Brandon Andreen
Engineer | Operational Excellence | Continuous Improvement | Cost Reduction | System Reliability | Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
- Role
- Lead Manufacturing Engineer - Process Improvement at Baker Hughes
- Location
- Houston, TX, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Brandon Andreen
Mechanical/Industrial/Manufacturing engineer with 10+ years of experience across oil & gas manufacturing, project management, and application engineering. Specialized in operational excellence, reliability improvement, and data-driven problem solving.Hands-on manufacturing background spanning CNC machining, manual lathe operations, metal fabrication, extrusion processes, and mechanical assembly, with strong alignment between shop-floor execution and engineering design intent. Adept at translating manufacturing constraints into robust, scalable processes that improve safety, quality, cost, and delivery.Recognized for leading cross-functional initiatives that reduce scrap, downtime, and nonconformance while improving throughput, cost performance, and process capability. Strong foundation in root-cause analysis (RCA), Lean Six Sigma, probabilistic modeling, and statistical process control, with the ability to influence both technical teams and operations leadership.Known for a practical, systems-level mindset, combining engineering rigor with continuous improvement principles to deliver sustainable results.
Experience
Lead Manufacturing Engineer - Process Improvement
Apr 2024 — Present · Houston, TX, US
Responsible for engineering associated with the manufacturing process. Develop an operational year plan for the manufacturing activities of the team. Suggests improvements in products, processes, and procedures.Setting up, monitoring, and operating various pieces of equipment associated with the manufacturing facility requirements: rewind, tapeline, baseline, coverline, etc.Assisting in the operation and troubleshooting of production machines to ensure reliability, safety, and delivery.Performing quality assurance activities as required by manufacturing/engineering specifications and ISO/API requirements.Managing documentation daily and executing engineering preparation for tests and new product implementation.Drive execution of projects with expected improvements in capacity, process reliability, material usage, energy efficiency, safety, quality and reliability.Develop and maintain operational models to understand process improvement opportunities under any given set of circumstances.Evaluate performance using Lean or Six Sigma (DMAIC) based process monitoring techniques and statistical tools to make process improvements.Conducting root cause analyses to address specific process or quality problems.Accomplishments:Reduce average startup scrap by 40%; with one product at 91% startup scrap reduction vs. 2024.Reduced average scrap associated with packaging and transportation of complete goods in a continuous extrusion process by 30% vs. 2024.Reduce nonconforming product by 46% vs. 2024.Model current process performance and capabilities.Setup site DAQ system for manufacturing and review large data to understand the current and future system applications. Model cost by SKU using probabilistic methodologies.Consolidate large data to usable manufacturing dashboards.Setup site VSM models to enable accurate site performance prediction and analysis.
Education
South Dakota Mines
Master’s Degree, Engineering Management
2013 — 2018
South Dakota Mines
Bachelor’s Degree, Mechanical Engineering
2008 — 2013
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