Manager Engineer

David L. Jaques

**** ******* ****** • Holly Hill, SC., 29059

803-***-**** Home • 803-***-**** Cell

******.*****@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

• Engineering Management professional with 25+ years experience in manufacturing and

product development with expertise in optimizing organizational processes.

• Highly skilled in rubber processing, machining, metal forming, project management and

product launch.

• Proven track record of cost reductions gained through process improvements, productivity

gains through improvement initiatives and reduced product development cycle times.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

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End to End Project Hands on Management Leadership Development

Management Style

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Compression / Injection Vendor Management Change Management

Molding / Extrusion

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Rubber Compounding Group Facilitation Decision Making

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Product Development and Internal Quality Auditor APQP, DFM/DFA,

Design Execution QS9000 / TS16949 / DFMEA, PFMEA and

AS9100 PPAP

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Extensive Product Launch Metal Forming Processes Problem Identification /

Experience Solutions

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Strategic Planning / Metal Machining Lean Manufacturing

Leadership Processes Principles

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Six Sigma Methodology MS Project Pro/E, AutoCAD,

Unigraphics

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Federal-Mogul Corporation, Sealing Systems Division, Summerton, SC 2006-

Rubber to Metal Bonding, Rubber Gaskets, Modular Assemblies

Product Development Supervisor

• Manage a team of three prototype technicians and with a 50% increase in sample orders

and no additional manpower, maintained the goal of 90+% on-time delivery performances

for the past two years.

• All gasket design work was brought in house with the first year savings of $95,000 as a

result of mentoring and training the three CAD designers.

• Reduced material test pilot run backlog by 93% as a result of extensive rubber compound

and processing knowledge.

• With over 11 years product development experience, over 50% of all new product designs

have been submitted for redesign to satisfy DFM/DFA.

• Perform Engineering Manager and Product Launch functions in their absence.

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David L. Jaques, 803-***-****

Freudenberg-NOK, Oring Division, LaGrange, GA 2001-2005

Rubber to Metal Bonding, Rubber Gaskets and Orings

New Product Launch Manager

• Instrumental in the development of the new product launch model for the facility.

• Managed in excess of 200 new product launches for both the LaGrange, GA and Querétaro,

Mexico facilities representing over $20 Million in sales revenue.

• Launched over 60 new products representing sales revenue in excess of $6 Million with

98% completed on time, within resource and capital budgets.

• Chaired the teams that won all of the Siemens Pisa fuel system business and two Bosch

Diesel sealing packages representing a total of 35 new parts resulting in over $12 Million in

additional sales revenue.

• Fashioned the two sample lab technicians into a self-directed team that improved on-time

sample delivery to 100%.

• Worked closely with the materials manager developing over 20 new rubber compounds

addressing vision system part presence issues at Delphi, Siemens, Visteon and Bosch.

GKN Automotive Incorporated, Alamance Facility, Mebane, NC 1996-2001

Automotive Halfshafts and Driveshafts

Program Manager

• Established a direct reporting simultaneous development team of four engineers that within

two years made the Alamance facility the benchmark for new product launch.

• Installed a manufacturing execution system in a pilot cell that generated real-time production

data enabling faster, more accurate decision making for the cell.

• Trained cross-functional groups in project management working with their existing projects.

• Was part of the corporate team that developed the value stream maps for all current

corporate level GKN business processes.

• Launched over 26 new programs representing capital investments of $25.5 Million

completing more than 97% within time, resources and capital budgets.

Allison Transmission, Indianapolis, IN 1988-1995

Automatic Transmissions

Production Unit Supervisor/Senior Manufacturing Engineer

• As engineer/supervisor, fashioned a highly productive empowered work group using lean

manufacturing principles.

• Launched and completed a major transmission housing machining in-sourcing project

representing a savings of $3.7 Million. A key step being the reduction in transfer line

changeover time from five days down to 24 hours.

• Developed and managed a 30 station transfer line machine overhaul program with a capital

investment in excess of $1 Million which was completed on time and under budget.

• Brought all housing process documentation into compliance with ISO9000.

EDUCATION AND AFFILIATIONS

Bachelors of Science, Mechanical Engineering from Indiana University-Purdue University,

1979, Indianapolis, IN

Society of Manufacturing Engineers

Project Management Institute

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