TIMOTHY LUCAS
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34 Maryland Boulevard
Toronto, ON, M4C 5E1
Canada
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Home Phone: 416-699-4368
Email: tdlucas@idirect.com
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| OBJECTIVE: |
Project Manager applying engineering and manufacturing skills in a high quality, medium volume, manufacturing environment
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| PROFILE: |
¬ Operations Manager responsible for manufacturing departments and large project planning and execution. This resulted in developing a virtual factory with suppliers, reducing cost and errors to meet customer needs
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¬ Production Supervisor-various departments, motivating shop teams; planning and monitoring job results. The result was greater productivity, higher employee involvement in process improvements lowering costs in product lines.
¬ Manufacturing Methods Engineer- utilizing skills in sheet metal manufacturing techniques, quoting special orders, implementing change and interfacing with corporate engineering to reduce cost thru lean manufacturing processes to meet customer expectations.
¬ CAD Designer of exhibits, using 3D-AutoCAD for roto-lock panels, Octanorm, Nimlok
¬ Technologist diploma in Energy Conversion Technology, having applied experience in research, design and consulting engineering with focus on manufacturing engineering technologies for custom and mass manufacturing processes
¬ Facilitated and implemented self-balancing flow cells and 5S visual workplace principles
¬ WSIB certified member and represented management on joint health and safety committee
¬ Amiable, respectful, adaptable and dedicated
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| WORK EXPERIENCE: |
Nimlok Canada 2004-2005
Canadian manufacturing and sales of a US based multi-national manufacturer of trade shows and exhibits
¬ Operations Manager, responsible for production, inventory, purchasing, shipping and receiving departments. This resulted in lowered operating cost and reduced quality errors
¬ Implemented lean production cell for new exhibit product family, calculating costs, determining marketing prices of products
¬ Facilitated developing joint health and safety committee, co-chaired the committee and became a certified member with WSIB, meeting compliance to OSHA standards
¬ Implemented focused factory principles, creating a virtual factory through our vendor supply chain resulting in lowered cost, reduced manufacturing time and minimize labour
Bobrick Canada 1997-2004
Canadian manufacturing serving a US multi-national washroom equipment supplier of stainless steel products
¬ Production Supervisor of over 20 people, resulting in increased productivity and utilization
¬ Responsible for the Continuous Improvement Program in the factory for 6 years, resulting in increased employee feedback and reduced time to implementation
¬ Facilitated self balancing flow cell teams in 4 product families, increasing productivity and decreasing wasted motion
¬ Responsible for departmental hiring, orientation, and evaluation, retaining motivated teammates
¬ Facilitated CSA Z142-02 Power Press safety code implementation, creating a safer work place and demonstrate due diligence by compliance to OHSA relevant standards
Timothy Lucas 416-699-4368¬ Reduced labour in material handling and time wasted searching for parts, these hours were converted to direct labor increasing department utilization
¬ Wrote quality audit standards for products in Spotweld department, ensuring quality products delivered to customers
¬ Wrote specifications for new equipment purchases, resulting in saving time, cost and getting better quotations to meet defined company needs
¬ Interfaced with corporate design engineers to make products more efficient, resulted in labour savings in excess of $150,000 per year
¬ Evaluated needs for Pre-start safety review (PSR) in the factory and applied the process to show due diligence and steps taken to make equipment safe
¬ Implemented Emergency Extraction team in Fabrication, increasing employee safety and enabling safe removal from a power press
Nelson Industrial Inc 1995-1997
Canadian custom fabricator of sheet metal cabinets, enclosures and architectural products
¬ Designed and drew flat pattern layouts for custom components with AutoCAD and Cadkey programs for Aluminum, Steel and Stainless Steel. This saved setup and process time
¬ Prototyped designs using NC turret presses (Amada) and gas laser cutting machine (LVD) reducing time to present a new design concept and find problems before mass manufacture
¬ Implementation team member for QMS 9001 certification, this allowed increasing customers by meeting international standards
Kadoke Displays 1994-1995
¬ Designer/ Detailer Setup drawing processes providing, plotting and 3D perspective layouts
Taylor Manufacturing Industries 1988-1994
¬ CAD Designer on both PC and Macintosh networks for multiple graphic workstations
¬ Responsible for computer training and mentoring employees, upgrading their skills to become more productive
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| EDUCATION: |
Diploma, Energy Conversion Technology- George Brown College (Toronto, Ontario), 1984
Mechanical Engineering - Royal Military College of Canada 1979-1981
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| PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED TRAINING: |
Courses: Supervision I; Emergency Extraction, PSR Exemption, Workplace Harassment, Constructive Criticism, Corrective counseling, WHMIS, Lockout/ Tag-out, MS Office
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| PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS: |
Society Manufacturing Engineers, Chapter 26, Toronto, Senior Member
Toronto Regional AutoCAD Exchange, AutoCAD User Group Newsletter Editor
Scout Troop 236, Parent Helper |
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Society of Manufacturing Engineers
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