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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.
• (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.

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.
• 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

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

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.

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.

• 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.
• 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.

• 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.
• 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.

US

• 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.
• 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.

• 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