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Northville, Michigan, Us

Manage, mentor, and evaluate the performance of a small team of manufacturing engineers that support the casting and cutting lines for a Tier II automotive supplier.- Collaborated with supplier on new saw blade design leading to a 32% annual reduction in cost per cut, annual savings of $78k- Championed $260k project to upgrade electrical system for a casting line that improved safety and eliminated obsolete components- Oversaw capital projects exceeding $1M- Facilitated changes to furnace linings that improved life by over 45%

Rochester, Minnesota, Us

Define and support the weld, paint, and assembly processes for the production of operator cabs that are used on John Deere construction equipment.- Created new process documentation and led installation and startup of new weld line- Collaborate with internal design, quality department, and customers to improve quality and manufacturability for current and future cab products

New Richmond, Wisconsin, Us

Support equipment and processes for foam converting plant that supplies products to original equipment manufacturers of agricultural, construction, and off-road vehicles.- Contact vendors and quote elevated work platform used in thermoforming machine to improve access for equipment adjustments- Volunteered for Plant Safety Committee, reviewed plant safety metrics, managed safety improvement projects- Use Creo Parametric 2.0 to create basic part files and assemblies

• Analyzed compressed air system, researched best-practices, created reports to document the current-state, made recommendations to achieve desired future-state• Designed low-cost modifications to glass cutting equipment, Cpk increased from 0.5 to 1.5• Created part and assembly files for shipping crates using SolidWorks• Performed safety and 5-S audits

Northville, Michigan, Us

• Created Excel and PowerPoint files to document a variety of casting and cutting metrics that included: Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) and cutting costs per part• Analyzed furnace relining process and eliminated steps that resulted in relining process to be reduced from 150 hours to 100 hours• Worked with vendors to design new tooling and inserts that led to a reduction in costs of $300K, additional improvements led to average of $50K savings per year• Tested and evaluated new cutting inserts, saw blades, and casting processes which resulted in an alloy change that led to an annual savings of over $30K• Supplied project updates on casting improvements to customer and sales during teleconferences, meetings, and emailing MS Project files• Modified and audited control plans for casting and cutting processes for TS16949 certification• Led capital projects worth over $3M for new equipment including: a crane, wheel-blast equipment, saws, induction furnaces, and air compressor• Collaborated on additional capital projects exceeding $30M, that includes the installation and startup of two centrifugal casting and cutting lines• Create and modify building layouts and machine components using AutoCAD• Troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, and PLC issues for coreless and channel induction furnaces, centrifugal casting equipment, saws, wheel-blast machines, rack loading equipment, air compressors, pumps, and cooling towers• Create training documents for operators and maintenance personnel

Master Of Engineering (Meng), Engineering Management

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering

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