Greater Toronto Area, Canada
Successfully leads and collaborates with multidisciplinary teams to drive employee engagement and productivity to accomplish complex deliverables. Provides sound insight to identify team skills and abilities to optimize lean manufacturing processes and how it can achieve targeted KPI’s. Core competencies include: • Collaborative/inclusive leadership • Excels in complex work environment • Interpersonal/written communication • Project management & Lean manufacturing • Web conferencing: Zoom | WebEx • Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) • Logical problem-solving & sound decision making • MS Office: (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project, Access)
Responsible for maintenance department and reduction of downtime
Responsible for continuous improvement initiatives, uptraining of crew members, maximizing profitability and efficiency of a corrugated flexo machine.
Liaise between Engineering and Operations departments to optimize our aircraft functional test procedures with focused attention on the Hydraulic, Powerplant, Flight Control and Navigation system tests conducted nearest to delivery. Under my supervision, aircraft testing sequence continued to mature as work was transferred out of pre-flight and into FAL with agreement between HSE, EMC, Engineering and Operations departments for the following streams: - Hydraulic bleeding - Electrostatics - Flight control rigging - Powerplant Servicing Constantly in work with Pre-Flight Operations to improve and streamline how the FTPs are conducted as engineering and design continue to refine the program.
Supervise a group of subject matter experts providing system focused technical instructions outlining test procedures for Global 7/8000 Business Aircraft program Coordinate and facilitate cross departmental collaboration on FTPs Mobilize daily production support from FTC team, driving execution and removing obstacles
• Managed a team of process engineers and process technicians • Actively participated in ongoing Continuous Improvement (CI) plans that incorporate the Process Team’s efforts that ultimately lead to right-first-time (RFT) products • Facilitated cross-developmental CI efforts in leading problem-solving meetings other teams • Participated in the launch of new programs of seat models by reviewing the new products and making recommendations and voicing concern over the design via cost-benefit analysis • Liaised with all department heads (Materials, Tooling, Production, Quality) to coordinate joint-department initiatives and for progress updates in daily meetings • Maintained regular communication with corporate, including problematic areas and corrective measures being undertaken and incorporated • Responsible for prudent preparation and management of departmental budget including cost control • Emergency Response Team Commander responsible for implementing and upholding safety protocols, purchasing safety suits, responding to emergencies, deciding on immediate course of action
As a Manufacturing Engineering Coordinator, I managed equipment procurement from inception to validation, including: integration of equipment into larger systems, entertaining multiple supplier bids, and presenting and justifying design and supplier choice to senior management using ROI both in hard and soft savings. Another key responsibility in this role was the ordering of requisitions and purchase orders for production and project advancement.