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Arden Hills, Minnesota, US

Tasked to build out Manufacturing Engineering group to support production volume increases.Coach and develop ME team (Technicians – Sr Eng.’s) for career growth through increased roles and responsibilities for future business needs.Lead and coach ME team members to be active and contributing NPI core team members that represent operations to ensure.

Transformed Tooling Engineering Department to Manufacturing Engineering Department to focus on continuous improvement, process development, and focused floor support.Developed and monitored Manufacturing Engineer activities for projects moving through production to limit production delays and reduce repetitive quality issues. Organized and inventoried.

Eden Prairie, MN, US

Supported powder coat paint line with throughput improvements, quality initiatives and daily maintenance procedures. -Increased powder coat paint line capacity by 500% and line density by 50% with new hooks and conveyor attachment points.-Generated annual savings of $50,000 by moving masking operations offline.

Minneapolis, MN, US

Led new internal Machine Shop business unit for vertical integration of machined parts supply base. Supported engineering with prototype production. Researched and negotiated capital equipment purchases. -Developed and validated business case for internal Machine Shop business unit.-Generated annual savings of $1 million or more by developing internal.

Minneapolis, MN, US

Executed production schedule to meet customer delivery expectations, including lead time, on time, and quality performance while meeting cost and efficiency targets. Supervised and mentored 15 direct reports and 10 indirect reports. -Boosted on-time delivery rate to 100% by identifying inefficiencies causing 77% on-time delivery rate and changing job.

Minneapolis, MN, US

Resolved production issues with assemblers, test techs, engineering staff, and suppliers. Designed and developed tooling required to support manufacturability and testing of new products. Performed Design For Manufacturing and Assembly reviews (DFMA) to support new product introductions. Revised assembly instructions from written format to pictorial to.

Estimated part production costs while providing pre and post sales support. Designed and programmed LAM performs and necessary tooling for production. Developed inspection procedures for near net shape parts. -Researched and developed LAM process parameters and implemented into production.-Design and oversaw installation of retrofits to LAM system.

Perform presales software demonstrations for potential customer and post sales support with training and hotline support.-Provided onsite site training and tutoring to produce successful software implementations.-Performed contract engineering design and CNC programming work.