Expériences professionnelles
Lead manufacturing engineer
Magic Leap , Plantation
De Janvier 2019 à Aujourd'hui
Production foreman
CATERPILLAR , Gosselies - CDI
De Décembre 2015 à Juin 2016
Production Foreman, December 2015 – July 2016
Managed Section of 20 workers and 30K sq ft of production area to create a safer and more productive work environment by running daily workstation audits, installing 5S culture, obtaining a 5S level of 4.⅘ and a RIF of 0
Spearheaded training program for operators to increase product quality & business flexibility by making them more polyvalent, cognizant of product failures, achieving a 88% ppm cut YoY, improving CSD by 20%, and earning Platinum Quality Certification
Reduced production cost to meet corporate 2016 objectives by teaching OPE culture and enforcing break rules among workers, generating a 25 % cost improvement
Negotiated with workers and unions to prevent strikes by setting 1-on-1s, utilizing D.E.S.C technique, explaining the strategy, leading to only one line stoppage compared to five the previous year
Ingénieur méthodes
CATERPILLAR , Gosselies - CDI
De Novembre 2010 à Décembre 2015
Lean Transformation Engineer, September 2013 – December 2015
Developed hydraulic room strategy to reduce operational costs by identifying critical targets, defining project specifications, resulting in the creation of 6KPIs and achieving 25% potential production savings
Executed said strategy by managing a € 8M budget, monitoring timelines, upgrading 9 assembly lines, 4 test benches, and 28 conveyors, condensing capital footprint by 60% and manpower by 28%
Manufacturing Engineer II, September 2011 – September 2013
Conceived and set up a hydraulic valves test bench to increase productivity and automate the test by working jointly with the supplier to the design and installation phases, writing test scripts, decreasing cycle time by 81%, outperforming the Corporation average time by 200%
Designed and implemented hydraulic cylinder assembly and test automated line to eradicate quality defects and automate the test by analyzing process flow with Takt Time bar charts, APQP methodology, on/offsite validation, controlling a budget of €2M, enhancing Pp and Ppk by 400% and 515% respectively
Manufacturing Engineer I, November 2010 – September 2011
Finalized ramp up of deburring machine for hydraulic valve blocks to automate the process by developing and validating the deburring sequencing, resulting in 23% less waste at the quality gate
Conducted hydraulic test bench audit to improve test bench uptime by using DMAIC and learning test bench coding language, increasing output by 250%. Project awarded “Trophy for Innovation” first place out of a 100 projects
Coordinated installation of Automatic Torquing Machine to eradicate loose element defects by programming the routing and creating the process flow, earning zero torque defect certification
Parcours officiels
Langues
Anglais - Langue maternelle
Français - Langue maternelle
Espagnol - Technique
Italien - Notions
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