Robert — Validation Engineer JnJ Vision Care

Owner / Operator 2001-2014 Worth Manufacturing, LLC; Sylvester, GA - Managed all phases of manufacturing implementation and production including production layout, equipment specification and procurement, machinery installation and startup, process improvement, quality control, shipping, receiving and inventory control. - Extensive Project Management and Risk Assessment experience. - Led numerous products through design, development and to the market. - Specified and installed cut-to-length systems; roll form installations; forming, stamping and machining operations. - Established capital and operational budgets. - Managed personnel

Plant Manager 1997-2001 Component Carrier Systems, Inc.; Norcross, GA Started up manufacturing facility. Accomplishments and responsibilities included: - Specified and installed welding and painting equipment. - Designed and developed welding fixtures. - Defined and established work center operations. - Selected and managed relationships with vendors. - Developed operating and capital budgets. - Defined and implemented safety programs. - Managed personnel

Plant Manager, Chief Engineer 1995-1997 Carisys, Inc. (SMT); Norcross, GA - Managed engineering, accounting, production, quality control, shipping and maintenance personnel. - Established and managed manufacturing processes of surface mount carrier tape for PCB production including equipment installation and startup as well as product development and tooling design. - Specified equipment for purchases and manufacturing materials for carrier tape production. - Selected vendors. - Established and managed quality control. - Specified, selected, and established procedures for installation and operation of automated vision inspection system for quality control

Product Manager 1993-1995 Tug Manufacturing; Kennesaw, GA - Supported manufacturing through process development, improvement and implementation. - Acted as liaison between sales and manufacturing. - Implemented engineering and manufacturing modules of MRP system. - Developed customer specifications. - Provided design support for ground support vehicles. - Created and maintained bill of materials. - Developed Natural Gas fuel systems for ground support vehicle product lines

1991-1993 Control Engineer/Systems Integration Fords Holmatic; Norcross, GA - Developed packaging equipment specifications based on customer interaction. - Incorporated customer specifications into packaging machine designs. - Prepared electrical schematics for packaging machine production. - Designed packaging machine control systems. - Wrote PLC ladder logic programs for packaging machine controls. - Integrated and networked packaging equipment line control systems with Operator Interface Terminals. - Pioneered the design and development of Modified Atmosphere Packaging systems

Power Engineer 1990-1991 Star Enterprise; Convent LA - Interfaced with operations to develop oil refinery equipment installation specifications. - Developed and implemented plant-wide preventive maintenance lubrication program. - Formed Quality Action Team to resolve a plant-wide maintenance problem. - Trained in HAZMAT and Total Quality Management. - Modeled plant air system with simulation software

August 2014 - December 2018 Manufacturing / Validation Engineer JnJ Vision Care; Jacksonville, FL - Contract position through Kelly Project Services to support Validation Implementation Plan for 4GT expansion. - Lens Fabrication Cell Engineer for 4GT

Executed Lens Fab Site Acceptance Testing for Lines 52, 54, and 55. - Subject Matter Expert of Nitrogen and Temperature Control systems for Lens Fab. - Monitored Key Performance Indicators (Active Factory) to make recommendations for Continuous Improvement

Provided support for installation, start up and production troubleshooting for Lines 51, 52, 54 and 55. - Led setup of monomer supply system for all lines. - Assisted with resolving deposition head Base Curve pickup issues resulting in continuous production. - Performed initial identification and evaluation for removal of Perfect Spacers for all of Line 51 and 52. - Led implementation of Perfect Spacer removal and retrofit with locking cylinders. - Performed evaluation of HEPA filter removal and replacement. - Designed, specified and implemented modifications for HEPA unit pre-filter retrofit. - Developed and authored Hazardous Energy Control Procedure for Secondary Packaging Cell. - Reviewed and recommended changes for all Line HECP's for 4GT prior to final safety clearance