Paul C. Brayman has over 20 years of experience in manufacturing engineering, operations, and project management. He has a proven track record of reducing costs through lean initiatives like value stream mapping, setup reduction, and 5S. Brayman has managed multiple capital projects involving automation upgrades, new product development, and facility integration. His background includes roles in process engineering, plant layout, maintenance management, and lean consulting.

1. Paul C. Brayman
Cell – (918) 510-9310 Industrial/Manufacturing/Project Engineer
Email: chevypu46@yahoo.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulbrayman Sand Springs, OK 74063
BACKGROUND SUMMARY
Over 20 years of success in the manufacturing, operations and sales of electrical and electromechanical equipment.
Demonstrated ability to reduce operating cost through improved efficiencies, equipment uptime, quality, product cost reductions,
implementing new manufacturing technology and lean manufacturing processes within cross functional teams.
KEY SKILLS SUMMARY
Project Management
Value Stream Mapping
Capital Budgets, IRR & ROI
Point-Of-Use Storage
Setup Reduction
Maintenance Manager
Lean Manufacturing
Cellular Flow Manufacturing
DFMA, FMEA, PPAP, DOE
Time & Motion Studies
5S Workshop
Plant Layout
Tooling/Fixture Design
CNC Machining
ISO 9001 Manager
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Employment History
Project Engineer
TMK-IPSCO Catoosa, OK 8/11– 9/15
• Project Engineer on $6.5MM upgrade fully automated quench & temper to improve throughput by 72% on heat treat process.
• Eliminated a walking beam and designed new kickers, conveyors & pop-up stops to convey pipe through UT station.
• Reduced pipe prove-up cycle times by 15% by designing monorail carts to carry tools, torch and supplies.
• Reduced heat treat outages by 50% by improving water filtration to drop out mill scale in quench water.
• Developed a bid package for vendors to develop a means to laser inspect pipe to measure ovality, end hook & OD size.
• Savings of $1.5MM on a Green Belt Project for Black Crested Threads to reduce thread rejects by 10%.
• Developed two ergonomic end effectors to pick up heavy threaded couplings from pallets and start coupling on casing pipe.
• Integrated a pneumatic torque tool with a reaction arm, monorail and air balancer to install thread protectors.
• Coordinated $235K state funding for Unloading Dock Rail Spur with retaining wall, fall protection and trackmobile.
• Used pareto charts to analyze equipment downtimes and product reject codes to determine root cause & corrective action.
Manufacturing Process Engineer (Contract Consultant)
Cooper Power Systems Nacogdoches, TX 11/10 – 6/11
• Worked with a team to close a pad mount transformer plant and integrate it into a plant manufacturing pole mount
transformers. Planned the logistics of moving capital equipment from closing plant to minimize production outages at
receiving plant.
• Responsible for the plant layout and integrating of 1-piece flow of pad-mount transformers. Integrated a $650K fully
automated wash and phosphate system. Value streams, manufacturing, kitting and test processes were validated by
engineering and quality.
• Developed manpower forecasting/leveling, time standards using MOST Work Measurement, proper work sequencing, work
balancing, plant layout and cost reductions.
• Developed value streams for coil winding, core construction, coil & core assembly, tank fabrication and test processes that
were validated by engineering and quality.
• Equipment included coil winders, flatteners, de-reelers, automated prime & paint line, powder coat paint line, transformer
vacuum filling, automated conveyors, multiple assembly stations and crane systems.
New Product Development Process Engineer (Contract Consultant)
Thermo Fisher Scientific Asheville, NC 1/10 – 10/10
• Member of a New Product Development Team on a HVAC freezer. Continuous improvement efforts to implement root cause
analysis, corrective action, problem solving, PFMEA, control plans, continuous flow processes, induction brazing, CNC tube
bending & SPC data collection.
• Responsible for visual management by using color coding, shadow boards, painting shop floors and implementing white
boards displaying drawings, bill of materials, work instructions, inventory levels, schedules and quality metrics.
• Responsible for the verification of the manufacturability of a new product design. Assisted in the selection of urethane foam
fixturing system, induction brazing, CNC tube bending, end effectors, shears, brakes, punch presses and powder coat paint.
• Member on a PFMEA team to define CTQ data and implement preventive measures to reduce or eliminate risk exposure.
Manufacturing Engineering Manager, Lean Coordinator, Maintenance Manager
Tarby, Inc Claremore, OK 7/08 – 6/09

2. • Managed maintenance personnel and CNC programmer.
• Implemented a $140K new product development and purchase of capital equipment such as a CNC whirling lathe,
autoclaves, quench tank and heater control box totaling.
• Implemented a PM software program to track scheduled maintenance, downtime, costs, parts inventory and oil analysis.
• Worked on project to reduce scrap by using an induction coil to melt rubber out of failed stators so they could be reworked.
• Performed a Value Stream Mapping Kaisan to reduce WIP and balance work cell loads.
Warehouse Manager
Arrow Engine Company Tulsa, OK 3/06 – 7/08
• Managed 26 employees in the Shipping, Receiving and Warehouse Departments. Responsible for $17MM worth of
inventory, maintaining low shipping errors, a 24-hour ship rate of 87% and inventory accuracy of 98%.
• Increased throughput sales by $1.9MM by reducing labor on engines by 40% resulting in annualized savings of $180K.
• Integrated the move and start up of ten different manufacturing groups including engine & NG compressor assembly and
ASME code weld shop. Responsible for plant layouts, inventory accuracy and turns, material flow, equipment expenditures
and acquisitions, budget proposals, design proposals and ROIs.
• Purchased $130K worth of pallet racking and shelving from a sister company for only $18K. This was put up in four
different manufacturing facilities to utilize approximately 75,000 sq. ft. of warehouse storage.
Lean Manufacturing (Contract Consultant)
Industrial Solutions Tulsa, OK 3/05 – 9/05
• Worked with clients in implementing Lean Methods kaisen events, setup reduction (SMED), value stream mapping, point-of-
use-storage, kan ban, cellular manufacturing, 5S workplace organization, 1-piece flow, hyjunka, line balancing, inspection at
the source, poka yoke (error proofing) devices.
Manufacturing Engineer, Safety Director, Assembly Supervisor, Maintenance Manager
Tulsa Winch Jenks, OK 6/00 –1/05
• Managed 28 employees to include assemblers, order pullers, tooling and maintenance technicians.
• Implemented a focused factory with a HMC, live tooling lathe, gear hob, broach and 1-piece flow assembly cell with Kan
Ban, Point-Of-Use Storage, conveyors, automated/metered oil and vendor managed inventory. Resulted in reducing
inventory 50%, lead-time 50%, cycle time 70% and increased on time delivery from 85% to 98%.
• Led a kaisen event and performed ROI to change to a gear wafer cutter. Resulted in reduced tooling costs by $60K/year,
increased throughput 20%, reduced setup time and increased gear quality.
• Assisted on a Cost Reduction Team to launch a new winch product with a low cost manufacturing design.
• Led a kaisen event to change a hone operation to a hard turn operation by using ceramic inserts. Resulted in reduced cycle
times by as much as 70%, tooling costs and increased part quality.
• Savings of $300K/year by reorganizing warehouse by product category. Resulted in increasing inventory accuracy by 15%,
reduced work order pull time by 60% and reduced inventory in-stocking time by 30%.
• Increased throughput by 75% by purchasing tooling to part off drum flanges rather than turn them down on a manual lathe.
• Developed two ergonomic end effectors to pick heavy castings from crates to place into lathes, mills and gear shapers.
• Increased throughput and quality up to 75% by designing tooling and fixtures for work holding and assembly.
• Designed a 1-piece flow cell for planetary winches which resulted in increased throughput by 50% and improved quality by
20%. Comprised of three scissor lift tables with turntables, roll conveyors between each table and 75 hp hydraulic test stand.
• Designed returnable pallets for a customer to keep units from getting paint damage in transit. Reduced floor space, increased
throughput of product and customer satisfaction.
• Integrated a drum machining cell with 630 mm HMC, twin pallet, 50 taper, 60-tool tool changer totaling $239K
• For a winch machining and assembly cell, purchased a Haas VMC, Haas live tooling lathe, 40-ton vertical broach, bridge,
crane, tables, presses, shelving, pallet racks and carts to support customer orders totaling $320K.
• Purchased a live tooling lathe with a bar feeder and subspindle to manufacture a worm gear complete that had previously
been run on 4-6 machines previously totaling $190K.
• Purchased CNC gear hob to run multiple stacked gears that had been run one at a time a manual gear hob totaling $270K.
• Reduced cycle times by 60% by designing tooling to press planetary carrier pins 3 at a time using a H-frame hydraulic press.
Reduced warranty claims from 50/year to approximately 2/year.
• Designed a test stand implementing a VFD electric motor, flexible shaft and an electric motor belt tensioner on a planetary
swingdrive assembly cell to conduct final test on gearbox brakes.
EDUCATION
MS, Engineering, Technology & Management, Oklahoma State University, Tulsa, Oklahoma
BS, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing – Minor: Business Management, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
AS, Electromechanical Technology, Southern Arkansas University, Camden, Arkansas

3. CPM, Certified Project Management, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH
SKILLS
SolidWorks, AutoCAD Inventor, MS:WordExcelAccessPower PointProject, PMXpert, Minitab, Allen Bradley Historian, MRP,
ERP, SAP, BOMs, Routers, Work Instructions, PLC, DFT, DMAIC, CTQ, KPI, PFMEA, SQDC, 8D, Fault Tree & Fishbone