Alex Giesar

About Alex Giesar

Experienced Manufacturing Engineer with a demonstrated history of excelling in the manufacturing industry. Skilled in GD & T, Machining, CNC Manufacturing, Robotics, Materials Processing, Project Justification, Project Management and Continuous Improvement Ideas/ Initiatives. Strong engineering professional with a dual major in Mechanical Engineering and Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Minnesota Duluth.

Experience

1. Manufacturing Engineer Iii

   Graco

   Jan 2018 — Present · Minneapolis, MN, US

   Researched, justified and implemented bringing an HVOF thermal spray and grinding process in-house which required in capital and resulted in 125% less porosity, a 20% harder coating, reduced lead time by 66%, an annual savings of and increased the coating life by 100+%.•Converted a design from a casting to a forging and developed the machining process which resulted in 3 less in tooling savings over 8 in savings annually, a 2 week reduction in lead time, improved quality and eliminated porosity which resulted in a annual decrease in scrap.•Implemented a servo-driven lapping machining that lead to more process control, higher repeatability, 50% reduction in setup time, a more ergonomic process and an annual savings of and implemented a new induction welding machine that required in capital and lead to a more repeatable process, more process in annual savings and a annual reduction in scrap.•Justified a project to add onto an existing automated lapping process with in capital and resulted in more program memory, one less operation, additional process control and an annual cost reduction of production through training, troubleshooting and evaluated improvements for machining and assembly.•Researched, justified and implemented capital equipment improvements to continuously improvement the cell.•Worked with engineering, production, marketing, purchasing, vendors, quality and management on various topics including quality issues, warranties, supplier corrective action, new product design and design improvements. •Investigated and implemented process, fixturing, tooling, quality, preventative and corrective action improvements.•Produced man hour estimates and developed material and labor quotes for machining and assembly processes.

Education

• Coon Rapids High School

  High School Diploma

  2005 — 2009

• Anoka-Ramsey Community College

  Pre Engineering, Engineering

  2009 — 2014

• University of Minnesota Duluth

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Engineering Minor: Mathematics

  2014 — 2017

Skills

• Six Sigma
• Quality Control
• Cnc Manufacturing
• Statistics
• Communication
• Minitab
• Planning
• Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing
• Statistical Process Control (Spc)
• Solidworks
• Engineering
• Process Improvement
• Teaching
• Time Management
• Quality Assurance
• Organization Skills
• Employee Training
• Microsoft Word
• Problem Solving
• Microsoft Excel
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Office
• Process Control
• Multi-Tasking
• Microsoft Powerpoint
• Dependable Team Player
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Leadership
• Machining
• Customer Service