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Granger, In, Us

Nashotah, Wi, Us

Techniplas is a leading global design and manufacturing provider of engineered products and services that are helping to shape the future of mobility. Continuously expanding the reach of data enabled cognitive technologies, delivering personalized, performance-enhanced and sustainable mobility, the company generated more than $500 million of consolidated revenue.Automotive Interior, Under the hood Injection molding, Medical, and Commercial• (9) Direct Report - Manufacturing, Process, Automation, and Controls Engineers (11) Indirect Report - Process Technicians • Direct Engineers in the improvement of the cost and quality of manufacturing utilizing statistical process control and design of experiments. • Coordinates release dates and availability of machines, equipment, and material schedules to satisfy demand. • Ensures implementation of modern technology and verifies the design effectiveness of equipment and systems for manufacturing and assembly.• Establishes standards and works with shop personnel to resolve problems related to process, tooling, and equipment.• Adheres to established standards, policies, and practices relating to quality, cost reduction, safety, ergonomics, and affirmative action per the International Automotive Task Force for maintaining certification.• Provides training, development, and motivation for staff.• Actively involved in decisions requiring experienced judgment and communicates regularly with managers of other divisions and departments as well as suppliers in resolving disagreements and providing information.• Assists staff in developing and implementing new systems and keeps other areas informed of progress.

Warminster, Pa, Us

8 million dollar facility with 35 employees• (1) Direct Report - Process Technician• Develops and evaluates new processes and improve current process capability, efficiency, and overall productivity in all areas of manufacturing• Develops innovative solutions to complex engineering and manufacturing production problems through identification and implementation of advanced manufacturing processes including conducting process analysis, applying knowledge of product design, fabrication, assembly, tooling, and materials, conferring with suppliers, and soliciting observations from the production technicians• Refines and enhances processes by applying continuous improvement and key Lean manufacturing/production principles and techniques• Creates manufacturing routing for existing and new manufacturing products• Works on facility drawing – update existing layout with equipment moves or new equipment• Manages the overall implementations of capital equipment projects. Evaluates capital equipment investments and prepares cost justifications for divisional projects• Identifies and implements solutions for issues relating to safety, quality, productivity, and cost reductions• Supports Quality for CAR resolutions and customer concerns• Prepares documentation for new manufacturing processes and engineering procedures• Reads and interprets schematics, assembly, and fabrication drawings• Troubleshooting mind set - Have an ability to break down a system or process systematically and effectively into subparts to identify failures and troubleshoot to component level• Interacts with multi-functional department related to manufacturing engineering project execution.• Software – Autodesk Inventor and AutoCAD

Sterling Heights, Mi, Us

42 million dollar facility with 85 employeesAutomotive Interior, Thermoforming, Injection, Compression, Blow Form• (5) Direct Reports - Five Process Technicians• Initiates the development of safe manufacturing processes, including production flow, assembly methods and production equipment• Executes purchasing activities associated with maintenance and equipment systems• Performs cost-benefit analysis to evaluate factory tooling• Maintains the facilities and equipment systems• Sources and cost-justifies various tools, machinery, and equipment for the safe manufacturing of products• Performs continuous improvement activities using lean tools for cost reduction, quality improvement, improved efficiency, and improved material flow• Assists Quality Engineering with developing robust quality control plans• Performs work measurement analysis using time studies or predetermined motion time systems to develop optimal process• Data entry and system maintenance using Microsoft programs• Lead the development of process and equipment planning activities required to support customer projects and meet company business plan objectives• Lead start of production CIP activities necessary to meet product quality and business plan objectives• Develop and maintain all production documentation required including DFA’s, PFD’s, PFMEA’s, WI’s, etc.• Implement 5S activities for all production areas• Support all IATF-16949 and ISO14001 standards and activities• Support production

Madison, Wi, Us

22 million dollar facility with 74 employeesMedical Packaging, Thermoforming• (5) Direct Reports - Two Engineering Technicians, and three Maintenance Technicians.• Implement improvement methods to manufacture products.• Communicate with planning and design staffs to assure efficient production methods.• Train other department team members on the proper methods for utilizing equipment.• Improve production efficiency through increased cycle rates and labor optimization methods.• Implement and manage approval of capital expenditures within established guidelines.• Provide day to day support for manufacturing processes.• Develop, write, execute, analyze and document plans; interpret and document results; communicate, and implement changes driven by results.• Understanding of the company QMS Quality Management System.• Resolve audit actions, NCR's, CAPA's.• Lead cross-functional Lean/6 Sigma teams.• Develop and maintain validation practices.• Lead company capital projects involving equipment or facility.• Manage the PM and TPM systems.• Identify sources and establish contracts involving equipment and facilities.• Provide technical and engineering knowledge for maintenance technicians.• Manage the tooling department, provide technical assistance. Work with design identifying standard practices and lead tooling improvement projects.• Design fixtures, jigs, and tools.• Establish machine validation protocols as required by ISO 13485:2016.

Elkhart, Indiana, Us

8 million dollar facility with 67 employeesFabricated Metal Product Manufacturing• Create and modify models in AutoCAD, Autodesk Mechanical 2D and 3D.• Create parts from Autodesk Mechanical models, including producing detailed shop ready drawings, and communicating with machine shops.• Create and specify using NC Express to make NC programs for turret laser punch.• Sheet metal design and manufacture, stamping and progressive dies• Specify and procure off-the-shelf components.• Direct technicians and participate in the hands-on construction/assembly of parts and purchased components to produce working prototypes.• Conduct experiments and tests to verify concept viability.• Work with structural and machine engineers to create/ design, stamping press foundations.• Assist in debugging experimental hardware and measurement equipment, together with the technician.• Facility layout, machine and press location, shipping, WIP, end user product layout.• Structural design and fabrication• Safety layout, evacuation documentation, Lock out – Tag out• Document results through patent applications, technical reports and publications.

12 million dollar facility with 178 employeesThe Healthcare Resources Groups data warehouse was the source of claims and other data loaded to and displayed in the Case Management Information System application, Pharmacy Home application and the Occupational Accident reports database. The warehouse contains 800 million rows of Medicaid claims, as well as eligibility and provider data. It also contains 20 months of Medicare claims data. Additional data bases include lab values, real time hospital visits, Medicare claims data and real time hospital encounters. Responsible for maintaining data integrity.• Designed, modified, developed, wrote and implemented software programming applications.• Responsible for the completion of long-term IT engineering projects.• Developed, implemented, and monitored information systems policies and controls to ensure data accuracy, security, and regulatory compliance.• Supported and/or installed software applications/operating systems. Participated in the testing process through test review and analysis, test witnessing and certification of software.• Design and document database architecture.• Create data models.• Build data base scheme, tables, procedures and permissions.• Set up data sharing and data partitioning.• Develop database utilities and automated reporting.• Create shell scripts for task automation.• Create, test and execute data management languages.• Analyze, consolidate and tune database for optimal efficiency.• Monitor systems and platforms for availability.• Oversee backup, clustering, mirroring, replication and failover.• Restore and recover corrupted databases.• Install and test upgrades and patch Implement security and encryption.• Provide 24/7 support for critical situations.• Evaluate and recommend new database technologies.• Administer and manage permissions/access to SQL Server instances and data bases.

Two million dollar facility with 78 employees.Manage and delegate workloads to ensure a common approach to solving machinery and/or process selection issues. • Direct Reports - One Manufacturing Engineer, and one Project Management Engineer.• Lead Safety Committee, exceeding its obligations of regulatory compliance as mandated by various EPA and OSHA regulations at Federal and State levels, saving $25,000.00 in fines and abatements.• Determine, Evaluate, and Recommend training for minimizing exposure to employees and the environment. Creating and training of, Haz Com, Lock-Out/Tag-out, Emergency Communication programs, and Blood borne Pathogen training.• Responsible for product flow and manufacturing plant layout. Installing Kanban systems, driving JIT, reducing inventories 35% and workflow 12%, increasing efficiencies 18%.• Justify, procuring capital expenditures.• Direct Bills of Materials to evaluate equipment and materials Request for Quotes. Reducing scrap 18% saving $9,000.00.• Research competitive products, working with marketing to recommend product changes to existing products.• Develop specifications for performance, procurement, and set-up of operations.• Direct and ensure Patents.

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Forty million dollar facility with two hundred and ten employees.Primary Responsibilities and essential job functions: Launch coordinator, following APQP discipline for new programs initiating safe launch procedure, and effectively communicating launch issues to all departments.• Direct Reports - Two Manufacturing Engineers, three Secondary set-up Technicians.• Main point of contact for all Launch issues ensuring accuracy of PSO and SOP dates.• Develop efficient documented process windows for all secondary equipment including supporting data on development.• Assembly equipment change procedure and verification for Kaizen and continuous improvement. Increasing throughput 25%.• Focus Factory Manager of assembly area consisting of two shifts utilizing flux forty concepts. Increased efficiencies 15% and decreasing down time 67%. Decreased manpower 8% while increasing production rates and adding additional assembly cells.• Managed launch program initiated by Chrysler. Completing 25,000 vehicles in 25 days. Assembly cells, 5% ahead of delivery schedules, 110% of signed off process production rates.• Responsible for training technicians on secondary assembly equipment.• Responsible for mold, product design, and engineering changes. Initiating 15% of product improvements saving $15,000.00 of scrap and unapproved product. • Develop preventative and predictive maintenance systems on tooling to secure quality and productivity.• Responsible for evaluating throughput gain, and utilization of plant layout. Submit recommendations for approval and modifications. To coordinate and follow appropriation requests from start to finish on continuous improvement programs. Remain aware of developments in new manufacturing technology through industry literature and relate those significant new developments to Key Plastics applications.

Eighty two million dollar facility with one hundred ninety-eight employees.• Direct Reports - One Set up Technician, and one Maintenance Engineer.• Initiated redesign of customer owned tooling. • Coordinated maintenance and spare parts for production molds. • Approve molds production capable compared to customer standards.• Continuous improvement.

Elkhart, In, Us

• Designated designing of tools, cost estimating and coordination of molds.• Process documentation and control.• Preventative maintenance of equipment, tooling and facility. • Initiated and coordinated quotations with sales to generate tooling procedures.

• Job analysis and production of process fixtures. • Process documentation and control of high volume operations. • Internal/External Ford quality audits, 8 Discipline plan.

Muncie, Us

A cooperative education experience providing academic credit for structured job experience including data archiving and storage • the transfer of hard copy product line drawings to VersaCAD • Product improvement and Engineering Change Implementation

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering Technology (Bscmet)

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Design Engineering Technology (Dset)

High School Diploma, Science / Mathematics / Art