Terre Haute Plant Engineer

**/**** - **/**** *********** Manager

Columbian Home Products, Terre Haute, IN

Interim Plant Engineer, Maintenance Group Leader, Machinist

• Plant Engineer - Oversaw the maintenance of facilities, and machinery used in the making of enameled steel cookware. This included repairs to century old facility, and many machines used in the making of cookware, including presses, washers, boilers, enameling furnaces, conveying systems, etc. Work directly with vendors and subcontractors as required to accomplish our goals as a company.

• Maintenance Group Leader - Assist plant engineer with the organization of jobs, maintaining of facilities and machinery, guide and assist maintenance crew as needed, purchase parts, work with vendors, etc.

• Maintenance Mechanic - Responsible for the maintenance of facilities, as well as presses, boilers, air handlers, conveying systems, wrapping machines, and enameling equipment. This includes troubleshooting in electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and mechanical systems.

• Machinist - Specializing in making or modifying parts for existing or new machinery. Also, heavily involved in the maintenance of tooling and dies that are used in the making of metal cookware on presses, lathes, etc.

04/2012 - 06/2014 Process Engineer, Sales Engineer Marion Tool & Die Inc, West Terre Haute, IN

• Work directly with Aerospace, Automotive, and Agricultural companies, as well as Department of Defense engineers, and purchasers, to fulfill their machined, and fabricated component needs

• Create sketches of concepts or changes, then formalize drawings onto AutoCAD software. Also, extensive use of Adobe Pro to "redline" documentation for communication needs

• Use of Vista job tracking software to produce quotes, track time, create job or part processes, create shipping documents, and invoice as needed

• Use of Microsoft Word and Excel as well as Adobe Pro, in house, and via internet to communicate in house, and with customers and vendors

• Responsible for setting up new vendors to perform outsourced requirements such as finishes, heat treating, testing etc that could not be performed in-house.

• Achieved sales success bringing in several major new customers and building on these relationships to continuous repeat orders

• Quoting new work, which involved sourcing materials, outside vendors, and working with the Marion Tool production team to provide accurate quotes and delivery dates

DOUGLAS WHALLON

2374 W DUGGER AVE, WEST TERRE HAUTE, IN 47885

Phone: 812-***-****

Alt Phone: 812-***-****

Email: adzvpl@r.postjobfree.com

Objective

Ability Summary

• Proven fabricator, machinist, machinery designer, purchaser, salesman, and plant manager

• Have overseen the production of, and rebuilding of, several hundred machines in use throughout the North American Continent

• Provided excellent just-in-time, on call, machine maintenenace services throughout the midwest

• Proven communication skills within company, with vendors and suppliers, government agencies, as well as customers

Employment History

04/2010 - 01/2012 Design Engineer/ Project Supervisor PDF Inc, Brazil, IN

Work directly, and indirectly, with customers through inside salesmen to fulfill their welded product needs. Includes making and reading blueprints, updating changes, testing products for performance, and finishing products per customer requirements

Create sketches of concepts or changes, then formalize drawings onto AutoCAD or Autodesk Inventor Modeling software for complete drawing package.

Use of Job Boss job tracking software to produce quotes, track time, create shipping documents, and invoice as needed.

Responsible for ordering all materials to complete jobs as needed Work directly with heads of other departments such as laser tables, brake presses, machine shop, shipping manager etc, to ensure timely delivery of components and complete assemblies or machines.

03/2008 - 05/2009 Metal Fabricator

Yankee Steel Inc., Terre Haute, IN

work directly with customers to fulfill their welded product needs, this includes making and reading blueprints, updating changes, testing products for performance, and finishing products per customer requirements MIG and Stick welding in a variety of enviroments. operation of burn table, metal shear, and metal brake, drill presses, milling machine, and various electrical and pnuematic handtools. purchasing items needed for shop operation and customer projects. Industrial Mechanical Technology

Bachelor's Degree

Indiana State University, IN

Mechanical Engineering

2 Years of College or a Technical or Vocational School Rose Hulman, IN

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Education History

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Honors & Activities

• National Honor Society, Who's Who, Basketball Mental Attitude Award, various other academic and atheletic awards.

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