Kevin Geary

Responsible for: The development and growth of a team of Engineers to enable them to support the core business. The delivery to budget of the engineering cost centre. The projection of cost items for Business Unit improvement projects. The delivery of key plant metrics such as a reduction in EHS related issues, consumable spend, and scrap rates. Machine Safety Team Leader - Responsible for conducting Risk Assessments on production machines and developing strategies or actions to mitigate risks. External Links: Member of PTMA. Member of Limerick for Engineering. 2018 External Validation Panel Member for Limerick Institute of Technology. Reviewing the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Precision Engineering Ab-initio (Level 8) & Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Precision Engineering Add-on (Level 8).

Project managed the transfer of two product families. 1. Persona CR family transfer. 2. Persona EDM transfer.

Persona Femoral NPI Quality Engineer. KPI Co-ordinator. Final Inspector Team Lead.

• Responsible for existing products in relation to Quality Product Support and Continuous Improvement. • Responsible for the maintenance and reduction of key metrics including scrap cost and products on hold. • Worked on a Six Sigma Greenbelt Project to target key defects and in co-operation with the operations team, reduce the impact on yield. • Facilitated the PQ and PV stages of Product Introductions and Process Improvements. • Reviewed existing Quality Procedures to ensure best practice. • Carry out weekly audits to evaluate Production Cell Compliance and daily walkthroughs to ensure GMP adherence, and ensure that corrective actions if required were implemented. •Involved in the redesign of the Production Cell Layout, to lean out the Process Flow to increase efficiencies.

• Key responsibility was to facilitate timely and smooth introduction of new products. • Was project lead for new product introduction for each new product, creating project plans, timelines and delegated actions to appropriate personnel. • Reviewed and setup the customer key documentation including a full BOM and AVL check. • Reviewed packaging for shipping product. Redesigned packing and to reduce the standard shipment costs saving approximately €14k per annum. • Implemented ECOs with validation plans (P.D.C.A.) including customer signoff. • Targeted key defects and determined methods to reduce reprocessing cost. • Investigated internal method for measuring defective material supplied by a customer to determine the suitability for production. • Process line balancing. • Communicated to customer materials that would be either better suited for the job, or would be more economically viable to use, and associated cost reductions. • Worked with the Quality Team to reduce customer returns. • Communicated to operators in each process step, to increase operators’ knowledge of the product application.

• Installed measurement system that reduced the cost of scrap and measurement inspection time. • Setup Data Capture System to measure yields and downtime. • Used Six Sigma to Increase yields and thereby reduce the impact to standard costs. • Used Lean Tools to redesigned layout of cell to create more efficient process flow. • Carried out Root Cause Analysis to prevent reoccurrence of defects. • Applied 8D approach to customer concerns and communicated progress to customers regularly. • Setup Kanban for the cell using the 5S approach.

• Responsible for helping to maximise the quality of output components from Shannon site. • Team leader for Six Sigma project to reduce scrap. • Member of a Six Sigma team to reduce the cost of a connector. • Facilitated the transfer of a Molex German quality system into the plating department’s quality system. • Creation and maintenance of Quality Plans, Working Instructions and Quality Alerts. • Member of various Quality Improvement Teams. • Analysis of production data and creation of Management Information Reports highlighting efficiency and consistency of output materials. • Completed audits on internal working practices to maximise quality. Provision of training to trainers on new methods of measuring components for quality reporting purposes.