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Project Manager / Manufacturing Engineer

Achievement of extensive growth through the direct management of projects of various scope and size from.

automated assembly systems working with supplier base to the automotive industry. Key roles held as Senior / Staff Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer / Project Manager. Documented history of professional conduct with stakeholders.

Career Track: Broad based diversified background experience in Tool Design, Manufacturing Engineering, Assembly Process Engineering, Project Management, procurement process, and Outside Engineering Liaison Corporate Representative.

Proven Track Record

Thorough and effective communications management with cross functional teams, focused effort of continuous improvement in process / design execution, adherence to standards and proven procedural practices. Conduct timely status reviews, team building, negotiate conflict resolution with suppliers, persistent follow up through design approval, manufacturing kick off until system buy off. 13 years experience with a Tier 1 supplier with an excellent track record of supplier collaboration to ensure quality, compliance and finish projects on time and budget.

SKILLS SUMMARY

Technical

Project Management, application of PMBOK principles Project Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Tool Designer / Checker, Assembly Process Engineer, Auto-Cad, Microsoft Office Suite, Bill of Materials, Technical Documentation, Equipment Procurement, Contingency Plans, Cost Estimating, Change Management, Control Plans, Consultant, Office / Administrative Organizational Skills, Excellent Verbal Written Communication Skills, Problem Solver, Strong Work Ethic, Effective Negotiator, Procedure Development, Cross Functional Teams, Superior Reporting Skills, Quality Buy Off Events, RFQ Packages, Project Staging Planning, Customer / Supplier Liaison, project closure.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

TECHNICAL / TECHNOLOGY

• Tool Designer / Checker with heavy experience with Automated Assembly Systems for the automotive farm equipment OEM's and tier suppliers.
• Manufacturing Engineer actively involved in multiple projects: manufacturing / process feasibility concerns, DFA / DFM, design and tool build follow up.
• Auto-Cad utilized for assembly process development / tool design review.
• Microsoft Project employed as a project management tracking tool.
• Microsoft Office Suite - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Lotus Notes utilized as communication, reporting and presentation tools.
• Web-Ex / Team center utilized for reporting, analysis, and presentations.
• Extensive web searches for products / applications and suppliers best suited to provide cutting edge solutions.
• Use of SAP software for budget tracking and cost to go reporting.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Active in all phases of a project for: equipment procurement, develop RFQ packages, orchestrate supplier quote line up meetings, review supplier quotes for content cost, conduct pre-project award supplier assessment / project award meeting / conduct process / design review approval, APQP validation activities / conduct build status reviews / recommend preventative corrective actions / manage cost tracking / capability studies / hard tool functional build HTFB / quality iterations / run rate / tooling buy off / installation follow up.Application of PMBOK principles and employment of project specific management tools. See Project Management experience page 4

ADMINISTRATION / ORGANIZATION / COMMUNICATION

• Microsoft Word, Excel, Project, Power Point, Lotus Notes, Outlook, SAP, Navision, utilized for correspondence, maintaining records, creation of management tools.
• Maintain revise design standards quote specifications to procure 'best in class tooling.
• Create project follow up procedures to provide systematic methodology to manage projects so that internal, QS9000 TS 16949 requirements may be met.
• Create reporting standards so that all facets of a project may be tracked on a consistent comprehensive basis.
• Maintain weekly meetings with suppliers to review status, manage open items matrix, request preventative corrective action measures, evaluate need for contingency plans
• Communicate vertically upper management horizontally cross functional team via regular project reports / correspondence.
• Develop systematic detailed control plans for quality buy off events.

CAREER OVERVIEW TECHNICAL

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Project Engineer

Project Engineer / manager for a design / build integrator of final assembly equipment to the global automotive industry. Main conduit of communication between engineering, manufacturing, estimating and the customer. Address manufacturing / process / scheduling / cost concerns / issues with integral groups with facilitation of timely resolution while achieving established target milestones. Staying focused on the goal of providing a quality product while ensuring internal profitability targets are achieved.

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Program Manager Company contact liaison for a global design build integrator on multiple projects. Coordinate project kick off, maintain project schedule, Inter-face with customer to address process, engineering concerns, project scheduling, cost management, coordinate and address all project related issues with customer, outside suppliers, engineering, estimating, purchasing, process, manufacturing, quality, cost tracking, engineering / floor changes, P L's, budget. Coordinate project buyoff / installation/ final customer acceptance.

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Liaison between customer, process, design, manufacturing and estimating, with automotive OEM's and a defense contractor. Coordination of and active involvement in process / design reviews, customer requirements, standards, ITAR, project schedule, outside suppliers, cost management, manpower allocation, negotiate engineering and process revisions.

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Achievement of improved cost, quality and manufacturing process through consistent communication / collaboration / negotiation effort with supplier base. Solicit quotations for and procurement of company engineered products via Caterpillar supplier base. Identify cost drivers, reduce labor and material waste. Improve efficiencies through ongoing dialogue with suppliers to achieve process optimization. Establish win-win outcomes for customer and supplier through pre-project award cost modeling negotiation process. Procure high quality product at or below cost targets based on industry standard regional / global rates. Coordinate / consult with internal team to implement improved methodologies to capture scope of work baseline process , establish tooling / equipment content and employ broad utilization of existing standard product to achieve long term sustained profitability.

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Automated assembly / manufacturing systems designers, builders integrators to OEM's tier one suppliers worldwide.Manage, oversee all aspects of projects. Coordinate project kick off, maintain project schedule, work with customer to address process engineering concerns, project scheduling, cost management, coordinate and address all project related issues with customer, outside suppliers, engineering, estimating, purchasing, process, manufacturing, part build tool buyoff.

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Tier One supplier of class 1 surface body closures to the automotive industry worldwide.Primary responsibility managing automated assembly weld system projects body closures completing them on time and budget. Goals were accomplished thorough application of sound engineering practices and pro-active project management. Oversight of engineers of various disciplines to insure equipment meets specifications for production plants. As manufacturing engineer / project manager, provide direction for external supplier's design activities, resolve schedule conflicts, cost timing issues. Coordinate inter-active cross functional team reviews for safety, weld, electrical, air water and plant engineers.

Process Engineering

Develop concept automated assembly cell processes with emphasis on throughput requirements, lean process / manufacture , request product revisions as a result of DFA/DFM studies manufacturing concerns , conduct internal reviews, incorporate process revisions, conduct process review with manufacturing plant, follow set agenda, issue minutes, incorporate approved plant requested revisions, release approved process for manufacture.robotic applications: hem sealer / dual weld gun towers / combo EOA tools / tool changers / GEO end effectors

Quote Package Creation

Develop RFQ, create tool quote matrix / content, develop preliminary project plan timeline, procure latest product data / information, create / assemble specifications, standards approved process, provide criteria for operations manuals, spare parts list content, create procedures / control plans for quality buy off events, participate in vendor selection, schedule vendor quote line up meeting.

Project Management

• Project Award Kick Off Meetocess driven engineering changes / costs, review non process driven change requests with team to approve or reject based on value
• added merits, advise engineering department of process changes / improvements. Focus on continuous improvement throughout the design, manufacture and assembly tryout process. Provide technical support and input for system layout and safety review and approval.
• Build Phase - Order tryout material, schedule / conduct regular build status reviews, create release meeting minutes, update open issues tracking log, review timeline request preventative / corrective actions, recommend contingency plans as needed. Manage / coordinate reverse engineering driven changes on build floor with design house.
• System Buy Off -
• ing - Review confirm award supplier understands overall project scope requirements, create issue project award meeting minutes, manage overall project to meet company / QS 9000 TS 16949 requirements.
• Design Phase - Conduct design kick off meeting with supplier. Review process and tool design specifications. Create issue kick off meeting minutes. Schedule, attend oversee weekly design reviews, review design progress for content, functionality, provide direction for design enhancements / improvements, provide resolution for engineering related issues / conflicts, create release design review minutes / initiate, maintain update open issues tracking log.
• Milestone Tool Design / System Reviews cross functional team attendance Review approve designs, for completeness, adherence to standards, ergonomics, safety, plant maintenance, complete design check off sheets, create, issue design review minutes, update manage open issues tracking log, review, approve manage pr
• Conduct tooling audit, poke-yoke, utilize system / fixture check off sheets, create corrective action items list, follow up all corrections have been completed, order weld destruct tests, schedule attend 20 hour run, create corrective action items list, conduct / participate in internal customer quality build events, HTFB, Run Rate, Capability Studies provide assembly SPC data feedback to die community to advance dies to meet quality requirements. Review final corrective action items list obtain team signatures for approval to teardown ship. Provide installation support to plant act as liaison between plant, engineering supplier. Coordinate with supplier to insure as built system changes are incorporated into final release engineering drawings. Participate provide input for TGR / TGW lessons learned conduct supplier evaluation review meeting at end of the program.
• Cost Management Utilization of a comprehensive tool cost tracking system. Prior to issuance of engineering change, meet with supplier to gain snapshot of actual work complete, document the actual impact at the time of the change, and archive information gathered as the basis to negotiate the change. Employing this cost containment methodology usually eliminates corporate amnesia while capturing the impact to contract scope of work at the time of occurrence.

Major Achievements / ThyssenKrupp Budd as Staff Engineer

• Situation: Ford Motor Company along with the other domestic OEMs were facing increased pressure to be more competitive in the global marketplace. There was an absolute need to ensure their tier-one suppliers did a much better job of managing, people, activities and resources to assist them in improving their overall efficiencies in the area of schedule, cost and quality of their projects and products they produced.
• Action: As the Staff Engineer I conceived, drafted and published for the Stamping and Assembly division a manual that laid out a systematic step by step road map to manage projects from the project award phase through buy off on the supplier's floor. This undertaking enabled our project managers to document, track, report status in such a way that they were now able to manage their projects in a much more effective manner. This procedure enabled our people to: 1 identify deficiencies in the supplier's declared earned value and schedule, 2 empowered them to mitigate risk, institute / require contingency plans and mandate corrective action measures, and 3 provided the necessary documentation to demonstrate we were in compliance with QS 9000 and TS16949. Our project managers were now empowered with constructive tools to work with the supplier base to meet or exceed customer expectations.
• Result: The impact of creating and implementing this procedure resulted in a net reduction of several engineering changes per project down to thus saving the company thousands of dollars, and countless hours of rework. It also revealed the exact status of projects in every area so that better proactive management decisions could be made. These savings were passed along directly to the customer.

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Designers, builders and integrators of automated manufacturing systems to the global automotive, farm and construction equipment industries.Tool designer actively engaged in the creation of initial concept sketches and design of automated welding assembly systems. Utilize sound engineering principles in design for development of tools. Integrate and enhance customer processes, components materials into designs. Oversee junior engineering personnel and mentor them on their activities. Strive to achieve commonality in design so the end result is a robust, and aesthetically appealing manufacturing system. Follow up engineering release in manufacture via troubleshooting design / build problems that may occur during fabrication, machining, assembly and tryout

Major Achievements - Wisne Design

I was a major player on the design team for a body assembly tooling project for the GM W car program. Concept sketch, develop and create innovative designs that were simple to manufacture, assemble and maintain. Mentor design team through constructive verbal and graphically illustrative communication for transfer of ideas to develop best-in class tool designs. Checked and approved designs with final corrections prior for final release to manufacture.