Michael Harris Email & Phone Number

Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States

Groveland, Massachusetts, United States

Tampa, Florida

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Developing and maintaining a full scheduling system for a rapidly growing machine shop with the aim to double the capacity.Implementing continuous improvement ideas throughout company using previous lean manufacturing experience, training and mentoring others during this process.Create all new and repeat jobs with contract review and material ordering, assignment and confirmation.Schedule all employees on a daily basis for production, reviewing any member issues from the previous day.Streamline entire process of production flow through the shop, from the creation of the job, through production and to the delivery of the parts to the customer whilst communicating with the customers regarding estimated and actual delivery timing.

Planning Engineer, Jet Aviation, Basel, Switzerland 2008-2015Project Management:Created projects in SAP from customer work scopeOrganized and led all aircraft engineering pre-input meetings; Established man hours standards, mom and bill of tools; Worked alongside production to ensure delivery of the aircraft on time and within budget; Customer liaison for all aspects of the projectMaintained control of any amendments of the project scope; Scheduled all additional work into project; Controlled all SAP work orders.Completed the technical log release to service, confirming all MEL and technical log entries are closed ;Completed all paperwork relating to the project closure, including the CAMP update and SAP CRS release, work reports and carry forward items; Organized and led a post input meetingContinuous Improvement:Founding member of the Continuous Improvement Team, led projects on 5’s, process improvement, parts flow, standardization etc; Developed and implemented full check management system to cover all aircraft on all size of projects, currently running at between 35 and 40 aircraft and trained staffScheduling:Liaise between Inventory Management, Purchasing, Stores, Production, the customer, delivery agent and customs to ensure on time delivery of parts; Coordinate internal part movements; Maintain detailed records of all requestsRisk management:Documented all incoming defects and adjust schedule of aircraft when required within SAP; Implemented andmaintained all standard control processes for monitoring aircraft in work; Immediately highlighted if anyelement of the aircraft maintenance input is not on scheduleAOG:AOG specialist for group, co coordinating with all departments in company to ensure smooth and rapidresponse time to all customer requests; Responsible for continuous follow up to ensure supplier and delivery commitments were met.

 Lean manufacturing consultant in a variety of industries, where I used my 15 years of experience of working with the Toyota Production System to improve processes and efficiency. Introduced 5's template using a model hangar and rolled this principal out company wide Implemented Process Visualization, standardizing the scheduled routine aircraft maintenance and consequently reducing the turnaround time on all aircraft Responsible for developing a complete company-wide TPS training package to match the company's fast growing business units in an environment with no previous history of lean principles  Trained 20 supervisors, 40 lead mechanics and over 100 mechanics on lean techniques and principles, including all aspects of TPS, basic Six Sigma theory, waste elimination and problem countermeasure Introduced company KPIs, measuring safety, quality and cost Streamlined inter-department communication by creating a bi-weekly problem countermeasure meeting and a “go-look-see” culture Introduced a daily status reporting system for all aircraft, enabling the same information to be available to every member of staff

 Developed Process diagnostics for assessing process efficiencies and to confirm members understanding of the required standardised work alongside Standardised work audits which were used to confirm adherence to standardised work  Directly responsible for the design and successful implementation of SPS along both Trim lines in two separate assembly shops Responsible for the process reduction project across both assembly shops Developed all training material and process layouts for the roll out of the SPS system across all area of two assembly lines

Leader with direct responsibility of large areas of a multimillion pound production line. Constant pressure to make the correct decision, safely without compromising quality.Most experienced Team Leader in shop for all of Trim lineMentored six team members through the advance team member course and to subsequent promotion Designed many processes throughout the production line to accommodate all variations of production volumes and specifications Trim section quality representative, this included weekly companywide quality feedback sessions