Jean-Paul BRAY
Industrial Methods Engineer
General and precision mechanics Current and advanced technologies
101, Promenade du Bois
F - 77176 NANDY - France
Phone & Fax: +33 1 64 41 04 71 e-mail: jean-paul.bray@wanadoo.fr
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/jean-paul.bray/
47 years old, French, married, 2 children
Mechanical Engineer specialized in Industrial Methods and manufacturing, with a wide range of skills in: research and development, technical drawing optimization & product re-engineering, industrialization, production launching, technical purchasing, industrial lookout, and investments study. Good knowledge of workshop, design department, and yard.
PRIME EXPERTISE
To manage industrial projects To improve productivity and reduce cycle time To improve ergonomics and allocation of industrial resources To guarantee the quality and utilization of provided services
EDUCATION
Engineering graduate of the C.E.S.I.
Industrial upper study center: Evry - France
1990
Management training: Sté SOUPLETUBE Technical Training (Internal audit in Production Management): Sté SAPRO Master's thesis on staff's motivation
University Degree in Mechanical Production
DIDEROT Technical High School – PARIS - France
BTS FM
1975
EXPERIENCE
RENAULT Automobiles Cars engines 76 CLEON
METHODS ENGINEER 2005 Process designer: Modification of an existing flexible production line for machining of a new diesel cylinder head. Production equipments, cutting tools, and production's flows.
FAURECIA Car Seat 91 ETAMPES (Brières-lesScellés))
METHODS ENGINEER 2004 Setting up a continuous flow production line for assembling a new seat in a "just in time" workshop. Specification, set up layout, setting up, and starting up the production.
EURTECH Design Office 92 SURESNES
CONSULTING ENGINEER 2003-2004 Updating, standardizing, and data transfer to Autocad LT the railway's plans of the suburban train network in Paris
HUREL-HISPANO Aeronautics: Nacelles and thrust reverses 76 LE HAVRE (Gonfreville l'Orcher)
METHODS ENGINEER 2003 Responsible of the production costs estimate for the nacelles and thrust reverses of Airbus A340, and Rolls Royce GP7200 engines. Maintaining the quotes up to date (RC & NRC), and being the technical support of the design department for the "make or buy" studies. Quoting the technological improvements.
RENAULT Automobiles Cars 76 CLEON
METHODS ENGINEER 2001-2002 Modification of a production line (Gearboxes cases), budget = 4MF Project manager for building cutting tools setting up centers, budget = 4MF
Automobiles PEUGEOT Cars 92 LA GARENNECOLOMBES PSA Group
METHODS ENGINEER 2000 Industrialization of car’s engine’s parts (3 cylinder heads, and a cylinder case). Reengineering of the; process, dimensional specifications, production times quote, work instructions. PROJECT’S MANAGER ENGINEER 1999 Plant equipment Modification of a production line for assembling a new vehicle of a bigger size.
Automobiles PEUGEOT Cars 25 SOCHAUX PSA Group
TECHSPACE AERO Engines components MILMORT (Belgium) SNECMA Group
PROJECT’S MANAGER ENGINEER 1998 Industrialization of rotating parts of an aircraft’s engine (Budget = 8MF)
MESSIER-DOWTY Landing gears 78 VELIZY Turnover: 1 000 MF 1 100 people (Ex Landing gears Division of MESSIER-BUGATTI) Joint-venture of TI-Group and SNECMA Group
PURCHASE MARKETING ENGINEER 1993 - 1995 New technologies and alternatives Initial purchases and suppliers' agreement (Budget = 10MF/year) Prices study and double sources Trade negotiation for costs reduction, and price lists Participation to the purchasing part of the plant's data processing Supervision of plant supply Setting up the purchasing quality chart Computing and Office Automation's correspondent
MESSIER-BUGATTI Landing gears 78 VELIZY Turnover: 2 300 MF 2 600 people SNECMA Group
INDUSTRIAL RESPONSIBLE 1990 - 1993 Industrial studies Upstream industrialization for products and processes Value analyzing group organization and supervision New technologies Technological development plan (Budget = 2MF/year) Organizing the industrial lookout Suitability of internal and external standards Plants co-ordination Introducing the bar-code acquisition for the plant's computerized data Representative in official authorities at the SNECMA Group level
Sté R. ALKAN Aeronautical Equipment 94 VALENTON 500 people
RESPONSIBLE FOR INDUSTRIALISATION 1982 - 1990) Industrialization of the equipment of the MIRAGE 2000 especially 12" and 14" Ejectors Processes and plant equipment set-up Costs and cycles reduction of current production
SEP Aerospace Propellers 27 VERNON SNECMA Group Ets CHAUSSON Car Equipment (Radiators and cooling elements) 92 ASNIERES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Technical High School 95 ARGENTEUIL THOMSON - CSF Broadcast Transmitters 92 GENNEVILLIERS
METHODS UPPER TECHNICIAN 1981 - 1982 Industrialization and production launching of the ARIANE rocket 3rd stage Management of the configuration of the turbo-pump
SCHEDULING TECHNICIAN 1980 - 1981 Creating the new scheduling department, able to be transposed to data processing
TEACHER 1977 - 1980 Technology and Machining teaching
TECHNICIAN 1975 - 1976 Production launching, Procurement, Inventory management
COMPUTING SKILLS
Self education's knowledge, acquired as technical support in a small company, and then as office automation's correspondent in a big company.
Hardware
Assembling and Maintenance of IBM compatible PC's from 386 through Pentium III
Operating Systems
MS-DOS since 3.1 through 6.22 Windows 2.0 through Windows 2000 & NT, XP Extensive experience on mainframe and mini systems such as IBM 3270 and VAX (DBM, CAP, e-mail)
Software
Word for DOS since 3.0 Word pour Windows since WinWord 2.0 up to Word 2000 Excel for Windows since Excel 3.0 up to Excel 2000 Access for Windows since Access 2.0 up to Access 2000 MS-Project, Artemis Schedule Publisher, PSN 7 PowerPoint, Paint Shop Pro, and other graphical software Multimedia and Internet WWW: Internet Explorer 3 & 4, Netscape 3 & 4, AOL Utilities: Norton
LANGUAGES:
French English German Native language Operational English, written and spoken to average level of the European Certificate Intermediate level in: reading, speaking and writing
PARTICULAR SKILLS
Mechanics:
Broad technical knowledge of manufacturing processes including machining, metallic and non-metallic materials, plastics, metal sheets, thermal treatments, coatings, welding, bonding, marking, non-conventional machining processes,...
Photography: Professional level
Taking pictures: Experienced as Reporter for wedding, various events, and architecture (using professional cameras: 56x72, 6x9, 4"x5" sizes), close up photographs,... Laboratory: Assembling and setting up a colour developing machine of 150 films/hour, and setting up the associated paper developing machine; printing and enlarging.