Jason R Van Wyhe
Leader | Entrepreneur
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- 21413 County rd H
Barronett WI 54813
1940 Perlich Ave #9
Red Wing, MN 55066
About Me
01Welecome to my personal website! After leaving my last position, I've spent the fall travelling, consulting, and writing articles for the new website I am lauching, Job Shop Lean.
I'm currently looking for a new organization that will allow me to showcase my skills and grow professionally. I have a strong background in manufacturing, but I am open to new opportunities in other industries or fields in the greater Minneapolis/St Paul and western Wisconsin region. I'd love to hear about what new opportunies your organization has available.
Recent Work
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Job Shop Lean Manufacturing
Manager at Trinity Meyer Utility Structures
Custom Motorcycle Builder
Plant Engineer at Wallace / RR Donnelly
My Profile
03Entrepreneur and leader who has established and led businesses to new levels of success in a variety of industries. Able to pinpoint manufacturing needs and deliver innovative solutions. Proven ability to build and lead a team of professionals to achieve shared goals, exceed customer expectations, and drive profitability.
Work Experience
04Oct 2012 β Jul 2018
Trinity Industries - Production Manager
Led operations team of 10 supervisors and 242 direct employees in a $100 million/year sales steel utility pole manufacturing plant. Managed production safety, quality, cost, and delivery, while involved with production scheduling, product development, test operations, continuous improvement, and union relations.
- Team leader of an Operational Excellence/Kaizen team that eliminated the plants largest bottleneck, increased efficiency in our front-end cutting, press brake, and seaming operation by over 20%, and raised overall plant efficiency from 88% to 103% while maintaining a low indirect ratio
- Handled employee relations, accountability, coaching, union grievances, and was plant representative on two successful union contract negotiation teams
- Created an hours-based system of capacity and production planning for an extreme high variation, low run engineered job shop implemented division-wide via a SIOP event
- Provided design proposals and manufacturability insight on a product development team for a quick-connect system to eliminate wind vibration resonance from utility structures, patent pending
- Protected the company from potential litigation by identifying and correcting 7 major customer contract, legal, public policy, and liability issues as part of the corporate compliance team
- Increased quality and decreased scrap in our machining departments press brake operation 75% by implementing standard work, revamping key equipment, and implementing administrative controls
- Revamped safety JSA program for new hires by adding hands-on training and additional behavioral-based safety checks
- Redesigned key welding and machining elements of job estimating system, and provided feedback on result accuracy to the rest of the estimating team, drastically increasing estimate accuracy
- Oversaw numerous utility structure load case tests at the only test stand in North America
Nov 2010 β Sep 2012
Trinity Industries (ABB / T&B) - Production Superintendent
Managed day-to-day shop floor of steel utility structures manufacturing plant operations, including hiring, discipline, training, Kaizen and 5s events, ISO 9001/14001/18001 compliance, and maintenance
- Launched hardware kitting program to organize and reduce the lead time the supply of parts to welding stations in a job-shop environment, reducing waiting by 15%
- Modernized Lockout Tag-out program by rewriting all procedures, created a hands-on training system, and visual aids at all locations
- Developed quality system lead double-check checklist and standard work documentation process that reduced quality customer escapes by 25%
- Team leader of value streaming mapping event that cut lead time of MRO purchasing in half
- Provided root cause analysis using 8D and A3 methodology for customer escapes
- Developed visual tools to improve communication between shifts and make sure priorities were being followed
- Provided workforce planning, staff development, and employee training for plant's transition from a 2 shift to 3 shift operation
Jan 2009 β Oct 2010
Trinity Industries (T&B) - Maintenance / Finishing Supervisor
Led a team of 14 maintenance technicians and 3 paint, coating, and blast operators over two shifts. Also filled in as loading and shipping supervisor
- Managed floor layout and machine installation on 4.5 million dollar plant addition project
- Managed multi-million dollar Pangborn blast retrofit and Kinetic plasma/machining table installations
- Oversaw large tool crib inventory via Faciliworks CMMS and budgeting of MRO parts and supplies
- Did time management studies and created standard work in the finishing area
Jan 2000 β Dec 2008
Chopper Surplus - Owner
Built custom motorcycle business from the ground up, building bikes and selling parts in 58 countries
- Managed daily operations, fabrication, quality control, marketing, inventory control, order fulfillment, and logistics management
- Provided prototyping and reverse engineering services to several aftermarket suppliers
- Bike show judge throughout the country, including Donnie Smith show and Chicago show
May 1996 β Oct 1999
RR Donnelly (Wallace) - Plant Engineer
Oversaw maintenance and engineering in Illinois and Iowa plants, as well as equipment installation projects throughout the country
- Led maintenance at automated distribution center/warehouse operations and notebook printing facilities
- Managed and installed 7 major web presses and bindery equipment around the country
- Hands-on technical support for HVAC, Trane chillers, boilers, and printing presses
- Developed a training program for electricians for Siemens, Omron, Allen Bradley PLC's
- Project Manager of $800,000 Beilomatik wire head installation on a notebook printing line
- Implemented TPM and reliability methodology for key printing and warehouse equipment
- Programmed in Visual Basic, C++, Assembly, COBOL, and ladder logic
- Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Powerpoint, Autocad proficient
May 1994 β Jan 1996
T & T Tool - Fabricator / Internship
College internship and part-time employee while attending college
- Fabricated and assembled wood chip formers for the paper and particle board industries
- Operated lathes, vertical mills, welding, and general metalworking
- Wired and installed automation
- Tracked project completion for plant management
1990 β 1995
Communication Technology Lab - Supervisor
On-campus job as a pre-press and computer lab coordinator
- Help students with internet, programming, and technology class issues
- Produce desktop publishing documents using Pagemaker on MacIntosh
- Help students with pre-press flexo / offset printing projects
- Manage day-to-day operations, scheduling, time cards
May 1987 β September 1987
Wisconsin Structural Steel - Laborer
Parttime jobs during school and in the summer
- Read prints and layout parts
- Whitney Punch and iron worker operator
June 1985 β December 1986
Northern Stainless Tank - Laborer
Family business building stainless tanks for the dairy and food processing industries
- Tig and Mig welding
- Basic metalworking
Core Skills
05Here are a few of the skills I can put to work for your business:
Education
061990 - 1995
University of Wisconsin - Stout
Bachelor of Science, Industrial Technology - Electronics 3.1
Minors in Math, Physics, and Computer Science
Key Course Work:
- MATH: Calculus I / II / III, Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, Statistics
- SCIENCE: Chemistry, Physics I / II, Solid State Physics, Atomic and Nuclear, Optics
- ELECTRICAL: Motors and Generators, Circuit Analysis, Solid State Electronics, Microprocessors, Digital Logic, Networks, Communications, Linear circuits
- COMPUTERS: Computer Science I / II, COBOL, Assembly Language, Survey of Languages
- ENGINEERING: Engineering Drawing I, Manufacturing Materials and Processes
- MANUFACTURING: Organizational Leadership, Saftey/Loss, Quality Concepts
- FINANCE: Engineering Economy, Labor Economics, Accounting
- COMMUNICATION: Honors English I / II, Speech, Technical Writing
1986-1990
Shell Lake High School
Certifications
Key Certifications:
- LEAN SIX SIGMA GREEN BELT: Transcript
- TRAINING WITHIN INDUSTRY: TWI
- LEAN LEVEL 2: Trinity
- 4Q CERTIFIED: ABB
- SITUATIONAL FRONTLINE LEADERSHIP: Ken Blanchard Companies
- FCC TECHNICIAN: Call Sign