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Parkersburg, Wv, Us

Athens, Ohio, Us

Novi, Mi, Us

Lead the team in charge of creating facilities maintenance and equipment maintenance programs for the world class truck manufacturing facility in Mineral Wells, WV. Trained supervisors in business practices such as quotations, work scheduling, and outage plan development. Worked closely with engineering staff to perform root-cause analysis. Developed and presented reports to management showing root causes and countermeasures. Managed schedules and planned workloads with supervisors and team leaders. Developed Arc-Flash safety program for maintenance and engineering personnel. Insured that continuing education was a priority for the maintenance team.

Novi, Mi, Us

In charge of the team of manufacturing engineers for 300,000 sq ft manufacturing facility with over 300 hourly employees. Directly responsible for procuring all equipment required for new vehicle design, total budget over $10M. Responsibilities include writing and approving specification, requesting quotations, selecting vendors, issuing purchase orders, tracking and managing schedules, tracking budget, approving designs, and overseeing installation. Acted as primary liaison between WV plant and parent company and engineering support division in Japan.

Novi, Mi, Us

Responsible for multi-million dollar production rate increase and facility expansion. Projects included additional overhead cranes, completely redesigned frame assembly equipment/process, relocating existing equipment and processes, work rebalancing, and equipment optimization. Also responsible for managing additional production specialist, tracking overall budget and schedules, and communicating progress with upper management. Managed and implemented a production line relocation from Tokyo to Williamstown, including complete poka-yoke of all safety critical operations, new equipment install, additional process design, and optimization over preexisting process. Also helped determine team member training schedule, hiring plan, and manged SOP. Managed maintenance technician with a special emphasis on PLC programming for poka-yoke and general assembly process troubleshooting. Technician implemented additional poka-yokes with input from team members, team leaders, supervisors, and managers, under guidance from senior production specialist. Helped to teach good PLC programming practices and advanced troubleshooting skills to technician. Performed performance evaluations and oversaw professional development courses.

Novi, Mi, Us

Primarily responsible for quality and productivity improvements in the assembly department. Developed comprehensive maintenance database and plan for all tightening tools used in the assembly process. Assisted maintenance staff in reading schematics for and troubleshooting complex electrical and pneumatic equipment. Developed and implemented conveyor control system and mechanical system modifications to improve productivity.Implemented a Request For Proposal (RFP) process to increase the error-proofing (poka-yoke) capabilities of the assembly line. Worked to integrate DC-electric tightening tools, pneumatic-hydraulic pulse tools, and manual torque wrenches into an optimal assembly process. Executed root-cause analysis and taught 5-whys, PDCA, and DOT-STAR to assembly team members and team leaders.Designed a standardized work combination (SWC) sheet and approval process to help capture complete assembly process and perform better production efficiency analysis. Evaluated and implemented Engineering Change Instructions (ECIs) from US and Japanese engineering divisions.Managed, scheduled, and budgeted capital expenditures process for assembly department, with projects ranging in scope from a few weeks and several thousand dollars to 6+ months and $250k+.

Novi, Mi, Us

Special Projects for Production GroupAssisted with Standard Work Sheets for major overhaul of 2011 model year truck. Created comprehensive list of all Safety Critical points on assembly drawings, and tooling in place for all critical joints. Managed Quality Overhaul process to verify proper assembly along entire assembly line. Performed analysis and presentations on the introduction of hand-held DC-electric tools for assembly process.

Novi, Mi, Us

Inspected parts for cosmetic and functional defects. Marked and removed non-compliant items. Performed repairs to bring parts into compliance.Performed parts inspections based on both formal and informal criteria. Used various jigs and test fixtures to determine compliance. Inspected parts to find cosmetic defects, including issues such as thin, contaminated, or pin-holed paint, poor adhesion in metalized films, and defective splines and threads. Operated overhead cranes.

Drafting and industrial controls

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Masters Candidate, Applied Physics

Eet, Electronics, Math