CV, Manufacturing Engineer Targeting Asia, US Or Africa

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Skills keywords: aerospace, continous improvment, defence, industrialisation, kaizen, lean manufacturing, manufacturing, s&op, value stream map, work instruction

Short Bio:

I have great social skills that are required as a manufacturing engineer and proved, in the past, to be useful when projects involved cultural changes within the company. I have a noticeable "can do" attitude, flexible, quick to pick up new skills and eager to learn from others.
I already have numerous experiences within different industrial fields and different countries and I am certain that my that my motivation will add value to any project / company.

Current location:  England, United Kingdom - View on map

Nationality: French

Preferred Sector of Employment:  Manufacturing and Operations

Spoken languages: english, french

Location I am interested in working: Anywhere

Profile

MSc engineer, with several years of experience in France, New Zealand and England seeking for a permanent job as a manufacturing engineer. Can do attitude and significant social skills, able to lead multitasking and demanding projects in complex environment.

Work Experience

Manufacturing System Engineer, STI-ltd, Hook, England
June 2013-ongoing

Contract electronic manufacturer in the field of the aerospace and defence industry (650 employees / 50 m£ turnover). Intern, temporary employee and then permanent contract.

• In charge of the design, implementation and improvement of new assembly lines. Process analysis and involvement of the different stakeholders (supply chain, production and customers) in order to achieve cost reduction, increase quality and reduce the lead time. Reduction of the lead time by 33%. Implementation of 5S and continuous improvement culture.

• Selection, implementation and qualification of new equipments (router, cleaning system, hot bar soldering) based on IQ, OQ and PQ method. Design of fixtures required for the operation. Use of Cp and Cpk to asses the capability of the machine.

• Development of the “lean culture” and implementation of 5S activities on the shop floor (around 250 operators). Lead training sessions to allow the production team to familiarize with this concept and raise the expected output of the project. Successful implementation in most of the departments, shop floor has bought in the activity and is now part of the company’s culture.

• Create procedures to reflect the best manufacturing practises and standardise them through the production site.

• Prepare and align procedure in order to pass the “Nadcap” certification. Certificate obtained in 2015.

• Industrialisation of a set of products for the aero space industry. I realise 100K£ savings over 9 months of production, by removing the NVA and reducing the lead time by 10%.

• Qualification of new build and transfer on our Filipino site.

• Creation of a new layout for the factory to optimise flow of product and efficiency.

• P-FMEA analysis.

Internship at Baker No-tillage, Palmerston North, New Zealand
February 2012-June 2012

Company designing and producing seeding machines equipped with innovating cross-slot technology.

• Development and design of a toolbar (seeding machine) for Canada. Research on the road legislation and design using Solidworks, maintaining communication and management of the project on a high standard level. It especially allowed me to develop a good organisation skill. The seeding machine is now operational and used by the customer.

• Creation of a new model of seeding machine. This project involved brainstorming meetings, analysis of competitors’ products, design on Solidworks, analytic and finite element modelling.

Internship at MGE-emboutissage, Sail-Sous-Couzan, France
Sept 2010-Jan 2011

French company of 80 people specialized in stamping in the operation department.

In charge of two main projects which were:

• Design and develop a new process to produce a metallic conveyor’s part for mass production. After the first step of research, I had to involve several stakeholders (tool suppliers, technicians, production manager and customers) in the project, coordinate them and design a suitable stamping process using VISI and Catia.

• Improvement of production performance, especially implementation of SMED techniques. The major achievement was the test and the implementation of clamping system. The major challenge was to analyze and deal with different points of view on the improvement of the production system. Time reduced by 22%

Education & Qualifications

MSc Advanced Manufacturing Technology with distinction, University of Portsmouth, UK Sept 2012- Sept 2013

Special focus on supply chain management, CAD/CAM system, quality management, manufacturing systems, advanced material, and virtual prototyping. Course accredited by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) and the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET). Successfully completed different projects involving the simulation of production line with ED software:

• Research of optimum layout design.

• Use of virtual reality software to model facilities.

• Analyse of model.

• Optimization of the line and organization.

Gained mass experience, increased understanding of the production line and developed research.

ENISE, Saint Etienne, France
Sept 2008- June 2013 Engineering school in France.

Achieved mechanical engineer qualification with a further specialization in manufacturing. Major achievements:

• Soft skills – Managed several projects as team leader especially on the conception of a production line. We worked as a team of four students, which allowed me to develop my communication, project management and team-working skills.

• Research and analysis skills -Completed the finance and economic project

• I had the opportunity to be a member of the “junior society club” in the communication staff. This club has the goal to establish relationships between students and companies, which require qualified staff for special projects.

French School of Prague / Baccalaureate, Czech Republic
July 2008

Passed the French “Baccalaureate S” with distinction in Czech Republic, equivalent to A levels with special emphasis on mathematics and science.

Languages

French: native speaker.

English: advanced level.

Spanish: basic level.

Hobbies & Interests

Travel.

Several travels in Eastern Europe, Asia, and New Zealand.

Squash.