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CMCO (Columbus McKinnon)

Positions
NPD Industrialization Engineer
Support Manufacturing Engineer

Employment Date: May 2023 - Present

Primary Responsibilities

  • Responsible for designing and implementation of industrial and manufacturing processes for new product development

    • Created corporate standard operating procedures to set guidelines and deliverables for various gates in the new product development process​

    • Designed templates for repeatable deliverables 

  • Acted as the Industrial Engineer for various new product deployment projects

    • Smart Actuator​

    • Wire Rope Hoist

    • IP-66 Re-Design​ of Legacy Product Line

  • Acted as a supporting manufacturing engineer for local operations

    • Completed documentation to prepare the local facility for ISO certification​

      • Standard operating procedures and work instructions, both pictorial and video​

      • Recorded all parts presentation and flow for assembly areas

  • Created local imbedded hardware solutions for test fixtures and process tracking.​​

New Product Development

Global New Product Operating Procedures

  • Created a variety of documents on expected deliverables from Industrialization Engineering in regards to New Product Development

    • Developing Manufacturing Process Architecture​

    • Design for Manufacturability Review

    • Develop Manufacturing and Process Design

    • Preforming Production Capacity and Capability Verification

    • Finalizing Production Process Development

    • Key deliverables and activities for hand off between new product development and local operations

  • Lead and worked on intra-disciplinary teams to complete project deliverables through out NPD process​

Smart Actuator

  • Completed an overhaul of existing manufacturing operations for drastic improvements to operations

    • Designed entirely new production area with the following improvements​

      • One piece flow​

      • On-Line part replenishment system

      • Updated electronic work instructions

      • Testing improvements and data collection

      • Automatic tool selector for to Poke-Yoke torque specifications

      • Improved ESD compliance for component quality

      • Created new work flows to alert associates on on-going quality issues

  • Completed employee training​​

  • Added smart information systems for data collection on process metrics

  • Improved takt time

  • Created full process flow charts and piece part flow diagrams

IP-66 Accreditation

  • Completed industrialization engineering activities in regards to upgrading high volume product lines from IP-56 to IP-66 

  • Created process flow charts for all manufacturing activities

    • Assembly​

    • Machining

    • WIP/Part Storage

    • Paint

    • Shipping

  • Completed testing for maintaining torque and gasket specifications in the production environment

  • Acquired torque specific tools and created ISO regulated document trails/processes for tool maintenance

  • Created pictorial and video work instructions for new IP-66 activities as well as original operations

Manufacturing/Industrial Support

  • Worked with intra-disciplinary teams to complete a variety of activities 

    • Updates to quality department standard operating procedures​

    • Kaizen events

    • Facility layout improvements

    • Creation of new manufacturing areas

    • Updated MES software system

    • Increase in measurable metrics

    • Acted as a liaison between new product development and local operations

    • Capacity and capability documentation for local processes that had not yet been created

  • ​Updated work instructions to modern/world class format

  • Creation of time studies in various areas​

  • Designed and built testing/assembly fixtures

    • Rotary Union test stand​

    • Electrical switch testing unit

    • Multiple assembly fixtures for fastening components

    • Large fixture for tube assembly

  • Created dozens of CAD models for existing manufacturing support equipment​

    • Pneumatic press fixtures​

    • Pneumatic clamp fixtures

    • Assembly fixtures

  • Implemented multiple new MIS (Manufacturing Information System) modules for local operations

    • Training documentation and recording​

    • Electronic work instructions

    • Tool and equipment control software

    • Daily metric recording

    • 5S sheets

    • Fabrication cut lists

    • Non-Conforming Material process work flow

    • Quality alert system based on part number or work instruction step

    • Overall document control​

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