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Harahan, Louisiana

Responsible for scheduling 700+ orders per month across 40 work centers in a low-quantity/high variability machine shop. Materials range from plastics (UHMW, Acetron, etc.), typical metals (aluminum, ss, etc.) to exotic metals (titanium, royalloy, etc.) while lead times are often 10 days or less. - By utilizing Kaizen, was able to increase shop on-time delivery went from 87% to 99% within 1 year of hire date- Through team collaboration, small victories include: real-time shop floor schedules, paperless programming, documenting order post-mortems, revamping office flow standard work, expanded utilization of Oracle to fit business needs by use of maintenance orders, start/net quantities and "To Move" operations.

Stennis Space Center, Mississippi

Provided overall schedule management, analysis and assessment to support the continued development and operation of Integrated Master Schedules. Collected information from various contractors and reported any findings to NASA management. Fully supported the Rocket Propulsion Testing (RPT) Level III office at Stennis Space Center.• Utilized MS Project to document and maintain resource-loaded, critical path, logic-linked schedules.• Prepare and report project milestones, metrics and variances.• Direct-report to RPT Level III Deputy Project Manager in managing site-wide projects with respect to schedule & cost

Responsible for maintaining the company’s Quality Management System in accordance with ISO 9001 requirements. Managed Quality Inspectors in the performance of their daily duties. Ownership of the company’s MTE calibration program. Participate in contract reviews to establish deadlines, estimates and deliverables in order to meet customer’s requirements. Lead production meetings to track project completion according to EVMS methodology.

Hammond, La

Responsible for short and medium term production planning. Evaluated output capacity and balanced the production load across several work centers. Expected to order raw material, machine & fabricate according to safety, quality, on-time and cost standards.Lead production meetings to ensure all departments are working towards the same goal and ensure any schedule risks were mitigated.• Completed root-cause analysis to reduce valve test failures.• Reconfigured MRP settings to allow better processing of customer orders and to raise on-time delivery to 95% or better.• Reduced MRP exception messages by 75%.• SAP Optimus Superuser & MII site contact.

Hammond, La

Prepared manufacturing processes to machine and assemble components. Collaborated with manufacturing to accurately calculate machining and assembly process times for both in-house and subcontract purposes. Investigated ways to continually improve methods and processes of manufacture.• Reduced component router backlog to zero within 6 weeks of hire date.• Integrated quality requirements into routers.• Created labor standards database to effectively scope labor efficiency to 90-110% • Created routing manual for easy training and consistency in the position.

Avondale, La

Analyzed operations in order to improve efficiency and established methods for maximum utilization of production facilities and personnel. Monitored and evaluated man-hours spent on government contracts using EVMS. Conducted internal audits to ensure work completed was being reflected accurately in weekly metrics. Became a liaison between craft and upper management on the grounds of cost control, process improvement and capacity planning. • Identified the problem and resolution on an outdated butt-welding machine and completed an ROI/break-even point to support purchase of a newer machine.• Supported naval engineering to realize innovative method of supporting ship units with temporary stanchions that would eliminate tedious welding. • Performed root-cause analysis to reduce paint costs on ships with focus on product and process rather than employee productivity.