Alex Bauer
Process Engineer at CertainTeed
Newport, Kentucky, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlex Bauer is a process engineer with nine years of hands-on manufacturing and continuous improvement experience, currently applying lean principles at CertainTeed after roles at 3M and earlier industrial placements. A 2022 Purdue Mechanical Engineering graduate with a Manufacturing minor and a Collaborative Leadership certificate, he blends technical rigor with operator-focused standard work and preventive maintenance programs. Alex has driven cost-saving projects—such as piping redesigns that saved $30k annually—and implemented preventative routes and temperature-based thresholds to reduce downtime and waste. His background includes frontline leadership at GM and problem-solving in machining alignment and reliability at smaller shops, giving him both scale and shop-floor credibility. Known for translating root-cause analyses into practical SOPs and training, he excels at making complex processes auditable and repeatable. Based in Newport, Kentucky, he brings a pragmatic, data-informed approach to improving throughput and equipment reliability.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University
Github Skills (38)
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Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
bauer-alex/fuzzyclara
Aug 2022 - Jun 2025
Contributions:1 release, 72 pushes, 9 comments in 2 years 10 months
bauer-alex/MerryCrispmas
Nov 2019 - Nov 2024
A festive, data-driven short story written by Alexander Bauer & Johannes Stark
Contributions:2 PRs, 65 pushes, 3 branches in 5 years
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