Several supervision roles at Blount as well as manufacturing manager for the Portland Chain Manufacturing Group. At peak demand, this group included twelve direct reports that managed up to 375 manufacturing team members. This position includes responsibility for major company metrics such as cost, quality, safety, efficiency, and lean initiatives. Also entails working closely with support areas including but not limited to maintenance, continuous improvement, and product engineering. Worked together with the plant management team to set direction and strategic vision to achieve corporate goals and objectives.

Managed and led personnel and resources for multiple CNC machining departments. This included screw machines, milling centers, turning centers, manual machining, and sheet metal fabrication. Contributed to strategies for continuous improvement, zero defects, and day-to-day operations in several manufacturing departments.

Held several titles throughout tenure at Leupold & Stevens. From an engineering individual contributor, working on both design and manufacturing processes, to continuous improvement engineering. Followed by working as a project manager on a major company initiative for an ERP implementation. Then moved into an Engineering Systems Supervisor role•••Engineering Supervisor: Responsible for supervision of personnel and systems relating to documentation and engineering systems, including modeling and cad systems, PDM, document control, etc.•••Project Manager: Responsible for all aspects of selection and implementation readiness of new ERP software including management of team members and budget, coordination of outside resources, project plan development and execution.•••Lean Manufacturing Lead: Worked as a dedicated lean manufacturing lead responsible for facilitating Kaizens, continuous improvement activities, and company-wide materials flow from raw materials to shipping.•••Assembly Manufacturing Engineer: Responsible for production support and safety as well as design and implementation of tooling and manufacturing systems.

 Shop Supervisor – Managed daily machine shop operations, personnel, and scheduling  Quality Control Lead - Performed all final quality control inspections and sign off of shop projects Machining - Designed and fabricated a variety of parts and tooling