Daniel Hixson

**** **** ***** ***** ** - Soddy-Daisy, TN 37379

ab9cgz@r.postjobfree.com - (423) - 902-7986

WORK EXPERIENCE

Manufacturing Engineer

Heatcraft North America - Columbus, GA - May 2011 to Present

Manufacturing Engineer for assembly. Continuous improvement of assembly processes dedicated to improve

ergonomics, safety, quality, and delivery. TPM Coordinator, Controlled work content and capital projects, New

product training and implementation, FMEA, Created production line and department layouts, Fixturing and

database designer, Value-adding and cost savings team member. Liaison between design and manufacturing to

improve the value stream of process and information flow.

Lead Team Member, Press Department Improvement

Senior Project with Cummins Filtration - Cookeville, TN - January 2011 to April 2011

Improved utilization of automatic progressive die presses within the press

department while incorporating lean manufacturing and scheduling techniques. Applied SMED principals (single

minute exchange of die) to minimize die change over time. Increased safety and handling of large dies through

5S principles.

Manufactoring Engineer Co-op

Kysor/Warren - Columbus, GA - May 2010 to September 2010

Manufacturing Engineer Intern: Incident review and safety board, TPM training, A3 root cause analysis, process

improvements, implementation and training of dynamic OEE system, report generation and tracking, creation of

work instructions. Lead Team Member: New distribution center, duties including; plant layout, logistics, supervised

renovations,compliance with OSHA standards, controlled rental inventory, set up inventory storage and developed

control system, completed under budget and ahead of schedule.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering

Tennessee Technological University - Cookeville, TN

2006 to 2011

Associates of Science in Business Management

Chattanooga State Community College - Chattanooga, TN

2004 to 2006

SKILLS

AUTOCAD Mechanical Desktop software, VBA programming language, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint,

Access, Project, and Visio

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