-Operations Management - Assigns and monitor all department personnel to ensure safety, quality and to optimize productivity, and meet job schedules and P/L reports-Leadership - Ensure and motivate employees to work together to deliver expected results that align with company goals.-Labor management - Hire, train, direct, and collaborate on individual performance that yields expected results.-Plant readiness - Maintain facilities, machinery, and equipment to deliver optimum performance within the boundaries of available capital.-Process synchronization- Coordinate all plant activities and their sequence into smooth production flows with high machine and labor utilization and minimum waste. -Capital improvement - Identify, analyze, and propose investments that promise fast returns through lower costs and productivity gains.-Job tracking- Daily monitoring and monthly reporting of KPI and actuals vs. scheduled costs on all jobs.-Tweaking- Daily adjustments in machine and labor allocation plans to respond to unforeseen circumstances.-Regulatory compliance - Ensure all legal requirements, company safety procedures, and local and state health and safety regulations are met-Troubleshooting - Serve as the first ntact for unexpected occurrencesreqrequiringlated leadership intervention.-Reputation - brand ambassador with employees, customers, suppliers, and all other outsiders.-Safety-Maintain a safe work environment and follow all safety regulations

Responsible for the design of custom hydraulic cylinders for the mobile and industrial markets- Resource management - Prioritize and direct daily department activities to ensure effective and efficient completion of department objectives. - Customer Relations -Lead engineer for one of our premier customers and quarterly customer visits- Plant Leadership - Member of the plant leadership team that acted as the plant manager due to the extended vacancy of a plant manager- Technical Expert - Performed technical lead work, including preparation of design layouts, specifications, engineering investigations, calculations, and failure analyses for new product development and existing product improvements.- LEAN Six Sigma - Green Belt Training - Led cross-functional teams to reduce cost and improve throughput based on data collection (Time studies, Pareto analysis of missed goals, customer returns, etc). - KPI creation and analysis - Developed and maintained department metrics of safety, quality, delivery, cost, and productivity. - Material Review Board - Member of the team that provided guidance and decisions for non-conforming material.

-Continuous Improvement - Helped facilitate continuous improvement and learning across all functional areas through training and communication of quality initiatives-QMS - Assisted in the development of quality system processes, i.e., records management and document control, and control of electronic records-Design Reviews - Reviewed and commented on drawings, calculations, specifications and other design inputs/outputs- Problem Solving -Appied sound systematic problem-solving methodologies in identifying, prioritizing, communicating, and resolving quality issues- Contract Review - Reviewed procurements documents for flowdown and inclusion of quality requirements- Supplier Development -Performed supplier audits and qualifications- KPI tracking and data analysis - Provided trending analysis on vendor quality issues and performance metrics- Teamwork - Work closely with Manufacturing Operations to identify and resolve production and quality system deficiencies- Process Improvement -Participated in improving the manufacturing process for existing products. Review and approve work instructions, inspection documents, Bills of Material and drawings- Customer Service - Coordinated and participated in elements of investigations regarding customer complaints

- Designed hydraulic cylinders to meet customer specifications for mobile and industrial applications. This included material specifications, manufacturing specifications, failure analysis, etc.-Generated manufacturing drawings and confirmed materials, tolerances, and graphics. -Facilitated engineering change requests (ECR) and engineering change orders (ECO).-Managed Bills of Material using Oracle (MRP)-Divisional CAD administrator (Manage updates, training, and new software release)-Welding design and process improvement (Lincoln Welding Blodgett's Welding Design Class)-Design supervisor for two designers

-Monitor and continuously improve productivity and quality-Provide technical direction to manufacturing team for process troubleshooting and counter-measures-Develop needed tools, techniques, product procedures, and analysis of product assessments-Directing pilot runs and industrialization-Provide process equipment specification and/or detail design-New technology application, implementation and industrialization-Provide process troubleshooting and problem solving-Provide management with reports of project progress-Exposure to crane and rigging-Various capital investment/improvement project management-Exposure to wire drawing, plating, packaging, waste water, and machine design

-Process improvement/development-Exposure to plastic thermoforming-Responsible for design, fabrication (machining, welding, assembly, etc.), and implementation of improvement projects-Manufacturing support-Maintenance support-Exposure to tool & die design, fabrication, and maintenance