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In this new role, I will oversee Engineering & Maintenance within our USA locations while managing the CNC machining and advanced manufacturing plants.Year over year organic growth of 30+% with minimal headcount increase due to lean and Kaizen workouts.Knowledge/Skills:SQDICGemba walksKaizen and 5S projectsKanban systemsMachine efficiency software (OEE)Design for manufacturingValue stream mappingManufacturing and operations planning

Elgin, Illinois

In this new capacity I will continue managing all engineering functions within the company but will also take on responsibilities for helping to grow sales in the contract manufacturing segment of Schleifring’s business.

Responsible for managing Engineering for both plants in America for a Joint Venture held by General Electric and Schleifring und APPARATEBAU GmbH. The manufacturer of slip rings in the Medical, Industrial, and Defense industries. Oversaw Engineering Department consisting of CNC Programmers, Process/Manufacturing, Mechanical, Tool and Die, Electrical, and Quality Engineers within the 2 American headquarters.Frequent travels between 2 buildings with employees and production within both buildings.Environmental health and safety manager and lean leader in addition to managing engineering department. Leading cost reduction projects, machine utilization and optimization, and ergonomic and safety improvements. Working with 2 start up companies going from design to production with estimated 10 million in additional business on top of organic growth well above 15% with legacy products.

- Six Sigma Green Belt (2 projects complete)- Responsible for manufacturing and process developments for a new product, spanning from the prototype phase to a production ramp-up phase with an estimated annual sales of $12 million- Project Lead the 1st phase of a floor layout redesign that reduced 10,000 sq. ft. to allow the removal of a second facility saving $80k annually in overhead operational costs.- Create, update, and/or control over 100 individual detailed work instructions for production assembly and machining processes for ISO standards and document control.- Championed Lean Project, reduced assembly floor space by over 50% and improving time standards by 25% with process flow optimizations.- Oversaw entire production floor (Medical, Military and Industrial)- Headed up Lean and 5S improvement programs, including re-layout of entire manufacturing process and production floor- Engineering Project Manager on over 30 projects simultaneously, including budgets, timelines and personnel assignments- Lead role/researcher in Patent Pending for Contact-less Power and Signal Transmission Device for a High Power Level Rotary Transformer- Executed purchase/planning and construction of 3 Million dollar CNC/Lathe and many other large capital equipment- Served on many committees including Quality Council- Designed numerous production fixtures, tools, material handling and storage- Training of all new employees- Customer Relations with GE Healthcare, including many customer visit for issues on their production floor

- Designed and Maintained Paperless BOM and DWI Intranet- Engineering Customer Representative for over 20 Customers- In charge of all document control and engineering support for entire company- Design team member, involved with many industrial and military projects- Set timelines and tasks for all new projects- Resolved any issues on Production Floor- Purchased Capital equipment and layout of Production Floor- Process Flow and Floor Layout of SMT Lines- Knowledge of Solder Paste Screen Printers, Pick and Place Machines, Reflow Ovens, SMT Components, Selective Solder Machines, AOI, X-Ray Equipment, Hand Solder and Rework centers, Electronic Test Equipment