Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Operations Project Manager (Level 2)
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Palmdale
03.2021 - Current
Schedule and coordinate meetings (once AFR is received) with the Global Supply Chain Team, Manufacturing Engineers, Industrial Engineers, and Shop Managers to discuss everything needed to start making the parts requested, which involves gathering AFR span times, estimated completion dates, material availability, and all planning objectives to meet the customer’s fabrication request.st
Oversee and track over 100 Advanced Fabrication Requests/Fabricated Parts from beginning to end daily for the B-21 program and other programs with Northrop Grumman
Became the AFR (Advanced Fabrication Request) SME
Provide daily and weekly status to the B-21 program and other programs within the organization to ensure that the fabrication shop meeting the requested deadline/estimated completion date.
Coordinate with the Global Supply Chain Team and the Leadership Team to discuss and evaluate quotes for the parts that are requested to be fabricated--- the goal is to get the customers their parts as soon as possible by giving them the choice to expedite the parts being fabricated
Track and resolve Nonconformance Tags for the fabricated parts from beginning to end with the Quality Assurance team to meet the deadlines that were agreed upon for the B-21 aircraft
Assisted in Cost Center and Shop Floor Moves to ensure that there is ample amount of floor space to support the aircraft’s parts/tools that are being received, going out, and used for training purposes
Designed an Advanced Fabrication Request Metric that is updated by me on a weekly basis that briefs the B-21 program’s statistics on fabricated parts for the year 2023 for OPM and IPT awareness; the metric includes the reasons for the AFR, total AFRs by month and cost center, completed AFRs, In-work AFRs, On-Hold AFRs, canceled AFRs, and more
Composed a Manufacturing Change Request Metric that highlights the amount of hours transferred between cost centers to keep the IPT team aware of time, budget, and efficiency for the aircraft
Created waterfall chart schedules based on Product Design Packages to diagram the span between the present day and cost center load day to ensure that all needs have been met and that all actions have prioritized/executed accurately
Composed PSRRs (Production Section Readiness Review) with all teams across the B-21 program to provide leadership with concise updates on the aircraft and the synergy of each cost center’s cross-functional goals
Generated, tracked, and modified AFRs (Advanced Fabrication Requests) for different cost centers to provide daily statuses to leadership and the shop floor on part delivery information for the aircraft
Conducted cross-functional meetings daily and weekly with Manufacturing Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Industrial Engineers, Quality Engineers, Design Engineers, Global Supply Chain Team, Managers (All Levels), and Directors (All Levels) to ensure that all action items are tracking to their expected dates
Orchestrated (AM &PM) boardwalk meetings with all teams and leadership across the Northrop Grumman company to see what was accomplished, if anything was needed and to address problems/concerns for the day
Acted as liaison between technicians, engineers, and leadership to provide visibility over plans, changes, and action items
Supported IPT leads by meeting with them face-to-face ensure that all the prior day’s minor/major issues are resolved
Managed a total of 11 different cost centers in an 18-month span which helped with developing relationships across the company for better work execution
Manufacturing Engineer (Level 2)
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Palmdale
08.2020 - 03.2021
Revised, created, and implemented work instructions for the F-35 shop floor technicians based on the jobs/tasks at hand for the present day to ensure that all production actions were understood and executed
Performed hands-on experiments with composite materials for the F-35 aircraft parts to gain knowledge and test build information for production and the shop floor’s parts
Presented and provided weekly updates to colleagues in the Palmdale and Melbourne locations to ensure that the team’s progress on forming the test parts are tracking efficiently
Developed relationships with the F-35 aircraft shop floor technicians for a better level of synergy, comfortability, and a thorough understanding over the work instructions that I composed
Studied the blueprints of the F-35 aircraft parts and prototypes to form plans for continuous improvement strategy execution plans
Reliability Engineering Analyst
Tyson Foods
Springdale
01.2019 - 04.2020
Retrieved and analyzed data from SAP to provide downtimes, up times, mechanical times, and meantime between failure and repairs
Managed a $100 Million dollar project budget by providing a capital investment analysis for SAP rollouts and maintenance plan rollouts. Analyzed data to assist the leadership team to determine where to release funds for between 50 to 60 plants
Provided data that coupled with unique strategies, improved the lifecycle of machines and saved the company millions of dollars in overall costs in a one-year timespan
Analyzed statistical data analytics and solutions for Prepared Foods Maintenance Teams which actively keeps critical machines up and running and decreases the breakdown count
Supplied critical data to the Operations Reliability Engineering Team teams to aid the development of effective reliability strategies
Utilized CMMS and analyzed SOMs across the Tyson plants for the Reliability Engineering team to provide corporate visibility to managers and directors on all levels
Consulted for the Prepared Foods Operations Sr. Leadership Team and Plant/Warehouse Maintenance Teams by providing weekly presentations over the Reliability Engineering Team’s Maintenance Execution Plans
Designed company-wide asset management spreadsheets for engineers to assist them with allocating the preventative maintenance budget
Information Technology Analyst
Tyson Foods
Springdale
05.2017 - 01.2019
Assisted in the creation of investigation documents, risk assessments, functional specifications and user stories for JIRA and other integrated systems
Assisted in design, development, testing, debugging and implementation of Food Service Trade Projects
Analyzed contracts using CMS (Contract Management System) and WCPPO (Worker’s Compensation Preferred Provider Organization) to ensure accuracy
Composed test cases centered around claims, accruals, sales orders, settlements, historical analytics and master request agreements and tested/analyzed in SAP/ERP. Provided the team leads with test results feedback to ensure business users were receiving necessary support
Resolved Tyson System/ SAP remedy tickets composed by our business users to help support our business for better synergy
Manufacturing Engineer Intern
Lennox International
Stuttgart
01.2016 - 12.2016
Was a member of the Lennox Kaizen Team, which allowed me to improve processes and increase production around the assembly lines. Overall, the newly implemented strategies saved the company an average of 8 work hours per week over the course of 6 months
Led monthly inventory meetings for different sections of the shop floor to make sure that warehouse management system is updated with the most accurate information
Provided leadership a weekly percentage-count analysis of all equipment carts on the shop floor that contained parts for the assembly lines to ensure carts were not missing any parts
Implemented a company-wide warehouse management system that technicians used to scan every part used for the different air-conditioning units which provided a solution for tracking the count of all the company’s parts
Led monthly inventory meetings for different sections of the shop floor to make sure that warehouse management system is updated with the most accurate information
Engineering Technician Intern
The Strong Company Incorporated
Pine Bluff
12.2014 - 12.2015
Conducted analysis and testing while providing data on the specification of cement products every 30 minutes for 8 hours to ensure compliance
Saved the company $20,000 by solving a critical issue on a production line by performing quality control tests
Administered various quality control tests to determine the efficiency of the cement’s ingredients for production visibility
Provided leadership with concise updates daily to increase knowledge awareness and reliability
Education
Master of Science - Leadership and Ethics
John Brown University
Siloam Springs, Arkansas
12.2019
Bachelor of Science - Industrial Technology Management & Applied Engineering
The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
Pine Bluff, Arkansas
05.2017
Skills
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Access
Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Project
Microsoft Visio
Minitab
SAP
Manufacturing Execution System
NX
CPLM
Yellow Belt in Six Sigma
Project Management
Tracking actions and objectives
Liaison to Leadership
Time management
Data analysis
Adaptability
Deadline driven
Status reporting
Teamwork and collaboration
Milestone tracking
Security Clearance
Secret Security Clearance, 10/01/20
Timeline
Operations Project Manager (Level 2)
Northrop Grumman Corporation
03.2021 - Current
Manufacturing Engineer (Level 2)
Northrop Grumman Corporation
08.2020 - 03.2021
Reliability Engineering Analyst
Tyson Foods
01.2019 - 04.2020
Information Technology Analyst
Tyson Foods
05.2017 - 01.2019
Manufacturing Engineer Intern
Lennox International
01.2016 - 12.2016
Engineering Technician Intern
The Strong Company Incorporated
12.2014 - 12.2015
Master of Science - Leadership and Ethics
John Brown University
Bachelor of Science - Industrial Technology Management & Applied Engineering