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Brookfield, WI, US

Brookfield, WI, US

Milwaukee, WI, US

• Managed move of functional testing equipment and cell redesign to increase output capacity for backlog remediation.
• Validating cycle times for daily production planning based on available labor hours in 4 production areas.
• Pilot and implement changes from continuation/ sustaining engineering.
• Investigate safety incidents and implement corrective actions.

Chicago, IL, US

• Created measurement specifications for LCD screen test fixtures due to an 11% increase of internal failure rate. Reducing scrap costs by $25K annually and increasing future building capacity by 50%.
• Worked cross-functionally with quality and mechanical engineering to address customer complaints for LCD failures through root cause analysis. Time to Failure was increased from 1.5 years to 5 years through design and.
• Work cross-functionally to perform 45 pilot builds involving new production parts, supplier qualifications, software changes, test fixture installation, and process improvements across all of the Milwaukee operations.
• Continuously improved work instructions across 7 product lines and their sub-assemblies with focus on quality, manufacturability, process flow, documentation, and new part implementation.
• Created documentation and performed validations for software programs to objectively show functionality in production of medical devices.
• Streamlined subassembly production area to improve efficiency by 47% to meet internal demand. Redesigned cell layout from single-station to pull system assembly line. Rearranged part racks to decrease changeover time.

• Modified paint robot settings to meet desired quality standards through Design of Experiments.
• Created and maintained 5S system, Kanban, and Visual Management tools for all of production lines and sub-assembly areas.
• Gathered data, performed testing, and created control test procedures for Critical to Quality processes for fireplace assembly.
• Lead cross-functional improvement team for cell layout redesign reducing cell footprint by 28%, decreasing walking distance by 26%, and reducing cycle time by 9% by analyzing work flow, space requirements, and.
• Worked cross-functionally with New Product Development to test new parts and launch products to desired markets.
• Communicated with customers of fireplaces on quality complaint cases to drive 5-why analysis and corrective action.

• Developed visual standard work procedures, quality audit plans, employee requirement formulas, and product tracking documents to ensure process standardization for portable cement mixers and fracking bins.
• Utilized PFEMA to when reverse engineering portable gas and electric cement mixers and fracking bins to streamline prototyping, standardization of visual work instructions, and continuous improvement to reduce.
• Fabricated quality assurance testing tool to ensure portable cement mixers function properly prior to shipping.
• Organized monthly internal and external quality findings to drive root cause analysis and assign corrective actions.
• Developed present and future state value steam maps for internal and external parts for Supply Chain process.
• Lead Six Sigma Lean team to significantly improve large-scale repackaging production by 127% through means of a waste elimination and 5S analyzing workstations.

Bachelor'S Degree, Lean Manufacturing Engineering Gpa: 3.19 Major Gpa: 3.45

High School