Project Manager Engineer

THOMAS V. CARROLL

**** ****** **** ( Arlington, TX 76011 ( 817-***-**** (

ablwr8@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

My goal is to secure a Manufacturing Engineer position in a company where

my extensive knowledge will contribute to the overall growth of the

company. I thrive in a team-oriented environment, naturally gravitate

toward defining problems, collecting data and establishing facts to draw

valid conclusions, adept at investigating manufacturing problems to

determine root causes and initiate corrective actions, and have an ability

to handle multiple projects and shift gears frequently.

BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

Contract Employment - Southlake, TX

February, 2009 - October, 2009

CAD Designer

Responsible for detailing all aspects of railroad car design and

construction and coordinating finished drawings with Project Engineers and

organization of electronic files.

. Utilizing Auto CAD, coordinated with Project Engineers on the design,

development, and implementation of new railroad car drawings.

. Revised existing drawings per engineers for the improvement of

fabrication of components and construction of railroad cars.

Trinity Industries, Inc. - Dallas, TX

March, 2005 - November, 2008

Tank Car Designer

Responsible for detailing all aspects of railroad Tank Car design and

construction and coordinating finished drawings with Project Engineers and

organization of electronic files.

. Utilizing Auto CAD, coordinated with Project Engineers on the design,

development, and implementation of new tank car drawings.

. Revised existing drawings per engineers and/or plant liaison engineers

for the improvement of fabrication of components and construction of tank

cars.

. Checked BOM called out against BPCS to verify the correct part/material

was used.

. Member of the 5S team, where I provided charts and graphs on the

performance of weekly inspections, posting the results within the

department.

Contract Employment - Arlington, TX

August, 2003 - December, 2003

Technical Writer

Responsible for writing manufacturing, testing and inspection procedures

for company qualifying for ISO certification.

. Wrote procedures for the building of rubber bladders used in raising and

lowering off-shore drilling platforms and submarines.

SPM Flow Control, Inc. - Fort Worth, TX

September, 2001 - July, 2003

Manufacturing Engineer

Created and updated part routings from Engineering drawings by following

company and ISO 9001 procedures throughout the manufacturing process.

Thomas V. Carroll Resume - Page 2

. Worked with outside vendors to optimize the changing of tool holders and

insert, thereby establishing a substantial cost savings (45 minutes

setup) and reduction of the part cycle time.

. Designed and implemented a setup and tooling sheet allowing the operator

to change only one insert to produce numerous parts and reducing the

setup time.

. Coordinated with N/C Lathe and Mill programmers the release of programs

for the different work center cells.

. Utilized Auto CAD drawings to establish procedures and work instructions

for Crating Department in order to protect products during shipments

within the United States and internationally.

. Assisted Warehouse Department in packaging and shipping procedures.

TUBE FORMING, INC. - Carrollton, TX

April, 1999 - October, 2001

Manufacturing Engineer, Field Product Technical Support

Utilizing Auto CAD, provided conceptual design, development and

implementation of pre-production products, tools, and fixtures for

production lines; created, maintained and controlled parts routing and

procedures throughout the manufacturing process utilizing ISO 9001

procedures.

. Project Coordinator for Carrier-France. Designed parts from conception

through packaging and shipping to Lyon, France.

. Revised existing components and tooling drawings for the improvement of

fabrication of parts through production.

DECIBEL PRODUCTS - Dallas, TX February,

1996 - March, 1999

Manufacturing Engineer, Method Technician A

Created, maintained and controlled assembly documentation; developed

assembly guides, procedures, and illustrations; worked with assembly

personnel to solve manufacturing problems and optimize manufacturing

processes; directed and reported project progress.

. Performed time studies, work measurement, methods time measurement,

operator evaluation and performance, cost estimating, and

established/coordinated the improvement of manufacturing routing and

production procedures.

. Utilized Auto CAD to provide conceptual design, development,

documentation and implementation of tools and fixtures for the

improvement of antennas, filters and rack assemblies.

. Analyzed, documented, and implemented assembly process refinement;

researched, recommended and justified purchase of assembly aids, tooling,

and fixtures.

. Participated as a Core Team Member of several Product Business Units

(PBU's) and presented presentations bi-annually to upper management

regarding status of each unit.

. Provided departmental layouts in order to improve Continuous Flow

Manufacturing (CFM) and line balance within the Kanban requirements.

. Flow-charted the manufacturing process of products through the

departments. Documented, submitted and followed through on Pre-

Productions and Engineering Change Notices (ECN's).

EDUCATION

CCE Training Center, Inc., Arlington, TX, (Certified program in Auto CAD in

2D, 3D, Modeling & Designer). Southern State College, Magnolia, AR, Grayson

County College, Denison, TX, and Richland College, Dallas, TX.

COMPUTER LITERACY

Auto CAD, BPCS, eB, Microsoft Word for Windows, WordPerfect, Excel,

PowerPoint, Project Manager, E-Mail, Flow Chart, ClearProcess, Easytrieve,

and SAS

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