Ryan Bridgewater Email & Phone Number

Fort Wayne, Indiana Area

Production Supervisor• Responsible for the daily accountability, safety, and counseling of up to 70 personnel spanning 25 departments, multiple production areas, and shifts in a job shop environment• Approved daily employee attendance and vacation requests utilizing the ADP payroll system• Scheduled product flow across 25 departments utilizing Oracle for approximately 250-300 separate products per month to meet build requirements and customer delivery dates• Worked with management, employees, and cross departmental leadership, to improve product backlog by more than 75%, decreasing the initial average back log from 40,000pcs to an average of 5,000pcs• Worked with Quality, Engineering, and Materials departments to improve manufacturing systems and processes• Recommend changes in workstations to increase quality and reduce ergonomic strains• Read and interpret blueprints for various bend, weld, braze, bead, and size data• Utilize gauges, fixtures, micrometers, and various measuring tools to verify bend, weld, and various required data per blueprint or work instruction• Read, write, and interpret documents such as safety standards, work/operating instructions, and process manuals

Fort Wayne, Indiana Area

Production Manager• Scheduled daily line production order demands• Conduct daily risk assessments and briefings to shift personnel, ensuring proper use of PPE and required equipment• Managed daily labor requirements and overtime needs to meet the production demands and financial goals of the customer and organization• Responsible for 45-60 personnel across multiple shifts• Worked with new product from customers to establish plating process in order obtain new or additional business• Evaluated and counseled personnel on position responsibilities, safety standards, knowledge progress, and future growth expectations

Auburn, Indiana

Production Supervisor• Trained, evaluated, and recorded qualifications of 13 personnel• Conducted daily risk assessments and briefings to shift personnel across numerous departments• Monitored, adjusted, and charted chemistry readings and iron temperatures for gray and ductile iron production standards within acceptable tolerances• Constructed, repaired, and cast furnace linings, auto-pour ladles, melt furnace lids, transport ladles, and various other required items to perform iron production, using castable refractories, rammable plastic, and various other types of relining or casting materials • Worked with various management personnel to identify and adjust production processes in various departments to prevent and or reduce scrap rates• Trained, evaluated, and counseled assigned personnel on position assignments and cross-trained within department and cross-departmental operations to improve workforce capabilities• Collected, extracted, and evaluated scrap data to determine root cause and provide process changes for scrap prevention• Scheduled personnel to meet production demands while reducing man-hour costs

• Served as the Senior Enlisted soldier and supervisor for the 76th Special Troops Battalion• Planned, coordinated, supervised, and participated in activities pertaining to organization training, combat operations, and unit deployment readiness.• Developed and tracked list of required brigade level schools, ammunition, and specialty skills requirements, improving overall readiness and operational capabilities of 35 companies, 7 battalions, and 1 brigade headquarters• Planned, resourced, and established training and standards to develop and enhance individual, team, and unit operational readiness• Provided technical and tactical guidance to subordinates and professional support to both subordinates and superiors in the accomplishment of their duties • Maintained personnel, medical, and training records and processed pay and benefits for 150 personnel• Coordinated and validated personnel benefits ensuring all medical, education, and pay benefits were allocated appropriately for 150 personnel• Counseled and evaluated full-time support staff to develop career goals, unit standards and procedures, and daily operational requirements• Procured in excess of 2.5 million pieces of ammunition annually, processed and secured training space requirements for approximately 400 requests from subordinate organizations annually, and training seats at various military school locations • Prepared and briefed daily, weekly, and monthly situational reports to higher echelons from Battalion level up to Department of the Army level• Developed and conducted near-term, short-term, and long-term training plans and combat operations• Presided over the accountability, maintenance, and readiness of technical and tactical assets in excess of 36 million dollars• Evaluated and counseled leaders and Soldiers on career progression requirements and goals, unit standards, and personal life matters; allowing Soldiers to focus on their career advancement and the mission