Dmitri Press

About Dmitri Press

FORD MOTOR COMPANYMANUFACTURING ENGINEER/TOOLING. • Research, Benchmark and procurement metal cutting tooling for Ford Global Engine programs • Revision existing tool layouts and approval of new documentation. Verification speeds and feeds for new tooling. Improvement of machining Cycle time and process capabilities on flexible CNC machining lines.MANUFACTURING LEAD ENGINEER/PLANT ENGINEERING• Lead Engineering & Installation of Melt shop exhaust system for Cleveland Casting Plant • Lead equipment installation on the Plant Roof by using Helicopter Lift. Total Saving $182K• Completed an extensive Design FMEA and R&M assessment for the system for future maintenance and trouble shooting.• Negotiated with vendors and contractors on multi-million dollar equipment purchases and services performed-$800K Project Saving• Lead Project Management (Equipment procurement, Project Timing, Project Budget.)• Lead Refuse Operation Cost Reduction -$1.5Mln. Annual Saving• Completed 6-Sigma Projects with total saving -$1.8 Mln. MANUFACTURING LEAD PROCESS ENGINEER/PRODUCTION ENGINEERING • Lead Process for Case and Converter Housing Aluminum Machining. Analyze Manufacturing feasibility and a robust process design. PFMEA, DCP, Process Sheets, Process Illustration, Tool Layout, Line Layout, APQP. Lead lean manufacturing and project management.• Procuring state-of-the-art MQL CNC Machining Centers, Gantries, Leak test Stands, High Pressure Deburr ($65 Mln. Project budget).• Maintain control and documents expenditures for machinery and equipment acquisition and launch within authorized budgets for facilities and tooling. • Working with cross-functional teams. Plant tech\'s, Plant engineering, productivity, purchasing, STA, MP & L, Tooling and Gauging, Product Design. Lead CPMT meetings.• ISO 9001 Quality Rep. for PT ATO ME Machining SectionSpecialties: FORD DESIGN INSTITUTE;CertifiedPROGRAMS INCLUDED: SIX SIGMA BLACK BELT METHODOLOGIES (DMAIC & DFSS), STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL (SPC), EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN (DOE), PROCESS CONTROL METHOD (PCM), GLOBAL 8-D, FAILURE MODE AND EFFECT ANALYSIS (FMEA) WITH ROBUSTNESS LINKAGES, RELIABILITY AND MAINTAINABILITY ENGINEERING (R&M), ROBUSTNESS: PARAMETER DESIGN (TAGUCHI METHOD), ROBUSTNESS: TOLERANCE DESIGN, LEAN MANUFACTURING. PROGRAM CERTIFIED INTERNAL AUDITOR

Experience

1. Lead Manufacturing Engineer at Ford Motor Company

   Ford Motor Company

   Jan 2019 — Present

Education

• Borisov Politechnic college

  BSME, Metal Removal Processes and Technologies

  1976 — 1980

• Moscow Institute of Food Industry

  MSME, Machines and Apparatus of Food Industry

  1983 — 1989

Skills

• Fmea
• Product Development
• Engineering
• Gd&T
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Machining
• Automotive Engineering
• Product Design
• Spc
• Six Sigma
• Components
• Dmaic
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Value Stream Mapping
• Process Improvement
• Powertrain
• Machine Tools
• Testing
• Automotive
• Continuous Improvement
• Design of Experiments
• Manufacturing
• Stamping
• Lean Manufacturing
• Root Cause Analysis
• Black Belt
• Quality System
• Apqp
• Ppap
• Dfmea