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Sumter, Sc, Us

Orangeburg, South Carolina, Us

Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, Us

Sr. Technical Leader/ Engineering Manager responsible for leading a team of 18 direct reports supporting continuous improvement and steady-state maintenance of three high speed Vacutainer assembly lines producing more than 1 billion tubes annually. Provides mechanical engineering support to production lines in addition to managerial duties.- Implemented DTM/ Yellow tag system in department to track maintenance activities as well as drive ownership of preventative maintenance across all levels of technical staff.- Regularly reports out on Shingijutsu project progress to Sr. Leadership including CEO. Current project has reduced machine short stops by 20% and increased OEE by 3.9%.- Supported multiple departments (Vacutainer and Straight Needles) as Engineering Manager while developing successor from within company. - Developed and implemented new Preventative Maintenance process in department to clarify preventative maintenance tasks, owners, and expected outcomes.

Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, Us

Manufacturing Engineering Manager responsible for all engineering activities, mechanical and electrical, within high-speed medical device assembly department. Manages group of 26 Engineering resources to support five high-speed automated medical device assembly lines with total daily output exceeding 3MM parts per day. - Manages department Capital, R&M, and shutdown labor budgets. - Assists operations management in building operating budget for department with COGM exceeding $45MM. - Implemented PM Huddles to improve preventative maintenance compliance as well as facilitate feedback from technical associates. - Actively participates in the recruiting, mentoring and management of MDP Engineers to provide relevant high-speed manufacturing experience. - Coordinates with Machine shop supervision to manufacture high usage machine components in house to reduce cost and improve lead times. - Led Luer IV Shield Damage Corrective Action Preventative Action team to reduce damaged IV Shields from 3-5 defects per month to 1 or less per month. - Increased departments efficiency by 10% (90.9% to 100.9%) by focusing team on root cause analysis, PM quality and increased on-line support.

Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, Us

Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, Us

Senior mechanical engineer responsible for all mechanical facets of multiple high-speed automated medical device assembly lines (40k+ PPM). Implemented process and equipment improvements through utilization of project planning and process optimization strategies. - Led department process optimization effort for Eclipse Line 1. Improved 12-week shift average from 437k to 470k and set new departmental record for average monthly efficiency (109.6%). - Successfully managed engineering activities (capital appropriation, installation, validation, debug) for Euro Palletization project (Budget of $200K) to create capacity for Sumter site sterilizer. - Developed project charter and checkbook to standardize project management and planning amongst department engineering group. - Serves as temporary engineering supervisor when needed to lead and coordinate engineering activities, submit capital projections and ensure PM compliance. - Works with engineering supervisor to provide new technical staff with the training plans and tools needed to perform their duties. Including mentoring new engineers, engineering co-op and MDP engineer.

Baltimore, Md, Us

Primary engineer responsible for troubleshooting and process improvement in custom bearing manufacturing cell. Conducted pre-production review of new products to ensure process accuracy and guarantee on-time delivery. - Worked in conjunction with production team to reduce past due numbers from $1.5M to $190,000 in one year through the implementation of robust processes and continuous improvement. - Participated in Kaizen events as primary engineer responsible for collecting needed data prior to the event and following up on action items to ensure completion and that the accomplishments were sustained.- Successfully implemented new process for bearing race manufacturing that improved overall product quality while reducing setup cost. - Collaborated with product engineering group to develop product testing procedures to improve correlation of internal and customer qualification testing. - Reduced grinding operation scrap by 15% by implementing in process gauging and standard work documentation.

Baltimore, Md, Us

Baltimore, Md, Us

- Led group of cross functional team members in effort to reduce product inventory through qualification and implemented procedure to ensure ongoing product quality. - Collaborated with customer to improve rotational accuracy of semiconductor wafer handling robot bearings through experimentation.- Conducted process capability studies to verify and maintain engineering standards.- Developed and implemented tooling database to effectively organize and identify usable/worn tooling.- Created tooling drawings for in-process heat treat fixtures and work-holdings.- Standardized in-process inspection charts plant wide.- Implemented process improvements such as optimizing machined surface finish, part laser marking, and gauging concepts.- Used correlation studies to verify in-process measurement methods with Customers.

Mclean, Virginia, Us

- Conducted time studies to improve lean production efficiency.- Developed setup procedures to dramatically improve production and product consistency.

Bsme, Mechanical Engineering

Pre-Engineering Studies, Engineering