Ethan Schaeffer Email & Phone Number

Greenville, SC, US

Greenville, South Carolina, United States

• Use Lean techniques to engineer processes that yield high thruput and excellent quality across my owned components
• Design, Write, and Communicate clear concise and functional instructions to teach and guide repairs in our global repair shops
• Lead 5 simultaneous Product Cost Out (PCO) programs from ideation to launch totaling $1.6mm in net recurring benefits through elimination of single sourcing
• Strong stakeholder management in a matrix organization between Engineering, MPE… Show more
• Strong stakeholder management in a matrix organization between Engineering, MPE, Design, Manufacturing and Finance teams
• Tracked requirements, stakeholder expectations, key milestones, project progress and project health.

Greenville, South Carolina Area

• Manage master schedule and drive execution on deliveries from design, development, and full scale production
• Conduct times studies to optimize productivity throughout production
• Report team learnings and successes to Upper Level Management on New Product Introduction teams
• Provide feedback to design team to help close gaps using Design for Manufacturing
• Collect and analyze data on core production using statistical process control including tracking yield, roll through put… Show more
• Collect and analyze data on core production using statistical process control including tracking yield, roll through put yield, and run charts

Greenville, South Carolina Area

• Coordinated and executed a 5 furnace schedule for advanced ceramic cores
• Solved a quality issue that increased yield by 40% and made shipment goals
• Met 100% shipment to customer deliverables
• Documented and transferred work instructions from a R&D site to the production facility
• Trained multiple facilities in visual inspection and quality control methods
• Familiar with cutting edge additive manufacturing processes and materials and their uses in mnfg. processes

Grey Court, South Carolina

• Learned the investigation process for determining root cause in a manufacturing environment
• Collaborated in the investigation of quality issues throughout the assembly process
• Cooperated with many different disciplines inside and outside of the engineering fields
• Performed Root Cause Analysis for assembly quality issue

Eden Prairie, Minnesota

• Learned the design process for both research and customer projects
• Implemented ePLAN Fluids program to translate hydraulic schematics

Eden Prairie, Minnesota

• Worked on a contract project from a luxury vehicle manufacturer
• Received hands-on experience with tensile testing various specimens
• Collaborated in the organization and execution of a product website for the research and development project

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Industrial Engineering

Activities and Societies: Clemson Ideas Entrepreneurial Club Officer

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, International Business, 4.0