Gerald — Assembly Engineering Manager

Quality problems reduced on assembly lines Production efficiency improvements Preventive Maintenance processes developed and implemented

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Manpower hiring and scheduling Spare Parts purchase and usage

Managed engineering team at Chrysler and Spartanburg Steel Products

Managed robotics - welding - control engineers at several companies. Directed the work to acheive 85% OEE at Chrysler Trained and directed Blackbelt projects at Chrysler

Shannon Black belt Kepner Tregoe 8D CAR's - corrective action tracking

Improved Muffler assemblies to Cpk above 1.33

Chrysler Spartanburg Steel Products Gestamp

May 2017 to Present Gestamp Assembly Engineering Manager Union, South Carolina Responsibilities: Maintenance budget and manning; Assembly performance based on OEE; Launched new BMW model assemblies

1984

August 2010 to May2017 Spartanburg Steel Products Senior Process Engineer / Maintenance Supervisor Spartanburg, South Carolina Maintenance Supervisor: Responsible for the building and grounds maintenance, pressroom PM performance, and continuous improvement. Projects included plant heating upgrades and scrap systems replacement. Senior Weld Engineer: Responsible for the assembly center weld quality. Projects included eliminating secondary inspection, new products launched for BMW, John Deere, Honda Power Equipment and Caterpillar, Continuous Improvement upgrades and Purchasing requirements for welding equipment

Chrysler LLC Assembly Center Manager Twinsburg, OH April 2010 to August 2010 Responsible for maintaining the budget, manpower, quality and performance of the Assembly Center

January 2004 to April 2010 Chrysler LLC Assembly Production Engineering Area Manager Twinsburg, OH Responsibilities: Budget and assembly skilled trades workforce of 80, Assembly Lines OEE (Overall Equipment Efficiency). Implemented TMS (Total Maintenance System), developed preventive maintenance activities, launched visual tracking matrixes for weekly and monthly PM activities. Managed the equipment design, builds, installation and launch of 9 major assembly lines at a cost of $100 million. Implemented MWC (Maintenance Work Cycle) communication centers and WOM (Work Place Organization Manufacturing) work groups in the Assembly Business Center

June 2002 to December 2003 Chrysler LLC Quality Engineering Area Manager Twinsburg, OH Facilitated the Shainin Black Belt Engineering group in Twinsburg to reduce scrap, repairs and downtime costs Press and Assembly business centers. Conceptualized the Rolling Top Five System from which the Black Belt projects for the Stamping Division. Certified Black Belt level for Shainin and Kepner Tregoe Problem Solving methods. Completed projects leading to equipment upgrades on the Oil washers on the press lines to reduce oil lay down and reducing dirt occurrences on surface panels

February 1999 to June 2002 ChryslerLLC Assembly Production Engineering Area Manager Twinsburg, OH Project Manager for overhauling the NS Program assembly tooling to reduce downtime. Evaluated and streamlined the RS product door line tooling equipment to reduce the cycle time

February 1994 to February 1999 Techneglas Corporation Tools and Parts Purchasing Supervisor Columbus, OH Organized and upgraded spare parts inventory by eliminating duplicate products and standardizing on electrical and mechanical equipment. Reduced inventory costs on raw material and PPE (Personal Protective Equipment)

March 1992 to February 1994 Techneglas Corporation Glass Forming Process Engineer Columbus, OH Solved dimensional and surface problems using Statistical Process Control

September 1990 to February 1992 Precision Castparts Corporation Process Engineer Crooksville, OH Streamlined the Investment castings finishing and inspection processes by implementing Kanbans. Eliminated quality problems through process changes to wax patterns

Walker Exhaust Systems Process Engineer Hebron, OH February 1989 to September 1990 Reduced product variation on the 7" round muffler assembly products to improving statistical measurements from an average of.3 Cp readings to a 1.33 Cpk

February 1985 to February 1989 Chrysler Corporation Tool Construction and Repair Supervisor Twinsburg, OH Supervisor of the assembly skilled trades. Reduced monthly quality audit failures to less than 1%. Developed and implemented plan for retooling 2 major assembly lines