TERRY W. TIPTON abgu63@r.postjobfree.com

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

Johnson City, Tennessee 37601

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

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEER . MANUFACTURING ENGINEER

Personable, straightforward, detail oriented engineer with considerable

experience in Industrial Engineering with manufacturing facilities which

place an emphasis on continuous improvement. Primary experience is in work

measurement, process flow, plant layout, and lean principles. Also possess

a hands-on knowledge of kaizen, 5S, ISO procedures, Autocad, predetermined

time systems, stopwatch study, routings, standard costing, equipment

justifications, cost quotations, material handling, and MS Office

applications. Hold Six Sigma Green Belt certification from Villanova

University.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

TPI Corporation, Gray, TN Sep

2010 - Present

Industrial Engineer

Responsible for performing time studies, process standards, and work

instructions, and coordinating into an ERP standard cost system. The

predominant focus at this point has been to take a startup approach in

developing a sound and well documented system for costing and new product

cost estimating.

AGC Flatglass North America, Abingdon, VA

Nov 2008 - Mar 2009

Quality Engineer

Entrusted to maintain and grow all quality systems within the plant.

. Lead the implementation of the ISOQuest document management

system.

. Organized and lead 3 successful 4 to 5 day 5S events which

resulted in improved safety and less time spent looking for materials.

. Underwent training in Six Sigma.

Position eliminated due to economic downturn.

Cooper Standard Automotive, Surgoinsville, TN

May 2008 - Oct 2008

Program Engineer

Lead and coordinated all activities involved with new product launches in a

Tier 1 automotive environment, serving as the primary contact between

Account Managers and the manufacturing facility.

. Produced launch documentation including process flows, bills of

materials, routings, tooling, and FMEA's.

. Lead new product kickoff meetings.

Position eliminated due to economic downturn.

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Huf North America, Greeneville, TN

2005 - May 2008

Industrial Engineer

Responsible for handling the classic IE functions in a Tier 1 automotive

environment including time study (stopwatch and 4M analysis), routings, 5S,

plant layout, line balancing, work station layout, PPAP's, run-at-rates,

packaging specifications, and value stream mapping.

. Coordinated a highly successful 5S program which drew the

accolades of

customers such as Nissan and VW and resulted in an estimated annual

cost savings of 125K.

. Earned Blue Card certification in 4M.

Parker Hannifin Corporation (formerly TRW Ross Gear), Greeneville, TN

1987 - 2005

Supervisor of Industrial Engineering 1999 - 2005

Industrial Engineer and Production Engineer 1987 -1999

Oversaw the activities of an Industrial Engineer and a Manufacturing

Engineering Assistant. Departmental accountability included plant layout,

time study and work standards, material handling methods and equipment,

routings, bills of materials, equipment justifications, and liquidating

surplus equipment.

. Introduced laser marking technology which increased production

capacity of I.D.

Plates by over 300%. Served as ANSI mandated Laser Safety Officer.

. Replaced outsourcing the cleaning of paint fixtures with a "fluidized

bed" process resulting in a significant per piece savings and

reduction of throughput time.

. Earned status as a licensed instructor in MTM-1 and traveled to

various TRW locations training and certifying engineers with MTM-1

Blue Cards.

. Recognized for 100K+ in lifetime cost reductions including corporate

recognition as Employee of the Month for a single cost reduction of

over 14K.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science, Engineering Technology, East Tennessee State

University

Six Sigma Green Belt, Villanova University

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

MTM-1 Licensed Instructor MTM

Association

4M Blue Card MTM

Association

Certified Technical Instructor TRW / Parker

Hannifin

Lean Manufacturing Harris

Lean Systems

Laser Safety Officer Laser Institute

of America

Foundations of Leadership

AGC

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Institute of Industrial Engineers, Society of Manufacturing Engineers,

Laser Institute of America, MTM Association for Standards and Research

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