Thomas Wesley Best

abl6kr@r.postjobfree.com

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

Morganton, North Carolina 28655

828-***-****

OBJECTIVE:

To obtain a position in Engineering or Manufacturing that will utilize the

precision manufacturing skills, I have obtained though past work experience

and schooling.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

FN Manufacturing LLC. Columbia, South Carolina

Manufacturing Engineer August 2008-May 2009

FN Manufacturing produces 70% of the United States small arms (I.E M16,

M240, M249 and the MK48). As a Manufacturing Engineer at FN Manufacturing

LLC. my responsibilities were broken into three different engineering

groups:

Manufacturing

. Responsible for keeping swage/cold forging machine line and the

line processes running

. Understand precision machining and Micron Tolerancing (1 Micron or

.004 min tolerance)

. Understanding Geometric dimensioning and tolerance and applying

them to company product

. Troubleshooting machine problems and processes

. Implementation of new product line for each machining station

. Continuous improvement of process

. 5S

. Lean Manufacturing.

. Assemble test materials and conduct tests to improve process

. JIT/JIC ordering and shipping

. Supervise machine maintenance and operators

. Responsible for ordering spare machine parts and tooling

. CNC lathe and milling

. Working under DOD standards

Quality Control

. Monitor and control good VS. bad parts

. Determining what quality checks needed to be in place to make sure

bad parts do not move down the line

. Metrology Measurement devices (IE, Micro-Hite, calipers,

micrometers, gage blocks and depth gages, comparators)

. Continuous improvement of product

. Track tooling

. Familiar with ISO 9000:2001 Standards

. Working under DOD standards

. Participating in first article inspections

. Internal Auditing

Design

. Design and assemble fixtures and spare parts using Pro Engineer

. Working under Department of Defense Standards

. Design and assemble assembly tooling

. Working under DOD standards

. Understanding and implementing GD&T and very tight tolerances

Toner Machining Technologies Inc. Morganton, North

Carolina

Design Engineer Intern December 2007-August

2008

Toner Machining Technologies Inc is a job shop that manufactures

workholding fixtures and turnkeys for companies such as Caterpillar,

Turbomeca, Getrag and BorgWarner Turbo. As a Design Engineer my

responsibilities were:

. Responsible for designing machine fixtures and work holding devices

using Solidworks

. Geometric tolerancing dimensioning on precise locating datum's

. Created Engineering drawings and details for full assembly and job

shop parts

. Revamped in-house workholding fixtures to hold new parts in order to

save company money

. Depending process engineer, machinist and an assembly team to complete

a project

. Complete monthly safety checks to verify the plant and employees were

working within OSHA Standards

. Produce complete plant layout

. Keep up to date plant layout records and advise on movement or

placement of new machine

. Searched for Government contracts and learned how to submit to them

when found

EDUCATION:

Western Carolina University Cullowhee, North

Carolina

Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology August

2003 - December 2007

GPA: 3.192

Career Highlights/ Qualifications

. Investigated, reengineered and corrected a machine that had not been

running for 6 months which enabled us to reach our production goal in

half the time

. Developed a tool tracking and monitoring system

. Created running QC charts and posted them for the shop floor to see

. Developed processes for better quality control

JOB RELATED SKILLS:

Occupational Safety Standards Workman's Compensation

Experience

Engineering Project Management GD&T

Vendor Interface Excellent Computer Skills

Internal Auditing PLC reading and simple

writings Precision measurements and machining

Safety Walks (Commercial)

COMPUTER SKILLS:

AutoCAD Solidworks

Pro Engineer Wildfire 3.0/4.0 Labview

Surfcam OneCNC

Mastercam Matlab

Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Power Point, Project)

HONORS, ACTIVITIES, & COMMUNITY SERVICE:

Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity (Vice President) Sigma Alpha Epsilon

Fraternity (Correspondent)

Lead Facilitator for Greek Leadership Conference Deans List

Society of Automotive Engineers Ducks Unlimited Committee

Volunteer

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