Mark A. Thompson

**** ******** ** * Cammack Village, AR 72207 * 501-***-****

Email: abnmel@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE To acquire a position as a mechanical engineer that encourages growth and allows a chance to

enhance my job experience and my education.

EDUCATION 1994, B.S., Mechanical Engineering Technology, University of Arkansas at Little Rock

12 hours basic DFMEA Training (Awarded by the American Management Assoc. through

International Truck and Engine Corp.’s Ft. Wayne facility).

TECHNOLOGY AutoCAD Releases 13-14 & 2000, Unigraphics V17.0, V18.0 (Customized Version & Solid

SKILLS Modeling), Catia V4.0 2D & 3D Solid Modeling, Microsoft Office

WORK EXPERIENCE

2008-Present Customer Service Representative – FTD, North Little Rock, AR.

Responsible for answering customer service calls and processing orders. Also assisted with

training and mentoring of new representatives.

2006-2007 Design Engineer – Interiors Engineering, Dassault Falcon Jet, Little Rock, AR.

Worked plant-generated REA’s (Request for Engineering Action), in the form of bill of material

and drawing changes for various interior cabinetry sections of Falcon Jet planes.

2000-2005 Design Engineer – Special Engineering Group, IC Corp., Conway, AR.

School and transit bus body special option design per customer and dealer requests. Some

options included wheelchair track and tie-down systems, heaters and plumbing systems,

luggage compartments, mirrors and handrails.

1999-2000 Quality Engineer – Water Systems Products, Jacuzzi Brothers, Little Rock, AR.

Maintained product quality on plant-wide pump manufacturing lines. Duties included: daily

quality control audits of plant, inspection of various received vendor parts, failure modal

analysis of customer returned products, and verification of product performance.

Product Engineer – Pool and Spa Products, Jacuzzi Brothers, Little Rock, AR.

Product design, research and development product testing, engineering change requests and bill

of material changes. Also responsible for UL and CSA product testing for certification.

1996-1998 Project Engineer, Custom Engineered Products Co. (CEPCO), Little Rock, AR.

Designed custom earthmoving attachments for Caterpillar and competitor’s brands of

construction equipment. Major projects included the design and supervised fabrication of a

hydraulic conversion for a land-leveling scraper machine and a wood mill yard fork.

1995-1996 Graduate Research Associate at Industrial Assessment Center @ UALR, Little Rock, AR.

Performed energy audit work through electrical, natural gas, and process waste for industrial

plants.

1994-1995 Manufacturer’s Rep. Estimator & Sales Trainee – John Prince Co., Little Rock, AR.

Estimated air distribution equipment for new construction projects and preparing quotes for

job bids and job sales follow-ups.

1993-1994 Student Research Associate at Energy Analysis Diagnostic Center, UALR, Little Rock, AR.

Performed energy audits, engineering calculations, and compiling data into technical reports

containing various energy-saving recommendations for industrial plants in a federally funded

Dept. of Energy program.

**References and transcript available upon request**

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