Accomplished Manufacturing Operations Leader with a strong record of effectively managing and motivating associates. He has a Bachelors degree and started his career as a Machinist. He has held progressive leadership roles in Production, EHS, Operations, and Maintenance. His broad operations experience includes Steel Manufacturing, CNC Machining, Stamping, Forming, Welding, Fabrication, and Assembly operations. He has a hands-on, performance, process, and results-driven management style which is reflected in his results! he has led a team of 278 members. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He is highly skilled in reductions and increasing profits. Ken is adept at problem identification and problem resolution in a proactive manner. This Game Changer has been a Maintenance Manager since late 2023, but he desires to return to an Operations Leadership role. He is interested in confidentially exploring new opportunities in the Chicago area. His excellent work history includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Responsible for running a 24\/7, M-F steel processing plant, drawing round, hex, and square alloy steel sizes from 3\/4″ – 3-1\/2″ in diameter ranging from 12′ – 24′ lengths
\u2022 Under my management, the Bridgeview facility set records for tons shipped in a month, tons produced in a month, as well as tons produced in a day
\u2022 We had a shaft break on our steel processing line with no critical spare availability.
o I made the decision to stop production on our slower line, and use that shaft until we could get it repaired.
o I then moved production from the stopped line and adjusted associates break and lunch times to complete ALL the production on time with NO additional overtime labor costs!
\u2022 Enforce all policies and procedures, disciplinary action related to direct reports, review drawings and work instructions prior to fabrication and provides any feedback necessary to engineering and QA, perform annual direct report performance reviews, insure all laborers follow documentation protocol (e.g Testing reports, work instruction sign-off and hold points)
\u2022 Drive employee engagement to create and foster a proactive, empowered safety culture
\u2022 Administered STOP observation program
\u2022 Plant Emergency First Responder and Wellness Committee member.
\u2022 Production Supervisor managing all aspects of business unit involving Large Pressure Relief Valves Tank-Tite Handle Products for the railroad industry
\u2022 Eclipsed production and sales records in the history of the organization for the months of June 2015, with $7.1 million, July 2015, $7.5 million, and August 2015 $7.9 million respectively within 5 months of joining Midland
\u2022 TRIR and 0 near misses within all supervised cells during 2015 and 2016
\u2022 Ensured on-time delivery met promise date goal of 96%, and customer request date goal of 86%
\u2022 0 injuries and 0 near misses under my supervision for our Maintenance Dept. from 6.2023 to present
\u2022 Complete responsibility for over 300+ machining assets running production efficiency at or over 80% on a weekly basis.
\u2022 Manage and create a preventative maintenance program for all machines and equipment.
\u2022 Mentor, develop, and monitor my team development by putting a strong emphasis on cross training & leadership.
\u2022 Perform innovative modifications to equipment to enhance and improve performance by 11%<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Operations\/Production Management
\u2022 Steel Mfg Operations
\u2022 High Volume CNC Machining Operations
\u2022 Fabricated Metal, and Machinery Manufacturing
\u2022 Stamping Operations
\u2022 Metal Finishing Operations
\u2022 Pressing Operations
\u2022 Forming Operations
\u2022 Blow Molding Operations
\u2022 Adjusting Production Schedules
\u2022 Establishing Production Sequences
\u2022 Manufacturing Operations
\u2022 Cell Manufacturing Operations
\u2022 Welding Operations
\u2022 Assembly Operations
\u2022 Fabrications Operations
\u2022 Assembly Operations
\u2022 Fabrication Operations
\u2022 Coating Operations
\u2022 Shot Blasting Operations
\u2022 Fabrications Operations
\u2022 Painting Operations
\u2022 Non-Destructive Testing
\u2022 Shipping \/ Receiving Operations
\u2022 Automotive \/ Component Manufacturing
\u2022 Electrical Equipment, Appliances, and Components Manufacturing
\u2022 Calculating Production \/ Labor\/ Material Costs
\u2022 Process Optimization
\u2022 Creating\/Implementing Operations Metrics
\u2022 Managing Safety Stock
\u2022 Meeting Manufacturing Delivery Targets
\u2022 Increasing Production Capacity
\u2022 Holding Kanban Events
\u2022 Global application of ISO 9001 and AS9100D quality and safety systems.
\u2022 Development and implementation of quality manuals and procedures.
\u2022 Application of TS-16949 to products manufactured\/distributed in the United States.
\u2022 Evaluation of deployment of quality systems (internal\/external)
\u2022 Development and implementation of corrective actions (8-D, 5Y, etc.)
\u2022 Application of AIAG and IAQG core requirements (8-D, 5Y\u2019s, FTA, FMEAs, SPC, APQP, PPAP, etc.)
\u2022 Evaluation of supplier base quality systems with recommendations for sustainability and improvement
\u2022 Delivered optimized manufacturing and production processes using Design of Experiments (DoE) methodology.
\u2022 Application of Six-Sigma and Lean Manufacturing methodology for product\/process improvement.
\u2022 Implemented Value Added Engineering strategies for manufacturing and production processes.
\u2022 Development, tracking and reporting of KPI\u2019s.
\u2022 Implementing Lean Into Manufacturing
\u2022 Prioritizing Jobs
\u2022 Holding Staff Accountable
\u2022 Production Planning
\u2022 Identifying Capacity Requirements
\u2022 Controlling Labor Costs
\u2022 ERP Systems
\u2022 MRP Systems
\u2022 Value Stream Mapping
\u2022 Managing Multiple Projects
\u2022 Team Leadership \u2013 7 Direct \/ 270 Indirect
\u2022 Measuring Forecast Accuracy<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Education<\/strong> Accomplished Manufacturing Operations Leader with a strong record of effectively managing and motivating associates. He has a Bachelors degree and started his career as a Machinist. He has held progressive leadership roles in Production, EHS, Operations, and Maintenance. His broad operations experience includes Steel Manufacturing, CNC Machining, Stamping, Forming, Welding, Fabrication, and Assembly operations. He…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[311,310],"tags":[106,118,147,296,345,550,569,630,734,1143],"class_list":["post-2813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-production-operations-quality","category-maintenance","tag-assembly","tag-stamping","tag-operations-manager","tag-production-manager","tag-welding","tag-bachelors","tag-cnc-machining","tag-fabrication","tag-blow-molding","tag-teel"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2813"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2814,"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2813\/revisions\/2814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u2022 Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)\/ Eastern Illinois University
\u2022 OSHA 10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"