Experience

ParkOhio Products Inc., Assembly Components Grou

• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Application Engineering Manager

  • Jul 2023 - Present

  Responsible for design area, new product introduction and Program Management/APQP, working with customers to achieve all programs milestones, DVP&R; responsible for all new product quotations as well. Work with the plant to incorporate successfully all programs according time lines. Responsible for value drivers that impact the plant, working with customers to implement any engineering changes and test needed.Responsible of transfer the Application Engineering Department from Madison Heights MI, USA to Acuna, Coahuila. MX, securing the customer satisfaction and achievement of all milestones on going and upcoming, responsible of hire and train the Application Engineers and PM, secure the knowledge transfer.OEMs / Tier1: Stellantis, GM, Honda, Nissan, Ford, others. Show less

• Application Engineering & PM Lead

  • Apr 2023 - Jul 2023

  • Direct oversight of department’s daily operation• Oversees project logistics and resource allocated.• Strives to improve efficiency and sustainability of processes and product designs and to reduce waste.• Oversees project budgets and engages in cost management of projects.• Forges and maintains relationships with customers and suppliers.• Advocates on behalf of the team members by securing adequate resources for success.• Program Management / APQP, meet customer milestones. Show less

• Engineering Coordinator

  • Jan 2022 - Apr 2023

  Responsible for Product/Mfg. and Process Engineering.• Engineering activities assignment and monitor according to operations needs and standards.• New strategies development to optimize physical/virtual processes.• Cost saving strategies development (VA/VE).• Engineering team abilities development (Engineers, Jr. Engineers, Technicians).• Production support, goals, and quality standards compliance responsible.• New products development responsible, supporting program management milestones, quotation, tooling development, following customer standards and timelines.• Engineering changes responsible, work plans development to achieve customer incorporation dates.• Follow up on processes with opportunity for improvement with each of the Engineers.• Monitor productivity and take the necessary actions to increase it.• KPI follow up: OEE, downtime, scrap.• Secure and monitor that the documentation of the processes is in the established formats (PPAP: FMEA, DOE, etc.)• Projects development and administrator.• Development and implementation of new processes, responsible for product transfer from inter plants.• Compliance with internal and external quality audits, (IATF STD 16949). Show less

• Manufacturing Engineer

  • Aug 2020 - Jan 2022

  • Responsible for Product / Manufacturing Engineering.• Part numbers administrator, structure, and configuration of everything related to all part numbers.• Process Routing• BOM set up, materials usage.• Part Information• Customer, Suppliers set up.• Drawings review.• Responsible of physical/virtual processes structure, Flowcharts.• Reception, validation and administration of product and material drawings (2D/3D), WI, Flow charts, etc.• Plant Packaging Representative.• Submission of packaging forms using all different OEM portals, manual forms.• Packaging analysis and design according to customer specifications, requisition of box/accessories/container materials, labeling (ID label/ FG), regular production and services.• Engineering changes administrator.• ECR analysis with customers and corporate teammates, reception once released, responsible for implementation.• Tracking of all activities corresponding to ECRs (local and corporate).• BOM, Drawings, materials and equipment POs, quality assurance, breakpoints-incorporation dates responsible.• Obsolescence analysis (raw material and finished product), if applicable.• New Product Incorporation.• Drawings reception, BOM analysis, analysis of customer requirements, prototypes components requisition, follow-up of samples according to milestones, PO follow-up for tooling, if applicable.• Materials and routes analysis for cost savings.• PPAP documentation.• IATF 16949 Documentation• Engineering procedures• ECR Flowchart• Flowcharts by part number• New product introduction document• Change of existing products• Feasibility analysis• FMEA• Equipment layout and poka-yokesAchievements• Plant transferred: Bates Rubber Plant, Lobelville TN, US - Acuna Coah. MX• Participation helping to achieve incorporation dates for all different programs transferred from USA. Customers: FCA, Honda, GM, Nissan, Ford, Tier2 Clients, InterDiv.• Processes transferred: FRS Plant, Lexington TN, US - Acuna Coah. MX Show less



Howmet Aerospace

• United States
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• CNC Supervisor - Project Engineer

  • Oct 2018 - Jun 2020

  Dies Preservation Program Owner: Responsible for the preservation of all dies and tools, accessories, and wax injection machines to maintain the operation running effectively according to the customer's schedule, through the implementation of sustainable systems: • Dies Preservation Program Development and Launch • Strategies analysis to reduce tool and dies damages in shopfloor. • Developing of a New Training System and operator’s certification in injection machines. • Die damage flash reports owner, reports delivered to all customers with 8D, 5 why analysis. • Follow up responsible for all action items created according Die Damage Flash reports. • Kaizens and cost saving project implementation. Achievements: • Damaged tools percentage reduced more than 50% in the first 6 months of the project. • Client complains reduction by damaged tooling. • Operators awareness respecting tools. • Operators’ machinery knowledge improvement • Customer satisfaction, no tooling damages, production goals achievement. CNC Production Supervisor: • Responsible daily production goals compliance. • Responsible for conducting appropriate performance evaluations on different staffing levels. • Daily staffing activities management. • Responsible for production reports (efficiency, OEE, downtime), operations problems fixing. • Use of ABS tools, autonomous maintenance, 5's, Help Chain, EHS. • Kaizens implementation in shop floor. • Inter plant system implementation, linking different process between plants. Show less



Yazaki Service

• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Process Engineer II

  • Nov 2015 - Oct 2018

  Project leader and developing in site of different quality and production corporative initiatives in all different plants in Mexico and Central America: • Quality System MSCSC and MSCS Bench Press (Material Scanning Confirmation System Cloud) • Production System OWK/CCS (One Way Kanban/Cutting Control System) • e-OEE System (electronic Overall Equipment Effectiveness) • e-ETR System (electronic Electric Test Result) and Code Bar 2.0 (automatic labeling printing • New plants launch participation in Mexico and Central America, implementing all different Core Engineering Initiatives: • Poncitlán-Jalisco, Torreón-Coahuila (1,2), Leon –Guanajuato, Tapachula-Chiapas (2). • MSCS, MSCSC, MSCS Bench-press, OWKF2/CCS (One Way Kanban Phase2/Cutting Control System). • New simple cross machinery implementation audits in all plants in Northwest, Southwest and Northeast Mexico. • Support different systems and Projects deployed in all Mexico and Central America Manufacturing Plants. • Projects analysis and pilots working together with corporate team (IT, Maintenance, Quality, Eng.) • Responsible of the documentation correspondent by Project: -Work plan, Knowledge Transfer tracker, Users guide. -Project kick off presentations, Scope documents. -Kick off and end project meetings in all plants. -Score card, Instructions of Worked, FAQ, Check list of Solutions. -Flowcharts, loads of Machine/Allocation active. -Assignment of applicators, Cross-reference documents. • Responsible for the transfer of knowledge of each plant: projects follow up, theoretical and practical training. • Responsible for travel itineraries to Plants in Mexico and Central America, expenses reports using SAP Concur: -Purchase of flights, car rental, Hotels, plant transportation, meals. -Financial reports, billing, statement, and breakdown of bills prosecutors, No deductibles. -Tracing a release of reports of expenses and credit card payment. Show less

• Data Management Organization Analyst, Data Feedback Engineering

  • Jun 2014 - Nov 2014

  Data Management Organization Department: • Validation of information on material orders from production plants in Latin America o Part number status, blueprints, drawings, specs, data sheet. • Verify active suppliers, customers, and plants in the systems, validate the existence of restrictions on the orders shopping requested. • Contact a provider for documents, samples, specs, blueprints. • Clarify information with supplier about wrong drawings or related concerns with errors in references, materials, colors, revision changes, these activities focusing the service of manufacturing plants located in Mexico, Brazil, and Central America. • Contact with Japan of demand numbers of part, the information related with the blueprints and system specifications, request system corrections when there is data mistake. Achievements: Effective service to production plants in the validation of information related to requested orders, backlog reduction, better understanding of the systems used (increase of knowledge on the system of ASL400, BEAMS). Show less



PKC Group

• Finland
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Engineering Technician

  • May 2011 - Oct 2012

  Process Engineering Department: o Manufacturing Operative System (Kanban) participation:  Analysis, development and elaboration of workstations, improvement.  Raw material inventories reductions in shop floor.  Input and outputs control from Materials Storage.  Work Instructions, operators guide, material identifications. o Support Process Engineer in new product introductions, engineering changes. o Participation in the analysis of Layout movements in the plant for the adaptation of new areas. o Workloads, standardize works (takt time, work sequence). o Participation in massive inventories as auditor and loading information in Oracle. o Follow up and close all quality audit open items. Show less