* Project manager in a matrix environment responsible for special projects, crisis management, new product production line introduction (NPI), product development, and reverse engineering initiatives.* Identify and implement process enhancements using lean, Six Sigma and/or 5S ideologies to support continuous improvement and/or improve quality.* Coach and mentor project team to foster communication and facilitate successful project completion.* Author standardized work instructions and perform root cause analysis to minimize quality defects.* Monitor and control manufacturing processes with statistical process control (SPC) to reduce scrap or waste.* Interpret engineering drawings per ASTM Y14.5-2009

• Construct and analyze large finite element models using Abaqus CAE, Hypermesh, and in house programs• Author and check engineering calculations• Program Excel, TextPad, and Abaqus macros to efficiently process and interpret FEA results data• Schedule and progress work assignments independently• Authored the document that established the process by which supplier prototype missile tubes would be evaluated• Authored correspondence to the Navy• Constructed finite element models for stress analyses of prototype tubes

• Led cobalt reduction program• Analyzed plant piping system drawings (P&ID) and identified componentscontaining cobalt to determine risk level

• Led project to create picture and text product assembly documents to be used by production employees to improve plant efficiency• Gained experience working in a production environment