MANUFACTURING ENGINEER Resume

SUMMARY

High performing, results driven technical professional.
A leader experienced with operations management, strategic planning, P&L accountability, and continuous improvements in Confidential machining and advanced assembly environments within the aerospace, medical device, industrial automation and special commodity sectors.
An engaged and involved “fixer” capable of executing cost effective revitalization of under productive processes.
Champion of cost reduction strategies and consistently achieving cost - savings goals over FY to plan.
Tenured and welcoming soft skills keying on collaboration and cooperation, a team attribute.
A history of establishing valued work relationships that have maintained over twenty-five years.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

MANUFACTURING ENGINEER

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Interrogate / interpret customer Online Work Instructions and Model Based Definition using CATIA v5.
Exercise a sound working knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerance application.
Develop and maintain manufacturing process sheets using CATIA v5.
Perform Manufacturing Process Reviews and Process Routing Sign-Offs to insure full process accuracy.
Provide decisive machining strategies for challenging thin-walled aero-structural components (Al, Ti, SSTL).
Generate Confidential programs to exacting positional tolerances (3, 4, 3+2, 5-axis).
Perform CMM data review for trouble-shooting of the machining process.
Provide over-site and instruction for all shop-floor documentation.
Develop and implement steering documents (Best Practices) for engineering team output consistency.
Championed Continuous Improvement Team efforts Emergent Operations and CW’s Lean Leader, achieving significant savings in the areas of scrap reduction, carbide regrind and a scrap metals collect / sort programs.
Provide technical over-site and support for plant layout, purchase of capital equipment, ROI and feasibility studies.

MANUFACTURING ENGINEER

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Maintained programming and tooling over-site of two Confidential FH-SX Series 800mm pallet horizontal machining centers and five Kitamura Mycenter-HX630iTGA Heavy Duty Horizontal Machining Centers.
Executed a 16 month billet-to-forgings dash-revision cycle producing large cargo door components.
Guide the NPI process to include fixture design, machining strategies and capital equipment acquisition.
Support start-up efforts of machining operations facility in Queretaro, MX - Confidential program proof-out / FAI.
Coordinate simultaneously, re-tool efforts and a dash-revision design introduction cycle (billet to forgings).
Lead CMM inspection fixture re-design for commercial airline Wing Flap-Track heavy machining cell.
Materials machined: 6061 / 7075-T Series Al, Titanium, PH series stainless steel.

MANUFACTURING ENGINEER

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Responsible for Confidential /CAM programming (Pro-E/Pro MFG) of 3/4/3+2/5-axis vertical milling applications.
Design machining and assembly fixtures.
Materials machined: composites, plastics, aluminum, titanium, PH stainless steel.

MANUFACTURING ENGINEER

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Leader of DMFA analysis at the individual component through assembly levels.
Championed concurrent-engineering effort between engineering, manufacturing and procurement.
ERP over-haul and implementation.

MANUFACTURING ENGINEER

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Guided DMFA input from project Conceptual Design phase through Final Design Review.
Develop Machining Standards and Acceptance Criteria for compliance of externally-machined components.