Manufacturing Engineering - Mechanical Engineering - Lean Manufacturing - Production Support
SUMMARY:
Capable, self-motivated, hands-on engineer with over five years of professional experience in a diverse manufacturing environment. Ability to improve manufacturing efficiencies, reduce production costs, simultaneously manage several projects and successfully meet performance expectations and deadlines. Able to act as a liaison between plant personnel, fellow engineers, customers/suppliers and all levels of management.
OBJECTIVE:
To obtain a professional engineering position with a company seeking an individual possessing excellent hands on ability and mechanical skills, where I can apply my education and experience to help a company reach and excel in its business goals.
EXPERIENCE:
UltraLife Corporation: Newark, NY. Manufacturing Engineer (Jan. 2009 to Oct. 2013)
(UltraLife Corporation produces a wide variety of advanced battery products for military and commercial customers)
Engineer lead for automated cathode mix equipment improvements resulting in full batch automation and a significant reduction of scrap and machine downtime.
Lead engineer to reduce cathode coating scrap from a single process resulting in a savings of more than $60,000 per month.
Provided engineering support to R&D and the New Product Development team in transitioning of new products to full production status. Performed test trials, established machine parameters and developed all necessary documentation as required for production.
Lead engineer for a Department of defense contract awarded to UltraLife for a brand new battery technology. Supported the R&D team by performing tests, production trials and providing high level technical updates and reports to the customer
Created and updated controlled process work instructions, drawings and bill of materials. Followed UltraLife’s engineering change documentation processes to ensure product quality and flow while in compliance with ISO 9000 standards.
Acted as a vital team member in UltraLife’s Lean Manufacturing program with positive results in floor space reduction, throughput increases and more efficient utilization of equipment and personnel.
Worked directly with production, operations and maintenance personnel on a daily basis by providing troubleshooting, repair and improvements of the manufacturing processes and flow.
Performed repairs and maintenance on UltraLife’s process equipment including Electro-mechanical systems and automated PLC driven systems. Provided essential equipment maintenance information for UltraLife’s preventative maintenance database.
Performed root cause analysis and directed appropriate dispositions of non-conforming material at the daily Material Review Board meetings and facilitated necessary corrective actions.
Supervised interns/Co-op students. Provided leadership and managed their daily work assignments.
UltraLife Corporation: Newark, NY. Engineering Internship (Jun. 2007 to Nov. 2007), (Jul. 2008 to Jan. 2009)
Managed the procurement and installation of an automated Cathode assembly machine that increased throughput by 50% and reduced department overhead 4 to 1.
Designed and built test fixtures to increase testing capacity by 50% which reduced failure rates by 30%.
Repaired and retooled five stations in a work cell to efficiently assemble and test two types of high demand batteries.
Reverse engineered several production machine tools. Created detailed drawings using AutoCAD and outsourced the work to local machine shops.
Participated in new production line setup including line layout, creation of process work instructions, and the development of tooling and fixtures.
Developed a guide book for future Interns/Co-ops to ease the...
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