Carter Yaw
Plainwell,MI
Summary
A self-starting and innovative individual with 6+ years of hands-on engineering experience. Proven ability to manage and execute multiple complex problems simultaneously. Successful in dynamic and challenging environments, providing team leadership and motivation, resulting in strong relationships with vendors, co-workers, and customers.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Maintenance Supervisor - EAM
Post Consumer Brands
Battle Creek, MI
03.2023 - Current
- Lead Preventive Maintenance team in JDE to Hexagon transition
- Finalize formatting and standardization of PM Model Work Orders, decreasing duplicates and increasing equipment standard accuracy
- Support direct reports in data formatting, standards, data migration, knowledge of equipment hierarchy and PM Model Work Orders
- Asses project roadblocks and prioritize issues to minimize any timeline delays.
- Lead mechanics and electricians in root cause analysis actives on production downtime events
- Monitored and evaluated the performance of personnel in the reliability department, providing guidance and coaching when necessary.
Manufacturing Technical Leader
Summit Polymers Inc
Portage, MI
05.2022 - 03.2023
- Write RFQ assembly documents, considering bill of materials, machine cycle times, and other manufacturing needs to deliver the most accurate quotes
- Coordinate machine design reviews with program management, engineering, operations, and machine builders resulting in few design errors
- Lead Launch Readiness assembly reviews, completing kaizen reports to lower part cycle times by as much as 20%
- Communicate with machine vendors to determine and purchase machine controls, vision sensors, part nesting, robotics, and other machine-specific tooling.
Process Engineer I/II
Post Consumer Brands
Battle Creek, MI
01.2019 - 05.2022
- Provide daily support to sustain current process performance targets for safety, quality, yield, rate, and efficiency
- Led cross-functional team of operations, maintenance, quality, and engineering to increase chokepoint throughput, resulting in 2 million pounds per year of capacity increase
- Support and provide technical training for Operators on cooking, drying, coating, and other processes
- Experience leading, and supporting multiple productivity improvement projects across three processes, resulting in over 1.2 million dollars in cost savings
- Use continuous improvement strategies, leader standard work, 8-step problem solving, kaizen events, A3 thinking, and others, to troubleshoot daily issues and develop a long-term blueprint.
Contractor - Engineering
Tengam Engineering Inc.
Otsego, MI
05.2018 - 12.2018
- Developed new testing for customer requirements to improve the accuracy of specification and efficiency of operators
- Performed root cause analysis to improve cooling of magnetizing fixtures
- Worked cross-functional with quality to determine best manufacturing practices for reliable results.
Education
B.S. Chemical Engineering -
Michigan State University
05.2018
Skills
- Troubleshooting
- Work Order Management
- Performance Improvement Tracking
- Data Analysis
- Project Management
- Operational Excellence
- Process Efficiency Management
- Lean Manufacturing Principles
Timeline
Maintenance Supervisor - EAM
Post Consumer Brands
03.2023 - Current
Manufacturing Technical Leader
Summit Polymers Inc
05.2022 - 03.2023
Process Engineer I/II
Post Consumer Brands
01.2019 - 05.2022
Contractor - Engineering
Tengam Engineering Inc.
05.2018 - 12.2018
B.S. Chemical Engineering -
Michigan State University
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