TECHNICAL SKILLS:
• AutoCAD/ProEngineer ● Mechanism Design
• Fluid Mechanics ● Mechatronics
• Machine Design ● Microsoft Excel, Word
• Materials Processing ● Mini-Tab
• Material Science ● Thermodynamics
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Caterpillar, Inc.
Manufacturing Engineer/Assembly Planner June 2012 – Present Athens, GA
• Supervised technicians during PD and Pilot builds of 8-ton excavators.
• Supervised technicians during PD builds of both 5- and 5.5-ton excavators.
• Worked with crane suppliers to design three crane systems.
• Designed fixtures to accommodate tube angles and dimensions on multiple subassemblies.
• Consulted with design engineering group during test builds to make DFM changes to machines, resulting in increased efficiency.
• Designed a process to build five sizes of mini hydraulic excavators based on 3-D models and videos of the process utilized in Japan.
• Assisted with PFMEA and SFMEA on subassembly processes responsible for.
• Worked with fabricators to design an assembly cart capable of accommodating five different models of mini hydraulic excavators.
• Updated the main plant layout with new subassembly designs.
• Designed small subassembly lines to feed the main assembly area based on existing process.
Thermo King Corporation
Manufacturing Engineer/Line Supervisor November 2010 – June 2012 Louisville, GA
• Combined three assembly lines into one to make room for incoming product lines.
• Assumed responsibility for implementing new product lines into the facility.
• Integrated two new shuttle bus HVAC units into full production, taking steps to incorporate this new functionality with three existing shuttle bus HVAC units.
• Consulted with design engineers to improve HVAC units while simplifying their manufacture.
• Supervised the manufacture of HVAC units on the new product line.
• Supervised the coil manufacturing department while improving upon the existing manufacturing process, resulting in an increase in production from 4.3 hours per coil to 2.01 hours per coil.
• Transitioned three assembly lines to from Louisville, GA facility to Hastings, NE.
• Transitioned coil fabrication department from Louisville, GA facility to Trane facility in Columbia, SC.
Manufacturing Engineer Intern March 2010 – November 2010 Louisville, GA
• Assisted in setting up a new assembly line to incorporate three new transit bus HVAC units.
• Assumed responsibility for designing new flow racks to present purchase parts for assembly.
• Assisted in relocating the tube fabrication department in order to make it more lean.
• Updated plant drawings in AutoCAD.
• Managed projects for other interns.
Lowe’s Companies, Inc.
Zone Manager May 2007 – May 2008 Brunswick, GA
• Worked with a team of three other managers to set up and oversee the construction and completion of a new retail facility.
• Managed a team of associates fluctuating in number from sixty-five to seventy employees.
• Overs...
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