Jose Ibarra
Manufacturing Engineer II
Garden Grove,CA
Summary
Manufacturing Engineer with over 4 years of diversified design, manufacturing, excellent and in depth experience in high and low volume production. Extensive background in mechanical engineering. Aggressive at identifying and resolving inefficient procedures and processes.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Manufacturing Engineer II
Shur-Lok
12.2023 - Current
- Modified existing surfacing grinding process to increase throughput but 200%.
- Spearheaded integration of cutting-edge manufacturing technologies, keeping company at forefront of industry advancements.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to develop innovative solutions for complex engineering challenges.
- Enhanced production efficiency by redesigning workflow processes, leading to more streamlined operation.
- Analysis processes to break-down and find root cause issue as well as implement changes to accommodate for upstream challenges.
- Customized manufacturing equipment settings for optimized performance, tailoring processes to specific product requirements.
- Used data from Power-Link to monitor progress on projects and validate project data.
- Download manufacturing floor production data to locate and identify potential areas of improvement and cost saving.
Manufacturing Engineer II
Howmet Fastening Systems
01.2022 - 11.2023
- Researched and tested design feasibility and operation of equipment, components and systems.
- Applied project management metrics and tools in oversight of engineering and manufacturing projects and program services.
- Create tooling fixtures to retrofit older Davenport Chucker machines to increase production from idle machines and clear up bottleneck on machine running at full capacity.
- Researcher, create, and manage Capitol Projects that fit needs of shop floor to create and mange manufacturing methods effectively.
- Analyze key points in the manufacturing process to resolve constraint that result in decrease of production.
- Assist and approve torque testing results from production work orders.
- Review Daily MRB work orders and determine if non-conformances can be resolved.
Method's/Manufacturing Engineer
Arconic
02.2019 - 12.2021
- Developed streamlined manufacturing process, which boosted productivity and saving.
- Use QAD MRP software create, modify, and update routing, BOM, Item Master. Update subcontract cost from vendor.
- Analyze large variances with each work order to determine cause of unforeseen cost.
- Develop monthly reports showing top 10 unfavorable variances from previously closed month, reducing monthly top ten variance cost by 35%.
- Reactivated automated trimming machine, designed retrofit kit to accept standardized trim set die shoes holder. Increasing trimming production by 40%.
- Designed bushing based pickup tooling for Davenport (5 spindle chucking machine machine) to accept large head countersunk screws.
- Assist manufacturing shop floor in redirecting capacity strained points.
- Created CMM programs to automate re calibration of crimp pots for beam nut.
- Developed extractor mechanics to assist operators in removing 9 pieces from collets at once using pneumatic assisted cylinders instead of being extracted by hand.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
California State University - Long Beach
Long Beach, CA 09.2014 - 12.2018
Associate of Science -
College of The Sequoias
Visalia, CA 01.2012 - 06.2014
Skills
SolidWorks
FMEA/PFMEA
Time Management
Microsoft Office
Documentation/ Objective Evidence
Cross-Department Cooperation
Process Improvement
Product Compliance Review
MES / ERP / MRP
Capacity Planning
CNC Mastercam
Facility Layout
Manufacturing automation
Machining Processes
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Professional Working
Timeline
Manufacturing Engineer II
Shur-Lok
12.2023 - Current
Manufacturing Engineer II
Howmet Fastening Systems
01.2022 - 11.2023
Method's/Manufacturing Engineer
Arconic
02.2019 - 12.2021
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
California State University - Long Beach
09.2014 - 12.2018
Associate of Science -
College of The Sequoias
01.2012 - 06.2014