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Houston, Tx, Us

Houston, Texas, United States

Feb 2024 - Present · 1 moFeb 2024 - Present · 1 moHouston, Texas, United States · On-siteHouston, Texas, United States · On-siteLeads transformation & continuous improvement strategic initiatives in Production Control, Planning & Logistics, Warehouse & Inventory Management, Product Development Engineering, and Product Lifecycle Management.Responsible for strategic direction to improve VPC Enterprise Resource Planning, Forecast Information, Inbound/Oubound Logistics Coordination, Vendor Scoring, Vehicle Velocity; ETC’s; Productivity, Labor Utilization, Capacity Optimization, Inventory Management, Design for Manufacturing, & Customer Service. Acts as a Lean Champion, providing leadership, guidance, coaching and development to empower associates in the execution of GST’s Lean Daily Management program & Gulf States Toyota Production System.

Houston, Texas, United States

Leads transformation in material presentation, dynamic scheduling and labor planning to optimize flow and efficiency at the VPC with a Master Scheduling process tightly integrated with SIOP process.Leads the strategic direction of advanced materials management/staging, packaging, and master scheduling, supporting Supply Chains strategic direction and Production System target conditions; achieving world class operational excellence that maintains the accuracy of vehicle and parts inventory for VPC vehicle processing.Responsible for strategic direction to improve VPC enterprise resource planning/forecast information; vehicle velocity; ETC’s; Productivity, Labor Planning, and Customer ServiceActs as a Lean Champion, providing leadership, guidance, coaching and development to empower associates in the execution of our Lean Daily Management program

Houston, Texas Area

Supports the process to provide business essential, cost effective, Continuous Process Improvement Engineering & Facility Maintenance programs, for both the Vehicle Processing Center and Parts Distribution Center facilities. Provides Engineering and Facilities Services for the VPC/ PDC and develops long-term facilities plans.Responsible to -Take action to enhance cross-functional coordination and improvement of business processes throughout the supply chain.-Lead, motivate, reward, and develop the Engineering and Maintenance teams and ensure their compliance with all applicable rules and regulations.-Provide productive, cost-effective, and safe Process Design, Process Control, Process Optimization and Process Capability services in support of VPC and PDC business goals. -Provide time studies, support documentation, data, training, compliance audits and proposals in support of production-Provide facility maintenance support highlighting safety and elimination of production down time as priorities in support of VPC and PDC business goals.-Develop and maintain Annual and Long Term Facilities Plans & Budgets that will support VPC and PDC strategic business goals.-Manage and oversee the work of outside consultants and contractors that support either Engineering or Facility maintenance.- Lead major project initiatives for both VPC and PDC. Projects can include but are not limited to system installations, bench marking, construction, process reengineering and improvements.

Houston, Texas Area

Responsible for a full range of activities to ensure the operational effectiveness and excellence of both Vehicle Processing and the Parts Distribution. Leads projects in various size and scope, to include business process analysis and improvement, requirements documentation creation to support system changes, and managing technical projects. Works with various business units to identify, understand, challenge and document existing processes; and then create detailed requirements documentation to support system level improvements and changes.

Houston, Texas

Responsible for the management of the engineering work on mechanical and hydraulic portion of thruster product and staffing resources as well as design engineering tasks.Exercises oversight of engineering staffing resources for design, manufacturing, testing, installation, and acceptance trials including the work effort of design engineers and engineering graphic design technicians.Provides appropriate engineering support for project management includingproposals, contracts, procurement, manufacturing, testing, installation, andacceptance trials.Oversees, evaluate, and assist with designs and development of special equipment, tooling, and/or evaluate or assist in the evaluation of special or new manufacturing equipment or processes. Supervises and manages the preparation of bills of material, manufacturingdrawings and data, reference drawings and data, general arrangement, electrical, control, piping and instrumentation drawings and data, and detail drawings and procedures for handling, installation, operation and maintenance. Provides technical interface with the customer for problem resolution during manufacturing, testing, installation, and acceptance trials.Represents the technical capabilities of the company and its products at customer and vendor interface meetings, trade shows, conferences andseminars.

Houston, Texas

Responsible for managing all in-house projects that pertain to design, manufacturing, and production, as well as process planning and continuous improvement, including new product development to adapt to changing customer needs.Perform structural and technical product designs, finite element analyses, and other related engineering computations. Construct 3-D solid models of components and systems for manufacturing processes, function and motion validation, mechanical design margin, and interference studies. Design all test setups for Factory Acceptance Tests.Serve as In-house training instructor for ASME Y14.5M GD&T drafting standards.

Responsible for designing, overseeing, and reporting results for product material testing per in-house and API standards

Responsible for assembly and manufacturing process planning and continuous improvement, including fixture design, workforce utilization, work space planning, and manufacturing resource planning. Identified defects and product failures, conducted root cause analysis and implemented corrective actions.

Master Of Science (Ms), Industrial Distribution

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Manufacturing Engineering