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Manufacturing & Production Career Research
Kohler Company
Lead Kaizen team events; Lead process improvement events; Facilitate 8D problem solving methodologies within a team environment; Manage productivity, efficiencies, effectiveness, and safety of multiple departments; Drive improvements in QCD (Quality, Cost, and Delivery) within the departments responsible for as well as the devision.
Avg. Salary: $55,000 · Company Rank: Not Available
Northrop Grumman
Maintain accurate daily records of activities involving measuring and test equipment; i.e. calibration performance verification, relocation/setup, troubleshooting/repair. Review/edit and develop calibration procedures for dimensional, electrical, optical measuring and thermodynamic equipment. Perform an uncertainty analysis for new procedures with data collected during procedure development. Interface with Test and Pro...
Avg. Salary: $74,000 · Company Rank: Not Available
Atmel Corporation
Responsible for overall maintenance of major test systems (i.e. integrated circuit tester, wafer testers) utilized by Atmel Corporation. Performed periodic calibration and maintenance on wafer and package test systems and automated test handlers. conducted assessments of calibration processes and made recommendations to streamline maintenance procedures to decrease downtime. Upon assessing poor yields, tester initializa...
Avg. Salary: $74,000 · Company Rank: Not Available
Lockheed Martin
Responsible for on-going performance evaluation of general and specialized test equipment; organization and procedural validation of Class 1 Metrology Laboratory, functioning in manufacturing/ test environment. Calibrated and repaired test systems used to accurately evaluate government-owned computers manufactured at Clearwater facility. Calibration and testing was maintained to a four-to-one ratio of traceability in com...
Avg. Salary: $74,000 · Company Rank: Not Available
Gulf Chemical & Metallurgical Corp
Engineering, maintenance and construction
Avg. Salary: $100,000 · Company Rank: Not Available
AM General
Supervised 11-member team picking 1200 parts per shift with 99.5% accuracy to support military vehicles (Humvees) production. Reviewed daily work orders, assigned tasks to employees, and monitored performance and controlled inventory using SAP software.
Avg. Salary: $69,500 · Company Rank: Not Available
AM General
Followed a Kanban system in moving parts to assembly teams. Supervised a team of 10 employees. Used a GMS system to determine daily workload and allocated staffing. Performed Material Requirements (MR) analysis, investigated losses and recorded errors, reviewed past histories to identify misuse, specification problems, and unaccounted scrap.
Avg. Salary: $69,500 · Company Rank: Not Available
AM General
Managed a production line with 17 union employees and team leads. Staffed lines to meet daily production goals. Empowered staff to make decisions that affected quality and production. Communicated with employees in a way that encouraged team work. Ensured all guidelines for safety were followed.
Avg. Salary: $69,500 · Company Rank: Not Available
Ford Motor Company
Led crew of 40 union employees in assembly of Ford Taurus and Sable automobiles producing an average of 68 vehicles per hour. Responsible for maintaining production levels, monitoring quality, limiting downtime, and minimizing scrap. Optimized productivity by working with Production Supervisors in other departments to maximize efficiency.
Avg. Salary: $69,500 · Company Rank: Not Available
Federal Signal
Managed 35 union employees and oversaw production of horns, signals, lighting, and PCB boards for a global corporation. Worked closely with scheduling department to maximize production efficiency and satisfy customer needs. Collaborated with engineering department to correct technical problems before manufacturing process was affected. Set hourly and daily production goals, trained new staff, and tracked material costs.
Avg. Salary: $69,500 · Company Rank: Not Available

