Kevin R. Tuchtenhagen
Buffalo,MN
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
Work History
Operations Manager
Glenn Metalcraft, Inc.
Princeton, MN
01.2024 - Current
- Lead team and manage daily operations to ensure production goals are met, product specifications are met, and addressing any issues if the arise.
- 8 direct reports (Buyer, Shipping and Receiving, Spinning, Machining, Welding, Machine Maintenance, Facilities, and Laser). 34 indirect reports over 2 shifts.
- Collaborate with business development and engineering team to secure new business opportunities.
- Coordinate and schedule the routing of all jobs through Princeton facility across all departments.
- Coordinate outside resources for product completion, which includes sister organizations in Aitkin, MN (Heavy Machining), Princeton, MN (Industrial Coatings), Fort Worth, TX (Spinning) all under the Elemet umbrella.
- Coordinate machine service from manufacturers in US and Germany.
- Support HR with new employee hires and training of all production employees.
- Provide President and CEO with weekly KPI’s.
- Implement KPI’s to measure productivity and production trends.
- Oversee installation of new equipment and technology with engineering and automation team.
- Responsible for department budgets, approve expenses, code invoices to ensure accurate financials.
- Approve Paycom hours and ensure hours align with production time entries through JobBoss.
- Provide support to safety coordinator and ensure safety policies are being followed by all production employees. Actively renewing MN SHARP status.
Design and Engineering Manager
Canvas Craft, Inc.
Otsego, MN
01.2022 - 01.2024
- Leadership team member.
- Currently listed on 2 company design patents.
- Engineering process documentations and SOPs. Includes the following: File Naming and Numbering Convention, Drawing Approval Process, Estimating Process, Design Change Process, Customer Design Process, and more.
- Written product manufacturing processes.
- Oversee the purchase and installation of new manufacturing equipment and technology upgrades. (Automated Cutting, Programable Sewing Machines, Machining Centers, Fabric Welders).
- Oversee all product engineering.
- Training and development of engineering employees.
- Coordination of all outside engineering resources.
- New product development.
- Sales support and estimating on complex projects.
- Created estimating tools for sales to accurately estimate projects.
- Manage project budgets.
- Resource planning and scheduling.
- Custom Fabric and Metal Products
Operations Manager/Design and Engineering Manager
Canvas Craft, Inc.
Otsego, MN
01.2008 - 01.2022
- Leadership team member.
- Coordinate all product installations in the 5-state area.
- Coordinate all onsite equipment needs.
- Create scorecards for all department and monitor output.
- Build metal fabrication department from the ground up, purchasing all necessary equipment to efficiently manufacture products.
- Manage product budgets.
- Resource planning and scheduling.
- Maintain supplier relations.
- Created purchasing process and completed all purchasing.
- Training and development of operations employees.
- Continuous improvement.
- 5 direct reports with 20-25 indirect reports.
- Custom Fabric and Metal Products
Operations Manager and Lead Custom Fabricator
Vision Fabrication the Design
Brooklyn Park, MN
01.1998 - 01.2005
- Managed and oversaw the fabrication of two $1.5m mobile stages which included the following: hydraulic system design and build, DC electrical system, and frame design and build.
- Experience using the following equipment: machining centers, tubing rollers, tubing benders, sheet metal rollers, CNC plasma cutter, lathe, hydraulic press brake, iron worker, sheet metal shear, tig welder aluminum and stainless steel, wire feed welder aluminum, carbon steel, and stainless steel.
- Staging and Event Industry
Contract Custom Fabricator
Pegasus Industries
Jordan, MN
01.2005 - 01.2007
- Analyzed unique projects that required diverse custom fabrication processes.
- Experience using the following equipment: machining center, hydraulic sheet metal brake, sheet metal shear, hydraulic tubing bender, iron worker, tig welder, wire feed welder.
- Event and Display Industry
Timeline
Operations Manager
Glenn Metalcraft, Inc.
01.2024 - Current
Design and Engineering Manager
Canvas Craft, Inc.
01.2022 - 01.2024
Operations Manager/Design and Engineering Manager
Canvas Craft, Inc.
01.2008 - 01.2022
Contract Custom Fabricator
Pegasus Industries
01.2005 - 01.2007
Operations Manager and Lead Custom Fabricator
Vision Fabrication the Design
01.1998 - 01.2005