1. EMPLOYMENT RESUME
Mr. George E. Rebmann
55 Chepachet Road, Avon, CT 06001
860-404-1849
OBJECTIVE
Extensive experience in the manufacturing industry with established expertise in product/process
engineering, tool room, model shop, mechanical design, supervision, product testing, project
management, lean manufacturing, tooling and CAD/CAM. Exploring career opportunities where
my skills and experience can be effectively utilized.
EDUCATION
A.S. Mechanical Engineering: Thames Valley State Technical College
Society of Plastic Engineers: Die Design Principles for Extrusion of Polymers
Vacuum Sizer Design
RAPRA Technology Rheology in Plastics Processing
University Of New Hampshire: Several courses toward BSMET degree
Worcester Poly Tech: Project Management
Handling Conflict, Confrontation & Difficult People
Standard Products Co.: Supervisor’s Training
Interactive Management
Kaizen, Lean Manufacturing, One Piece Flow
American Robotic Institute: Flexible Parts Feeding
B/E Aerospace: Essentials of Management
Unigraphics V16
Boeing/Toyota Production Systems
5S, Lean Mfg, One Piece Flow, Shingijitsu
Institute for Competitive Design: Strategic Design
Plastic Flow, LLC FEA for Non-Newtonian Fluids
URI/HERE, LLC Fundamentals of Explosives
AMTEC Corp Ammunition & Explosives Safety
HAAS HAAS Machine Center programming
Johnson Gage Co. Screw Thread Gaging
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Ensign Bickford Aerospace & Defense, Simsbury, CT 2002 – Present
POSITION: Tooling Engineer
DUTIES: Tool Design and Manufacturing Processes
ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Tooling design team technical lead. Designed a suite of tooling for
Assembly of FCDCA product utilizing SMED (1hr to 10 sec), in tool process measurement,
Eliminated product damage and decreased ergonomic impact. Multi-site tooling support.
Single and multi-port horizontal extrusion dies. Roll form tool design and process support.
Manufacturing process failure root cause evaluation and corrective action. Special project/
Research tooling and testing support.
Pratt & Whitney, Middletown, CT 2002
POSITION: Design Engineer (Contract)
DUTIES: Quotation of machining operations
ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Provided technical assistance to machining quotation group. Quality
Control, metrics and labor reporting for Family Of Parts initiative.

2. B/E Aerospace, Litchfield, CT 1999 – 4/2002
POSITION: Engineering Supervisor
DUTIES: Supervision and technical support of Tool Room, Model Shop and Test Facility
ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Reduced response time of production rework from one week to one shift.
Designed and fabricated 40+ tools in six-month period. Reduced component assembly time by
80%. Applied SPC process controls, 5s methods and lean manufacturing to dynamic G-pulse
testing. Created a single team from three competitive departments.
Plastigage Corp. Jackson, MI 1997 – 1999
POSITION: Process Engineering Manager
DUTIES: Direct supervision of Engineering and Tool Room
ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Instituted an extrusion tool evaluation and rebuild program. Replaced 15+
sets of out-of-spec/production problem tooling. Managed design/build/development of twelve new
products. Initiated a purge program for extruders resulting in labor savings of 3-8 hours per day.
Designed, managed, assembled and developed a modular computer controlled cutting system
with interchangeable customer specific cutting cells – now company standard. Utilized Poke Yoke
initiatives to improve out-going quality. Plastic injection molding and extrusion development.
Standard Product Co., Gaylord, MI 1992 – 1997
POSITION: Senior Tooling/Process Engineer
DUTIES: Management of secondary engineering group and Tool Room
ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Transformed a group of independent engineers and toolmakers into a
cohesive team. Responsible for design, build, and manufacturing support of all tools required to
support customer requirements. Instituted a P.M. program for trim dies reducing floor calls from
32 to 4 man-hours per day. Reduced costs of die components. Redesigned 8-station rotary
injection process – 48% man-hour reduction. Redesigned manufacturing process – 17% man-
hour reduction. Implemented Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, one-piece flow and error proofing
techniques into work cells. Plastic/Rubber injection molding development.
Johnson & Johnson Orthopedics, Raynham, MA 1991 – 1992
POSITION: Design Engineer (Contract)
DUTIES: Design of surgical tools
ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Designed a complete set of tools to perform femoral prosthetic implants.
Created fully surfaced proximal femoral models from CAT scan data for FEA analysis.
Kingston-Warren Corp., Newfield, NH 1988 – 1991
POSITION: Design Engineer (Contract)
DUTIES: Rubber automotive window seal product design
ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Created geometric “lay flat” program for conversion of three-dimensional
curves. Developed CAD applications for tool and product design.
GTE/Sylvania, Exeter, NH 1987 – 1988
POSITION: Design Engineer (Contract)
DUTIES: Implement Unigraphics CAD/CAM
ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Purchased, installed, trained and implemented CAD/CAM technology in
this division in one year.
Harris Graphics Corp., Dover, NH 1978 – 1987
POSITION: CAD/CAM Technical Supervisor
DUTIES: Manage CAD/CAM service bureau
ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Created an in-house CAD/CAM service bureau to service company
design projects. Design and project control of web offset printing press components and systems.
Performed manufacturing and field installation support of
multi-million dollar press systems. High-speed helical drop down drive design.

3. Kahn Industries, Wethersfield, CT 1977 – 1978
POSITION: Mechanical Engineer
DUTIES: Pneumatic piping and control system design
ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Design of air dryer system for military aircraft. Electrical layout of
industrial gas separator.
General Dynamics/EB Div., Groton, CT 1974 – 1977
POSITION: Nuclear Decontamination Engineer
DUTIES: Establish procedures for dismantle, decontamination, inspection, and reassembly of
reactor plant components.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Design and installed liquid and solid radioactive waste processing
system.