Experience

R.L. Adams Plastics, Inc.

• United States
• Plastics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Continuous Improvement Manager

  • Feb 2022 - Present

  Byron Center, Michigan, United States



GRW Technologies Inc.

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Production Plant Manager

  • May 2019 - Jul 2020

  Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area Head of Production with 38 injection molding machines and high precision automation lines. Responsible for 97 employees. Overall responsibility for Production, Maintenance, Tool Repair, Production Controlling/Planning. Implementation of digital management tools on the production floor for KPI tracking such as productivity (OEE), scrap and costs of quality. Implementation of Lean Management principles



Magna International

• Canada
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Manufacturing Engineer Lvl II

  • Jul 2016 - May 2019

  Holland, MI Responsible for managing/optimizing Magna's on-line assembly process of Base Prism Mirror Lines. Daily tasks included root-cause analysis, scrap reduction, assembly optimization, new launch management, and equipment management. High volume work environment with production demands of 250,000 units per week.



ABC Technologies

• Canada
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Manufacturing Engineer, Industrial Engineer, Technical Supervisor-Injection Molding

  • Jun 2013 - Jun 2016

  Grand Rapids, Michigan I held multiple positions, over three years, to best utilize my talents as an Engineer to optimize the manufacturing process for whatever department needed improvement the most as defined by management. This included: - Manufacturing Engineer to optimize the on-line assembly process. - Industrial Engineer to create and manage major capital expansions, improve process flow for the plant as a whole (from machine to shipping), and design the layout for a new warehouse expansion totaling +… Show more I held multiple positions, over three years, to best utilize my talents as an Engineer to optimize the manufacturing process for whatever department needed improvement the most as defined by management. This included: - Manufacturing Engineer to optimize the on-line assembly process. - Industrial Engineer to create and manage major capital expansions, improve process flow for the plant as a whole (from machine to shipping), and design the layout for a new warehouse expansion totaling + 150,000 sq-ft - Technical Group Leader-Injection Molding to maintain/improve our injection molding department of 12 machines. This included being a supervisor to a team of 8 members (technicians, material handlers, tool maker, and die setters) Show less



Lacks Trim Systems

• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Molding Process Engineer

  • Apr 2012 - May 2013

  Kentwood, MI I was responsible for maintaining the production process for plastic parts on injection molding machines ranging from 950-3300 Tons. Daily tasks include: Continuous Improvement Projects, Scrap review and improvement, maintaining and updating the plants job and tool manager system, implementing and managing the plants resin identification system, following new jobs from R&D all the way to production runs, and creating and implementing operator training videos.