Engineer Manufacturing
Resume:
Randy W. Lebioda
Chattanooga, TN 37415
*******@*********.***
Objective:
To obtain an engineering position utilizing engineering training, process related work experience, machine
programming, machinist expertise, and AutoCAD skills.
Education:
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering, 2007
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Associate of Science, 2002
Chattanooga State Technical Community College, Chattanooga, TN
United States Navy Machinery Repairman ‘C’ School Certificate, 1985
Naval Training Command, San Diego, CA
United States Navy Machinery Repairman ‘A’ School Certificate, 1982
Naval Training Command, San Diego, CA
Two year Certificate in Machine Shop, 1978
Thornton Fractional Vocational Center, Calumet City, IL
Experience:
2007 - 2010
Blue Bird North Georgia
LaFayette, Georgia
Manufacturing Engineer
• Manufacturing engineer supporting the assembly line 2 activities.
• Technical support included supplying drawings and any interpretations of drawings when needed.
• Kept line associates informed of any changes affecting the line by working with the liaison engineer.
• Worked with tooling to modify any existing tooling affected by part design changes.
• Designed new drill jigs to eliminate re-work or improve part installation process: i.e. roof top static
vent installation, roof mounted evaporator bracket installation, rear clearance lights location jig.
• Designed a new light weight ergonomic bucking bar which eliminated handle breaking issues and
reduced physical handling fatigue for the line associates.
• Issues concerning bill of materials discrepancies were analyzed using ERP-LN system and corrected
through a technical change request to the design group. All part fit issues or part irregularities were
handled by informing the Fort Valley design group via a technical change request.
• Analyzed quality issues and implemented corrective measures such as designing a front cap paint
shield which reduced front cap paint peeling warranty claims.
• Researched and implemented process change that increased rear exit door opening space, which
eliminative greater than 75% of door fit issues.
• Designed a no-go gage to check lift door latch bolt location which eliminated 100% of costly re-
work.
• Project liaison between vendors and plant maintenance that extended a chain drive conveyor for
processing bus seat frames; Chain conveyor moved the seat frames from the welding station through
the cleaning\pre-treatment and painting processes. 20’ addition of the chain conveyor allowed all
three welding stations to be moved next to the conveyor, eliminating the need to push the assemblies
to the chain conveyor. Project saved the company approximately $50,000 annually through better
line handling efficiency.
• Engineering project liaison for implementation of a new seat frame cleaning/rust pre-treatment
chemical system that eliminated using a gas heater for the original cleaning/coating solution and
saving $30,000 annually.
• Created a new production equipment layout and directed the re-location of seat vinyl cutting/sewing
and seat assembly stations to create a continuous flow to the Finish Line 1 operations allowing for
one associate to be moved to another department.
• Conducted and reported on various time studies done throughout the plant.
• Created a new plant layout with AutoCAD and plant process flow diagrams with MS Visio. The
plant shop floor was approximately 250,000 square feet.
2005 – 2007
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (Facilities Management Department)
Engineering CO-OP/Full Time Student
• Created and updated multi-level building floor plans using AutoCAD to facilitate future planning
and general organization.
• Catalogued building drawings and reorganized storage.
• Maintained original “as-built” drawings.
• Created a new full campus map using AutoCAD by referencing hard copy drawings, taking
measurements and electronic drawing files. Map was referenced often by the facilities management
department to determine locations for future buildings or renovations. Did best fits scenarios at
different campus property locations to determine maximum building size for new constructions such
as the campus wellness center.
• Created parking lot layouts for the facilities department to maximize the parking spaces in a
proposed or re-arranged lots.
• Updated the campus zoning maps and data for the Chattanooga -Hamilton County Regional
Planning Committee needed to obtain building permits.
2004
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Full Time Student
2001 – 2003
Ixion Ceramics, Inc.
Chattanooga, TN
Company Engineer/Technical Specialist
• Wrote all CNC G-code dicing machine programs for the saw department. The departments MTI
dicing machines had a state of the art vision system which allowed setting part offsets from screen
printed features. Individual parts were cut from arrays and part geometry differed making it
necessary to create approximately 40 different part specific programs. Part tolerances could be as
small as +/- .0005” for high end parts.
• Trained all saw department setup personnel to use new dicing equipment and also in using the part
specific CNC programs. Each program had specific parameters based on the part geometry so
training for each part type was essential for producing quality work at high yields.
• Decreased expensive diamond/resin dicing blade breakage by 50% in the saw department by
modifying speed and feed parameters.
• Eliminated 2 major dicing defects that increased product yields: part burrs due to blade wear and
part edge chipping which was caused by poor setup and chips on the blade causing interrupted cuts.
1992 – 2000
CoorsTek, Inc.
Chattanooga, TN
R&D Technician
• Built prototype and high end parts with semi-precious and precious materials utilizing punching,
metal fill, screen printing patterns, lamination and box kiln firing. Also set up and analyzed results
from firing profiles using a box style kiln.
• Championed a lamination process that increased a major product yield by 25%. The part had a cavity
and the cavity floor would bow up at the lamination process causing poor product yields. Worked
with a variety of materials to create a cavity insert which filled the cavity at lamination and stopped
the floor from bowing. Also used a refrigeration step to assist in cavity insert removal. The
lamination process was heated so the refrigeration step was devised to cool the array and as it slowly
contracted it naturally pulled away without any damage to the cavity floor surface.
• Invented a scale prototype machine to laminate prototypical test parts for sampling automotive
exhaust emissions. The machine was designed to wrap and laminate a ceramic layer around a
ceramic rod.
• Responsible for maintaining/repairing fully automated IBM punch machine. The machine was fully
automated and was used to punch arrays for high end product line. The punch was extremely fast but
high maintenance due to its complex design. Maintaining the tool required replacing items such as:
pick up heads, bearings, z axis drives, controllers and faulty solenoids.
Special Skills:
Between 1978 and 1992 I worked as a job shop machinist making precision parts from blueprints. The close
tolerance work I did required me to utilize engine lathes, milling machines, surface grinders, cylindrical
grinders and drill presses. I have 4 school certificates in both general and advanced machine shop training.
Military Service:
I enlisted in the United States Navy in 1982 and was honorably discharged in 1987 after fulfilling a 4 year
active duty enlistment and a 1 year extension. My job rating was Machinery Repairman and I served aboard
the USS Proteus for 2 years and Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 for 3 years.
Awards: Machinery Repairman Class A School honors (GPA); Letter of Commendation, from Commander
Naval Construction Battalion, US Pacific Fleet, for professional achievement; Seabee of the Month, May
1985 for outstanding service while on deployment in Guam; Letter of Commendation, from Commanding
Officer NMCB5, for outstanding military service.
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