Greg Thomason
Evansville,IN
Summary
Qualified Engineer and Team Leader proven to implement and maintain cost-effective methods of system testing and troubleshooting to reduce operating costs. Technically-savvy and skilled at quickly learning new concepts, software and equipment. Collaborative team player with excellent communication and interpersonal talents.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
CMS Reliability Maintenance Area Coordinator
Kaiser Aluminum
11.2023 - Current
- Lead Reliability Group of 12 Technicians and 1 Planner in plant wide initiatives to improve reliability and increase availability of machinery.
- Lead team of engineers to develop an Asset Hierarchy and PDM program for newly installed utility systems that support the entire plant site. Creating over 500 new assets in the Oracle system.
- Conducted monthly area meetings to discuss plant initiatives and develop team building.
- Maintained a standard report of Reliability metrics for all departments across plant site.
- Lead plant wide initiative to drive data driven problem solving to improve machine availability.
- Developed RACI driven programs for the Reliability Group to drive cross functional teams involving each plant department to grow a reliability culture.
- Developed RACI program for new Narrative Wave AI machine learning software system to move the plant towards Predictive Maintenance.
Reliability Engineer
Kaiser Aluminum Warrick
12.2018 - 11.2023
- Monitored and analyzed machine data to improve business decisions.
- Lead meetings to analyze weekly, monthly, and yearly downtime trends.
- Facilitated problem solving RCAs to find and implement data driven solutions for reoccurring problems in all departments plant wide.
- Reported out RCA findings and successes to department management.
- Lead cross department teams to engage people in utilizing data analytics to drive decision making resulting in over $3.2MM of cost avoidance.
- Managed teams to complete action items for capital and non-capital projects to ensure reliability of processes and machinery.
- Lead initiative to implement plant wide standard practices driving towards world class maintenance standards.
Manufacturing Engineer
SRG Global
10.2015 - 11.2018
- Managed Kaizan and 5S activities to improve manufacturing workflow and efficiencies of Production
- Managed over 500 controlled standard work instruction videos and documents for training employees.
- Utilized Six Sigma Analysis to solve quality issues and customer concerns.
- Designed Workflow and Product Flow for 20+ plant operator stations based on process data to improve number of defects found and number of parts inspected per hour.
- Managed construction project for a new plant breakroom, bathroom, and training room.
- Lead Engineer on Six Sigma Green Belt and Black Belt projects
- Facilitated data analysis for Cost Reduction Teams
- Team member of Future State Team to develop future expansion plans for production facility.
- Designed layouts for future building and production expansions.
- Engineering leader for New Product Launch Team, utilizing software data analysis (Elsyca) to aid the OEM customer in making business decisions for the design of future OEM parts for production.
- Ran Elsyca analysis to determine risk factors and best business case to reduce risk and cost before creating final tooling for production.
- Team member of Cross Functional Team to achieve Flawless Launch of new OEM programs. Reducing flaws and defects in process.
- Maintained tracking documents through Management of Change process for standard training documents.
Versalite Project Engineer
Berry Plastics
06.2012 - 08.2015
- Managed R&D projects for startup of new product called Versalite. Tracking and recording data for 50-100 data points to verify results.
- Designed and organized R&D trials for 10+ new tooling designs to improve machine and product performance.
- Designed, managed, and maintained plant layout files using AutoCAD.
- Managed contractors during installation of machinery, and utilities for new plant start up.
- Managed maintenance and machine data for department.
- Aided in maintaining and improving MEEF and EFF of machinery through data driven decisions.
- Contributed to cost reduction team using data analysis of historical data points.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
UNIVERSITY oF EVANSVILLE
Evansville, IN05.2011
Skills
- SIX SIGMA
- SQL / R / Tableau
- Python
- Power Bi
- Excel
- Power Point
- Elsyca
- AutoCAD
- SolidWorks (CAD)
Accomplishments
- SIX SIGMA BLACK BELT - Awarded by SIX SIGMA EXECTIVE MASTER BLACK BELT, David Green - SRG Global.
- Awarded with the Google Professional Data Analytics Certificate from Coursera.
- Awarded with the Python Programming Bootcamp Certificate from Udemy
Timeline
CMS Reliability Maintenance Area Coordinator
Kaiser Aluminum
11.2023 - Current
Reliability Engineer
Kaiser Aluminum Warrick
12.2018 - 11.2023
Manufacturing Engineer
SRG Global
10.2015 - 11.2018
Versalite Project Engineer
Berry Plastics
06.2012 - 08.2015
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
UNIVERSITY oF EVANSVILLE
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