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Aberdeen, South Dakota, United States

Aberdeen, South Dakota, United States

• Actively driving world class Safety and Continuous Improvement Cultures through Principal Based Leadership that drive ideal behaviors into daily operations.
• Currently leading a team of 8 production supervisors with a total of 250 team members.
• Organize and manage all necessary resources required to improve safety, lower cost, improve quality, and increase customer service.
• Direct responsibility for establishing and maintaining budget operational planning for departments of responsibility.
• Lead world class safety culture into daily operations
• Determine required employee staffing levels; initiate and approve requisitions; interview, select candidates for employment; develop or direct development of personnel, personnel standards and objectives; direct.

Aberdeen, South Dakota

• Work with plant management team to set short term goals and long term strategic plans for the plant engineering department and site security group.
• Organize and manage all necessary resources required to improve safety, lower cost, improve quality, and increase customer service.
• Direct responsibility for establishing and maintaining budget for plant engineering department.
• Lead world class safety culture into daily operations
• Determine required employee staffing levels; initiate and approve requisitions; interview, select candidates for employment; develop or direct development of personnel, personnel standards and objectives; direct.
• Provide direct supervision to professional and support levels including setting objectives, performance and motivation management and training.

Aberdeen, SD

• Responsible for day to day operation of production departments (5). Plan schedules, determine priorities, and assign resources based on production requirements.
• Evaluates employee performance and provide necessary feedback.
• Provides appropriate training and instructions to further develop employees.
• Help organize and develop training plans for international expansion.
• Ensure a safe working environment through the facilitation of the Hazard Near Miss program, safety audits, procedure training, and communication.
• Monitor production rates, yields, and quality of products daily, and provide feedback to employees.

Aberdeen, SD

• Preformed preventive maintenance on production and plant equipment.
• Troubleshoots, identify electrical, mechanical, hydraulic or pneumatic control issues on production and general plant equipment.
• Modified and upgrade existing production and general plant equipment.
• Installed and integrate new equipment that comes into the plant.
• Modified and created PLC, HMI, and other various control platform systems programs for production and general plant equipment.
• Developed and maintained electrical systems preventative maintenance programs for process equipment and general plant equipment.

Aberdeen, SD

• Installed and maintained new and existing automated assembly equipment throughout the plant.
• Performed preventive maintenance, repairs, update/upgrade on assembly and test equipment.
• Fabricated parts that are not available from vendors, through machining, welding, sheet metal work.
• Worked closely with Engineers to troubleshoot, and improved issues with processes, product quality, and operator/machine interface (ergonomic/safety).
• Improved production efficiencies, decreased product change over times, and lowered overall operating cost, while balancing safety and quality.

• Installed and maintained Fanuc and Yamaha Robots
• Designed, fabricated, and implemented end effectors for Fanuc and Yamaha Robots
• Designed, fabricated, installed, and maintained automated work cells. (Assembly mechanical/electrical, Programming, Inspection, Coating, and Packaging)
• Interfaced Fanuc and Yamaha Robots with automated work cells and Prince die cast equipment, along with other in-house, designed equipment
• Work with Allen-Bradley, PLC 500, PLC 5, and GE-Fanuc PLC’s.
• Installed and maintained Allen-Bradley, Acuity, DVT, and Keyence vision systems that interface with Prince die cast equipment and Fanuc and Yamaha Robots.

• Supervised and performed, planned and unplanned maintenance operations with a team of four technicians
• Worked with CNC winding, soldering equipment and PLC controlled assembly systems
• Involved with the design, fabrication, and implementation of new automated processes and equipment within the plant
• Worked independently and in team settings
• Worked with SPC information and auditing personnel to ensure the quality of the product being produced was better than “acceptable”.

• Created and maintained programs for Tanaka and Marsilli CNC winding machines
• Created and maintained programs for TRF soldering stations, shuttle systems, and Festo systems
• Assisted engineers in the design of new automation concepts and helped bring them to life
• Performed preventive maintenance and repairs to all the automated systems and other equipment within the plant
• Maintained a database of all changes and work performed to all programs and equipment

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Business Administration And Management, General, A - 3.93Gpa

Associate'S Degree, Industrial Electronics Technology/Technician, 3.36

Education record

Education record