Jonathan Crawford
Dallas,Georgia
Summary
Goal oriented highly motivated leader with a proven track record of team building, process improvement, project management, and supply chain operations looking to leverage my operations leadership experience with an industry leading company.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Paint Process Engineer
Minebea Access Solutions
Bremen, GA
08.2023 - 02.2024
- Modified existing systems to reduce errors and allow greater individual control of outcomes, through standardization and intuitive control.
- Reduced production scrap by conducting thorough 8D root cause analysis and implementing corrective actions.
- Modified lower preforming programs for double digit increases in FTC%.
Paint Process Engineer
Decostar Industries
Carrollton, GA
01.2020 - 07.2023
- Responsible for ensuring overall customer satisfaction at every stage of part production
- Launching new programs and continually improving cycle time and reducing cost per part through robotic path work adjustments and optimizing fluid output settings
- Proven results with continual improvement projects
- Reduced finished good cost on several programs by 55-65% by using creative solutions to optimize these programs in three separate stages
- Developed and drove various projects that lead to best in class 100% gap efficiency on paint line, greatly increasing profitability by lowering required amount of paint rounds overall each production week
- Redesigned existing packaging, reducing scrap caused by inclusions by 30%
- Designed new carriers for optimized gap utility, optimized targeting, and reducing excess paint consumption by up to 70%
- Developed and implemented several PFMEA solutions to minimize customer risk
- Analyzed SQL data for patterns and trends and developed action plans for team to address, reducing scrap and minimizing downtime
- Team builder: Mentored several individuals from multiple departments for technical development and succession planning
- Developed process tech II program for further skill and leadership development of personnel who want to take their career to next level
- Extensive project management experience with cross functional teams, overseeing several projects at once, delegating task, and calling meetings to stay on projected schedule
- Driving synergistic solutions for multiple departments within plant: including HR, health and safety, Quality, WCM, paint line, assembly, and IT/application development
- Proficient with QAD, CAQ, PQS, and Deco base
Paint Production Supervisor
Decostar Industries
Carrollton, GA
01.2018 - 12.2019
- Responsible for overseeing paint production process
- This includes paint process techs, maintenance techs, paint kitchen, robotics, and automation systems
- Talent development- Recruited high potential individuals from other plant departments for paint process tech development program
- Accessed direct reports skill sets and competencies, as well as cross training entire team for greater flexibility and cohesion
- Implemented culture of accountability and performance with updated expectations from previously established KPI metrics
- Consistently met or exceeded all production metrics
- Led team to set paint line uptime KPI record of 99.5% within five months in this position, driving consistent results across shifts and reducing required paint rounds as result
- Improved communications between departments for cross functional resolutions using rapid deployment of key details by developing new standards and methods
- Facilitated projects with IT department to modify operational software for expanded utility and performance tracking metrics, enabling rapid response to priority issues, reducing scrap % by double digits
- Lead color change logic analysis with process techs to identify current patterns and limitations to controls engineers for resolution, reducing contamination through utilizing existing opportunities for cap clean cycles
- Drove SOPs and work guidance to achieve ISO 9001 standards compliance.
Paint Process Tech
Decostar Industries
Carrollton, GA
05.2017 - 12.2017
- Developed operation proficiency of entire paint line within three months
- Drove operation proficiency of entire paint line, reducing fault resolution time % by double digits
- Collaborated with engineering and maintenance team with root cause analysis and process improvements for mechanical failures, cycle time improvements, and scrap reduction, consistently improving overall performance for team
- Chosen by senior paint process engineer for engineering role apprenticeship
- Developed competency in Fanuc paint pro, paint works, and PDT software for robotic path work creation and cycle time improvement
- Led investigations for quality fallout rapidly using 8D root cause analysis and fishbone principals, reducing scrap % by double digits and preventing customer shortages through rapid response and coordination with team
- Cross trained with paint lab department, developing competencies of color theory, customer specific quality standards, and microscopic defect analysis using various laboratory tools (microscope, microtome, BYK, X-rite, wave scan, and profilometer.)
Lead Paint Tech / Hazardous Waste Coordinator
DuPont/Axalta performance coatings
Marietta, GA
09.2003 - 03.2017
- Responsible for mixing center which creates custom automotive, aviation, marine, and industrial paint for customers using Colornet and Mobius software
- Collaborate with customers, sales representatives, and management to ensure product quality for shipments and returns
- Excellent at problem solving and conflict resolution
- Detail oriented and proficient at multitasking
- Preemptively forecast and ordered raw materials needed for operations using JIT (just in time) principals, preventing customer shortages and consistently delivering finished goods on time without tying up excess inventory
- Redesigned mixing center layout using Lean manufacturing principals, greatly increasing cycle time of batches, and created additional lanes of manufacture using existing equipment
- Throughput % increased by double digits
- Maintained industrial scales and production equipment within mixing center
- Skilled at restoring and repairing pc hardware, networks, software, and other production machinery
- Site certified hazardous waste coordinator
- Inspect and maintain disposal of site's hazardous materials to EPA and DOT standards
- Arranged and tracked HAZMAT shipments cradle to grave
- Negotiated lower prices for vendor services
- Decreased company cost on hazardous waste disposal by 50%
- Repurposed existing materials by finding uses in other departments, resulting in saving money and preventing additional waste for company
- Performed cycle counting and inventory control
- Thirteen years of SAP experience with logistics, inventory control, material management, and supply chain management (RP1/QP1)
- Proficient in Microsoft word, excel, PowerPoint, Power BI, and outlook
- Certified to operate all manner of forklifts (sit down, reach, tri loader, etc.)
Electrical Contractor
BF Lighthouse
Hiram, GA
07.2000 - 08.2003
- Responsible for electrical system installs for both commercial and residential
- Troubleshooting problems with existing systems and resolving issues
- Operated heavy equipment including skid steer, backhoe, bucket truck, scissor lift, and trencher.
Skills
- Fanuc Robotics (Paint Pro, Paint Works, AutoCAD)
- Project Management
- Continuous Improvement & Cost Savings Projects
- Production Control
- PFMEA Solutions
- Six Sigma Methodologies
- ISO 9001 compliance
- 8D Root Cause Analysis
- Laboratory Analysis
- Skill and Leadership Development
- Microsoft Suite (PowerBI, Outlook, Excel, Powerpoint, etc)
References
- Scott Morris, Senior Paint Process Engineer, Decostar Industries, 678-708-9707
- Carlos Botero, IT Operations Supervisor, Decostar Industries, 404-276-8222
- Brain Black, Senior Controls Engineer for Standard Automation, 404-387-9139
- Rob Riddle, Inside Paint Project Manager, Decostar Industries, 260-582-1415
- Rajiv Singh, Paint Operations Specialist, Magna International, 437-774-3908
- Jeffrey Roby, Paint Department Manager, Minebea Access Solutions, 256-453-1779
Timeline
Paint Process Engineer
Minebea Access Solutions
08.2023 - 02.2024
Paint Process Engineer
Decostar Industries
01.2020 - 07.2023
Paint Production Supervisor
Decostar Industries
01.2018 - 12.2019
Paint Process Tech
Decostar Industries
05.2017 - 12.2017
Lead Paint Tech / Hazardous Waste Coordinator
DuPont/Axalta performance coatings
09.2003 - 03.2017
Electrical Contractor
BF Lighthouse
07.2000 - 08.2003