Manager Engineer
Resume:
MERSEA KIDAN
Coon Rapids MN *5448
Phone: 651-***-****
Email: abm9cv@r.postjobfree.com
SUMMARY
I am a Manufacturing Operations and Industrial Engineering professional with expertise in
continuous improvement, Lean manufacturing and Six Sigma. More than five years of
experience in Medical device, Garment, Food, Electronic and Metal equipment manufacturing
Industries.
• Led a site level baseline team to Develop strategic continuous improvement plan at Silent
Knight Fire alarm manufacturing Plant, which is a subsidiary of Honeywell International
Inc.
• Led a project to implement Pull System in the silent Knight manufacturing plant which is
part of supply chain of fire alarm systems in the Life safety division of Honeywell
Automation and Control Systems.
• Saved annual cost of 209K through reduction of head count by combining two production
lines at the Silent Knight manufacturing facility.
• Led implementation of manufacturing metrics at the production floor of Quan Emerteq, a
subsidiary of Great Batch Medical.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
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Manufacturing management Design Of Experiments (DOE)
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Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering Equipment, Product & Process
• Quality Engineering Qualification
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Lean manufacturing FMEA/ FMECA/ PFMEA
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Six Sigma Balanced Score Card
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Continuous Improvement Strategy Verification and Validation
• Statistical Analyses
EDUCATION
Master of Science Systems Engineering & Technology Management
University of St Thomas – 2010 expected
Bachelor of Science, Industrial Engineering
Mekelle University – 2002
CERTIFICATIONS & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAININGS
Lean Six sigma expert (Black belt) certificate – Honeywell Inc. – 2009
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Business Process Management- University of Minnesota-2009
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Six sigma Green Belt certificate – Honeywell Inc. – 2008
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Lean leadership – Honeywell Inc. – 2008
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Lean Six Sigma – Villanova University – 2006
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CAREER HISTORY
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. – Maple Grove, MN April 21, 2008 – July 17, 2009
Lean Manufacturing/Continuous Improvement Engineer
Lead Lean manufacturing and Six Sigma efforts to improve product quality, shorten cycle time and
reduce cost by involving, training, coaching and mentoring production supervisors and team leads.
GREAT BATCH MEDICAL – Blaine, MN 2007 – 2008
Lean Manufacturing Engineer
Perform Process validation, Installation qualification, Process qualification and Product qualification.
Lead improvement efforts by utilizing DMAIC six sigma methodology and Lean tools, writing
manufacturing, inspection and test procedures and creating part specifications.
MEDTRONIC – Brooklyn Center, MN 2006 – 2007
Manufacturing team member
Gather data collection for characterization of product, installation qualification, process and product
verification and validation.
KIDAN ENGINEERING MECHANICAL WORKSHOP – Nazareth, Ethiopia 2003 – 2006
General Manager
Lead, manage and supervise the overall customer order, material purchase, manufacturing, installation
and delivery of metal products.
SOFTWARE
• Microsoft Office Word, Power point, Access, Excel, Visio, Microsoft Project, Minitab, Solid works,
Auto CAD, SAP, Fourth Shift, Vantage, Live Meeting….
PART TIME AND CONSULTANCY EXPERIENCE
TM FLOUR MILL AND BISCUIT FACTORY 2005
Equipment Acquisition Consultant
NAZARETH CANVAS SEWING AND GARMENT FACTORY 2004
Production Planning and Control Expert
ADAMA POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE 2003
Assistant Instructor, Introduction to Engineering Drawing
Key words
Lean manufacturing, Six sigma, Statistical analysis, DOE, SPC, FMEA, FMECA, ANOVA, Industrial Engineer,
Manufacturing Engineer, Systems Engineer, Business analyst, Quality, ISO 9000, ISO, GMP, CGMP, 5S, Value Stream
Map, Bottleneck, theory of constraints, Business process manager, Business process management, ERP, MRP, SMED,
Changeover time, Setup time, Kaizen, Project manager, Project management, Verification, Validation, Production
manager, Manufacturing supervisor, Ethiopia, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Minnesota, Kanban, supermarket, Material
replenishment, requirements analyses, requirements analysis, RFP, manufacturing manager, Operations manager,
Process capability, CpK, ICT, SMT, Quality control, Gage R & R, Quality Engineer, Value stream manager, Lean
Expert, Green belt, Value Stream Mapping, 5S, Visual Factory, TPM, JIT, Demand Flow, Single Piece Flow
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