David Culbertson
MAGNA
Holland
1
Certification
25
years of professional experience
To obtain a position at your company as a seasoned Manager with over 22 years of manufacturing and maintenance supervision in thermoset polyester, injection molding facilities, and refrigerant gas processing. I have strong chemical based safety knowledge and understand the importance of JIT shipping production and batch production in the automotive sector. I pride myself with excellent communication and team building skills with the ability to hold team members accountable yet always manage with an approachable and friendly demeanor. I have a strong record for process improvement results. I am committed to delivering exceptional results and maintaining a positive and collaborative work environment.
Work History
Production Manager
1 Year 5 Months- Lead day-to-day production and operations activities across multiple departments, including Cylinder Maintenance, RTC, Towers/Distillation, Fire Protection, Lab Services, Shipping & Receiving, and Pyroplas.
- Direct production priorities, staffing, workflow, and resource allocation to support safety, quality, productivity, customer requirements, and regional business objectives.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on throughput, process efficiency, inventory management, equipment utilization, and reduction of operational bottlenecks.
- Develop and implement operational controls and accountability processes, including downtime escalation, supervisor check-ins, daily production reviews, equipment scheduling, and standardized communication practices.
- Lead initiatives to improve cylinder availability and network support while managing production constraints, inventory levels, refurbishment requirements, and component availability.
- Develop business cases and capacity-improvement initiatives, including additional RTC paint-booth capacity to increase production capability and improve ½-ton tank processing.
- Lead cost-reduction initiatives, including a plan to reduce pallet spending through supplier cost comparisons, reusable pallet identification, inventory controls, and centralized purchasing.
- Strengthen safety and operational standards by addressing unsafe shipments, plant-floor practices, equipment concerns, material handling, and employee stop-work expectations.
- Partner with Quality, EHS, Maintenance, Shipping & Receiving, and regional leadership to resolve operational issues and improve cross-functional processes.
- Provide leadership, coaching, performance feedback, and recognition to supervisors and employees while establishing clear expectations for accountability, communication, and operational performance.
- Lead preparation for audits and operational reviews, including ISO-related processes, customer requirements, safety initiatives, and facility readiness.
- Identify and implement process improvements that reduce delays, improve communication, increase throughput, and better align plant operations with customer and business needs.
Molding Production and Maintenance Manager
10 Years 9 Months- Manage a staff of 40+ Team Members including Supervisors, Team leaders, operators, Quality technician, Process Technicians, Die Setters, Tooling technicians, automation engineers and maintenance technicians.
- Oversee safety, quality, and production of injection molding machines and assembly equipment for JIT and batch production; build autonomous operator teams and parts on the 3rd shift.
- Responsible for maintaining predictive maintenance schedules and equipment upkeep in the molding and assembly departments.
- Responsible and communicate to make schedule changes necessary to keep customers supplied with parts.
- Hold daily meetings with the entire team discussing Safety, Quality, and current production related targets and goals.
- No issues speaking to large or small groups.
- Conduct daily Audits concerning Safety and Process.
- Meet and exceed customer's expectations by resolving equipment problems quickly and professionally.
- React immediately to resolve any personnel issues.
- Interact and communicate with other departments daily.
- Oversee daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly equipment PM's for the entire facility.
- Complete daily timecards with accuracy using ADP or Kronos Timekeeper to ensure that all team members are compensated accurately.
- Complete daily shift reporting.
- Motivate and focus teams daily on hitting all production targets that fee the departmental KPI's.
Production Shift Supervisor
14 Years- Manage a staff of 10-20 production operators, Quality Assurance technicians, and maintenance technicians with oversight for Safety, productivity, quality of all thermoset polyester material produced on the shift.
- Responsible for tracking training of new employees/cross training.
- Responsible for shift to shift communication regarding equipment issues and production schedules.
- Oversee production of resin mixing
- Oversee production of batch mixing and quality of thermoset compound produced.
- Assist in equipment adjustments and issues.
Skills
Lean Manufacturing
Team leadership
Quality control
TS16949
Process Improvement
Problem Solving
Certification
Business Acuemen training - 7/2024, 7 Habits of Highly effective people- Franklin Covey training. 2019, Excelling as a Manager or Supervisor Skill path group 2019, Trained through the EAP to gain a Supervisor Skills Certification in the following: Confined space Assessment and Work Communication, Lockout/Tag out and safety related work practices, Job Safety Analysis, Machine Guarding Basics, Accident analysis, Ergonomics, 5S implementation. (2009 & 2010), Behavior Based Safety 2011, JLG & Sky lift Training Certification 2011, Effective Problem solving with the 8D Method (2011), First Aid, CPR, and AED certified Perrysburg Fire Dept. (2012), Blood born pathogen training. (2013), Root cause/Interim Containment/ Corrective action training (2009), Legal Aspect of Supervision (2018), Supervisor Drug Awareness training (2019), Line break safety and permit training 2012, Internal Auditor training by PIC group 2012
Personal Information
Title: Production Manager
Timeline
Production Manager
AGAS
05.2025 - CurrentRead More
Molding Production and Maintenance Manager
MAGNA
01.2016 - CurrentRead More
Production Shift Supervisor
Lyondell Basell
01.2002 - 01.2016Read More