Robert Vela, Lssgb Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas, United States

OpEx Lead supporting the implementation of Lean Six Sigma and Enterprise-level, Strategic Deployment Initiatives within the Subsea Robotics (SSR) and Offshore Projects Group (OPG) segments across global regions.Oceaneering provides a portfolio of technologies to safely and reliably improve performance in oilfield, aerospace, entertainment, material.

Houston, Texas Area

• Continuous Improvement Lead supporting manufacturing and supply chain operations for a facility of over 300 Employees and $300M in annual shipments.
• Global CI Project Lead for two executive-sponsored, manufacturing demand management projects enabling optimized Planning and Customer Service future state value streams, included: establishing leading KPIs, standard.
• Led Hoshin Kanri strategy facilitation with site leadership to define annual tactics, objectives, and targets to align corporate strategy to drive Manufacturing Product Service Line growth and value initiatives.
• Provided site-wide training of Lean Six Sigma for over 100 new hires
• Kaizen Event definition, scoping, and facilitation across all supply chain functions to drive and implement improvements to value streams, to impact annual strategic objectives and tactics.
• Provide development and team training for Managing for Daily Improvement (MDI) to impact Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost (SQDC) metrics

Alvarado, Texas

• Site CI Lead for Wireline & Perforating and Charge Manufacturing operations for a facility of over 300 personnel and $200M in annual shipments.
• Facilitation of Kaizen events and project teams to deliver on annual strategic objectives impacting business and manufacturing value streams.
• Planning and facilitation of annual Hoshin Kanri strategy session to define objectives and tactics to drive corporate Product Service Line initiatives.
• Implementation of Tier-level metrics and daily management process to drive visibility of site-wide and departmental performance to leading / lagging indicators.
• Led site-wide Continuous Improvement training, mentoring, and coaching
• Reduction in charge manufacturing lead time through Value Stream Improvement management and roadmap.

Houston, Texas Area

• Sr. Mechanical Technical Professional supporting Wireline Downhole Tool manufacturing operations and project management:
• Engineering support to front-line technicians to resolve quality, production, and engineering issues and drive improvement in production and design.
• Project lead for $1.3M in Capital Projects including automated robotic work cell to facilitate 240% increase in projected production demand.
• Project lead for business-unit manufacturing relayout redesign and consolidation reducing footprint by 20,000 and saving $1.2M in annualized real estate expense savings.
• Provide weekly departmental Lean training for Continuous Improvement initiatives and to develop team capability and capacity

Houston

• Excellence / Continuous Improvement Lead for manufacturing center supporting two business units of over 300 personnel.
• Scoped and facilitated, Business Process, Value Stream, and Point Kaizen events to drive site strategic and tactical objectives.
• Provided leadership to Lean-Bronze CI trained teams for tactical-level Lean Projects to enable CI culture and impact product value streams.
• Facilitated executive-sponsored Merger and Acquisition (M&A), Supply Chain Integration event to enable integration and optimization of two acquired Fiber Optic Sensing Technology companies into existing Product Service.

Houston, Texas Area

Manufacturing Technical Professional for Drilling Fluid and Cement testing and analysis equipment. Provided shop floor support to drive Continuous Improvement through tooling and fixtures design, Process Mapping, Takt Time and Cycle Time analysis, and layout / work cell design.

• BAE Mobility and Protection Systems
• Manufacturing Engineer supporting main Assembly Line and Subassembly department for the production of the Army's Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV).
• Creation and update of assembly and installation Work Instructions for implementation of new tactical vehicle builds and configurations.
• Project Lead for relocation of Subassembly Department to main assembly line, resulting in 30% reduction in Forklift travel, and enabling cross-training of technicians to increase capacity.

Engineer for Aerospace Defense Contractor; Product line including: thermocouple harness assemblies and instrumentation for military jet aircraft engines.