1. Thomas P. Southard
tsouthard@charter.net
508-612-2862
Manufacturing Engineer
Results oriented Engineering professional with progressive experience in improving all phases manufacturing, including
new product introduction, productivity, workflow, assembly line layout, process, materials, managed multiple cost savings
projects, quality, project management, and safety.
Manufacturing Engineer (New Product Introduction) 2010- 2015
• Tyco Safety Products Division (formally Simplex Time Recorder Co.)
• Project leader for introducing and transitioning of new products. Notification device types from wall to ceiling mount
devices. This project consisted of 5 different implementation phases that spread over 5 years. Fire notification devices
and products by working with R&D to develop product schedules and meetings to transition new designed product into
manufacturing sites. This coordination involved domestic and international manufacturing sites. (Canada, China,
Mexico)
 Responsible for creating Microsoft project plan for implementation of this project.
 Responsible for conceptual product assembly line, design reviews, and assembly of new product, which
included design for manufacturability as well as ISO9000 procedure compliance.
• Ensure the product design can be manufactured with the lowest assembly and product cost thru early concept and
manufacturing design reviews.
• Plan and implement the prototype build and initial cost estimate, and plan production pilot build, ensuring the process
and labor routing are correct to implement into the ERP (BAAN) system.
• Produced budget to purchase PC boards, test equipment, functional test, plastic tooling and fixtures needed in the
manufacture of the new products.
• Work with the safety Engineer and team to identify potential ergonomic problem assemblies, implement process and
correct issues found.
• Moved 80% MFG facility equipment from Westminster MA to Matamoros Mexico and trained employees, quality
procedures, routings and work instruction processes.
• Responsible for the implementation of tooling and fixtures used in the assembly of fire alarm devices.
Associate Manufacturing Engineer (New Products and Product Support) 2000-2010
Tyco Safety Products Division (formally Simplex Time Recorder Co.)
• Responsible for creating and implementation of the documented assembly processes for PCB assembly including oven
and wave profiling.
• Responsible for resolving production issues for current and new product assemblies.
• Also managed the implementation of wire harness cost saving exercises.
• Created operating procedures and process for production assemblies, product harnesses and Fire Alarm Peripheral
assembly department.
• Resolved all production and operating problems associated with pad printing and the manual assembly departments.
BOSE Corporation 1991 - 1997
Engineering Technician
• The job responsibility for supporting an aggressive production environment in the areas of maintenance, quality,
process improvement, PLC programming, documentation, all customer focused support.
• I improved sensor application on hand insertion line resulting in more accurate process times.
• Lead project, which designed controls, programmed and implemented a component positioning system, resulting in
reducing rework and scrap product by 15%.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS

2. Thomas P. Southard
tsouthard@charter.net
508-612-2862
• Managed multiple new product introductions from R&D to manufacturing.
 Project leader for introducing and transitioning of new Notification device products.
 From design concepts, design reviews, PCB build and testing, packaging redesigns/drop test, qualify final
product quality and product shipment to warehouse.
• Proactively identify improvement opportunities.
 Obvious packaging improvements to costly materials.
• Managed cost savings projects ranging from process changes to many packaging and material savings projects.
 Savings totals from $5,000 to $300,000 per year.
• Participated in design and Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) teams for high risk products and
assured that the recommendations identified at the FMEA were implemented.
 Results lead to design for manufacturing guidelines updates.
• I was instrumental in instituting a control plan and corrective actions to repair a faulty cleaning process in China.
• I introduced manual assembly improvements for automated component preparation that reduced ergonomic risk and
resulted in a $20.5K / yr. labor cost savings.
• Team projects for cost savings: One-piece flow, introduced manual slide line assembly resulting in reducing ergonomic
risk and $250,000 / yr. labor cost savings.
• True alert product manual assembly reduction in ergonomic risk and labor cost savings utilizing automated component
preforming resulting in $ 52 K / yr. savings.
• I compiled all temperature profiles to a PDF format and stored them on a common drive for department accessibility.
• I was instrumental in creating DFM guidelines for R & D new product designs.
• I coordinated the move of an isolated SMT line server that stored all of the production programs to the computer room
controlled environment. This included a scheduled automated backup for disaster recovery, which was nonexistent.
OTHER SKILLS
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, Power Point, Project, Visio software.
• Failure Mode and Effects Analysis training
• My 20 years of manufacturing experience, has given me a keen ability to see manufacturing processes and assemblies
logically, ergonomically and Lean.
• Allen Bradley PLC Programming
EDUCATION
• Leicester High School Liberal Arts Diploma
• Rhode Island Trade shops Automotive Repair ASE Certified
• Central New England College English, College Math
• Sylvania Technical School Computer Electronics, Basic Electronics, Micro Processors
• Worcester Polytechnic Institute Unix and C programming Certificate classes
• Mount Wachusett Community College Introduction to CAD