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Gray, Maine, Us

Oxford, Maine, Us

Manage the engineering and quality staff at Grover Gundrilling to support the company’s mission to provide world class gundrilling, deep hole drilling, honing, and related machining services.

North Chicago, Illinois, Us

Manage existing part specifications, resolve raw material issues, support cost savings initiatives, improve efficiency through material and process improvement, reduce material cost, and improve the supplier base through monitoring and measurement.

Lewiston, Me, Us

Actively managing manufacturing, engineering, procurement, quality, inventory and maintenance activities. These duties include scheduling, capacity planning, resource optimization, safety and environmental management, production and service part order fulfillment, vendor development and management, and new product development.Direct, high-level involvement with SAP integrationCreated queries and reported monthly project status for financeDeveloped reporting system to reduce re-order and order fulfillment processesOngoing evaluations of min order quantities and safety stock to lower carrying costsProvided MS Access based interfaces to improve information deliveryPlanned and optimized labor and equipment utilization with SAP, Access and ExcelDeveloped order tracking status and schedule optimization reportsInstilled 5S methodologies in staff

Fiorano Modenese, Italy, It

Managed the manufacturing, maintenance and production control activities for the facilityImplemented MS Access based database system for order and labor trackingAnalyzed and optimized process flows to reduce lead times through the factoryProvided detailed labor analytics for budgeting, capacity planning, and trainingImplemented improved year-end inventory audit process reducing time by 20%Developed production models to optimize make or buy decisionsAnalyzed product BOMs to reduce component counts and on-hand inventory

Attleboro, Ma, Us

Managed department level manufacturing, engineering and maintenance activitiesLed 6 sigma team to improve yields in glass melting processesManaged tracking database for production yieldsOptimized in-process test criteria to improve yieldsDeveloped summary management reporting system for yieldsCertified Lean/Six Sigma GreenbeltCoordinated Value Stream Mapping team for product flow improvement

Attleboro, Ma, Us

Responsible for yield improvements, cycle time reduction, and process supportImplemented MS Access based database system for automating FQ test reportingAnalyzed and optimized visual measurement system to improve yieldsCertified Lean Leader through Maine Manufacturers Extension PartnershipDirect training of employees in Lean conceptsKaizen event to reduce storage space requirementsDeveloped new visual measurement system for product inspectionDeveloped Access database and reports for operators of critical process variablesVendor development and management

East Greenwich, Rhode Island, Us

Managed manufacturing engineering and maintenance activities for the facilityImproved process yields through program improvements (BASIC)Developed improvement plans evaluating cost, yield, and volume to optimize resources

Provided engineering process development and supportReduced process variation through analysis and improvement plan implementationDeveloped Access database for labor collection

Trained and trained others in various analysis toolsTraining and standardization of Process Failure Mode Effects AnalysisDeveloped standard assessment tool for PFMEAAssisted training in SPC and Process Capability analyses

Provided engineering process development and supportCoordinated new product introductionsDeveloped process documentation, including JSTC’s, Control Plan, PFMEA and BOMsSetup and debugged production lines, including new equipment and fixturesOptimized soldering programs (BASIC)Analyzed data and developed production leak test procedurePerformed DOE to identify and eliminate process variation

Provided engineering process development and supportResponsible for cost reductions, yield improvements, downtime reduction and new product introductions.Developed data collection system and associated MS Access databaseDesigned optimum cell molding and trimming systemReduced average molding defects from over 8% to less than 4.5%Improved average molding schedule attainment from 70% to 85% Designed optimum waterjet cutting stationImplemented waterjet system reducing downtime from 15% to 5%Analyzed production data and implemented plans reducing VMC by 2%Supervised waterjet programming techniciansGuided technicians to reduce average cutting time by 10%Led the MRPII engineering implementation team

Responsible for testing and developing products, materials and processes.Provided engineering process development and supportSupervised development techniciansActively managed production specificationsReduced updates and distribution time for specification changesConverted production specifications from FormTool to ExcelCreated Access database from Excel for specification managementReduced product costs via adhesive optimization projectManaged environmental reporting requirements for two facilitiesInventoried raw materials and supplies of technical departmentProvided monthly material usage reports to finance departmentStreamlined raw material evaluation process, lowering product costsOrganized, scheduled, and tracked product development requestsDeveloped new process and successfully launched new productProject manager certifying contract manufacturer through APQP/PPAP

Bs, Industrial Engineering

Ms, Business

High School Diploma