Steven J. DeNolf

**** ***** **** ****

Sylvania, OH

43560

Residence: (419) 885-

5620

E-mail: acbzch@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Manufacturing professional with record of accomplishments in engineering

position with high volume automotive metal fabrication, assembly and

finishing operations. First hand experience with tube manufacturing, tube

forming and fabrication, stamping, machining, metallurgy, mechanical

assembly, welding, washing, painting, packaging and shipping. First hand

experience with self directed work teams, lean manufacturing, Total Quality

Management techniques and SPC methods.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

JAYTEC LLC 12/11 - 9/13

A division of L&W Engineering, this privately owned manufacturing facility

specializes in tube manufacturing, cutting and bending.

Senior Tube Mill Engineer

Primary responsibility is to establish tooling inventory and spare

components along with working with production personnel to improve safety,

quality and productivity along with helping to minimize down time and

provide maintenance with technical expertise and required repair parts.

SELECT MUSTANG SPECIALTY 5/08-12/11

Proprietor for sales and services, specializing in 1964-1968 Ford Mustangs.

Perform work as required or complete restorations, parts acquisitions,

engine building, body and paint specialist. Design and build of quarter

mile race car.

WOODSAGE

Privately owned manufacturing facility specializing in tube cutting and

fabrication along with assembly of conveyor rolls.

Manufacturing Engineer 5/07-

5/08

Responsibilities included CAD design of tooling and gaging, procurement of

capital equipment, productivity improvement, cost estimating, routings,

plant layout, Lean Manufacturing/Continuous Improvement, preventive

maintenance documentation, time and cost studies along with troubleshooting

of manufacturing equipment.

FAURECIA EXHAUST SYSTEMS, INC.

$9.2 Billion international manufacturer of automotive interiors, exteriors

and exhaust systems for original equipment and replacement market.

Capital Manager, NAOE Manufacturing Toledo, Ohio

4/03-1/06

Responsible for overseeing all capital for the division along with managing

the capital appropriation process along with ensuring that assets are

utilized to the maximum extent feasible.

. Support and analyze new business quotations

. Maintain an accurate listing of capacity equipment and

utilization thereof

. Manage surplus equipment and ensures this equipment is utilized

in place of new equipment where appropriate

. Participate in negotiations to purchase equipment

. Conduct studies and make recommendations relative to vertical

integration, capital consolidation and the like

. Establish the capital strategy and ensures that capital

decisions are consistent with that strategy

. Maintain divisional capital spending reports and coordinates

generation of capital budgets

FAURECIA EXHAUST SYSTEMS, INC.

$9.2 Billion international manufacturer of automotive interiors, exteriors

and exhaust systems for original equipment and replacement market.

Engineering Manager, Exhaust Manufacturing Facility, Louisville, Kentucky

8/01-4/02

Second in charge reporting to the plant manager. Responsible to provide

direction for Engineering, Toolroom and Maintenance personnel including,

but not limited to:

. New Product Launches;

. Facilities requirements/maintaining;

. Preventive/Predictive Maintenance Program;

. QS9000 Initiatives;

. ISO14001 Requirements;

. Lean Manufacturing/Continuous Improvement;

. Preparation of all Capital Appropriations;

. Process Documentation;

. Plant safety;

. Quoting and developing of manufacturing

processes;

. Specifying and purchasing of all Capital

Equipment and Gaging;

. Provide assistance to all internal customers as required;

THE BING GROUP

$500 Million Manufacturer of automotive stampings and assemblies, steel

strip, steel blanks (Bing Metals Group) and automotive seat assemblies and

mirrors (Bing Assembly Group) for original equipment and replacement

market.

Senior Engineering Manager The Bing Group, Detroit, Michigan

4/99-3/01

Senior ranking employee in the Engineering Department reporting directly to

the President. Responsible for managing, supervising, guiding, directing

and assessing the work of all Engineering Department Employees including,

but not limited to:

. Managing, reviewing and approving all quotes for "new product"

along with changes made to existing product;

. Purchasing all stamping dies, tools, fixtures and equipment

required to launch all new product and/or needed to make a

change to existing product;

. Managing the timely pre-production and production launch of all

"new product";

. Making customer-requested changes to existing product on a

timely basis;

. Managing and overseeing the activities of all shop floor

engineers including all continuous improvement activities;

. Co-coordinating, along with the company's Quality Assurance

Department, all PPAP functions;

. Co-coordinating and developing annual capital expenditure

budgets and creating, publishing, and distribution of user-

friendly reports that "report out" all Engineering Department

activities on a regularly scheduled basis;

TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE

$3.7 Billion international manufacturer of suspension systems (Monroe Auto

Equipment Company) and exhaust systems (Walker Manufacturing Company) for

original equipment and replacement market.

Staff Manufacturing Engineer, Corporate Headquarters, Monroe, Michigan

5/95-4/99

Oversee all North America tube manufacturing operations. Process

specialist including new process development, new product manufacturing

feasibility analysis, production capacity analysis, cost reductions, on-

site assistance with specific plant production problems.

. Achieved $1.5 million cost reductions, $2 million capital cost

avoidances;

. Cost estimating/Capital appropriations;

. Production/Process development for product prototype and production;

. New Project Introduction System Support (NPIS);

. System support - BOM, routings, MRP, SAP integration;

. New technology development;

FAYETTE TUBULAR PRODUCTS

$100 Million manufacturer of automotive air conditioning components for

original equipment and replacement market.

Research and Development Engineer, Corporate Headquarters, Troy, Michigan

6/93-5/95

Develop specific products and techniques, which advance the state of

development art and are consistent with Company's manufacturing systems at

competitive cost.

. Implement new products into production system;

. Initiate cost studies and cost reduction programs;

. Supervise and provide design information to other design teams;

. Recommend manufacturing, assembly and test facilities required;

. Define and establish test methods and procedures;

. Utilize experimental design techniques;

. Review and approve engineering documents;

. Maintain customer engineering contacts and technical communication;

. Prepare Capital Appropriations for required capital equipment;

MONROE AUTO EQUIPMENT COMPANY

$1.5 Billion International manufacturer of suspension systems for original

equipment and replacement market.

Staff Production Engineer, Corporate Headquarters, Monroe, Michigan

1988-1989

Staff Production Engineer, Georgia manufacturing Facility, Hartwell,

Georgia 1989-1993

New position resulting from Corporate Production Engineering

decentralization. Oversee all North America tube manufacturing operations

with emphasis on centralizing tube manufacturing in Hartwell, GA.

. Capital Appropriation Requests;

. Cost Estimating;

. Engineering Change Requests - review and initiation;

. New Production reviews;

. Engineering Specification reviews;

. New Product Launch Documentation;

. Provide machine setup/operating instructions;

. Establish preventive maintenance program;

. Cost reductions exceeding $1million annually;

. Resolution of production problems;

. Provide input for Capital Budgeting and development;

. Coordination of capacity expansion and equipment rearrangement for

tube manufacturing;

BUNDY CORPORATION

$265 Million International manufacturer of specialty tubing and performance

plastics for original equipment and replacement market along with

aerospace, chemical and military markets.

Senior Process Engineer, Warren Manufacturing Facility, Warren, Michigan

1977-1988

Tube manufacturing engineer and Drawn-Over-Mandrel specialist along with

implementation of Statistical Process Control as program coordinator.

. Process development and equipment installation for fuel injection

tubing;

. Design and installation of facility reclaim water system;

. Tooling design and control program for DOM tubing;

. Redesign and rebuild of equipment to improve quality and productivity;

. Implementation of preventive maintenance program;

. Cost reductions - machine automation for reduction in fixed and

variable costs;

. Program director for employee training for machinery setup and

operation. Director for hazardous waste management and worker right

to know;

. Facilitator for Employee Involvement meetings;

. Program administrator for lubricant and solvent reclamation;

. Plant safety engineer;

. Air make-up handling system design and installation;

. Process piping systems upgrade and exothermic gas generator rebuild;

EDUCATION

Attended Lawrence Institute of Technology with full scholarship -

BSEE 1975-1976

Associate Degree of Applied Science, Electrical Engineering

Technology, Macomb Community College, Warren, Michigan June 1980

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