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Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Shipley, West Yorkshire, Gb

Manage a team of 100+ (Mangers, Supervisors, Engineers, Technicians and Assemblers) in the day-to-day operations for the Multi-Functional Module Value Stream from MIC Assembly through Test. Responsible for the Profit and Loss for a high mix/low volume line of products.Responsibilities include:- Monthly scheduling and resource planning for a high mix - low volume production line (50+ products)- Capacity Planning for legacy and NPI programs- Responsible achieving project EAC, OTD, EBIT, Revenue and Quality Objectives- Support customer communications regarding program status and milestones- Support the program management team with cost and scheduling- Responsible for the new product introduction into manufacturing- Continuous Improvement facilitation and execution- Staffing (growth and adjustment)- Interface with Supply-Chain where required to ensure shipments- Regular communications to Executive Management - Interface with Quality to support required audits

Christchurch, Dorset, Gb

Manage a team of 42 Technicians and Assemblers in the day-to-day production of electronic equipment. Responsibilities included production planning and execution for the Tuning, Testing, Assembly and ESS testing of electronic equipment.Responsibilities Include:- Assigning workloads/balancing line- Supporting EAC goals and improving cost (hours per unit)- Maintaining quality standards- Capacity modeling and planning- Staffing and training- Continuous Improvement identification and execution

Christchurch, Dorset, Gb

- Day-to-day monitoring of key thin film processes including but not limited to metal deposition, laser drilling/cutting and diamond dicing.- Process and production research and development- Continuous improvement and development of Cobham's metal deposition process - Identification, selection and qualification of new metal deposition equipment- Development of FIFO/Kanban systems for various production groups- Design and incorporate sustainable systems for process and key metric monitoring.- Monitor plan to actual of 18 key metrics for quality, responsiveness, cost and on-time delivery- Weekly review, analysis and presentation of plan vs. actual on all key metrics to value stream managers.- Perform production time studies for various assembled and tested components- Diagnose existing value streams from end-to-end identifying upstream and downstream efficiency opportunities- Value stream mapping of existing process flow- Design, plan and incorporate new production systems for supplier performance management.- Design/create a supplier scorecard system rating suppliers based on OTD, quality, pricing and responsiveness.- Presentations to Executive Management detailing process diagnositic findings and design improvements opportunities.- Design/host supplier workshops- Create standard work for key process- Evaluate Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE) of automated equipment- Evaluation of prototype designs for manufacturablity- Design fixturing to improve process flow and product yield- Interact with suppliers to improve Cobham key metrics- Apply Root Cause Problem Solving RCPS methods (A4, 5 Whys & Fishbone) to structure problem solving efforts.- Establish daily focus groups to discuss daily objectives

Christchurch, Dorset, Gb

- Create housing and chassis packaging for aerospace/defense related electronics/RF equipment- Design/Create support fixturing for assembly and test departments- Aid in the creation of proposal designs and presentations- Work with manufacturing suppliers to create designs that efficient and cost effective- 3D modeling- Thermal Analysis- Create fabrication drawings using cost effective GD&T methods- Create assembly drawings using AutoCAD and Solidworks- Cable and harness design- Dry Box design- Machine and sheet metal design- Design and perform environmental research and development experiments testing product limitations.

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As a Mechanical Designer for Endwave, I was involved in the design of electronic/RF packaging, PCB layouts and mechanical assemblies. Responsibilities included the creation of fabrication drawings and assembly drawings.

Bachelor Of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Industrial Technology/Technician

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Marketing/Marketing Management, General