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Dixon, Illinois, United States

• Identify and implement improvements along with the Manufacturing/Quality Engineer(s) that reduces annual cost, improve quality, and maximize customer satisfaction.• Facilitated thru-put improvement processes. With this improvement head count was reduced by 3 giving the company more options for overall production manpower. • Actively participate in identifying and implementing scrap reduction plans. Achieved scrap goal of 1.5% throughout the year. In addition, created a new scrap process to improve data collection and communication.• Continually improved health, safety, and environment by leading the continuous research and implementation of “Best Practice” manufacturing/processing methods and processes. • Ensured maximum safety, quality, capability and utilization of manufacturing/processing equipment and processes. Developed specific work procedures to minimize risks. • Assist in the development and implementation of the Manufacturing/Quality Engineering Strategic plan.• Facilitated new product introductions and/or current product modifications. Determined justify and coordinate the purchase and implementation of new equipment and processes Track tooling and AR expenditure. • Ensure effective documentation and control systems are developed, utilized, and maintained.• Assist the Product Line Manager in recommending, justifying, and administering the capital plan.• Closing of customer 8Ds. Timely incident investigations and correction of root causes.• Review and make disposition on non-conforming materials.• Prepare and make presentations to customers, employees, and all levels of the management team.• Lead and champion a teamwork approach to achieving goals with particular emphasis on Production Teams and AQP Steering Committee activities. Training of employees on the procedures and enforcing their use.• Lead, motivate, train, and develop employees. Ensure open and effective communications. Promote and support workforce diversity.

Normal, Illinois, United States

• Partner with teams across the factory on the implementation, sustainment, and improvement of the Rivian Integrated Operating System (RIOS) through coaching, demonstrating, auditing, and assisting.• Work with Department leadership to drive ownership of Metric Boards, and Continuous Improvement Boards by supporting and auditing the process of the area.• Help hold teams accountable across the organization by tracking trends, project status, improvement idea flow, and closure of gaps to goals and audit scores.• Lead by performing, sharing successes, mentorship/coaching, and becoming a source for problem solving, metric goals, and projects to improve performance. • The ability to break down problems, understanding the process, and identify a more effective way if needed.

Belvidere, Il

• Ensuring conformance of Quality and processes along with coordinating engineering, tooling, and manufacturing changes.• Coordinate all safety, quality, delivery, cost, and morale initiatives.• Worked with various departments and team members in preparing and presenting for company audits. • Provide training and mentoring to Team members, Team Leaders, and fellow Supervisors regarding World Class Manufacturing techniques for problem solving and corrective action implementation.• Interface with Global Program Management and Product Engineering to assure compliance to build requirements as well as to drive product changes necessary to improve quality.• Created and modified Standard Operation Procedures (SOPs) for various job operations around the plant. Developed station layouts for new processes.• Monitor and report on Key Process Indicators such as Safety, Production, Quality, Delivery and Cost• Presentations to plant wide management on lean continuous improvement (Kaizens) projects around the plant. Saved the company approximately million dollars annually.• Supervised and arranged manpower for product lines to guarantee top quality was being produced. Ensure the build process and safety protocols were being followed at all times. Resolved any personnel issues that arise within the team.

Rockford, Il

• Use project engineering skills and MS Project to establish schedules, plans, manage resources.• Obtained/coordinate/created various financial avenues such as breaking down cost for different task.• Prepared weekly status reports for managers.• Created various SOWs for new and existing parts.• Oversee several different Obsolescence projects where I worked with suppliers on finding and testing a replacement. As well as create a plan for implementation. • EVMS: Coordinate budgets, schedules, and manpower to align the work done with the given funds.

Rockford, Il

• Working with Senior Test Engineer to implement updates driven by customer change requests.• Support troubleshooting of test equipment for the TVA of the THAAD Missile.• Write and re-work various government documents for different departments and customers.• Written ePAR+s and requisitions for various space programs.• Written test documents, procedures, and created drawings/diagrams for various space programs.

Loves Park, Il

• Integration, Test & Validation Team: Lead and organize integration teams to complete time-restricted projects.• Create and execute validation tests for all integrated projects.• Projects valued from 100K to 1.5M while staying within budget and saving cost by reducing head count.• Provide engineering support to all departments and vendors.• Perform project management duties such as writing proposals, timetables, budgets, setting/meeting milestones and oversee of workers and vendors.• Create and ran presentations for all levels of management.• Completed a safety upgrade project that involved plant wide installation of new production overhead doors.

Rockford, Il

• Trained existing team members on test equipment.• Design and created assembly drawings including bills of materials and detail drawings for test equipment.• Evaluated and adjusted existing designs and detail drawings to ensure products adhere to customer standards.• Automated existing test equipment to reduce human error in the production environment. • Daily troubleshooting of new and existing test equipment by using on the job training of LabView. • Assist Senior Design Engineer with repairs and re-designs of various analog circuits.

Princeton, In

• Assisted with installation of various telecommunication, power distribution, and plant circuitry projects. • Worked closely with the Senior Plant Engineer to maximize efficiencies of plant operations while optimizing plant run time.• Troubleshoot and identify process needs to maintain production levels and assists in the development of preventative maintenance programs. • Performed assignments under the direct supervision of the Senior Plant Engineer.

Master’S Degree, Mba, 4.0

Masters of Business Administration Concentration: Project Management

Bs, Electrical Engineering

Activities and Societies: NSBE Student Alummi Ass. Student Alumni Association Recognized by SIU Honors Program as a scholarship recipient