Jeffrey E. Adams

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Knoxville, TN 37912

Cell Phone: 865-***-****

E-Mail: abuzqq@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION:

University of North Carolina at Charlotte (January 1988-July 1990)

Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology

Major: Electrical Engineering

Forsyth Technical College Winston-Salem, NC (1985-1987)

Associate in Applied Science

Major: Electrical Engineering Technology

EMPLOYMENT:

November 2012 – Present

Mesa Technologies, Inc, Knoxville, Tennessee 37932

Position: Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Management of schedules and budgets for a custom industrial equipment manufacture.

• Direct mechanical and electrical design managers on a daily basis to ensure that machine design

meets customer’s requirements and the requirements of what was quoted.

• Manage change notices to the customer to ensure the customer is satisfied and cost is controlled.

• Perform capability analysis on all machines to ensure error proofing and processes are capable.

• Manage runoffs with customers to fully qualify machines and completion of punch list items identified

during machine runoffs.

• Develop Concepts and cost for job proposals.

Accomplishments:

• Managed multiple projects from concept to delivery to customer that were on time and within budget.

June 2010 – November 2012

Exedy America Corporation, Knoxville, Tennessee 37806

Position: Senior Engineering Manager

Responsibilities:

• Management of budget and activities for Manufacturing Engineering, Process Engineering and

Maintenance for a tier I automotive supplier of automatic transmission torque converters. Total department

budget $8.5M and 71 members.

• Launch of new production Lines, Retrofit of production lines and Launch of new products. Control of

theses activities through APQP process and comprehensive use of PFMEA, Process Flow Diagram.

• Improvements in throughput of current processes by cycle time reduction, down time reduction and

improved operator ergonomics.

• Improvement of Maintenance department through improved training for technicians and supervisors,

reduction of turnover and expansion of supervisors responsibilities.

• Reduction of cost through labor reduction, scrap rate reduction, spare parts control and management of

overtime

• Types of process responsible for include CNC lathes, CNC mills, automated Mig / Tig welding, resistance

welding, laser welding, heat treat, stamping, helium leak test, and brazing.

Accomplishments:

• Promoted to Senior Engineering Manager from Process Engineer ( 10/18/10 )

• Improved line throughput by 18% through Lean activities.

• Launched 2 new production lines simultaneously

February 2009 – March 2010

Environmental Systems Corporation, Knoxville, Tennessee 37912

Position: Senior Engineer I

Responsibilities:

• System design, configuration and deployment of continuous emissions monitoring systems used at

electric power generation companies throughout the United States.

• Technical support for existing customers, training and report writing.

March 1997- February 2009

ARC Automotive, Knoxville, Tennessee 37921

Position: Principal Manufacturing Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Reduction of operating cost through scrap, cycle time and labor reductions.

• Applications and troubleshooting of controls and automation utilizing Allen-Bradley PLCs, Servo Drives

and Panel Views, Adept robots, Mitsubishi VFDs, Parker Servo drives, various vision systems, hydraulic and

pneumatic controls.

• Management and supervision of engineering projects.

• Specifications, qualification, acceptance and installation of capital equipment purchases.

• Support of maintenance for difficult and reoccurring controls and automation issues.

• Maintain process control through the use of Process Flow Diagram, PFMEA and Control Plan.

• Design and implementation of production tooling.

• Work with suppliers, customers, manufacturing and design engineering to solve technical problems and

implement new designs.

• Types of process responsible for include automated Mig / Tig welding, resistance welding, friction

welding, laser welding, plasma welding, helium Leak test, electrical testing.

Accomplishments:

• Promoted to Principal Engineer I from Senior Manufacturing Engineer ( 2/16/04 )

• Six Sigma DMAIC Black Belt certified ( 9/03 )

• Promoted to Senior Manufacturing Engineer from Manufacturing Engineer ( 11/99 )

• Six Sigma DMAIC Green Belt certified ( 3/99 )

• Implemented cost savings in excess of $450K using Six Sigma and Lean methodologies.

February 1992–March 1997

Matsushita Compressor Corporation of America, Mooresville, NC 28115

Position: Manufacturing Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Support of maintenance for difficult and reoccurring maintenance issues.

• Applications and troubleshooting of controls and automation utilizing Mitsubishi PLCs, Mitsubishi

Movemaster robots, Panasonic PanaRobo robots, Panasonic AW-500 welding robots, pneumatics,

automated screw driving systems, AC servo motors and stepper motors.

• Startup and qualification of new production lines.

• Reduction of operating cost through downtime, cycle time and scrap reductions.

• Management and supervision of engineering projects.

• Types of process responsible for include automated Mig welding, resistance welding, assembly and

measurement equipment, induction heating and automated screw systems.

Accomplishments:

• Promoted to Manufacturing Engineer from Manufacturing Engineer technician ( 1/94 )

• Successfully implemented a plant wide Automatic Guided Vehicle system for delivery of raw material, which

resulted in a reduction in labor cost and improved material delivery time.

November 1991-February 1992

Carolina Instrumentation Company, Winston-Salem, NC 27103

Position: Instrumentation and Controls Technician

Responsibilities:

• Installation and troubleshooting of control systems for industrial HVAC and environmental systems.

August 1990 – February 1991

Advanced Technology Engineering Systems,

TVA Watts Bar Nuclear Power Plant, Spring City, TN 37381

Position: Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Evaluation of engineering changes (ECN) and design changes (DCN) for their affect on fire safe shutdown

and NRC compliance.

• Review of installation documentation for Vendor supplied equipment to verify that vendor manual

requirements were followed per NRC guidelines.

COMPUTER SKILLS:

• RSLogix 500, RSLogix 5, Adept V+, Allen-Bradley Panel Builder, AutoCAD, Minitab, MS Excel, MS Word,

MS Project, MS Power Point.

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