Brian T. Jones
Stewartville, MN *5976
507-***-**** **************@*****.***
SUMMARY
Passionate Manufacturing Process Engineering professional with extensive experience in the
electronics industry. Skilled in all facets of production from implementation of new products
release through the development, implementation, documentation and builder training. Excellent
problem solving skills with the ability to effectively communicate technical information to non-
technical audiences. Proven success enhancing existing processes with new procedures,
knowledgeable of Lean Manufacturing, 5-S, as well Qs 9000 documentation.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
IBM CORPORATION 1998-2009
Manufacturing Process Engineer, Rochester, MN 2005 – 2009
Program manager for multiple processor builds in current production. Responsible for launching
of new products, which require working with the development engineers, the procurement team,
and Engineering change team.
• Led a Kaizen event and improved production by 5% TCO by reorganizing the area,
eliminated unused equipment and streamlining the flow.
• Set up a process that reduced shipping costs an estimated 840K annually by installing the
ship group into the bottom of the empty rack eliminating extra packages.
• Saved over 40k annually by developing the process that consolidated purchased systems
with parts of systems that would have been scrapped.
• Led a manufacturing interlock meeting where team leads brought concerns to engineering
which led to the development of a tool for handling processor blades.
• Worked with customer service personnel to quickly identify and remedy customer
satisfaction issues by shipping items of concern
Manufacturing Engineer, Endicott, NY 1998 – 2005
Program manager of control unit build along with RISC build and test.
Job responsibilities included quality inspection, project coordination, quotation evaluation, and
composing operation procedures.
• Worked with development to assemble prototype control unit to verify operations along
with setting up a vendor to build control units for production.
• Worked with manufacturing to improve yield to 95% by implementing first pass yield
documentation and interpreting the areas of improvement.
• Set up a Certified Spare Part (CSP) vendor for Printer Lasers that saved 10K annually.
• Set up CSP vendor for Programmed Hard drives with a 5K annual savings.
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BORG WARNER AUTOMOTIVE, Ithaca, NY 1996 – 1997
Metallurgical Engineering Assistant
• Processed tooth profiles to evaluate metallurgical structure after heat treatment then
presented the information to senior technician to adjust process accordingly.
• Assisted in Defective Material Investigations of in house as well as customer return
requests.
• Cast Iron & Powder meal, Steel, Daily inspection, Incoming Material Evaluations.
THE DEXTER CORPORATION, Olean, NY 1996
Mechanical Engineering Assistant
• Worked on tooling, cooling and cite survey of new equipment installation, in conjunction
with installation procedure of cooling jackets, redesigned the water jack for a 6 inch
Extruder.
• Purchased the tooling and assembled prototype extruder shaft, redesigned and molded the
tooling for 6 inch Extruder.
• Mechanical Design/Drafting with CAD, level 12.
• Assisted in Project Development, Created Multiple floor layouts for 6 inch Extruder.
EDUCATION
BS, Manufacturing Engineering Technology, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
AAS, Electrical Engineering Technology, SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at
Morrisville, Morrisville, NY
CERTIFICATIONS
Six Sigma Green Belt Certification
Lean Certification