Manufacturing Engineer (274960) BSME, Black Belt / Manufacturing, CNC Machining, Programming, Fixturing / Harrisburg, Lancaster, York, and Reading PA areas

Manufacturing Engineer with 15+ years of professional experience as both a Process/Manufacturing Engineer and as a Mechanical Engineer. He is a BSME and is a trained Six Sigma Black Belt. He is skilled in programming CNC milling and turning machines with Surfcam V6 and Esprit 2017 CAM software (Okuma and Fanuc). He has broad experience in a variety of machining equipment and software platforms. His materials worked include Aluminum, Brass Iron, Magnesium, Nickel Alloys, Stainless Steel, Plastics, and Composites. He has extensive experience designing and fabricating custom fixtures. He has completed many industry trainings.

He is currently employed but is interested in making a change as his current environment is unorganized and not supportive of making changes to improve processes. He is looking for opportunities in the Harrisburg, Lancaster, York, and Reading PA areas. His notable experience includes:

• Hands-on Process Engineer with composite material experience working at a premier aerospace OEM, Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation.
• Improve and maintain Flight Safety Critical operation sheets utilizing Solumina software.
• Experience designing tooling and fixtures with multiple solid modeling software such as Autodesk Inventor V9, CATIA V5, Creo 4, SolidWorks 2022. Also fluent with AutoCad.
• Extensive experience designing and fabricating custom fixtures utilizing tool room equipment such as milling machines and CNC capable Bridgeport milling machines, lathes and CNC capable lathes, and surface grinders.
• Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills; quick to develop positive rapport with others.
• Tasked with supporting and optimizing all machining processes related to M1002 projectile, as well as other product as necessary.
• Work with senior plastic injection molding engineer to acquire all knowledge needed to support injection molding operations.
• Also involved with capital acquisition projects and floor layouts for new machines.
• Design manual locating tool to positively orientate sabot assemblies in the lathe.
• Design machine shop floor plan and develop manufacturing processes, manage machine shop personnel.
• Layout new machine shop to optimize part flow using SolidWorks 2022.
• Participate in machine/automation selection.
• Program and maintain CNC controlled milling and turning processes in a high value precision valve manufacturing facility.
• Program CNC milling and turning machines utilizing Creo 4 CAM software, NiCam Programming Language, and manual programming.
• Program and maintain CNC controlled milling and turning processes in a high volume hay tools manufacturing facility.
• Develop budgetary purchasing agreement to solicit quotations for new automated small round parts CNC turning cell.
• Program CNC milling and turning machines utilizing Esprit 2017 CAM software, APT Programming Language, and manual programming.
• Manage 2 capital acquisition projects.
o Both projects included new CNC machines and process flow mapping for automated cells, quoting, generating timelines, programming, and tracking/reporting project progress.
o Both projects were $150,000 each.
• Programmed and maintained CNC controlled milling process’ in a high-volume firearm component manufacturing facility.
• Maintained CNC controlled Swiss-style machines.
• Designed fixturing/tooling with Pro E Wildfire 4.0.
• Participate in Kaizan events and create/maintain autoclave cure cycles.
• A key player in improving first pass yield of the spar from 50% to 98% in one year.
• Work on Automation team to build custom, automated riveting machines.
• Design tooling and customize machines to adapt to new and existing product lines.
• Key participant in the purchasing process, including vendor negotiations.

• 3-axis, 4-axis, 5-axis
• Rotary Transfer Machines
• Swiss Screw Type Machines
• Dual Spindle CNC Milling
• Maintaining Tool Lists
• Machining Data Collection
• Machining Castings
• Reducing Equipment Setup Time
• CNC Controllers
• CNC Cutters
• CNC Lathes
• CNC Milling Machines
• CNC Programming
• CNC Router
• Bar Feeds
• Aluminum
• Brass
• Cast Iron
• Ductile Iron
• Magnesium
• Nickel Alloys
• Hastelloy
• Stainless Steel
• Plastics
• Composites
• Creates design (CAD drawings) for fixtures
• Developing Machine Tool Layouts
• Dimensional Tolerancing
• Engineering Change Notification
• Optimizing Feeds / Speeds
• Machine Equipment Upgrades
• Estimating Production Times
• GD&T
• Improving Designs
• Tool Design
• Improving Manufacturing Methods
• Lean Manufacturing
• Machine Tool Setup Methodology
• Designing Fixtures
• Manual Fixturing
• Hydraulic Fixturing
• Pneumatic Fixturing
• Microsoft Office Products (Word, Excel, Outlook, Project)
• Project Management
• Reducing Equipment Down Time
• Work Instructions
• Mazatrol Controls
• Siemens Controls
• G Code Programming
• Fanuc Controls
• Pro-Engineer
• AutoCAD
• CATIA
• PRO-Engineer
• Autodesk Inventor
• Solidworks
• SURF-CAM
• Assembly Operations
• High Volume Production Machining
• Injection Molding Operations
• Taking Corrective Action
• Safety Training
• Standard Work
• Providing Technical Support
• Scrap Reduction
• Project Planning
• Process Manufacturing Improvements
• Developing Cost Effective Manufacturing Processes
• Improving Manufacturing Methods
• Implementing Lean Manufacturing
• Driving Performance Metrics
• Optimizing Manufacturing Processes
• Manufacturing BOM
• ERP Systems
• Root Cause Analysis
• Takt Time
• Troubleshooting
• Value Stream Mapping
• Kaizen Events
• Process Capability Index (Cpk)

Education / Training
• Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering Technology / Central Connecticut State University New Britain, CT May 2004 Minor in Business Administration
• Mechanisms for Automation
• Fluid Power Systems
• Design for Manufacturing
• Manufacturing Process
• Planning and Estimating
• CAD Solid Modeling and Design
• Bridgeport Milling Machines
• Composite Material Overview 3/2007
• AutoCAD 2005
• Solumina
• AutoDesk Inventor 9
• SAP
• IMPACT II
• Enovia
• Creo 3
• SurfCam V6.0 CAD/CAM
• Catia V5 Basics 3/9/2007
• Lean Sigma Black Belt Training
• Esprit 2017 CAD/CAM