D.J. Dammann

Manufacturing Engineer III at Billy Goat
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(386) 825-5501
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Kansas City, Missouri, United States, US
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Credentials

  • Raytheon Six Sigma Specialist
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Experience

  • Billy Goat
    • United States
    • Machinery Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Manufacturing Engineer III
      • Feb 2016 - Present

      Support the areas of: Assembly, Packaging, Powder Coat, & Safety. * Design, research, purchase, and implement use of fixtures, tools, and equipment. * Create and maintain operator process instructions which include exploded views. * Monitor, sample, & report wastewater is handled in accordance with our permit. * Implement plant wide safety such as Bloodborne Pathogen, CPR, & First Aid Training, Hearing Conservation, Fork Truck Awareness, Job Hazard Analysis. * Perform time studies, line balancing, 5S auditing, update BOM’s, problem solving, facility layout, design assembly lines, implement new products & design changes, labor standards, streamline sequence of machine assembly. Show less

  • Peterson Manufacturing Co
    • United States
    • Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Industrial/Manufacturing Engineer
      • Jun 2000 - Feb 2016

      • Participate in development builds, design reviews, test equipment designs, development of test procedures, recommendations for improvements, defect prevention, PFMEA’s, DFMEA’s and tool designs. • Significantly reduced accidents & injuries as an Ergonomics and Safety team member by correcting unsafe conditions and setting up ergonomic workstations. • Slashed costs by over $2.4M implementing process improvements which have also eliminated ergonomic concerns, increased safety, increased quality, and efficiency. • Saved 3.3 miles and 1.1 hours of travel distance and time per day by designing and implementing a visual Weld Tooling management program. • $925K/yr. cost savings by redesigning, setting up, and moving labor intensive, inefficient assembly operations to subcontractors. • Boosted quality and efficiency by creating stream-lined assembly processes, routings, and clear and detailed operator visual work instructions. • Draft, update, and implement more efficient floor layouts by using AutoCAD which has significantly reduced non-value added time. • Continually researching and testing new equipment for process improvements. • Justify, research, and implement Capital Equipment purchases. • Evaluate, improve, and approve all design changes and new product (ECN’s). • Prepare labor quotes and set standards using time studies or using historical data. Show less

  • Beechcraft
    • Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Industrial Engineer
      • Mar 1997 - Jun 2000

      • Removal of $850K excess inventory, addition of 93 visual controls, an entire new stream-lined layout, and a clear new order process was realized from performing in (2) Lean Manufacturing/Kaizen Events. • Team Leader for the 5 ‘S’ pilot program, resulting in removal of 325 unnecessary items, adding 195 visual aids, elimination of 3.2 hours/day of search time. • Responsible for a $3M Capital Equipment Budget in Flight Operations and Support Complex which included identifying and implementing capital equipment, and planning a five-year capital plan. • Increased quality & efficiency by developing visual work instructions for assembly lines. • Investigated and corrected problems and implemented process improvements for the manufacturing of instrument panels. Show less

  • Cessna Aircraft Company
    • Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Industrial Engineer
      • Jun 1995 - Mar 1997

      • Coordination Leader for the 550 Bravo. Duties included: scheduling, parts tracking, focal point for information, running weekly meetings, & resolving over 450 problems. • Identified capacity constraints by simulating the Aircraft Completion Departments and Single Engine Program by using the computer simulation package, ProModel. • Designed, justified, and supervised the arrangement of an office layout and a $1.8M expansion of the Completion Center building. • Coordinated ideas with workers and vendors in the purchase and design of equipment. Show less

Education

  • Kansas State University
    Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Industrial Engineering
    1989 - 1995
  • Sumner Academy of Arts and Science
    High School Diploma
    1983 - 1989

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