San Diego Metropolitan Area
Manufacturing Engineering Manager with 7+ years personnel and project management experience in a production and prototyping setting using Lean principles. 10+ years of mechanical engineering experience in continuous improvement, product design, thermal analysis, implementation of manufacturing processes, and cross-functional collaboration. Leveraging this experience, I’ve become an established engineering and manufacturing liaison for 8+ years.
▪ Develop and Manage Manufacturing Engineering and Maintenance functional areas responsible for maintaining and expanding production equipment capacity, efficiency, and quality for entire air filtration production within AprilAire ▪ Manage functional area budget of $2+ million annually. Reduce variance while achieving production and continuous improvement goals ▪ Lead and support cross-functional plant continuous improvement projects in safety, quality, and new product development ▪ Create, review, and approve acquisition requests for capital investments plant-wide
▪ Develop, manage, and train team responsible for up to 40%, $3.2 million annually, of product used in downstream assemblies and internal prototyping ▪ Implement a wide range of large-scale projects including an ERP/MRP software and an automation system utilizing PLC programming, robotics, and CNC milling machines ▪ Coordinate professional development opportunities in communication and Lean practices ▪ Establish and monitor KPIs in efficiency, utilization, quality, and on time delivery to inform current and future needs for both personnel and capital investments ▪ Maintain ISO 9001 compliance for the functional area under my management through routine audits
▪ Lead programmer, peer reviewer, and trainer of CAM software ▪ Advised and assisted Mechanical Engineering team on design improvements ▪ Design thermal management systems, structural enclosures, and production fixturing ▪ Liaison between Mechanical Engineering and Machine Shop on design improvements ▪ Continuous research of vendors dealing with MIL-SPEC metal plating and painting operations
▪ Thermal analysis using ANSYS Icepak on PCB assemblies ▪ Design of rugged PCB assembly metalwork used for thermal management and structural support ▪ Developed an automated gel dispensing process and trained internal and external assets in its use ▪ Collaborated with project managers and end users to improve assembly processes and designs