VP Director Engineering (271140) BSME / Multi-plant Engineering Leader / Tier 1, OEM Automotive Manufacturing / Automation, Welding, Assembly Operations / Will Relo
Engineering Leader and visionary professional with the ability to develop a strong succession plan by growing and developing an engineering team of dedicated professionals. He is a BSME who has held progressive engineering roles culminating leading engineering across 6 plant locations for a Tier 1. He is a collaborative team player with high emotional intelligence and the ability to oversee product engineering and ensure that manufacturing processes meet end-customer requirements.
This Game Changer has a strong communicator and change agent with a sharp power of observation, able to manage engineering staff and resources to support operations. He is skilled in pulling substantial labor cost out of operations through automation of processes. He has a proactive mindset and a strong work ethic, and is known to follow through on commitments with an appropriate sense of urgency. He is a “Get It Done / Go To” leader who will raise the bar on your operations. He was recently caught up in a downsizing due to cutbacks in OEM contracts, and is actively seeking a new leadership opportunity! Don’t snooze or you will miss out on the opportunity to put this exceptional Engineering Leader to work for you! His notable experience includes:
• Established a foundation for success as Industrialization Manager for FCM-NAO through oversight of staffing, development, and enforcement of PMS disciplines.
• Plant automation projects achieved a 20% reduction in headcount across all 6 plants.
• My group has never been over budget while I was in this role.
? Delivered transformative innovation to enable material, labor, and manufacturing costs
o $3.2M total below budget for North America Region, 2019 for all 6 plants.
• Ensured OTD internal and external milestones by enabling zero missed delivery of critical internal/external milestones for Ford, GM, FCA, and NAI customers from 2016 to 2018.
• Captured substantial gains in efficiency and productivity by managing the launch of all LVE Muffler product between 2013 and 2015
• Leveraged experience and skill to achieve 100% OTD all plant launch targets for scrap, labor, budget and gate deliverables.
• Champion of multiple SMED workshops resulting in reduced change over timing and stock room inventory
• Created a “Best Practice” structure for Equipment and Tooling preventative maintenance and storage
o Reduced tooling by commonizing tool numbers and reduced inventory by 50%. Achieved cost avoidance of $200k
o This reduced changeover time by 20%
• Tier 1, Tier 2 Automotive
• Multi-plant Engineering Leadership – 6 plants
• 8 D Problem Solving
• Project Management
• Root Cause Analysis
• Process Engineering
• Program Management
• Continuous Improvement
• 5S
• Statistical Process Control (SPC)
• Production Planning
• Quality Function Deployment (QFD)
• Change Management
• Total Quality Management (TQM)
• Ensuring Dimensional Accuracy
• Minimizing Scrap / Rework
• Reducing Cycle Times
• Six Sigma
• Ford Q1
• Chrysler EBSC
• GM QSB+
• IATF16949 / TS16949
• ISO9001
• AS9100
• PPAP
• Leading APQP Activities
• Providing Technical Leadership
• Product Engineering
• Product Launch Activities
• Engineering Management
• 6S Experience
• Achieving Cost Reduction
• Conducting Design Reviews
• Continuous Improvement Goals
• Welding Operations
• Assembly Operations
• Plant Automation
• Reducing Plant Labor Through Automation Implementation
• Automation Projects for Welding and Assembly
• Ensuring We Are On Time and On Budget
• Process Flows
• Material Handling Automation
• Fanuc Robotics
• Siemens Controls
• Motoman Robots
• Automatic Loading Stations
• Fanuc Controls
• Machine Control
• Machining Data Collection
• CIMNET DNC Professional Controller
• Hydraulic Fixturing
• CNC Laser Cutter
• Improving Jigs / Fixtures
• Pneumatic Fixturing
• Taking Corrective Action
• Machine Design
• Design / Layout
• Cost Reduction
• DOE
• FIFO Staging
• Gage R&R
• Control Plans
• Developing Work Instructions
• GD&T
• Leading Design Reviews
• Best Practices for Product Design
• Line Layout
• Implementing Continuous Improvement
• Running Kaizen Events
• Running Kanbans
• Managing Multiple Projects
• Manufacturing BOM
• Process Capability Index (Cpk)
• Process Failure Mode Effects Analysis (PFMEA)
• Process Manufacturing Improvements
• Project Management
• Providing Technical Support
• Implementing Six Sigma Methods
• Designing Standard Work
• Supervising Multi-discipline Teams
• Troubleshooting
• Value Stream Mapping
• Visual Factory Systems
• VA/VE
• Lean Manufacturing
• Microsoft Office Products (Word, Excel, Outlook, Project)
• Minitab
• SAP
• FeatureCAM
• PRO-Engineer
• Process Control
• Process Methods Development
• Project Management
• Reducing Equipment Down Time
• Lock Out / Tag Out
EDUCATION
• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Technology / Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
• Product Quality Training / Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT