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Van McKinley Carver Jr.

Durham,NC

Summary

Results oriented engineer with 19 years of operations, quality and engineering management experience seeking a role as a Continuous Improvement Leader. Demonstrates the ability to enhance the management of internal and external engineering project milestones, as well as develop and implement continuous improvement solutions that ensure organizational growth and production. Exceptional skills in organizing, documentation, planning, and business support. Analyzes fiscal needs and goals, streamlines existing operations, identifies unprofitable systems, implements new concepts and follows through with development direction and execution.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Project Manager

Flowserve
Durham, North Carolina
02.2023 - Current
  • Conducted post-project evaluations in order to assess effectiveness of strategies employed.
  • Developed comprehensive project plans to be shared with stakeholders.
  • Managed project scope, timeline and budget in alignment with company objectives.
  • Completed thorough risk assessments and deployed management and response strategies to prevent roadblocks.
  • Implemented change management processes when issues arose to keep project moving forward and adjust to shifted priorities.
  • Ensured compliance with relevant regulations during all stages of a project's lifecycle.
  • Evaluated performance metrics for ongoing projects in order to assess progress towards goals.
  • Kept project teams on-task with proactive control of budgets, schedules and scopes.
  • Liaised between senior management, project team members and clients to ensure effective communication throughout the duration of the project.

Senior Industrial Engineer II

Gulfstream Aerospace
Tulsa, Oklahoma
01.2020 - 02.2023
  • Manage production tool calibration for Gulfstream G500/G600 production
  • Audit production assembly areas to ensure the correct tools are provided for the process
  • Create purchase requisitions to initiate the purchasing process for assembly and bond departments
  • Provide IE updates during daily production stand-ups that are associated with requests from the production floor
  • Maintain Industrial Engineering share point file to allow visibility of Gulfstream project/production requests.
  • Created and implemented cost-tracking, resulting in $75,000.00 annual savings.

Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Nortek Global HVAC
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
01.2017 - 01.2020
  • Tool Control - Organized tooling for each machine asset based on OEM recommendations
  • Integrated visual management to know what tools were
  • Created tool inspection program to prevent scrap caused by defecting tooling
  • Total Productive Maintenance - Created a method to identify what preventative maintenance was needed on each machine, beyond what was recommended by OEM
  • Worked with Quality Management for verification and validation of tools to increase uptime and reduce downtime
  • Time Study for Material Saving - Used throughput for bagging process (faster) and wrapping process (slower)
  • Conducted a time study on physical units to identify best process for facility
  • Based off of time study, bagging process was found to be more efficient
  • Material cost was slightly higher, but less direct cost associated with process - less people associated with process
  • Wrapping process material was cheaper but took twice the amount of time and twice the amount of manpower
  • Developed and designed a pull system within the fabrication shop improving on time delivery by 40%
  • Designed capital equipment layout of new coil shop with the goal of improving delivery efficiency by 60% while focusing on mechanical, electrical layout, material movement, SOP’s, FPY and safety
  • Responsible for managing all CAPEX and Continuous Improvement projects within the plant with the focus of eliminating cost overrun and delivering under budget
  • Directed the integration of the new MRP/ERP system – (Syteline) aligning manufacturing, operations, engineering and external suppliers to improve facility throughput and efficiency
  • Facilitate and direct weekly plant performance metric reviews at the executive board level driving continuous improvement, safety, cost, quality, sales and engineering directives that affect the P&L
  • Point of contact for NPI utilizing DFMEA’s and PFMEA’s to ensure continuous improvement of (Man, Method, Material, Machine and Process)
  • Led maintenance MTS team to ensure preventative maintenance goals were met along with existing building structural/electrical standards.

Senior Design Project Manager

General Plastics & Composites
Houston, Texas
01.2015 - 01.2017
  • Functioned as lead designer to manage project design, (P&L), customer technical updates and project goal to completion evaluations with executive level management
  • Developed financial metrics to ensure department structure and deliverables aligned to all entities directly related to supplier, quality, delivery and customer value
  • Managed project improvement deliverables which provided internal and external lead-time transparency that improved manufacturing, design and inspection methods improving OTD from 75% to 95% YTD.

Senior Continuous Improvement Engineer

Technetics Group
Houston, Texas
01.2014 - 01.2015
  • Managed the restructure of the layout and continuous improvement implementation for the PTFE resin blending room improving OTD by 65% and reduced non-value-added factors within the process
  • Eliminated 15 days of non-value-added time from the CNC Horizontal Mill install tracking initial and post project forecasting saving $30,000 due to initial project cost overrun
  • Restructured the internal Quality Management System for facility to adhere to required ISO standards directly affecting engineering, quality and internal/external value stream stakeholders
  • Created a continuous preventative maintenance plans for the machine and mold shop including all assets improving uptime by 40% that directly improved on-time delivery by 60% from April 2014
  • Served as project manager for the Houston facility overseeing a seven-million-dollar budget engaging operating cost reduction, vendor/supplier selection, manufacturing process improvements and design/quality engineering accountability to align tasks ensuring successful goal completion
  • Designed resin and extrusion delivery system preventing internal shearing and contamination during wet and dry mixing of the PTFE product improving FPY by 40%.

Manufacturing Operations / Supplier Quality

Ingersoll Rand
Southern Pines, North Carolina
01.2012 - 01.2014
  • Developed and managed all quality solutions via the implementation of supplier and customer driven metrics for the machining area that resulted in a 40% reduction in cost of inadequate quality
  • Supported the restructure of the current ISO policies and procedures in a leadership role that resulted in the growth for the assembly and testing area meeting all requirements of the audit
  • Drove internal and external machining/processes-(CNC milling, drilling, turning and precision grinding) improvement projects to develop suppliers and direct quality technician reports while reducing non-value-added inspection/machining steps that provided a 65% reduction in overall lead time and led to capturing $25,000 in savings that have a direct effect on the delivery schedule committed to the customer
  • Functioned as Lead Engineer for all castings, plating and heat-treatment of internal and external machined product concerning the development of machining capability, schedule realignment and design for all US and international suppliers that produced a 50% reduction in process defects, improved machine uptime and restructure of daily planning/process alignment to exceed customer focused MRP requirements.

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

Rockwell Collins
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
01.2010 - 01.2012
  • Implemented PFMEA’s, DMAIC, control plans and focused on root cause analysis to reduce cost of poor quality for GS programs by 35% (JSF, MIDS-J and TacNet)
  • Led intuitive process improvement teams at internal and external suppliers to increase first pass yield by 45% (JSF, MIDS-J)
  • Provided leadership for quality improvements through the usage of Red bins to eliminate process variation and reduced IPT DPMO by 20%
  • Facilitated engineering reviews for process and performance trials prior to releasing to production
  • Reduced process lead times by 1 week saving 30k in labor overhead through the usage of customer focused value-added optimization
  • Performed monthly product process capability audits for DCMA to ensure customer satisfaction.

Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Pratt & Whitney
East Hartford, Connecticut
01.2005 - 01.2008
  • Utilized Process certification to validate program capability for the F117 1st stage Commercial Vane
  • Investigated all associated effects of airflow for the 1st stage vane
  • Drove continuous improvement initiatives in the liner cell to reducing cycle time and takt time while improving upstream manufacturing issues that reduced bottlenecks in the process
  • Reduced supplier quality issues and improved cell output by identifying root causes and implementing corrective actions that reduced scrap within the cell
  • Identified critical internal and external machine interface issues along with correcting the design of components on the stud welder that increased valued added production time by 80%
  • Assisted with the redesign of the CD Hinge welding fixture to reduce and eventually eliminate scrap material and operator ergonomic related injuries
  • Served as a lead engineer for the 2D marking machine to program
  • Ensured tooling adequacy and created an efficient training program for the liner cell
  • Led Kaizen event in the commercial blades area to implement standard work, update specific features on blueprints and introduced new ergonomic features on tools to reduce ergonomic related injuries by 90%
  • Performed as lead laser drill manufacturing engineer for the F100 Military blades business unit
  • Developed process flow maps for all operations that affected final airflow
  • Conducted weekly FMEA meetings to gain a better understanding of all operations that will eventually affect the control plans
  • Facilitated and evaluated Gage R&R studies that created a better understanding of operator variation during in-process and final airflow tests
  • Prepared Cpk’s for all air flow readings to ensure that they meet the standard of 1.33 Cpk
  • Conducted airflow tests for in-process and final airflow to reduce the chance of parts that are being scraped which will eventually reduce all costs that are associated with the airflow process
  • Implemented process control plans to ensure that all processes within the cell were controlled to maintain consistency, functionality and quality
  • Created systematic inspection programs for military and commercial
  • (Blades & Vanes)
  • Worked as Project leader for the development and acquisition of capital equipment by managing costs and associated inventory control variables for the blade area
  • Maintained official work instructions that worked as an integral link between the operators and engineers
  • Created CNC programming for the coating area to ensure parts were coated to correlate with blueprint requirements
  • Reinforced the initiative for the self-assessment EH&S team for the coating area
  • Served in a leadership capacity for identifying and developing coater suppliers with the potential to outsource if required.

Education

MBA - Finance

Southeastern Oklahoma State University
06.2023

Bachelor of Science - Manufacturing Systems Engineering

North Carolina A & T State University
05.2005

Lean Manufacturing Certification Program -

University of Michigan

Skills

  • Certified Six Sigma Black Belt
  • Continuous Improvement Implementation
  • Lean Methodologies DMAIC
  • Project Management
  • Kaizen Events
  • Line Balancing
  • Plant Optimization
  • ASQ-Quality Assurance Certificate
  • ASME Y145 Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing
  • Kennametal Applications Engineering
  • Machine Tool Familiarization
  • PW4000, PW2000, F117, F135 Engine Familiarization Training
  • ACE LEAN 201
  • P&W Process Certification 201 (UTC Six Sigma Methodology Training)
  • Materials Management Training-Engine Center
  • MRP Planning
  • Rockwell Collins-Lean Electronics Certification
  • Lead Auditor (ISO 9001, AS9100, TS16949 Certification)
  • Project Development Management
  • SHIFT Management Training Certification
  • Benedict Negotiating Seminars Certificate
  • FEED (Front End Engineering Design) (FATs) Factory Acceptance Test
  • Welding Inspection
  • Change Control Management
  • Project Risk & Scope
  • System Solution Architectures
  • Process & Product Design
  • NPI (New Product Introduction)
  • Cost Control
  • Client Liaison

Timeline

Senior Project Manager

Flowserve
02.2023 - Current

Senior Industrial Engineer II

Gulfstream Aerospace
01.2020 - 02.2023

Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Nortek Global HVAC
01.2017 - 01.2020

Senior Design Project Manager

General Plastics & Composites
01.2015 - 01.2017

Senior Continuous Improvement Engineer

Technetics Group
01.2014 - 01.2015

Manufacturing Operations / Supplier Quality

Ingersoll Rand
01.2012 - 01.2014

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

Rockwell Collins
01.2010 - 01.2012

Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Pratt & Whitney
01.2005 - 01.2008

MBA - Finance

Southeastern Oklahoma State University

Bachelor of Science - Manufacturing Systems Engineering

North Carolina A & T State University

Lean Manufacturing Certification Program -

University of Michigan

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