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Anthony Tapia

Lathrop,CA

Summary

Data-driven Process Engineer with more than 7 years of experience in a high volume manufacturing environment. Knowledgeable on a broad spectrum of manufacturing processes, particularly automotive plastics paint and assembly. Experience with leading a team to ensure company targets are met.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Staff Process Engineer

Tesla
01.2017 - Current
  • Leadership: Lead Engineer overseeing Process Engineering, Equipment Engineering, and Maintenance for the Plastics Paint and Fascia Assembly department.
  • Capacity: Led Plastics Paint and Fascia Assembly Shop through launch and ramp of M3 (Legacy and Refresh) and MSX (Refresh) through cycle time reduction and quality improvements.
  • Data-Driven: Implemented the Vorne XL Productivity tool which has provided accurate OEE (Availability and Performance Metrics) that Shop uses for continuous improvement to ensure it is in position to meet production needs.
  • Labor Optimization: Reduced Plastics Paint direct labor headcount by 6 per shift (24 total), or 18% in 2023. In addition, Overtime was reduced from 15% to 10%. This was achieved with lean manufacturing principals (Yamazumi charts, Kanban, Value Stream Mapping) and large CAPEX projects.
  • Cost Savings: Reduced OPEX on CPU basis by 28% from 2022 ($11.60/unit) to 2023 ($8.36/unit) by creating target and roadmap for team.
  • Maintenance: Led implementation of Maintenance Management System (FLUX) in Plastics Paint to ensure accurate PM and work order tracking which led to Equipment Availability of 95% in 2023.
  • Quality: Led scrap reduction from 12.42% (Q4 2021) to 4.87% (Q4 2023) by mobilizing team to execute on daily process improvement and capital projects such as the Automated Inspection System.
  • Data Systems: Led the development on Production Dashboards in Ignition which include quality tracking, production tracking, inventory management, and skid management.

Chemical Engineer/Process Controls Intern (3 terms)

Valspar - EPS
01.2015 - 08.2016
  • Designed, scoped, and wrote two capital projects for process improvement in areas of cycle time, QA, and safety that will increase product yield by 2 million pounds annually
  • Identified root cause of poor quality batches for two high priority products, resulting in decrease of filtration bags used from average of 80 bags to 8 bags per batch
  • Collaborated with engineers and plant managers regarding standardization, documentation, and implementation of recipe management system for batching control using GE Batch Execution software
  • Configured, designed and wrote SQL code for productivity reports using MS SQL Server Reporting Services that are used in justification of process improvement projects

Education

Bachelor of Science - Chemical Engineering

University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign
2016

Skills

  • Project management
  • Process improvement
  • Programming 6 axis robots
  • Rotary bell and EcoGun application
  • Fluent in Spanish and English
  • Lean Manufacturing
  • Training program implementation
  • Proficient in C, C, Python, T-SQL, and Java

Timeline

Staff Process Engineer

Tesla
01.2017 - Current

Chemical Engineer/Process Controls Intern (3 terms)

Valspar - EPS
01.2015 - 08.2016

Bachelor of Science - Chemical Engineering

University of Illinois

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