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Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

• Sourced and obtained equipment from vendors to perform specific tasks within the production lines.• Completed production line audits for both our facility and for the vendor facilities to ensure that the product quality is identical for each location.• Coached engineers by guiding with the effective use of methodology to help with future projects.• Completed facility layout design for an NPI project including lean manufacturing, quality, inspection and environmental requirements.• Worked with QA and R&D to eliminate a number of quality and design issues which resulted in an improvement to the overall build.• Focused the attitude of personal toward quality rather than output which gave visibility to problem areas, and with the use of VSM gave lead time reduction.• Completed Installation, process and production qualifications including operator training.• Completed audits of products, leading to troubleshooting improvements and root cause analysis, making recommendations for required improvements or changes.• Improved Output from less than 200 units per shift to over 300 units per shift earlier than expected• Included in the advisory team to improve drawing layouts to include manufacturability, and external and internal quality requirements using full GD&T

Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

Perform reverse engineering and repair instructions for parts within legacy aircraft including completion of compliance plans and substantiation reports for presentation to regulatory bodies for approval of processes. Project Management for a power generation unit for use in areas with no power access. This includes working with vendors, supply chain, engineers as well as presenting information to regulatory bodies to establish funding and partnerships.

Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

- Manage and guide a small team of quality technicians to perform quality control of all aspects from incoming materials to outgoing product.- Perform full quality audits of the production process and product- Completed audits of vendors to verify capabilities and quality processes.- Investigate issues and improvements to highlight areas of deficiency and address those areas to allow for high quality builds.- Set up online inspection, traveler cards (electronic), KPI’s and training.- Actively improving the production auditing system from a manual to an automated system to allow technicians to focus on quality inspections, electrical testing and supporting documentation to be supplied to the customer.

Surrey, Bc

• Obtained equipment from vendors, performed FAT’s for machine suitability and performance.• Completed internal audits for both our facility and for our American facility• Designed a number of Jigs to allow for improved production with calibration requirements.• Completed facility layout design for a substantial project including lean manufacturing, quality, inspection and environmental requirements.• Completed Installation, process and production qualifications including operator training.• Completed audits of products, leading to troubleshooting needs and root cause analysis, making recommendations of problem areas and required improvements or changes.• Advised group of drawing layouts to include manufacturability and external and internal quality requirements using full GD&T.

Langley, Bc

- Obtained equipment from vendors to fill intermediate steps for the needs of the vertical farm.- Defined processes to aid development of automation equipment.- Used 3d Printers for rapid prototyping of parts.- Designed nozzles and dispensing units for seeding application.- Developed Mixing techniques to mix Xanthan gum and to gently mix seed into the Xanthan Gum.- Contributed to vendors development of equipment suitable to the needs of the cubic farm.- Improved packaging efficiency by 600%- Improved Seeding efficiency by 300%

Richmond, Bc

- Overlook testing and quality acceptance for machines leaving manufacturing.- Improved production outputs across the range of products through improved manufacturing processes by 25% on average- Advise R&D department with design improvements for current and new products.- Advise QA department with specification changes to improve parts.- Updated manufacturing documentation to reflect new assembly/integration methods.- Design of new jigs to help improve manufacturing of products.- Used lean manufacturing processes to improve manufacture work flow.- Reduced integration times for the premium machine from 120 hours to less than 60 hours.- With use of jigs and processes, improved build quality and consistency within assembly cells.- Member of the integration team that won 1st place at the Océ global continuous awards for work that included lead time reduction for the premium printer.

Langley, Bc

- Completed structural designs for customers.- Developed new products individually and as part of teams. Involved in troubleshooting of issues and corrective procedures required.- Updated documentation to reflect new assembly methods or product changes.- Completed FEA of existing products to improve design due to failures.- Also used FEA on new product design to minimize the chance of failure and to obtain adequate safety factors.- Involved in testing of products to show that regulatory standards and safety requirements are met. - Used computer software applications – AutoCAD, Solidworks, Solidworks simulation, PDM and Microsoft Office.

Maple Ridge, Bc

- Completed designs for small R&D projects.- Aided R&D department with development of new products.- Updated R&D operational documentation to reflect new assembly methods.- Developed and updated operation, maintenance and quality documentation.- Improved and maintained production yields and outputs through methodical trouble shooting and improved processes.- Lead teams to develop new machines for production assembly improvements and for R&D assembly.- Assisted with installation and set up of a production line in Taiwan.- Used computer software applications – AutoCAD, Solid works and Microsoft Office

Langley, Bc

- Prepared and maintained manufacturing documentation, quality procedure documentation and bill of materials.- Completed mechanical designs and rationalization of products.- Sourcing and purchasing items for products.- Set up production layout for more efficient assembly of products.- Dealt with customers on a daily basis including installation of machines, service calls, customer service, technical support and tracking supplies.- Set-up quality control procedures and requirements.- Involved extensively in prototyping, testing and trouble-shooting.- Used computer software applications – AutoCAD 2004, Mechanical Desktop, Word, Excel, CRM, E-mail, Database and Internet.

Richmond, Bc

- Prepared manufacturing documentation and bill of materials.- Completed mechanical designs of products.- Sourcing and purchasing items for products, rationalization of products.- Met with suppliers and colleagues to discuss technical issues to meet project deadlines.- Used computer software applications – AutoCAD 2004, Word, Excel, E-mail, Database and Internet.

Manchester England

- Collated all documentation, drawings and relevant information applying necessary standards and specifications.- Met with customers and colleagues to discuss technical issues to complete contract deadline.- Used computer software applications – Word, Excel, Lotus Notes and Database.

Newcastle Under Lyme, England

- Managed project to design and develop an acoustically enclosed package containing a diesel engine driven compressor using AutoCAD.- Other projects included reactive design of small compressor units.

Etruria, Staffs, England

- Liaison between clients and suppliers.- Supported and worked with colleagues to resolve problems.- Involvement in new product design, updating existing products and problem solving within the water industry.