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| Desired Industry: Manufacturing |
SpiderID: 6645 |
| Desired Job Location: Raleigh, North Carolina |
Date Posted: 4/18/2006 |
| Type of Position: Full-Time Permanent |
Availability Date: 1 week from offer |
| Desired Wage: 70,000 |
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U.S. Work Authorization: Yes |
| Job Level: Management (Manager, Director) |
Willing to Travel: Yes, Less Than 25% |
| Highest Degree Attained: Bachelors |
Willing to Relocate: No |
Objective:
To obtain a challenging process engineering position to continue using lean manufacturing principals to benefit the company.
Experience:
Process Engineering Manager, Collins & Aikman Corp. Farmville, NC November 2005-Current
• Instruct teams of associates (salaried & hourly) in the Kaizen process and lead them through the process to improve specific areas of opportunity (quality, efficiency, changeover time, etc.) within the company.
• Present Kaizen results to and assist in implementation with various levels of plant management.
• Developed a procedure for running, documenting, and evaluating plant trials.
• Implemented a weekly quality review process for the Process Engineering department to track key quality aspects on a per product basis.
• Responsible for the specialty fabric product line and was instrumental in reducing total off-quality from 13.6% to 8.5%. Daily responsibilities include monitoring product quality, yield, machinery, and cost improvement projects.
• Responsible for reviewing machinery standard operating procedures (SOP) and performing audits to SOP standards.
• Lead daily plant quality review meeting with plant management, quality, and engineering departments.
• Perform all applicable functions associated with managing a team of eight exempt employees.
Finishing Development Manager, Collins & Aikman Corp. Roxboro, NC February 2005-November 2005
• Responsible for the Finishing Product Development Department ensuring quality products are delivered to customers with quick turntime.
• Participate in cost improvement programs resulting in savings over $550,000 year to date on raw materials.
• Conduct customer relations with company vendors and Tier 1/OEM customers to improve and develop products with suppliers and to resolve any issues with current production items.
• Maintain raw material testing plans for the plant.
• Review cost information for development samples to be supplied to customers.
• Aide in developing Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEAs) for new processes within the plant.
• Review test data to ensure that new products will meet customer specifications and to propose action plans to resolve any products that fail the specifications.
• Participate in external audits that encompass the Product Development Department.
Finishing Development Chemist, Collins & Aikman Corp. Roxboro, NC December 2000-January 2005
• Responsible for the daily scheduling and finishing functions necessary to produce new woven products for customers.
• Participate in cost improvement programs resulting in savings over $2,100,000 on raw materials and process improvements.
• Help coordinate the integration of additional products into the facility as a result of a company acquisition.
• Create process specifications for new woven fabric products to be used within the plant.
• Active participant in the Advanced Product and Quality Planning (APQP) process as well as the design review process where development samples are critiqued.
• Validate new finishing chemicals and obtain approval for production.
• Oversee daily shipments of development products and maintain a current inventory of development fabrics.
• Perform Design of Experiments (DOE) to improve sample test results, optimize machine settings and help manufacturing with fabric processing issues.
• Conduct customer relations with company vendors and customers.
• Work with staff to reduce sample turntimes from 5 days per sample to 2.5 days.
• Perform all applicable functions associated with managing staff.
Advanced Process Engineer, Collins & Aikman Corp. Roxboro, NC August 2000-November 2000
Process Engineer, Collins & Aikman Corp. Roxboro, NC February 1999-July 2000
• Responsible for the quality and continuous improvement of the fabric products.
• Participate in cost improvement programs resulting in savings over $150,000 from machine process improvements.
• Conduct machine audits to verify machines are set to specification.
• Pilot new products while gathering data to satisfy the Production Part Approval Process (PPAP).
• Conduct plant trials based on customer complaints to resolve and issue corrective actions or to improve the processing of fabrics on the production machines.
• Use SPC charts to monitor the products for areas of improvement.
• Work with range associates to implement Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) to increase efficiency and reduce changeovers.
Finishing Supervisor, Collins & Aikman Corp. Roxboro, NC November 1998-January 1999
• Facilitate the daily placement of associates to ensure all necessary functions are in operation.
• Communicate all quality concerns to the applicable departments within the company.
• Ensure all urgent products are expedited through the plant as discussed with the planning department.
• Perform all management responsibilities associated with supervising forty associates.
• Ensure all materials and equipment are in stock and running as intended.
Management Training / Special Projects, Collins & Aikman Corp. Roxboro, NC June 1998-October 1998
• Participate in the New Management Orientation Process which involved visiting plant sites across the United States, learning the functionality of all pertinent departments within the company by physical observation and conversation, obtaining broad overviews of marketing, legal, and human resource strategies and concerns, as well as other orientation functions.
Education:
BS Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University May 1998
Concentration in Biological Sciences
Skills:
Kaizen facilitator (Lean manufacturing)
Design of Experiments
Additional Information:
Certified E.I.T.
Reference:
Available Upon Request
Candidate Contact Information:
| Name: Matthew Pollock |
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| Street: - |
Phone: 919-554-4872 |
| City: Wake Forest |
Fax: - |
| State: North Carolina |
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