Experience

MicroMetl Corporation

• United States
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Manufacturing Engineer

  • Oct 2015 - Present



Otis Elevator Co.

• Consumer Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Staff Engineer

  • May 2014 - Oct 2015



Carrier Corp.

• Industrial Engineering Manager

  • Jan 2007 - May 2014

  Responsible for all engineering, sustaining, and productivity of the fabrication departments for a 500,000-sq. ft., 1,200 employee manufacturing facility with annual sales in excess of $700 million with seven manufacturing and industrial engineers reporting to me.Responsibilities include new product introduction, sustaining engineering, continuous improvement, and tracking key production indices. In addition, responsible for the assembly line designs, plant layouts of equipment, and training of the work force in Monterrey, Mexico. Helped develop and implement the plan to transfer two assembly lines from; plant to Monterrey Mexico. Designed the new assembly lines and facility layout there. Coordinated the move of 37 major pieces of equipment into this facility as well as dies and storage racks.Trained the engineers in Mexico on assembly and fabrication processes for the product. Simultaneously worked on the project to insource 45 pieces of equipment from; facitlity, back to Tyler. Also, insourced over 100 fabrication processes from other suppliers. Developed the facility layout of the insourced equipment, tooling, and racking to reduce travel within the plant and minimize the space requirements.Helped develop and implement the plan to transfer an additional assembly line to another plant in Monterrey Mexico. Relocated four pieces of equipment and 37 dies and fabrication processes.Trained the supervisors and engineers in the assembly processes, and assisted with startup.Currently working with the Carrier North American Information Technology team to up-grade computer systems and programs to improve scheduling, lead times, and manufacturing processes. Show less

• Senior Production Engineer

  • Jan 1999 - Jan 2007

  Had production and engineering responsibility for various assembly lines and fabrication departments.Reduced headcount on assembly line by 12% through time studies, resulting in a $1.1 million dollar savings year over year.Redesigned multiple workstations to improve ergonomics and improve safety metrics by 25%.Relocated 36 pieces of fabrication equipment to support the coil shop consolidation team.Developed a new u-line distribution resulting in a 30% productivity improvement.Carried the u-line concept to all assembly lines in the plant, resulting in 12 assembly lines redesigned with a 40% reduction in floor space.Team lead on moving manufacturing from our ICP plant; to Tyler resulting in an additional 250 jobs. Show less

• Senior Manufacturing Supervisor

  • Jan 1997 - Jan 1999

  Increased production responsibility over multiple departments.Interim shift superintendant during vacations and medical leaves.Interacted with design and sustaining engineers on production issues.Performed quality engineering functions on second shift operations.Created and maintained visual aides and quality instructions.

• Supervisor

  • Jan 1992 - Jan 1997

  Responsible for quality, safety, and production of up to 100 hourly employees. Increased the production of the 682 assembly line by 15%.Managed absenteeism by cross-training employees in key jobs.Initiated training sessions to improve quality and safety metrics.

• Production Assembler

  • Jan 1989 - Jan 1992

  Worked on the assembly line, manufacturing small commercial products while attending college.