James Hickey

Centerville, OH *****

937-***-****

acriy7@r.postjobfree.com

CAPABILITIES:

Manage purchasing, installation and qualification of new equipment.

Responsible for the purchase and installation of CNC and Robotic Welding equipment for Tier I Automotive suppliers in multiple sites.

Development of advanced medical devices, aerospace and automotive components.

New product development from initial design review through DFM.

CNC & Robotic Cellular manufacturing systems.

Work with sales and marketing to create quotes for new products.

Training manuals for all types of automated manufacturing equipment.

ISO Quality Manual, Process documents and 5S plans.

Certified Program Management through the University of Dayton’s Center for Leadership Development.

Completed training for DFEMA, PFEMA and PPAP compliance at the University of Dayton’s Center for Leadership Development

Certified for AUTOCAD & Solid Works 3D design software.

Paid for college as a Machinist & Model maker

Certified for CNC programming for OKUMA CNC machine integration.

3D printing and tailored fiber placement systems for composites development.

Green Belt in Six Sigma.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Program Management Consultant

ATW Automation Dayton, OH April 2015 to Present

(Tier I automotive supplier)

Responsible for the budgets of a 6 Million dollar project to manufacture Rear drive modules for General Motors and Ford.

Managed the daily operations of the build to print system that included 15 highly automated stations

Managed a crew of 20 Technicians and Engineers.

Worked directly with the client to meet goals and stay on schedule.

SolidWorks modeling and design.

Process Engineering / Program Management Consultant

ThyssenKrupp Bilstein of America Cincinnati, OH July 2014 to May 2015

(Tier I automotive supplier)

Responsible for developing new CNC & Robotic manufacturing systems for production.

Management of 4 engineers and 20 direct production employees.

Implementation of Toyota Quality system working directly with internal Quality Engineers, with a responsibility for writing many of the production processes and 5S standards

SolidWorks modeling and design

CNC programming

Injection molded parts, metal stamping & machining

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Engineering Manager/ Program Management Consultant

Fibrtec, Atlanta, TX March 2013 to July 2014

(Composites Company)

Responsible for the construction of the facility and ran the daily operations of a multi-million dollar operation for making thermoplastic materials for prosthetics devices, automotive and military clients.

Design and development of all manufacturing systems as well as next generation systems using SolidWorks.

Increases in capacity led to new contracts which allowed the Board to increase our cash flow.

Responsible for hiring and training all new employees as well as setting SMART goals.

Program Management.

Injection molding, plastics processing & machining

Senior Manufacturing Engineer (P2 level)

University of Dayton Research Institute 2007 to 2013

Principal Investigator over several development programs for prototype structures and components for medical devices, aerospace and other commercial applications. Created products that were deployed on the current fighter platforms, the International Space Station and the Mission to Mars delivery vehicle.

Facilities Manager over a multi-million dollar Materials Development Center for the State of Ohio.

Worked with multiple Engineering disciplines at the University to complete government projects using a variety of machining, manufacturing and welding technologies.

Managed 4 engineers and 6 technicians that supported daily operations.

SolidWorks modeling & design

Injection molding, polymer processing & machining

Senior Manufacturing Engineer / Program Manager

National Composites Center 2001-2007

Set up and created manufacturing cells for a variety of applications for use in the aerospace, medical devices and civil engineering solutions. I also created several re-designed components for the C-17.

Trained customers how to make composites parts with multiple technologies including injection molding, RIM, VARTM infusion and compression molding.

Direct supervision of 3 engineers and 15 technicians

SolidWorks modeling and design.

Engineering Model Shop Manager

Lau Industries 1996- 2001

Project management of the design and fabrication of prototype components and setting up new manufacturing cells that transition the new designs into production components in multiple U.S. plants.

Received a second degree in Management Science for organizational and management skills.

Direct management of 3 engineers and 6 technicians.

Manufacturing Engineer

Dayton Reliable Tool 1994-1996

My primary job function was to create new Cellular manufacturing systems to cut costs.

Created and managed a Team called “Time Busters” that was tasked to eliminate scrap and redesign components to increase efficiency.

Responsible for 30 machinists and technicians on a daily basis and helped maintain the daily operations and solve problems as needed.

Consolidated 4 satellite plants into one facility saving several hundred thousand dollars a year.

Manufacturing Engineer

McDonnell Douglas/ Boeing 1986 – 1994

Assisted in the design and built several manufacturing jigs and fixtures used to build the C-17 airplane.

Worked on several military and commercial jets as well as designing new aircraft component such as the air re-fueling boom, winglets now used on commercial jets and the super critical airfoil which increases the overall wing efficiency and performance.

Worked with the NASA Structures group that developed the first all composite fuselage for testing while working in Toulouse, France for an 18 month period.

After graduation of BS degree had 3 engineers and 10 machinists reporting to me during the Project development stage.

EDUCATION:

BS Manufacturing Engineering Technologies

Douglas University Long Beach, CA. 1989

BS Operations Management

Wright State University, Dayton, OH, 2001

MBA

University of Dayton, In Progress

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