Profile
Engineering Manager with 12 years of experience at a tier 1 automotive supplier in the field of automated high volume production.
• Management of engineering and maintenance teams
• Familiar with ISO/TS 16949 standards
• Proficient in SAP-PM module and maintenance practices
• Definition and tracking of process KPI’s
• International collaboration between business units
• Project management of international projects
• Strong knowledge of mechanical engineering basics
• Implementation of process improvements
Experience
Manufacturing Engineering & Maintenance Manager, Stabilus Inc., Gastonia, NC 2009 - current
Manage a team of 6 Manufacturing Engineers, 11 Maintenance Technicians, 2 Machinists and 4 Facility Technicians to support production and facility equipment.
Manufacturing Engineering Management
• Define and scope manufacturing process improvement opportunities in the areas of: safety, quality, environmental, expansion and cycle time. Create the annual capital budget based on identified improvement opportunities; average annual spending 2 Million USD. Create cost justification for the budgeted capital investment projects and oversee all aspects of the projects to ensure budget and deadlines are met. Acted as project manger for all major projects ranging from 1 - 2.5 million USD
• Ensure compliance with the ISO14001 standards within all business processes and the ISO/TS16949 standards within all maintenance processes. Responsible for the presentation of the maintenance section during the ISO/TS16949 certification audit, which has been passed with zero deviations. Implement recommended improvements that have been identified during the audit.
• Verify feasibility of production equipment in the US and Mexican facilities for all new product designs. Failed feasibility verifications frequently lead to budgeted machine upgrade projects.
• Organize frequent manufacturing engineering support visits to the Mexican facility to ensure best practices and technical solutions are shared across the NAFTA organization. Key team member for all major investment projects in the Mexican facility.
Maintenance Management
• Acted as business expert in the SAP PM module implementation at the US facility to harmonize procedures with the German headquarters. During this project a multitude of improvements were made to the existing PM checks. The implementation of SAP-PM, TPM practices and the enhanced PM checks resulted in a substantial improvement of the PM compliance rate from 50% to a current rate of 98%.
• Implemented monthly downtime metrics including KPI’s and facilitated root cause analysis workshops and corrective action activities, which led to a year over year machine downtime reduction of 10%.
• Implemented maintenance labor tracking and improved material tracking by utilizing SAP-PM and SAP-MM.
• Transformed the culture of the maintenance department from specialized technicians to a team of technicians that can repair production equipment throughout the whole facility. This was achieved by using a cross training plan that made use of internal and external training resources in addition to training at the headquarters where the majority of the machines are built.
• Implemented a predictive maintenance program using infrared, vibration and ultrasonic inspection methods to identify potential bearing and electrical problems. The ultrasonic leak detection program led to a 20% reduction of compressed air usage.
Manufacturing Engineer, Stabilus Inc., Gastonia, NC 2004 - 2009
Technical Support for Production Equipment and Personnel
• Monitored the daily production performance in an effort to improve production processes which consisted of fully automated production lines utilizing hydraulics; pneumatics; AC, DC, Servo motors; Siemens S5 and S7 PLC components.
• Utilized the 5S method to improve and organize the work space around production equipment.
• Participated on an 8D team as the engineering representative to resolve customer complaints.
Machine and Process Improvements
• Managed capital investment projects ranging from 50K – 1.5 Million USD.
• Performed gap analyses to identify machine, cycle time and quality problems. Used root cause analyses to identify the source of the problem, before implementing necessary counter measures.
• Coordinated annual machine upgrades with the Stabilus machine design department in Germany to resolve identified machine problems.
• Participated on Kaizen events and utilized six sigma techniques to continuously improve production processes.
• Collaborated with Stabilus Mexico manufacturing engineering and maintenance personnel on-site as well as remotely to share best practices and technical solutions.
Project Engineer, Stabilus GmbH, Koblenz, Germany 2001 - 2004
Project Management German Facility
• Managed capital investment and machine upgrade projects ranging from 50K - 600K EUR.
• Worked with the internal customer to help them define their requirements for the new machinery.
• Estimated total project costs and presented to the customer.
• Oversaw machine design to provi...
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