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.