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Senior Manufacturing Engineer (272161) Masters, BSME, Green Belt / Die Casting, CNC Machining, Fabrication, Assembly, 3D Printing / Lafayette – Indianapolis area

08.19.2024

Senior Manufacturing Engineer with 12 years of supporting products for the medical, security, aviation, automotive and truck industries. He has a Masters in Technology, a Bachelors in Organizational Leadership and a Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering. He has multiple certifications under his belt, including Six Sigma Green Belt, GD&T and Additive Manufacturing.

His process experience includes CNC machining, Fabrication, and Die Casting operations. He is skilled in GD&T, Re-engineering, Problem Solving, Decision Making, Communication, Additive Manufacturing, and SolidWorks. This Game Changer brings multi industry experience combined with some serious engineering chops as evidenced by his track record of cost and process improvements. Ben is currently employed but the company has become unstable and is laying off. He would like to confidentially explore a more stable career role in the Lafayette/Indianapolis area. His notable experience includes:

  • Designed production cells & processes for new products.
  • Developed models, fixtures, and tooling for new production parts & processes.
  • Quoted, selected, and purchased capital equipment.
  • Facilitated CAPEX projects of $250,000+
  • Supported up to thirteen different machining & assembly cells.
  • Designed fixtures, tooling, and processes for new and existing parts/processes.
  • Improved processes across multiple work centers, up to 50%
  • Managed dozens of open ongoing projects
  • Designed tooling and equipment improvements.
  • Designed & developed fixtures, gauges, tooling, and prototype models using SolidWorks and FDM
  • Developed 3D layout of facility and helped plan 8000ft2 expansion.
  • Designed fixtures and gauges for machining centers that reduced process time up to 50%.
  • Developed/Improved material handling and packaging methods.
  • Improved processes by as much as 75% and saved costs of up to $25,000, annually

• Low Pressure Die Casting
• Gravity Die Casting
• Investment Casting
• Lost Foam Casting
• Lost Wax Casting
• Permanent Mold Casting
• Green Sand Casting
• Casting Process Design
• Non Ferrous Metallurgy
• Solving Shrinkage Problems
• Solving Porosity Problems
• 3D Modeling
• Cycle Times
• Machining Operations
• 3-axis, 4-axis
• Single, Dual Spindle CNC Milling
• CNC Controllers
• CNC Milling Machines
• CNC Programming
• CNC Router
• Control Charts
• Create / Process FMEAs
• Creates design (CAD drawings) for fixtures
• Designing Fixtures
• Dimensional Tolerancing
• Engineering Change Notification
• Equipment Design
• Improving Designs
• Improving Manufacturing Methods
• Lean Manufacturing
• Manual Fixturing
• Hydraulic Fixturing
• Microsoft Office Products (Word, Excel, Outlook, Project)
• PLCs
• Process Control
• Process Methods Development
• Project Management
• Quality Documentation
• Reading Blueprints
• Work Instructions
• G Code Programming
• CMM Experience
• 3D CAD
• Pro-Engineer
• AutoCAD
• Lock Out / Tag Out
• Autodesk Inventor
• 3D Printer
• Solid Edge
• Solidworks
• Minitab
• Unigraphics
• PPAP
• APQP
• Product Engineering
• Product Launch Activities
• 6S Experience
• Leading APQP Activities
• Conducting Design Reviews
• Continuous Improvement Goals
• Taking Corrective Action
• Cost Estimating
• Cost Reduction
• Design / Layout
• DOE
• Developing Cost Effective Manufacturing Processes
• Engineering Management experience
• ERP Systems
• Control Plans
• Developing Work Instructions
• GD&T
• Hiring / Training Engineers
• Implementing Continuous Improvement
• Improving Jigs / Fixtures
• Implementing Lean Manufacturing Methods
• Managing Multiple Projects
• Manufacturing BOM
• Metal Fabrication Operations
• Process Capability Index (Cpk)
• Process Failure Mode Effects Analysis (PFMEA)
• Process Manufacturing Improvements
• Project Management
• Providing Technical Support
• Performing Root Cause Analysis
• Designing Standard Work
• Statistical Process Control (SPC)
• Supervising Multi-discipline Teams
• Troubleshooting
• Value Stream Mapping
• Visual Factory Systems
• VA/VE

EDUCATION

Purdue University – West Lafayette, IN
• Master of Science – Technology • 2011
• Bachelor of Science – Organizational Leadership & Supervision • 2008
• Bachelor of Science – Mechanical Engineering Technology • 2005

CERTIFICATES / CERTIFICATIONS

• Certified SolidWorks Professional Advanced Drawing Tools (CSWPA-DT)/ February, 2023
• Foundations of Project Management – Google / April, 2023
• Six Sigma Green Belt February, 2019
• Certified SolidWorks Associate (CSWA) / January, 2019
• CSWA – Additive Manufacturing / January, 2019
• Project Management Essentials / November, 2017
• Six Sigma Lean Professional / October, 2015
• Change Management Specialist / November, 2015
• Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) / August, 2015

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