Engineer Quality Control

William R. "Rick" Rushing

**** ******** ****

Godfrey, IL 62035

Phone: 618-***-**** ? Cellular: 618-***-****

Email: abir1t@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Schoeneweis Tool & Die Co., Inc. - Wood River, IL

Engineer

. Created and maintained a 5,000 plus hand-drafted and Computer-Aided

Drafting and Design (CADD) drawing library

. Maintained open lines of communication with machine shop personnel

. Designed and oversaw the fabrication of six machines used to annually

produce eighty percent of the aluminum conduit couplings in the United

States

. Designed specialty packaging equipment to form corrugated boxes from

box blanks, customers included: Borden Chemical, DuPont, Duracell,

IBM, Kaiser Aluminum, and Mead Container

. Worked on projects for the oil, steel, mining, textile, waste, and

recycling industries

. Experienced in reverse engineering parts for customers

. Established inventory management and quality control procedures

. Provided value added services as a consultant to new and existing

customers

. Built a small office network and maintained equipment

Trenco, LLC - Trenton, IL (Schoeneweis Company)

Engineer

. Joined a three-person restructuring team and launched an aggressive

revitalization plan of an underperforming Schoeneweis Company

. Designed tooling and fixtures for five new pieces of key equipment

purchased the first year, which improved efficiencies, increased

production levels, and quality

. Converted a hand-drafted library, consisting of more than 1,000

drawings, to CADD

. Worked one on one with the Marketing Director and Engineers at Rug

Doctor to redesign the point of purchase displays used to display

their carpet cleaning machines and products in grocery, drug, and

hardware stores

. Designed, manufactured, and distributed more than 6,000 point of

purchase displays to Lowe's stores nationwide to display do-it-

yourself books and magazines

. Designed, manufactured, and distributed more than 500 point of

purchase displays to promote a new line of specialty candles

. Streamlined office procedures by implementing new Enterprise Resource

Planning (ERP) and Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP) software

solutions to facilitate job bidding, customer and order management,

bill of materials development, inventory control, material purchasing,

production scheduling, and cost analysis

. Provided technical assistance during a three month transition period

after the company was sold

4OurCause.com - Wood River, IL (Schoeneweis Company)

Technical Staff Member

. Oversaw the redesign of 4OurCause.com, an online fundraising program

that generates revenue for nonprofit organizations when members shop

online with participating retailers

. Established and maintained affiliate relationships with more than 600

online retailers

. Utilized standard and customized tools to develop and modify website

display and to distribute newsletters and marketing materials

EDUCATION:

Ranken Technical College - St. Louis, MO Graduated

1976

. Mechanical Design and Drafting Technology

Lewis & Clark Community College - Godfrey, IL 1985 - 1986

. Computer-Aided Drafting and Design (CADD)

PERSONAL INTERESTS:

. Manage a golf league and organize an annual golf tournament

. Member of a St. Louis Cardinals season ticket holder group since 2003

. Website design

. Graphic design

. Photography

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