MICHAEL D. COOPER

*** ***** ***** ***** *******, TN. 37641 Cell (423) 426-

**** acpbij@r.postjobfree.com

Job Objective: A position in Manufacturing / Process / Industrial

Engineering.

Areas of Expertise: Project Management Operator Work

Instructions and Routings Process Improvements

Time Studies and Line Balancing

Tooling Procurement Customer

Relations

Work Experience:

COMMERCIAL FURNITURE GROUP Newport, TN

Contract Industrial Engineer

March 2012 to March 2015

. Designed and engineered commercial upholstered furniture.

. Reviewed custom quotes for material requirements and

manufacturing costs.

. Audited Bills of Materials and labor calculations.

DENTSPLY TULSA DENTAL PRODUCTS Johnson City, TN

Contract Engineer June 2010

to February 2011

. Defined a new process to decrease the labor requirements by

10%.

. Project leader responsible for the new process validation.

MAHLE INC. Morristown, TN

Packaging Engineer August

2005 to October 2009

. Sourced and Procured all reusable packaging.

. Designed expendable packaging for finished goods.

. Created packaging specifications for purchased packaging

materials.

. Generated the Design and Process FMEA's for packaging.

. Participated in the Production Parts Approval Process for

new product packaging.

FIVE RIVERS ELECTRONIC INNOVATIONS Greeneville, TN

Senior Industrial Engineer June 1997

to August 2005

. Coordinated trial production runs for new products.

. Developed manufacturing processes for assembly and test of

televisions.

. Established and maintained labor routings.

. Identified and requisitioned new tooling or facility

requirements.

. Estimated rework costs for vendor components and finished

goods.

SOUTHERN TOOL Greeneville, TN

Tool Engineer October

1995 to February 1997

. Designed Zinc die cast molds and progressive stamping dies.

HURD CORPORATION Greeneville, TN

Tooling Engineer November 1993

to October 1995

. Troubleshot existing tooling and coordinated repairs,

corrections or modifications.

. Purchased molds and replacement tooling.

NUMARK, INC. (formerly FAR INDUSTRIES) Greeneville,

TN

Industrial and Methods Engineer March

1988 to November 1993

. Responsible for time studies, work instructions and

establishing production rates.

. Introduced Progressive Assembly Lines resulting in a 50%

increase in production quantity.

. Initiated plastics injection molding program and purchased

mold tooling.

. Implemented a tool calibration program and conducted

Repeatability and Reproducibility Studies.

Michael D. Cooper Cell (423)-

426-3776 Page 2

Educational Background:

B.S. Degree, Manufacturing Engineering Technology.

December 1987.

East Tennessee State University. Johnson City, TN

Computer Skills: Microsoft Office; A/S400, Baan, SAP and Business Pro

database software's.

AutoCAD 2015, IBM Catia, and Teksoft CAD

software's.

References:

David Burgner, Project Engineer

Commercial Furniture Group

Newport, TN 37821

Cell phone: 423-***-****

Jeff Peters, Mechanical Engineer

Dentsply Tulsa Dental Specialties

Johnson City, TN 37604

Cell Phone: 423-***-****

Kenneth Dewitt, (retired) Test Engineering Manager

Five Rivers Electronic Innovations

Greeneville, TN 37744

Cell phone: 423-***-****

Richard Hopson, Production Unit Team Leader

John Deere Power Products

Greeneville, TN 37743

Cell phone: 423-***-****

Jake Bowers, General Manager

Miller Industries

Greeneville, TN 37745

Cell phone 423-***-****

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