03849 01-18-02 Resides in North Carolina

Project Industrial Manufacturing Engineer

OBJECTIVE Project Management, Industrial Engineer, or Manufacturing Engineer position that utilizes proven strengths and experience to improve upon processes and systems/tools for the benefit of customers, internal and external to the company.

SUMMARY Senior Industrial Engineer with experience in Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Design Change Management, Information Technology-Project Management, and New Product Introduction. Demonstrated ability to resolve problems and improve technical processes of various types. Effective in acquiring new information and new technology and applying both. Reputation as a "Jack of All Trades".
· Business/Systems Analysis · Project Management · Time To Market/New Product Introduction Process · Experienced PC and MS Office user · Product Data Management(PDM) · Design Change Management and Implementation · End to End Manufacturing systems and processes.

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Information Technology - Project Engineer/Project Manager
· Supported/debugged approximately 20 PERL/HTML/SQL scripts that retrieved/updated/reported data from Oracle database of Product Data. Revised and updated tools as required to support data needs for departmental metrics, and for user and customer reports. Created design documents for each of the scripts.
· Debugged code and corrected logic for a PERL/SQL script to automatically provide a "Product Baseline" report. Manufacturing, Warehouse Management, and System Configuration systems were provided with valid product data insuring shipment of current product to customers. Eliminated duplicate data entry of product change data.
· Project Engineer and Project Manager for replacement of a legacy document management tool with a web/HTML tool and associated Oracle database.
o Created user requirements document(for users and Customers) and initial Design document for the tool.
o Participated in "Use Case Study" to finalize high level design requirements. Assisted with the completion of the Design Specification, including Screen/Web Page designs.
o Established Database structure for new tool and data migration plan from old to new database.
o Wrote and executed test cases for User Acceptance Testing of new tool and trained users on new tool.
· Project Engineer and Project Manager for the installation of a shop/manufacturing aid system for Electromechanical assembly areas. Responsibilities included purchase and installation of PC's and required software, creation of shop/manufacturing aids from imported CAD documents, and coordination of changes/updates to PC's , application and documents.


Design/Engineering Change Management and Product Data Management(PDM)
· Worked as key member of Engineering Change Process team to streamline the Engineering Change process resulting in a reduced implementation interval for Engineering Changes from 120 days to 30 days or less. Engineering Change approval process was reduced from 13 steps to 7 steps.
· 5+ years as a user/expert on Nortel's PDM tool(HTML and Unix Client/Server interfaces) and database. Required duties included management of Product documents, product structure, product coding, Engineering Change Notices(ECN), Product Change Notices(PCN), CLEI coding, and new user training.
· Primary support for legacy PCN tool and database. Prime interface for customers for any issues related to PCN's or output from tool. Thorough knowledge of Telcordia's Product Change requirement document, GR-209.
· Resolved discrepancies between Mechanized Order Acknowledgement/Order Recognition(customer invoicing) database/tool and Engineering Change Management database resulting in reduced customer complaints and customer payment on multimillion dollar invoices. Analyzed MOA coding process and provided input for improvements and corrections to MOA/OR tools and process.

Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering
· Established two lines of Surface Mount Technology(SMT) placement equipment(Fuji GL-5, CP-6, IP-3). Developed SMT placement processes for latest technology components(ball grid array and column grid array). Implemented Unix server to control equipment and generate placement programs for Fuji equipment(custom application developed by Nortel). Trained Engineers to use the application to generate placement programs.
· Improved inventory tracking of high dollar Raw Materials for circuit board manufacturing by providing data and therefore management capability to MRP system for $6M of components. Defined and implemented Warehouse Management System updates required to insure FIFO of material and provide inventory levels to MRP system.
· Integrated "final inspection" processes from Canadian facility into existing US facility. Established product/information flow for MRP systems to handle new routing of product. All product specific processes were integrated to avoid customer impact.
· Support engineer for manufacturing areas for circuit board assembly, electro-mechanical assembly, and system configuration. Provided first line support on all issues. Worked with all functions to resolve issues and put corrective measures in place.

Project Manager, Manufacturing New Product Introduction
· Project Manager for Manufacturing New Product Introduction teams insuring no project delays were due to manufacturing related issues. Established project requirements, interdependencies, intervals, etc. with global/multi-site project teams. Managed contingency and recovery plans.
· Conducted Design for Manufacturability/Testability reviews for circuit board and electromechanical products. Resolved issues with New Product Introduction team.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Nortel Networks 1983-2001
Product Portfolio Management, Product Retirement 2000-2001 Project Manager/IT Specialist · Analyzed and improved existing Product Retirement(manufacture discontinue/end of life) process for "DMS-100" product portfolio. Migrated legacy data to functional MS Access database and re-established tracking of activities. · Participant on Nortel Networks Global team developing a best in class process for Product Retirement across all product portfolios.

Design Change/Product Data Management 1996-2000 Project Engineer/Project Manager/IT Specialist · Project Manager and subject matter expert for database/legacy system replacement. · Project Managed Design Change process for assigned portfolio. · Subject matter expert on Client Server and HTML base Product Data Management(PDM) tools and database.

Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering 1994-1996 · Provide support for circuit board manufacturing and System Configuration resolving all issues and improving processes, systems, and layouts.

Project Manager, New Product Introduction 1989-1994 · Project Manager for Manufacturing New Product Introduction teams.

Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering 1983-1989 · Provide support for electro-mechanical assembly, circuit board assembly, systems configuration and test, and New Product introduction. Performed process improvement, cost reduction, process layout, information flow, Bill of Material creation, and design change implementation activities.

EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science Degree, Industrial Engineering North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC

Fee based candidate


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