Duane

11/17/2015
Kronenwetter, WI

Position Desired

Manufacturing Engineering
Anywhere in the U.S.
Yes

Resume

OBJECTIVE:
- Manufacturing Engineer/Manager
- Project Manager/Engineer
- Estimator
- Fixture Designer
- Utilize department and plant management experience

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES:
Schuette Metals, Inc. - Rothschild, WI – Dec 2006 to Sept 2015
Manufacturer of medium to complex metal fabrications.
- Member of Executive Management/Steering Group:
o Advised operations and planning to the Board of Directors
- Engineering Manager (Estimators/Project Engineers):
o Supervised a staff of eight Project/Sales Managers
o Had responsibility for quoting and customer support
o Collaborated with customers to reduce costs
o Encouraged research and development
o Guided team to optimize product process flow
o Instilled product and process ownership
- IT/IS Manager:
o Team of one fulltime report and one intern researched and executed custom business programs
o Continually monitored quality, budget and schedule
o Supervised the support and maintenance of company central processing systems and desktop applications for Schuette Metals and Central Wisconsin Finishing
Oldenburg Group, Inc. – Iron River, MI – Iron Mountain MI and Rhinelander – Mar 1990 to Oct 2006
Design and manufacture of medium to heavy metal defense products and commercial logging and mining equipment.
- Plant Manager Iron River facility:
o Supervised 105 shop employees, 9 administrative staff, and $9 million in inventory.
o Managed all aspects of 125,000 square foot facility
o Key success was implementation of a straight line assembly for mining products doubling throughput
- Assistant Mine Site Manager – Independence Missouri (7-1/2 mths remote)
o Assisted in design and installation of Oldenburg mining equipment
o Was charged with 24/7 responsibility of all aspects of the mine site at times of absence of Mine Site Manager
o Primary charge was supervision of engineering, contracting rental equipment and several ironworker companies
o Assisted in final start-up & release of the mine site to owner
- Production Manager of Mining Equipment at Iron River facility
o Assisted in design and implementation of production processes for company’s first commercial product
o Developed systems from receiving to shipping within a previously military oriented facility
o Supervising 45 personnel and oversite of production, quality and testing
o Liaison to engineering team product design/development changes enhancing product function and reduce costs
o Hosted customer visits from all over the world
- Manufacturing Engineering Manager
o Supervised three manufacturing engineers, two NC production programmers, and two maintenance engineers
o Had oversite of plant wide process planning, programming, shop cad needs, fixturing, equipment justification and maintenance
o Mentored continuous improvement of plant, product and quality
o Miscellaneous duties as interim Quality Manager 1 yr, Safety Director 2 years and ISO Management Representative 4 years
- Fixture designer
o Supported 3 production facilities in design and build of fixturing for military product and testing
o Key success was to drive p...

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