Stuart Ford

• Promoted Design for Manufacturability philosophy.
• Established and coordinated subcontracting and outsourcing requirements for machining and processes to overcome in-house production issues.
• Reduced production downtime through proactive maintenance scheduling and timely equipment repairs.
• Identified problems and specific resolutions to fix defective, damaged, or malfunctioning parts, assemblies, equipment, and systems.
• Coordinated selection of manufacturing methods, fabrication, and operation of product designs.
• Performed concurrent design and manufacturing engineering and other functions to reduce the time required to bring the product to market.
• Developed technical documentation, including standard operating procedures, work instructions, and engineering drawings to support manufacturing operations.
• Provided engineering support during new product launches, coordinating efforts between design, production, and quality control teams.
• Selected manufacturing methods, fabrication, and operations to develop and coordinate production.

Oversee the complete production facility, from programming new products, job scheduling, jig and fixture design, and process improvement.

• Working with the exotic stainless steels, Inconel, A286, MP35N.
• 6-axis lathes with live tooling and sub-spindles, 9-axis Swiss with live tools and sub-spindles, 3-axis vertical mills with pallets, assembly of down-hole sub-assemblies.