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Houston, Texas Area

Humble, Tx

Provided primary management and oversight to eight production areas. Provide front-line feedback and effectively collaborate with external teams and other key stake holders to improve manufacturing areas throughout the plant.

Houston, Texas Area

Managed eight technical reports working on build and assembly of electronic gas analyzers for Oil and Gas industry. Conducted daily cross-functional team meetings with Engineering and Sales groups and participated in hiring of additional technicians. Responsible for proper inventory for daily builds to maintain flow of completion of units. Championed new layout resulting in 45% additional space, and increased flow of equipment in the area.

Managed multiple projects dealing with introduction of capital equipment, training of employees on lean concepts, and day to day operations management and oversight.

Edinburg, Tx

Responsible for driving completion of projects for the refurbishment of used food processing equipment. Effectively managed welders, mechanics, painters and general labor impacting equipment builds; introducing flow of work between departments. Monitored performance and led safety huddles

Reynosa Area, Mexico

Trusted with top product and customers of the company. Implement and sustain Quality process controls on existing and new products (APQP, PFMEA, CP, and PPAP); responsible for expansion and growth of Motor and Armature lines. Successfully transferred equipment from Germany and Italy to full running speeds in Mexico. Coordinated training on equipment and completed standard operating procedures for new and existing equipment.

Mcallen, Texas Area

Coordinated NPI meetings for injection molding area; supported document control for the manufacturing of new products completing PPAP, PFMEA, CP and Flowcharts; Monitored process parameters on 15 injection molding presses ranging from 50T to 1000T; Chaired daily review of scrap reduction initiatives resulting in 40% reduction when aligning visual criteria.

Bachelor Of Science, Mechanical Engineering, 3.78 / 4.0

Master Of Science In Engineering, Concentration In Manufacturing Engineering, 3.5 / 4.0

Certification, - Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt (Lssmbb)™