Engineer Sales Representative

WILLIAM E. FOX

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Lafayette, Indiana 47905

Cell: (765)412-9651email:******@*****.***

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEER

Experienced in all aspects of Industrial Engineering; planning/estimating

man-hours and material for costing analysis, plant operations with layout

modifications, plant safety and environmental concerns. Knowledgeable in

assembly methodology, mechanical problem solving and repairing, product and

process root-cause analysis and interfacing with manufacturing and

management personnel. Lean Manufacturing Engineer/Kaizen/5S/Value Stream

Mapping/Plant Layout/Ergonomics/Cost Estimator/Design Process Improvements;

create work standards, capacity-utilization-run-rate studies and Continuous

Improvement. Design of Current Condition and Proposed Processes. Design

Ergonomic Work Cells.

Strong Background Editing Design Prints, Creating Best Practices, Visual

Aids, Continuous Improvement for Manufacturing and Tests, FMS, Cost

Evaluations, Ergonomics Evaluations and Fixes. Document and Data Control,

Control of Customer Supplied Product, Product Identification and

Traceability, Process Control, Control of Non-Conforming Material,

Corrective and Preventive Action, Material Handling, Packaging and

Delivery. Strong Communication Skills, Over 20 years in varied Industrial

Environments and Team Oriented.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

August 2009 - Present - Subaru Automotive of Indiana State Road 38 East,

Lafayette, Indiana 47905

Contractor: with CTI Personnel

Assembly Operator

. I was trained in two areas of Subaru vehicles: trim,

chassis and engine assembly.

Feb 2008-Sept 2008- Caterpillar Inc. 3701 State Road 26 East,

Lafayette, Indiana 47905

Contractor: with Volt Technical Resources

Assembly Engineer

. I was assigned to the Caterpillar Production System (CPS)

team to develop "Standard Work" for the assembly operations.

. Developed S.O.P.s (standard operating procedures) for a 12

million dollar automated Clean & Paint System for their

Industrial Engines that came on line mid-March 2008.

. Participated in "Rapid Improvement Workshops" (R.I.W.s) to

implement Standard Work processes following the R.I.W.

improvements.

. Published and trained the operators to the Standard Work and

participated in the follow up Audits to ensure compliance to

the work standards.

Aug 2007-Dec 2007- I.E.T. Meco, Inc. 2121 South Main Street, Paris,

Illinois 61944

Contractor: with Belcan Engineering

Manufacturing Engineer

. I was assigned to a transition team to analyze the

manufacturing processes of a sister plant that is to be

consolidated into the Paris, Il plant. I traveled to

Huntsville, Al for 2 months to disseminate the manufacturing

operations and learn the dichotomy of the customer. Detailed

packets were delivered, that outlined critical operations with

detailed drawings and supporting fixtures, to the receiving

team at Paris, Il to integrate into their engineering an MRP

system. Production was established to provide supporting

details first then subassemblies leading to complete

manufacturing at the Paris, Il plant.

Sept 2006-Aug 2007- Wabash National Corporation 1000 Sagamore Pkwy South

Lafayette, Indiana 47905

Contractor: with Belcan Engineering

Industrial Engineer

. I was assigned to the Continuous Improvement Department; Kaizen

Event Team, utilizing Six-Sigma Strategies and Techniques. We

were analyzing current conditions and implementing future process

improvements; Charting process characteristics conducted for each

operation on a new production line. Report out to upper

management with recommendations after each event for their

approval and implementation. We trained each operator in new

standard data that will achieve cycle time within customer's new

requirements utilizing Lean Principles.

Feb. 2000 -Jan. 2006- Piezo Technologies 8431 Georgetown Road Suite 300

Indianapolis, In 46268

Industrial Engineer

. Coordinated the physical move of two plants into one, overseeing

all aspects of the consolidation.

. Member of the Lean Manufacturing Group responsible for New Plant

Layouts and implementation of equipment and processes.

. Researched and purchased several powder processing equipment to

reduce cycle times by 15 hours.

. Researched and used special coating processes for customer

specification, researched laser uses in manufacturing and

adapted to our products.

. Performed time studies to analyze and quantify processes and

fabrication costs.

Aug. 1994-Nov. 1999 - Fleetwood Travel Trailers of Indiana, 1635 Elmore

St., Crawfordsville, Indiana 47933

Safety/Environmental Coordinator

. Facilitated all safety programs, Workers Compensation claims,

Limited duty-programs to achieve the division's highest safety

award-1997&1998 and significantly reduced the Worker's Compensation

exposure for a 365-employee plant.

. Developed Environmental programs for compliance to State and

Federal regulations and implemented them into production processes.

Filed application, permit modifications for Title V, Part 70

permit issuance and the compliance monitoring programs mandated

through its issuance. These programs included: air emissions,

storm water pollution prevention and hazardous waste reductions.

May 1992-April 1994 - The Jonathon Corporation, 150 Boush St. Norfolk, Va

23501

Production Analyst

. Administrated the Cost control program for production activities to

accomplish US Navy Ship repairs at their two shipyards and the Norfolk

Naval Shipyard that included man-hour and material accounting for

specified production activities to control cash flow expenditures.

Dec. 1989 - May 1992 - Inorganic Coatings Incorporated, 500 Lap Road

Malvern, PA 19355

Technical Sales Representative

. Promoted a new concept to key personnel in the bridge, marine and

industrial steel markets for the prevention of steel corrosion.

Through an organizational network we promoted "Permanent Steel

Protection" using a single coat of NASA-developed 100% water-based

high ratio zinc silicate coating, via sales calls, technical seminar

presentation and technical spray-out sessions.

EDUCATION

C.E.R.T. (Community Emergency Response Team) 2003, Hendricks County,

Indiana

Made 2 Manage Systems-Certified Software Implementation Member 2003

Eastern Illinois University (Nine hours completed towards MBA program)

Danville, Illinois

Univel Computer Programming System - Hyster Forklift Co.

Indiana State University Terre Haute, Indiana Diploma-B.S. Industrial

Management

REFERENCES

Senator Tim Skinner-Terre Haute, Indiana 812-***-**** Personal

Randy Coakes -Piezo Technologies 317-***-**** ext. 260 Professional

Roger Ward- Danville, Indiana 317-***-**** Personal

Bruce Baugh - Lafayette, Indiana 765-***-**** Professional

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