Daniel Hixson
**** **** ***** ***** ** - Soddy-Daisy, TN 37379
**********@*****.*** - (423) - 902-7986
WORK EXPERIENCE
Manufacturing Engineer
Heatcraft North America - Columbus, GA - May 2011 to Present
Manufacturing Engineer for assembly. Continuous improvement of assembly processes dedicated to improve
ergonomics, safety, quality, and delivery. TPM Coordinator, Controlled work content and capital projects, New
product training and implementation, FMEA, Created production line and department layouts, Fixturing and
database designer, Value-adding and cost savings team member. Liaison between design and manufacturing to
improve the value stream of process and information flow.
Lead Team Member, Press Department Improvement
Senior Project with Cummins Filtration - Cookeville, TN - January 2011 to April 2011
Improved utilization of automatic progressive die presses within the press
department while incorporating lean manufacturing and scheduling techniques. Applied SMED principals (single
minute exchange of die) to minimize die change over time. Increased safety and handling of large dies through
5S principles.
Manufactoring Engineer Co-op
Kysor/Warren - Columbus, GA - May 2010 to September 2010
Manufacturing Engineer Intern: Incident review and safety board, TPM training, A3 root cause analysis, process
improvements, implementation and training of dynamic OEE system, report generation and tracking, creation of
work instructions. Lead Team Member: New distribution center, duties including; plant layout, logistics, supervised
renovations,compliance with OSHA standards, controlled rental inventory, set up inventory storage and developed
control system, completed under budget and ahead of schedule.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering
Tennessee Technological University - Cookeville, TN
2006 to 2011
Associates of Science in Business Management
Chattanooga State Community College - Chattanooga, TN
2004 to 2006
SKILLS
AUTOCAD Mechanical Desktop software, VBA programming language, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint,
Access, Project, and Visio