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Senior Manufacturing Engineer
CTS InternationalSenior Manufacturing Engineer
Jun. 2023 - Dec. 2024Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United StatesSenior Planning Checker/Updater/Reviewer for E7 Manufacturing Planning Develop planning strategies, standards, and processes for international client Serves as a project manager to ensure that contract requirements, specifications, design criteria and schedule performance are integrated and maintained. Badged in ChatGPT-Boeing and used to create process plans, work order comparisons, and create queries in excel
Advanced Manufacturing Engineer Contract to Honeywell
US Tech Solutions Advanced Manufacturing Engineer Contract to Honeywell
Apr. 2022 - Dec. 2022Torrance, California, United States• Member of Product Review Board – Plan dispositions of discrepant units. • Perform RCCA, 8D, and Kaizen projects. • Maintain tooling configuration. • Used SAP and Teamcenter for shop routings and manufacturing planning.
Manufacturing Engineer
Butler Aerospace & DefenseManufacturing Engineer
Jul. 2021 - Mar. 2022Tucson, Arizona, United StatesCreate manufacturing build plans in MES from engineering in Enovia, Redars, and WIRS for electrical, systems, structural, blankets, and interiors airplane modification. Compare production revision requests in Goldesp and modify MES as required.
Manufacturing Engineer Contract to Lockheed Martin
Chipton RossManufacturing Engineer Contract to Lockheed Martin
Jul. 2018 - Feb. 2021Ft Worth, TX● Created tool concepts, shop processes, and new technologies for tubing weld fixtures on over 230 tools. ● Reduced supplier design and development time of tooling by 34%. ● Optimized the quality of tools by 100% by using GD&T to control engineering requirements. ● Created tooling SOW with accompanying graphics totaling 110 pages in MS Word and Powerpoint. ● Delivered dispositions and work around plans using Catia, PDM, and MES Shop Floor Manager. ● Resolved an average of 15 legacy and current tool dispositions per week.
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Independent Consultant and Home RenovationHouse Renovator
Mar. 2018 - Jul. 2018Charleston, SCRenovated 2000 sqft home to make ready for sale
Manufacturing Engineer Contract at Parker Hannafin
Advanced Technology Innovation CorporationManufacturing Engineer Contract at Parker Hannafin
Jan. 2017 - Mar. 2018Dublin, GA● Streamlined faulty valve diagnosis by producing 1st ever fault tree document that allowed up to 10 valves per day to be dispositioned. ● Reduced backlog of valves from over 300 to zero in 4 months ● Developed engineering dispositions for MRB. ● Improved the methods of manufacturing operations by incorporating lessons learned from Root Cause Analysis resulting in 6.5% higher throughput.
Tooling Engineer  Contract to Boeing
SearchPros StaffingTooling Engineer Contract to Boeing
Oct. 2015 - Dec. 2016Boeing CAC● Generated 12 RFQ’s for tooling projects. ● Analyzed 36 bids and suppliers for quality, cost, schedule, and performance. ● Performed 10 tool tryouts with stakeholders. ● Solved consistent critical safety issues around fall protection. ● Used Catia to develop tool concepts and perform design reviews. ● Created dozens of tool use instructions that addressed proper use, sequence, and safety.
Manufacturing Engineer Contract to GKN
Volt Technical ResourcesManufacturing Engineer Contract to GKN
Jun. 2015 - Jul. 2015Santa Ana, CA● Created multiple Standard Work Instructions totaling 350 pages in 4 weeks using engineering specifications and shop best practices
Industrial Engineer  Contract to Gulfstream
CTS InternationalIndustrial Engineer Contract to Gulfstream
Sep. 2014 - Mar. 2015Savannah, Georgia Area● Created 10 swimlane charts for shop schedule. ● Implemented 5S+Safety programs in 3 areas with over 50 employees. ● Completed improvement projects with operations. One project saved 5 hrs per ship set. ● Designed hand tools and shop aids using Catia and Autocad.
Tooling and Manufacturing Engineer Contract to Boeing
Chipton RossTooling and Manufacturing Engineer Contract to Boeing
Apr. 2009 - Sep. 2014Charleston, South Carolina Area● Created 249 baseline assembly plans for composite, fiberglass, titanium, and aluminum aircraft structures. ● Modified plans at the rate of 125 plans per month average ● Planned tooling and provided 2D layouts for drilling, trimming, and modifying composite and other materials. Created 20 tool usage instructions. Plan and perform 20 tool tryouts. ● Coordinated and implemented improved processes from 4 Lean Kaizen events so that current and future production rates were realized – improved from a 12-day rate to a 3 day rate. ● Performed project management of tooling for composite fabrication. Designed parameters, developed outsource packages, provided technical parameters for testing and accepting new tools. ● Solved persistent issue of tool to product clash by using Root Cause Corrective Action process. Prior clashes were 2 times average per unit. Saved $4500 in repair costs per unit.

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