- 406 Mockingbird St Ÿ Xxxxxx, XXXXXX xxxxxx ( (xxx-xxx-xxxx * abc@xyz.com

Manufacturing Engineer / Manager

Qualifications Profile

    Self-assured and results-driven management professional with more than 32 years providing production management, engineering support, and client service in the automotive and electromechanical manufacturing industries.

-    Proven dedication to operational excellence, maximizing process efficiencies and cost leadership in manufacturing operations that enable the business to achieve a competitive edge in service quality.

-    Skilled in seamless plant facilities transfer without affecting customer service and operating profitability.

-    Subject Matter Expert in Six Sigma Lean manufacturing that reduced WIP by 50%, production throughput by 30% and daily productivity by 45% using quality and performance metrics.

    Well-organized with multitasking and prioritization skills that optimize resources to achieve outstanding results.

    Strong people management and interpersonal communication skills that inspire confidence, performance excellence, and teamwork synergies across diverse ethnicities and multi-functional engagements.

Key Expertise

    Strategic Planning & Execution

    Engineering & Packaging Design

    Lean Manufacturing

    Operating Profitability Management

    Continuous Quality Improvement

    Process/Workflow Improvement

    Relationship Management (Clients, Stakeholders, Public, & Suppliers)

    Productivity Improvement

    Compliance Management (i.e. ISO 9000/14000, TS-16949, OSHA, etc.)

    Production Planning & Control

    Bilingual in English & Spanish

    Records & Document Management

Technical

    Apps: SmartCAM, & AutoCAD,

    CNC Programming

    Injection Moulding

Professional Experience

    Provided operational excellence in production floor functions, including industrial engineering, maintenance and machine shop operations involving the production of magnetics, meter boxes, wire harness, transformers, injection molding, maintenance of molding machines, and troubleshooting all related problems in molding production.

    Managed packaging designs for new customer products, while improving on existing designs to reduce cost.

    Collaborated with the Industrial Engineer in executing continuous improvement projects and cycle-time reduction projects that reduced overall manufacturing costs.

    Provided engineering support to the Injection Molding department (operating and maintaining 13 injection molding machines), CNC lathes and daily operation, collaborating with floor supervisors, engineers, and maintenance to address process and coordination issues, and meet production requirements.

    Identified production opportunities to reduce cost and improve process efficiencies, while evaluating production capacity issues and managing continuous improvement projects.

    Managed the set-up and changeovers of 48 stamping presses that ranged from 45-ton to 900-ton presses, supervising 11 set-up employees, reducing downtimes and changeover times by 30%, resolving tooling and die-stamping issues, and improving stamping efficiency.

    Collaborated with management and sales to launch new customer products, interacting with customers to address quality and process efficiency issues in manufacturing new and current product lines

    Provided strategic direction in managing the production of high-quality dry-type transformer products for commercial and industrial businesses, supervising and developing 155 employees in meeting tactical and operating objectives involving quality, safety and process efficiency.

    Reduced work-in-progress (WIP) duration by 50%; improved throughput by 30% using lean manufacturing; and increased daily productivity by 45% using quality metrics such as value stream mapping (VSM).

    Collaborated with design engineers in modifying production flow in new transformer designs for OEM s customers resulting in improved production performance that won awards from Siemens for on-time shipping score of 99%.

    Relocated the Brownsville facility to Reynosa in 2009 on a 3-month move without effecting profitably, while adhering to TCEQ waste management guidelines and all environmental regulations in the new location.

    Successfully managed start-up manufacturing operations after moving robotic facilities for a new transformer customer facilities from Vermont to Reynosa Mexico, ensuring zero interruption to customer service.

- 406 Mockingbird St Ÿ Xxxxxx, XXXXXX xxxxxx ( (xxx-xxx-xxxx * abc@xyz.com

Professional Experience (continued)

Ideal Tomkins, Inc. Ÿ Matamoros, Mexico

    Engineered and maintained tooling for stamping presses and clamp assembly operations, designing and fabricating pneumatic presses for hose clamp assembly operations, refurbishing dies and addressing issues on stamping presses,.

    Designed packaging for new customer products, providing technical support for product launches of GMC, Ford and Chrysler, and developing PAPP s, PFMEA s and Run at Rate for product launches.

    Fabricated clamp assembly equipment for large OEM clients that included a clamp assembly line for F-250 produced T-bolt clamps for Ford motor trucks.

    Managed facilities transfer from St Augustine (FL) and Smyrna, (TN) to reduce labor and overhead costs.

    Implemented and managed lean manufacturing disciplines to improve coil-winding methods and material process flows, designing equipment that improved transformer manufacturing efficiency and reduced the need for overtime.

    Implemented a bill of material (BOM) system using modular architecture that established documentation for production training.

    Addressed and resolved manufacturing issues, reconfiguring facility layout that physically grouped warehouse and manufacturing operations to reduce warehouse rentals for finished products.

    Streamlined production line processes and standardized workflows that reduced cycle time by 30% while increasing productivity and safety awareness, minimizing process variation, and reducing error-proofing situations.

Varel International, Inc. Ÿ Matamoros, Mexico Manufacturing Engineer 1994 1999

MC Fabrication Industries Ÿ Matamoros, Mexico Manufacturing Engineer 1992 1994

General Dynamics Ÿ Harlingen, XXXXXX Tool-Maker 1990 1992

K-D Manitou, Inc. Ÿ Waco, XXXXXX CNC Programmer / Machinist 1987 1988

Mercury Tool And Machine Ÿ Waco, XXXXXX Machinist 1984 1987

Education & Credentials

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS BROWNSVILLE Brownsville, XXXXXX

    Bachelor of Applied Business Technology, (Ongoing)

TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE Waco, XXXXXX

    A.S. in Mechanical Engineering Technology (1990)

    Apprenticeship in Machine Shop Operation (1984)

Professional Development/Certifications

    Six Sigma Black Belt Certified, Air Academy Associates Colorado Spring, CO (2003)

Awards & Recognition

    Several performance awards from client Siemens for on-time shipping score of 99%, Jefferson Electric.

    Black Belt award for completing 2 black belt projects relocating the band stamping operation from St Augustine Florida to Mexico, Ideal Tomkins