maintenance, Kaizen, Cellular Manufacturing, and Root Cause Corrective Action
• Facilitated improvement projects and Capital Acquisition purchases supporting continuous improvement objectives

Cambridge, Ontario

• Provided leadership geared to ensuring all employees are fully engaged and motivated to achieve targeted levels of productivity, quality, safety and organization
• Housekeeping/organization of the plant floor
• Assumed ownership of plant issues and plan/execute for resolution
• Worked according to schedule provided and proactively identifying any and all risks associated its achievement
• Supported and promoted total commitment and involvement of all employees to ensure focus for 5S principles, productivity, and quality improvement
• Carried out training to ensure employees were equipped to work in a safe manner, understand work instructions, and failure modes, and clearly understand targeted productivity rates

Cambridge, Ontario

• Set up machine with fixtures and tools as per supplied schedule
• Performed daily machine TPM (Total Productive Maintenance) as per manufacturer specifications
• Managed all pick-up and input datum offsets and tool offsets
• Loaded tool packages as required by work order and inspect each tool manually prior to loading into machine to ensure quality conformance
• Performed necessary test cuts to ensure critical dimensions were correct
• Improved and optimized programs as required

Certificate, Manufacturing Leadership Certification Program (Mlcp)

Multi-Axis High Velocity Machining, Expert

Equipment and Software: • Multi-Axis High Velocity machining of complex Aluminum structures, operated by: Manufacturer / Controller Makino.

Multi-Axis High Torque Machining, Expert

• Multi-Axis High Torque machining of specialty aircraft alloys, such as Titanium, Inconel, and hardened Steels, operated by: Manufacturer.

Forklift, Reach Truck, And Overhead Crane Certification

First Aid Cpr/Aed Level C, Canadian Red Cross

Diploma, Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology/Technician

Mechanical Engineer, Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science And Technology, General