Mcgavock Crawford

· Led Installation and Commissioning: Oversaw the installation of 144 battery cell manufacturing pieces of equipment in a $ 3 billion Ultium Cells facility, resolving safety & installation issues impacting project timing. Ensured equipment commissioned on time for vehicle launches.

· Primary Responsibility: Installation & commissioning of battery formation, quality rooms, cell aging, & end of line testing.

· Fire Protection Integration and Coordination: Coordinated OEMs & electrical installation contractors to develop a $ 1.7 million scope of work that integrated fire protection sensors into facility alarm system.

· Safety Improvements: Coordinated Siemens, Ultium Cells, & LGES personnel to design solution to improve worker safety. Ensured safety PLC could not be modified to bypass critical safety features which prevented a ‘stocker’ crane from entering operator zone.

· Project Timing Documentation: Created timing documents & presentations for GM and LGES leadership to inform major project decisions.

· Coordination and Leadership: Led coordination meetings and timing discussions with plant leadership to ensure timely equipment installation for vehicle launches (Cadillac Lyriq and Hummer).

· Quality Control Installation: Implemented a plant quality equipment installation plan while mentoring a new team member in the process.

· Relationship Building: Developed strong relationships with OEMs and Ultium, achieving project milestones ahead of other plant areas. Completed final commissioning (green tag) for equipment before other areas had green tagged their first line.

· Tooling Design: Designed and managed $300,000 worth of stamping tooling, & re-purposed existing tooling on new model launch which saved approximately $100,000.

· Quality Control Leadership: Investigated quality control issues with vendors & established countermeasures to prevent downstream defects.

· Cost Reduction Initiatives: Identified opportunities to reduce CPU, vehicle weight, and metal scrap. Tested & implemented new coil size to reduce annual raw material cost (0.6% coil width reduction).

· Manufacturing Documentation: Developed manufacturing documents from tooling dwgs. & vehicle schematics to create process manuals for operators & to maintain part quality to meet vehicle leak requirements.

· Die Quality Improvements: Addressed stamping tooling quality/formation issues with 3D scanning, photogrammetry, & CMM measurements.

· Project Management: Coordinated die nitride surface treatment & trial production materials for use on improving stamping process. Managed vendors to ensure trial production material met Nissan’s yield strength requirement & the timing requirements for pre-production testing.

· Model Launch Support: Supported three major model launches (2021 Rogue, 2022 Pathfinder, 2022 QX60).

• Summer Project: Analyzing FIPG pump waste throughout plant