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· I stabilize and cast highly figured and exotic woods and other items for customers to use to make items with, particularly knife handles, duck calls, custom pens, etc. If you watch Forged in Fire, a lot of the contestants are my customers.· I have gained skills that help me with customer relations and operational management.· I have reduced my lead times.

· Duties included but not limited to management of tooling, processes, equipment and tooling of all disc fabrication equipment, machining equipment, lasers.· Purchased and implemented 3 different 3D printers. These were used to create tooling and prototypes for tooling to be used in the shop.· Setup a service center in Midland Texas for our safety plug.

· I was over the ESP motor line, from winding, straightening and epoxy along with motor assembly.· Process improvements were made through tooling, machine and method updates and upgrades.· Decreased downtime and product scrap through preventative measures and tooling improvements.· Increased through-put on process by designing a seal test bench for.

· Inspected all products leaving the shop to make sure they comply with work orders and are consistent with each other and are up to TTB standards.· Designed tooling to help control problems where they are being formed instead of trying to rework these items daily.· Made sure all paperwork was completed in accordance with ASME specifications and worked.

· Managed day to day tasks of 4-person maintenance crew. This includes scheduling/planning out the day and managing/directing team as needed throughout the day.· Developed and implemented a preventative maintenance plan and schedule. Reduced machine down time by more than 60 percent.· Designed and implemented a work order system for maintenance that cost.

· Project manager over re-roofing the building. Project done on time and under budget.· Attended a class for one week a month for five months for a total of 200 hours to receive a certificate as a Lean Facilitator from the Productivity Sciences Institute of Tulsa.· Designed, built and maintained jigs, fixtures and carts to improve production flow in shop.·.

· Learned basics of PLCs in a manufacturing environment.· Worked closely with design engineers to implement new machinery into existing coating line.· Changeovers of machines from one product to another.· Basic troubleshooting of equipment failures.· Optimized weekly/monthly/quarterly preventative maintenance measures to minimize machine downtime.

Bachelors Degree, Manufacturing Engineering

Activities and Societies: Society Of Manufacturing Engineers

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