Experienced Project Engineering Manager professional with 20+ years of experience within high-stress environments with a strong background in leading complex engineering projects. Experienced in developing comprehensive project timelines/budgets, implementing lean initiatives, creating project budgets, and overseeing design specifications. Equipped with a significant level of communication and interpersonal abilities in addition to a strong background in effectively fostering positive relationships with others.

General Dynamics-SACO

Manager, Manufacturing Engineering, June 2014-Present

• Directly manage several engineering and operational functions within a fast-paced environment with a focus on increasing productivity and efficiency
• Recognized as Site Lead for all Lean Six Sigma improvement operations which included both financial tracking and reporting
• Play an integral role in the completion of up to 3 Kaizen focused projects on a yearly basis in addition to facilitating PMEA reviews, root cause analysis & corrective actions, value stream mapping, and in-depth analysis
• Act as Chairperson for the organization s continuous improvement steering committee which requires superior communication and interpersonal abilities
• Supervise a staff of 7 technical staff members which requires providing individualized coaching and feedback in addition to completing performance reviews and handling employee issues
• Provide training/coaching to employees on lean best practices and other SOPs, oversaw safety and ethics related functions, and created an annual budget of over $3 million

Engineering Supervisor, April 2011-June 2014

• Facilitated day-to-day engineering functions within the organization which included supervising cross-functional engineering teams in addition to managing departmental financial tasks
• Oversaw tooling improvements, packaging design, technical design of tools/fixtures, and property asset management
• Created detailed tooling budgets, prepared capital authorization requests, and handled both property asset management, and technical review management
• Recognized as Lead Ethics Officer which required handling non-compliance issues in addition to acting as an Environmental Health and Safety Auditor
• Maintained a keen knowledge of Lean Six Sigma best practices which resulted in successfully training staff members in addition to leading the root cause corrective action process
• Played a lead role in up to 40 capital projects annually which required planning and implementing project budgets in addition to fostering positive relationships others
• Awarded President Award (2013)

Principal Engineer, January 2008-April 2011

• Coordinated various engineering functions with a concentration on grit blast, phosphate, and degreasing processes
• Acted as the Lead Ethic Officer and Environmental Health & Safety Office while simultaneously managing complex capital management projects

Nichols Portland

Principal Engineer, August 1986-January 2008

• Acted as Principal Engineer for a successful organization which included overseeing continuous improvement activities and handling 50+ capital projects which were budgeted at over $0000 xxxxxx xxxx , xxxx , xxxxx 00000 Environmental Team
• Wrote a comprehensive divisional gage calibration manual
• Recognized as the 2005 Division Cost Reduction Top Performer

Additional Experience Includes: Manufacturing Supervisor, Nichols Portland

Associate of Science, Applied Science

Southern Maine Technical College, South Portland, ME

Certificate in Quality, University of Southern Maine, Gorham, ME

Certified Six Sigma Green Belt, BMGI

Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Project, Minitab 15, AutoCAD 2000, Mechanical Desktop 6, ERP Systems (SAP), and Oracle