Objective:
I am seeking a position with an opportunity to demonstrate my performance, achievements, and ability to meet company goals.
Summary of Qualifications:
I have excellent management, technical and analytical skills that can be subjected through my project management ability. I am a self-motivated individual with the ability to multi-task, maintain schedules and handle multiple projects.
Work Experience:
Engineer Specialist - Frame New Model Department – Chassis Group Lead Mar. 2013 - Present
Honda Manufacturing of Alabama, Lincoln, Alabama
• Job description is same as below.
Engineer Associate - Frame Assembly Department New Model Body/Exterior Group Lead Mar. 2011 – Mar. 2013
Honda Manufacturing of Alabama, Lincoln, Alabama
• Leads and directs a team of six specification engineers, four process engineers and ten process trainers covering four different platforms.
• Evaluates plans, directs, and coordinates processes in an automotive manufacturing environment by performing the following duties.
• Evaluates New Model Designs and improves manufacturing process methods.
• Analyzes and plans work force utilization, space requirements, process workflow, and design layouts of equipment and workspace for maximum process efficiency.
• Confers with planning and design side (Honda R&D) concerning product design and tooling to ensure efficient manufacturing methods.
• Confers with vendors/suppliers to determine product specifications and arrange for purchase of equipment, materials, or parts, and evaluates products according to specifications and quality standards.
• Estimates production times, staffing requirements, and related costs to provide information for management decisions.
• Confers with management, engineering, and other staff regarding manufacturing capabilities, production schedules, and other considerations to facilitate production.
• Design/redesign parts, jigs and fixtures for New Model Training such as No Prototype Development.
• Print prototype parts using a Stratasys Fortus 900mc 3D Production System.
• Works toward continuous improvement using visual management tools and going to the spot to help determine the root cause of a situation.
• Performs Quality Assurance Visits to suppliers during New Model timing.
• Performs time studies, overseas associate training workshops and presents WAR “We Are Ready” meetings for New Model Launches.
Associate Technical Specialist - New Model Department Dec. 2007 – Mar. 2011
Honda Manufacturing of Alabama, Lincoln, Alabama
• Serve as PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) Product Maturation Rep. for HMA- supporting the development of Teamcenter Engineering though out North America; focusing within the Frame Assembly Departments.
• Collaborate with NA PLM and HMA Product Maturation Group to successfully develop software requirements that best relates to Honda business practices.
• Verify data Migrated from Target (Mainframe Bill of Material) and HMA CADfiles (Global CAD Com) matches data in Teamcenter with 100% accuracy.
• Review Business Objects and Target bill of materials and then verify that data migration accurately transferred the exact data into Teamcenters BOM.
• Interrogate and compare 2D drawings and Catia 3D visualization for manufacturing concerns.
• Verify New Model Design Changes trough DCMS (Design Change Management System).
• Document and track all NMDC’s from concept drawings to mass production release; distribute Change Summaries through a Teamcenters workflow process to the Process Development Team.
VQ New Model Associate Feb. 2002 – Dec. 2007
Honda Manufacturing of Alabama, Lincoln, AL
• Support New Model Team activity by developing presentations and organizing training sessions for TM’s, ATS’s, TC’s and production associates on design changes before each build event.
• Use of (HES) Honda Engineering Standards, Business Objects (Build of Materials), and Catia/Enovia to confirm Spec notices for upcoming models to determine impact to VQD.
• Develop SAP’s, Operation Standards and Procedures, Specification and Label checks, and quality standards for process stability with in VQ.
• Coordinate quality checks that reflect zero to 90-day warranty claims in production and random sweep audits.
• Review IPP tags to determine actual timing of part number changes for updating of VQ tracking forms.
• Submit Countermeasure Request Forms on part discrepancies for New Model Timing to Designers for part specification changes and followed up with a monthly negotiation meeting.
Team Manager, Averitt Logistics Mar. 1998 – Feb. 2002
Mercedes Benz Consolidation Center, Bessemer, Alabama
• Coordinate and support the hiring and training for 80 supervisors and general warehouse associates to meet daily production schedules.
• Assist in administering a revised employee evaluation program, which allows for improvement on identified problems before final evaluation trough the use of associate playbooks.
• Develop and Implement production processes to incorporate Safety for the associate, Efficiency for the company and Quality/Delivery for the customer.
• Oversee and trouble shoot inventory discrepancy shipments from suppliers to meet daily production planning goals.
• Coordinate daily with on-site packaging vendor to meet production efficiency and quality.
• Report and Present to various levels of management through verbal and written communication; inventory discrepancies, root cause results and countermeasure implementation for resolution and confirmation.
• Evaluate daily production to determine overtime work.
Onsite Liaison, Averitt Logistics Jan. 2001 – Apr. 2001
Magna Steyr-Daimler-Punch Manufacturing Assembly Plant, Graz, Austria
• Work across company and cultural lines to achieve daily production targets for the success of the European M-Class Project.
• Write detailed daily reports and communicate findings to various levels of management within Mercedes, Chrysler, SFT and Averitt Logistics.
• Communicate effectively with internal and external customers, suppliers and vendors on international shipments from the US.
• Perform planned visits to off-site suppliers and vendors (Delphi, JCI and consolidation center) located 10 miles from the Graz plant.
• Oversee Packaging Inspections including the investigation of damaged parts and packaging issues; coordination with all part...
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