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Glen Rushing

Glen Rushing

Watertown,USA

Summary

Dynamic leader with a proven track record at Terex, adept in enhancing operational efficiency and driving revenue growth. Skilled in CNC programming and fostering team collaboration, I've successfully implemented lean manufacturing processes, achieving a notable increase in productivity. My strategic planning and problem-solving abilities have consistently delivered impactful results.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Director of Operations

Terex
Watertown, SD
04.2024 - Current
  • Formulated strategic decisions through comprehensive business planning for sustainable objectives.
  • Mitigated business risks by working closely with staff members and assessing performance.
  • Organized and oversaw work schedules of departmental managers.
  • Coordinated activities between different departments to ensure successful completion of projects.
  • Established operational guidelines and identified opportunities for improvement.
  • Used strong issue resolution and communication skills to cultivate and strengthen lasting client relationships.
  • Assessed reports and adjusted workflows to realign with targets.
  • Managed day-to-day operations of a large staff in multiple departments.
  • Identified areas where process improvements could be made resulting in increased productivity.
  • Reviewed site and department performance to improve quality of services and comply with regulatory requirements.
  • Monitored progress by establishing plans, budgets and measuring results.
  • Communicated clear and consistent messages regarding departmental goals to produce desired results.
  • Improved productivity initiatives, managing budgets and accounts, coordinating itinerary and scheduling appointments.

Operations Manager

Terex
Watertown, SD
01.2021 - Current
  • Directed daily activities in unit assembly, powder coating, and fiberglass manufacturing processes.
  • Staff includes two production managers, a maintenance manager, seven supervisors, and one hundred seventy production workers in the departments.
  • Directed replacement parts team management and monitored all metrics to reduce aging parts backlog.
  • Conducted daily reviews of tier 3 escalations covering areas such as safety, quality, cost management, delivery schedules, and team morale alongside production managers and supervisors.
  • Reviewed metrics and projects during weekly tier 2 walks with cross-functional teams to handle issues productively.
  • Attend the daily Tier 4 meeting, reporting out on department KPIs and escalations to cross-functional management teams as needed to support the plant.
  • Daily review with scheduling teams for installation, unit assembly, powder coating, and fiberglass to react to supply chain issues and keep the lines running as efficiently as possible.
  • Conducted capacity planning to support annual revenue targets of $224M in 2021 and $333M in 2022.
  • Interim manufacturing engineering manager overseeing all daily activities of the manufacturing engineering team.
  • Development of manufacturing math with manufacturing engineers to ensure staffing and capacity can meet customer demand.
  • Review weekly projects with engineers to ensure they are working on imperative issues that help drive the company in the right direction by focusing on safety, quality, cost delivery, and morale.
  • Weekly meeting with the Senior Manufacturing Director and other managers to ensure alignment.
  • Review all SIFs and all other safety investigations with cross-functional teams, and report out actions biweekly to the entire management team.
  • Review quality projects with production teams by utilizing PDCA and reporting out biweekly to the entire management team.

Production Manager/Install Operations Manager

Terex
Watertown, SD
01.2020 - 01.2021
  • Implementation and design of Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 boards.
  • Lead daily meetings to review parts shortages, engineering issues, escalations, etc.
  • Lead teams on SIFs and root cause investigations.
  • Creation and implementation of internal 5's audits.
  • Manager of the internal manufacturing engineering team, which consisted of all activities and projects.
  • Daily review of hazards, job pauses, and near misses.
  • Capacity planning of staffing for yearly rates of trucks that produce $144,000,000 in revenue.
  • Maintain less than 5% of overtime.
  • Oversee daily production activities and staffing that includes 2 supervisors, 3 engineers, and 70 production workers.
  • Schedule attainment of 90%, and productivity of 85%.
  • Communicate with the leadership about escalations and issues daily at Tier 4 meetings.
  • Coordinated with diverse teams of managers to solve issues affecting plant operations.
  • Directed cross-functional delivery team encompassing design engineers, manufacturing engineers, materials, and production teams.

Senior Manufacturing Engineer / MTS Supervisor

Terex
Watertown, SD
01.2018 - 01.2020
  • New facility justification and startup, which consisted of design, material paths, assembly layout, process flow, new equipment capital, etc.
  • Responsible for new powder coat implementation, which included a 6-stage washer, automated shot blast, IR gel ovens, manual powder booths, and cure ovens.
  • Design the powder layout to fit into pre-determined floor space.
  • Managed vendor selection through on-site evaluations.
  • Lead kaizen groups in special projects plant-wide, consisting of tooling, workstations, flow, and anything to remove MUDA to improve the safety and production of the facility.
  • Lead engineer for assembly lines.
  • Daily duties consist of tier 3 meetings to review tooling, processes, and safety issues impeding production.
  • Weekly supervisor safety meetings to review near misses and SIFs, if any occurred.
  • Work daily with supervisors to eliminate issues and to drive continuous improvement through the assembly lines.
  • Project lead of the Digger 3P team.
  • Duties included weekly reviews with cross-functional teams consisting of purchasing, R&D, design, and manufacturing.
  • Managed TRIC engineers on daily and weekly activities to ensure timelines and tasks stayed on track.
  • Lead the Digger 3P team to meet all scheduled gates while keeping the project on task and within budget, while retaining the strength and durability that made the Digger Derrick the flagship of Terex.
  • Project highlights include bolt-together design, MUDA elimination, improved fixture designs, and efficient layouts, all leading to positive impacts in cost and safety.
  • MTS supervisor duties included managing all aspects of the MTS team.
  • Duties include timekeeping, weekly meetings, scheduling, weekly safety audits, toolbox talks, and tracking of projects for the MTS team.
  • Collaborated daily with supervisors to address technical support needs from the MTS team.

Senior Manufacturing & Process Engineer

Faurecia
Madison, MS
01.2014 - 01.2018
  • Launched SOP for H61L (Titan) rear row lines, and 20% jump seat.
  • Duties included process flow, PFMEA documentation, clearing of quality gates, work cell setup, creation of new processes, and setup of new Atlas Copco torque controllers and equipment.
  • Lead engineer for Nissan for the Titan, Murano, LCV, and Frontier seating lines.
  • Used (FAS) Faurecia Automotive Systems to analyze plant problems based on kaizen methods, to find the root cause, and implement countermeasures.
  • Lead kaizen groups in special projects plant-wide that consisted of racking, material handling equipment, layout design, implementation of equipment, line rebalancing, and head count reduction to meet yearly production forecasts.
  • Daily activities consisted of issues that might occur during operation, which may include running changes, maintaining torque specs, especially safety and government regulations, and other occurring issues to reduce time.
  • Implemented and maintained control documentation for new and current processes as needed.
  • Which consists of PFMEA, Control Plans, Work Instructions, etc.
  • Supervise and develop co-op engineering interns.
  • Supervised a kaizen team that maintained and developed plant racking and specialty tooling.
  • Cover engineering manager responsibilities in case of absenteeism, which consist of the morning engineering and maintenance meeting to review daily activities, and all other plant duties.
  • Maintaining function testers and data collection.

Body Process Engineer

Nissan North America
Canton, MS
01.2012 - 01.2013
  • Lead task force teams specialized in finding and eliminating customer-related problems due to factory defects, body, and trim.
  • Weld certification and documentation of all welds during the launch process.
  • Used the Nissan Production Way (NPW) to analyze plant problems based on kaizen methods to find the root cause and implement countermeasures.
  • Implementation of new X61B (Frontier and Xterra models) lines into Canton lines, which included weld certification, robot implementation, work cell safety, etc.
  • Daily activities consisted of handling any line issues that might occur during operation to keep the lines running, which may include running changes, making weld location moves that have conflicts, and any other occurring issues to reduce time.
  • Implemented and controlled documentation for new and current processes as needed.
  • Developed and implemented process optimization solutions that improved labor efficiencies, material flow, and product yields throughout the plant.

Lean Manufacturing Kaizen Engineer

TBDN Toyota Boshoku Denso
Jackson, TN
01.2011 - 01.2012
  • Guided kaizen initiatives for waste elimination.
  • Utilized Toyota Production Systems to identify and address plant issues through kaizen methodologies.
  • Generated weekly reports detailing kaizen improvements in defect reduction, cycle time reduction, standard work, and 5S.
  • Developed and implemented process optimization solutions that improved labor efficiencies, material flow, and product yields throughout the plant.
  • Assisted in the justification of capital equipment, preparation, and implementation.

Manufacturing, Project Engineer, & CNC Programmer

Rockett Inc.
Flowood, MS
01.2005 - 01.2010
  • Assisted in the justification of capital equipment, preparation, and implementation of layouts.
  • Developed prototypes for all new products and projects that consist of hands-on welding, torching, use of steel fabrication equipment, etc.
  • Development and implementation of a lean manufacturing process for new and existing departments, which consists of layout design, layout improvement, design, building of custom equipment, training of employees on new processes, and equipment, etc.
  • Conducted equipment training for new hires.
  • Implemented engineering changes for prints, programs, and manufacturing systems.
  • Generated engineering masters for new parts using company’s Visual Manufacturing System.
  • Programming of break presses, turret punch presses, lasers, plasma tables, break presses, and panel benders.
  • Performed comprehensive inventory management of all tooling for CNC machines.
  • Collaborated with maintenance on specialized projects for the plant.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Industrial Technology (Manufacturing)

Mississippi State University
Starkville, MS
01.2003

Associates of Science - Drafting and Design

East Central Community College
Decatur, MS
01.1999

Skills

  • Architectural Auto CAD
  • Land Development Auto CAD
  • CATIA Caddam
  • Softdesk
  • Auto Cad
  • Solid Works
  • AP 100
  • Global 3D Amada programming software
  • Amada Gemini laser programming
  • Amada Vipros programming
  • CNC turret programming
  • Folding Machine Operation Expertise
  • CNC Lathe Operation
  • CNC Mill Operation
  • Project Leader
  • MIG, TIG, and Flux-Core welding
  • TIG welding
  • Resistance welding
  • Blueprint reading
  • GDT
  • Engineering methods & standards
  • Lean Manufacturing
  • Time management
  • Team focused

References

  • Daryle Niven, Private Equity Executive Partner, 248-420-6089
  • Wesley Leonard, Engineering Manager HQ, Faurecia, 248-247-0928
  • Jim Hooper, Vice President of Operations, Sabre Industries, 405-596-9326
  • Eric Moore, Maintenace Manager, Terex, 405-315-7383
  • Rob Luken, Director of Operations, Terex, 605-880-4251
  • Ashley Johnson, Engineer Lead, Terex, 605-530-3545
  • Doug Rathburn, Director of Supply Chain, Terex, 605-657-2695
  • Derek Degeest, President, Degeest Corporation, 605-201-2436
  • David Buechler, Operations Manager, Sentry, 605-880-3435
  • Wesley Leonard, Engineering Manager HQ, Faurecia, 248-247-0928

Relatedcourses

  • PFMEA Control Plan Certification
  • Power and Controls
  • Quality Assurance
  • Job Analysis
  • Motion and Time
  • Human Resource Mgt.
  • Project Mgt
  • Organizational Communication
  • Visual Basic 6.0
  • Fortran
  • C++ Electronics I-IV
  • Auto Cad I-IV
  • Mechanical Design.
  • Hydraulic Service Mechanic

Timeline

Director of Operations

Terex
04.2024 - Current

Operations Manager

Terex
01.2021 - Current

Production Manager/Install Operations Manager

Terex
01.2020 - 01.2021

Senior Manufacturing Engineer / MTS Supervisor

Terex
01.2018 - 01.2020

Senior Manufacturing & Process Engineer

Faurecia
01.2014 - 01.2018

Body Process Engineer

Nissan North America
01.2012 - 01.2013

Lean Manufacturing Kaizen Engineer

TBDN Toyota Boshoku Denso
01.2011 - 01.2012

Manufacturing, Project Engineer, & CNC Programmer

Rockett Inc.
01.2005 - 01.2010

Bachelor of Science - Industrial Technology (Manufacturing)

Mississippi State University

Associates of Science - Drafting and Design

East Central Community College

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