EXPERIENCED ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL
Dedicated and highly skilled engineer with over 15 years of experience in a high volume manufacturing environment. Possesses a profound understanding and innate passion for product innovation, and a keen attention to detail that consistently produces superior quality control and accuracy. Expertise includes project management, problem solving, quality leadership and presentation skills that consistently exceed customer expectations and meet profitability goals through new value added products. Showcases a focus on positive teamwork, continuous process improvement and the utilization of interpersonal skills and communication to address the needs of customers and coworkers of all levels.
SKILLS and EXPERTISE
INNOVATION
• Leader of product innovation teams collaborating with marketing and regional sales managers to define new product needs in changing markets
• Directed multi-disciplinary teams through stage/gate process resulting in 3 new value added gypsum product launches within 1 year
• Proactive project leader guiding team from product concept to full prototype in less than 4 months by applying a new manufacturing process resulting in improved product quality and profit margins
• Co-inventor filing 3 intellectual properties of paperless drywall using thermoplastic coating technology
PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND TEAM LEADERSHIP
• Successfully encouraged and implemented high levels of team diversity required for innovative success: i.e. age, culture, professional experience, and areas of expertise
• Supervised and developed multi-discipline teams and improved project success rate by incorporating technical, R&D, finance, purchasing, marketing, sales, engineering, manufacturing, and logistics
• Delegated multiple internal and external meetings to document project objectives and to clearly define team roles
• Created and directed presentations to upper management on new product development including project safety, construction and installation, budget/cost, and schedule maintenance
• Easily adjusts to shifting priorities and demands, and makes the necessary changes preserve deadlines
PROJECT ENGINEER AND PROCESS IMPROVEMENT SKILLS
• World Class Manufacturing trained in Focused Improvement, Major Kaizen, AM/PM initiatives
• Six sigma green belt trained in application of DMAIC and statistics (confidence intervals, process capabilities, hypothesis testing) and DOE - driving fact based decisions
• Coordinated and supervised engineering projects from scope development and specifications through implementation of project deliverables, including the tracking and execution of project financials
• Creatively applies engineering principles to enhance quality improvement, process efficiencies, and cost reduction
• Develops internal product knowledge and differentiable features/applications and consistently applies that knowledge to identify new product development opportunities
COMMUNICATION AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS
• Effective communication with project managers, sales employees, suppliers, vendors, contractors, and internal/external customers consistently resulting in accurate project requirements and expectations
• Productive collaboration with marketing and sales leaders to identify industry trends, maintain understanding of competitors, and develop gross margin calculations and NPV of new products
• A positive and motivating manager and mentor assisting new hire engineers by providing technical expertise and cultivating the skills to become an irreplaceable contribution to the business
COMPUTER AND AUTOMATION SKILLS/TRAINING
• Working knowledge of Rockwell PLC Control Logix and HMI programming/code
• Experienced in Sharepoint 2010 portal intranet website design
• Skilled in AutoCAD and development of P&ID and General Arrangement drawings
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project
Employment history
CERTAINTEED GYPSUM (SAINT GOBAIN)
INNOVATION SENIOR PROCESS ENGINEER (2009 – PRESENT)
Supervised product innovation team through technical development of new product, resulting in additional LEED points and higher speed manufacturing locations leading to 15% added gross margin. Collaborated with marketing and sales to develop gross margin calculations and NPV of new products.
PROCESS DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER
Lead process engineer on $8MM new plant construction project responsible for setting and achieving production targets and costs, P&ID drawings, equipment specification, factory acceptance testing, and commissioning manager resulting in annual capacity of 65,000 tons of product at lowest cost/unit and highes...
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