Manufacturing Manager

• Jun 2022 - Present

Sr Training & Development Specialist

• Sep 2019 - Apr 2022

Lead project teams in development of process training and certification programs ensuring compliance to customer, company, and industry standards.Train and Mentor Training Specialists to facilitate training and assessments.Lead project teams in development of Simulated Work Environment for the purposes of supporting process training.Provide strategic input to prioritize team projects and training schedules.Develop overview courses for Operations products, processes, and quality requirements. Show less

Sr Production Supervisor/Manufacturing Technician Supervisor

• Mar 2010 - Sep 2019

Supervise and mentor Manufacturing Technician team who transition new products from Prototype to Production and provide feedback to Engineering for mistake proofing and design for manufacturability.Supervise and mentor Manufacturing Technician team who support operations through daily scrap review meetings, Root Cause Analysis, creative problem solving, technical equipment set-up, and other technical support.Supervise and mentor Assemblers and Group Leaders including responsibility for daily safety, Quality, on time delivery, and productivity. Show less

Associate Manufacturing Engineer

• Nov 1998 - Mar 2010

Develop, maintain, and update existing manufacturing processes ensuring they meet or exceed customer expectations and Minco quality objectives.Select, purchase, and qualify new manufacturing equipment and raw materialsDevelop and revise Standard Process Instructions (SPIs), machine operation instructions and model specific assembly instructions.Train manufacturing groups.Lead Lean manufacturing activities within assigned manufacturing cells.Train Operations team at an overseas manufacturing facility (Morocco), implemented a product qualification plan to ensure products met quality objectives.Mentor new Manufacturing Engineers. Show less

Drafter

• May 1989 - Nov 1998

Design heater elements and circuits, panel layouts, tooling, assembly sketches, and machine programs for Operations using CAD software.Order production ready tooling.Provide engineering support and creative problem solving for design and manufacturing.