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Aurora, Illinois, Us

- Support new and existing product lines for the Light Assembly and Transducer departments.- For the new R96 radar product launch, I completed the PFMEA, designed 9 assembly/welding fixtures, and created multiple photographic assembly work instructions.- Improved the switch calibration bench setup and retrained associates.- Cost justified purchasing cabinet oven, larger capacity ultrasonic degreaser, rivet machine, and stereo microscope.- Designed standard work benches for rivet machines, tool cabinets for welders, and weld rod storage cabinets.- Eliminated frequent breakdowns of Autosplice machine by changing material and changing to a custom tool setup.- Created new sheathed sleeve forming dies.- Designed many other fixtures to continually improve production quality and efficiency.- Created numerous assembly work instructions to standardize work methods and routings.- Created work instruction approval process and template.- Created time study process and trained other manufacturing engineers.

Aurora, Il, Us

- Completed numerous time studies to determine and maintain company time standards for sheet metal fabrication, welding, die casting, paint, assembly, and packaging operations.- Created and maintained company's new cost estimating spreadsheet for products at the concept and prototype phases of development.- Created new time formulas for assembly, packaging, machining, sanding, and grinding operations based on time study data.- Implemented new format for assembly and packaging instructions that included a production line layout, detailed operations and balanced labor time by station, step by step photographic instructions, and the product pallet configuration.- Implemented numerous cost reductions in fabrication by cost justifying progressive dies for high volume parts, multi tapping fixtures, and custom cnc turret tools.- Determined product bill of materials, packaging, and product cost by calculating the material and labor costs.- Determined best solution to implement engineering product changes.- Provided suppliers with product specifications and evaluated the supplier's products to ensure all the requirements were met.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

- Forecasted Addison hub delivery volume to create the daily operating plan for the building's Preload operation.- Provided the Addison Preload sort management team with the daily operating plan detailing the planned number of hours, staffing, production rate, and paid day for every element of the operation based on work measurement.- Completed time studies of numerous package car drivers' routes from the Palatine and Rockford hubs along with obtaining sales leads and correcting drivers' methods.- Determined whether accounts cost justified for a trailer pickup for Northern Illinois.

Lake Zurich, Illinois, Us

- Time studied numerous assembly operations to update time standards and product costs.- Created photographic assembly procedures in Excel for trimmer, power edger, pro attachment series, and hedge clipper product lines.- Designed improved order picking process for distribution center.