maintenance technician

quality assurance inspector

cnc machinist

senior cnc machinist

material handler

Cadrex Manufacturing Solutions

•	Managed the startup/opening of the Henderson facility including all staffing. 
•	All Shop Equipment was completely taken apart for review, repaired, and cleaned, painted and updated with new tooling.
•	The facility both office and shop areas were stripped, repaired, cleaned and painted.
•	Added a new employee Break room.
•	A total Break down and rebuild of the Powder coat equipment including the 3 part washer and evaporation system.
•	Created new fabrication and production cells to allow forward moving flow.
•	Created new lamination area.
•	Created and implemented operating/quality system.
•	Hired management core team, shop and support teams
•	Performed all Human resources, payroll and risk management responsibilities.
•	Responsible for all aspects of the Henderson facility;
•	This was considered a new startup company, however because of the size, location and updated tooling and repairs to the building my break even dollar amount was greater than 3 times that of other shops in the area. The completing of the startup was under six weeks. EMT West was covering all its overhead cost within 3 weeks of the completion of the startup date and made its first profit 4 weeks later with new orders from Bally, Konami, Ac coin, AFM and Hamilton.
•	Teamed up with the Henderson sales manager to  visits the existing  customers of Elite Manufacturing Technologies, Chicago (EMT), and a long list of paternal new customers, to energize and excite them with the new location, Lean flowing cells, dedicated prototype cell, and high energy team. 
•	Zero defects, on time delivery and competitive pricing 100% of the time while under my management.
                Elite Manufacturing technology  purchased Cabinet Works and renamed EMT West.

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Great place to work because of the people and the fast pace environment. However if you have an idea owners don’t care or they use it as if it was there own idea. No appreciation for the hard work and good parts that go out the door but if you make a mistake the owner will come down on you like you are stupid. No communication when changes are made, people are being replaced for new people who are less qualified and lazy. Place is completely crumbling cause decisions that are made are out of a reaction to something vs making an educated decision. Good news is they hire the first person that walks in the door but unfortunately if you don’t work out you head back out the door. They basically set you up for failure as the HR department is a joke. Best Manager I have ever worked for was getting pushed out so I decide to get out before it’s to late.  Heard he ended up quitting so I’m happy I got out from under the IDL thumb. Low moral and the culture is basically do more then after that do more again and don’t make a mistake.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Nothing other than a paycheck. Management doesn't have a clue on who does what and blames all the wrong people, instead of looking in the mirror for why the company is failing horribly. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Everything. Since being bought management has just thrown darts at the wall and doesn't have a care in the world about the environment they created. Turnover is at about 2000 percent. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Management has changed hands 6 times in 1 year. They don't give you a honest chance to adapt to their non-processed ways. Then have the nerve to point finger at the workers instead of themselves for not having correct procedures in place. Main reason why they are loosing  their biggest customer, STRYKER. In next 2 years they will be hurting when contract is up. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Come in and guess on what your supposed to do, because so many people constantly quit or are being "let go" to save managments jobs.

Busy schedule on a daily basis. Multi-tasking and prioritizing a must.
MRB for non-conformances evaluated in a timely manner, Updating ECN changes, update revisions and sign-offs on all  routers, CNC programs, B/P changes, and remaining inventory. Creation of new routers, operation sequence, semi-finished dimensions and tolerances, and outsourced vendor requirements. If needed, creation of in-house B/P's created from customer solid models. 
The owner of the company was a pleasure to work for. Implemented a profit sharing plan, a weekly company lunch (catered), Holiday gifts, gift cards, annual Christmas party, and summer company picnic. 
Co-workers were helpful in assisting or resolving any issues. 
Hardest part of the job would be time management due to workload and scheduling variations.
Most enjoyable part of the job at the end of the day was knowing what you did and the way that you did it will free up some your time to make the job the next day a little easier.

The job was a ruse from the start. The recruiter will tell you benefits to get you in, then the corporate team will completely disregard the terms if they are not in writing. The controller of the CMS division is not a leader. The company tells you to ask for help when needed but you do get punished for it. Leadership does not know how to explain what they are looking for and when you ask for further detail, you are punished. The company itself does have financial strains due to poor cash management. You will not have a good work/life balance at all as they will expect you to work 60 hours a week. This company could be something if the leadership wasn't so poor. 

Great company to work for. Owners are very personable, thoughtful and ambitious. The Working culture is evolving in a positive way as the company grows, more positions available and room for growth for those that are career minded and vested in the success of the company. 

The shop lead keeps things Fun, and fast paced, with a strong team oriented mindset.  Office staff and inspection teams are very dedicated, and motivated to help get the best product possible to our customer. 

 I feel some past employees negative perceptions are made mostly by ill-informed staff  choosing to be narrow minded,selfish and not welcoming to change as the company evolves.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The best part was the people I worked with, my boss was nice and supportive 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The upper management culture, they want only yes man. They don’t care about people or whatsoever. So anything you can say is received as an excuse not as a technical report on why certain machines are not working as they think.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It’s just work work work, no empathy no care, overwhelming! 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Run left and right to find informations and try to produce something the upper up promised to clients, without having the necessary people to do it because they fired them ( even good workers) just because of none sense policy

This shop was good in the beginning then they for rid of good people and a great manager and replaced with others and from there went down hill. They expect perfection by magic but dont consider real life. Fail to meet the owners expectations and you will be booted for whatever reason.  They dont value the employees work and are only in it to make more money for themselves.  Everyone has just working to make some money and to get by attitude.   I would not return even if paid more just because your treated like a pawn. 
Most of the people are ok to work with.  The shop rains  misty oil all over you is a huge problem.  
Greed is the down fall of this shop.

Great people working there, not so good management running the show when I was there. There’s been a lot of changes since I left but from what I hear others say, it’s only getting worse with management and them taking away certain benefits and privileges. I think the best thing for me was the group of people I got to befriend and the simple work we had to run. It was easy money. Unfortunately, even when I joined, I was warned about layoffs. So, if you’re looking for a stable job, secure job, then I don’t know if this would be your pick. People were laid off left and right. Large amounts. For “budget cuts”. Make yourself very valuable and maybe you’ll be ok for a bit. 





In the past year that I have worked for Cadrex I have seen the company and sites grow a lot. New systems are being implemented to help the company run as one even though we are spread out across the US (and Mexico). There is always new opportunity to assist the company in one way or another that really feels like you are making a difference. Top management is always travelling between sites to meet with site management and employees to ensure satisfaction/morale is being kept up. Cadrex is a great place to find yourself at right now. 

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