Ken Ledoux

About Ken Ledoux

As President and General Manager at Faircast’s Gray and Ductile Iron Foundry, responsibilities include on time delivery, production, P&L budget, engineering, quality control, maintenance management, tooling management, safety, environmental, quality compliance, and Lean and World Class Manufacturing implementation. As Director of Operations at Sloan\'s brass jobbing green sand foundry is on of the most competitive foundries in the USA. The Augusta, Arkassas facility specializes in castings less than 25 pounds. Our newest entry in brass alloys is a NO LEAD alloy CDA 89836. Sloan is also a major producer of CDA 84400 red brass alloy. As Vice President at RCM Industries, die cast operations consisted of A360, A380 and 413 aluminum casting utilizing 600 to ton die cast machines to include Prince and B&T models. Responsible for Process Control audits, Supplier Chain audits, TS16949, ISO and other Agency audits. Upper level tools used are daily Gemba walks, accountability meetings, customer focus and performance reviews on all value streams. Experience include World Class Manufacturing, lean manufacturing process, 8D corrective action, A3 process, PFMEA and Control Plans, PPAP Process and Scar Supplier Corrective Action Request, and SPC processes. At Watts Regulator, I have held multiple staff positions with positive results. These positions include Foundry Plant Manager (green sand), Production Manager, Facilities Manager, EHS Manager and Quality Manager.Specialties: Experienced Manager (Director of Operations, VP of Operations, EHS, Foundry Plant Manager, Operations Manager,Quality Manager, Facilities Manager, Project Manager,Procurement Manager), Experienced Industrial Hygienist and Ergonomics and Health Manager, Facilities and Equipment Maintenance Management Experienced as a Lean Leader and 5S Trainer, Teacher at Becker College Worcester MA Environmental Management Program, Consulting and Training of all safety and environmental programs.

Experience

1. Vice President

   Service Heat Treating

   Apr 2024 — Present · Milwaukee, WI, US

Education

• Kennedy-Western University

  Safety Engineering

• Southern Flordia

  Business

• Becker College

  Environmental Management

  1995 — 1997

Skills

• Manufacturing Operations Management
• Kaizen
• Ppap
• Value Stream Mapping
• Process Improvement
• Iso/Ts 16949
• Root Cause Analysis
• Manufacturing
• Product Development
• Lean Manufacturing
• Dmaic
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Machining
• Engineering
• Ts16949
• Quality Control
• Automotive
• Toyota Production System
• Factory
• Continuous Improvement
• Spc
• Six Sigma
• Production Planning
• Industrial Engineering
• Procurement
• Quality Assurance
• 5s
• Iso
• Fmea