Candidate Experience

Brings 7+ years of progressive manufacturing experience in aerospace, precision casting, polymer processing, and foundry operations, with a strong background in production leadership and team supervision.

* Successfully supervised production teams of up to 20 employees, directing daily operations, delegating responsibilities, monitoring performance, and ensuring production goals were consistently met.
* Served as NDT Department Lead at PCC Airfoils, overseeing first-shift departmental operations and ensuring compliance with strict FAA, NADCAP, and aerospace quality requirements.
* Experienced in workforce planning, employee scheduling, assigning daily workloads, coordinating production priorities, and maintaining efficient departmental workflow.
* Demonstrated ability to train, mentor, and develop employees, implement cross-training initiatives, and build a flexible, skilled workforce while promoting accountability and teamwork.
* Partnered with engineering, quality assurance, scheduling, and maintenance teams to resolve production challenges, address quality concerns, and minimize equipment downtime.
* Led continuous improvement initiatives, strengthened employee training practices, and utilized Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma methodologies to improve productivity, reduce defects, and enhance operational efficiency.
* Experienced in monitoring departmental performance, identifying process bottlenecks, conducting root cause analysis, and implementing corrective and preventive actions to achieve production and quality objectives.
* Promoted a strong culture of workplace safety, quality awareness, and procedural compliance across manufacturing environments, ensuring employees followed established OSHA, ISO, FAA, and NADCAP standards.
* Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certified with a proven commitment to operational excellence, employee development, process improvement, and leading teams in fast-paced manufacturing environments.