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Franklin, WI, US

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

• Delivered various safety policies and training, improved overall workplace safety, and reduced recordables by 45%.
• Developed and updated various safety programs, including lockout/tagout, evacuation/shelter plan, internal certification for operators of powered lift trucks, and hazard communication. Delivered training, ensuring.
• Analyzed and developed new structure and content for employee career paths and training programs, which enhanced employee skill sets and guided succession planning for operations.
• Successfully was awarded a WAT (Workforce Advancement Training) Grant from the State of Wisconsin in the amount of $77,000 in partnership with Milwaukee Area Technical College
• Developed, managed and facilitated employee onboarding and retention through improved onboarding content and regular career path progress meetings

Oak Creek, Wisconsin, United States

• Managed a department of ~20 employees working on various metalworking machinery used to produce punches, buttons, pins, bushings, ball bearing retainer cages, and various components for the tool and die industry
• Familiar with bar fed lathes, induction hardening, OD grinding, hones, shape grinding, centerless grinding, wire EDM, 5-axis CNCs, and various manually controlled grinders and equipment
• Developed a company-wide template for a SQDC board and held daily Gemba within my departments to increase departmental visibility and facilitate improvement of safety, quality, and delivery metrics
• Analyzed production requirements, established work schedules, and enforced equipment maintenance
• Assisted Human Resources with interviewing and recruitment
• Liaised between upper management and subordinates to resolve issues

Oak Creek, WI

• Led Kaizen events resulting in tangible improvements to operations, such as the addition of a Non-Conformance reporting and Corrective Action process, and the elimination or streamlining of non-value added steps in.
• Established policies, goals, and procedures in collaboration with stakeholders. Participated in strategic planning meetings, development of X-matrix, and corporate vision, mission, and core values.
• Managed goods movement through a CONWIP process, optimizing operational efficiency and reducing waste (overproduction) by 12%

Oak Creek, WI

• Fully automated a CNC torch-cut programming process, which allowed a full-time programmer to refocus daily work to 100% of higher value-added services - programming for CNC machining
• Fully managed a product line for a hydraulic unscrewing device used in plastic injection molds – responsible for all quoting and technical support for both internal manufacturing and the external customers using the.
• Drafted and designed layout of equipment, materials, and workspace for maximum efficiency
• Continued to design bolsters and toolholding devices for the forging industry

Oak Creek, WI

• Managed customer service staff, promoting high-quality service and rapid, accurate response mentality
• Audited customer service procedures, driving continuous improvement efforts – by implementing electronic processes, decreased waste (waiting) by 20% and reduced the use of paper in the department by 37%
• Conducted special studies to develop new databases for the item master, along with manufacturing drawings, routings, work instructions, pricing, and costing for new or competing product lines
• Performed mass database maintenance for existing products, sales territories, quote/order delivery methods, and more within the Avante Epicor ERP system

• Analyzed blueprints/CAD files to efficiently prepare detailed quotations and orders to meet customer requirements
• Participated in manufacturing planning, scheduling, and engineering pre-production analysis
• Provided technical support and feedback on design for manufacturability
• Ensured profitability and competitiveness of jobs by evaluating thruput-per-constraint-hour

Oak Creek, WI

• Brought the company’s CAD software into the 21st century by working with a Solidworks reseller to transition the business from FarbCAD (1970s) to Solidworks in 2004.
• Personally trained and provided continuous support for the use of Solidworks CAD software to all drafters, programmers, and engineers within the department
• Developed templates, a key bind standard, shortcuts, and standard parts libraries to further improve productivity of employees using Solidworks
• Personally developed all configurable 3D CAD models in the standard die components and standard mold components catalogs for the initial release of Superior Die Set’s configurable parts catalog, released on the 3D.
• Analyzed customer order script, interpreted blueprints, and utilized Solidworks CAD to create detailed manufacturing drawings
• Designed bolsters and toolholding devices for the forging industry – largest project was a $900,000 bolster used to make a large automotive part for GM, produced on an 8000 ton press at a forge shop in Monterrey, Mexico