Engineer Engineering

JOHN H. BURCH

***** *. ***** **** **, Sturgis, MI 49091269-***-****)260-***-****) cell

SUMMARY:

Over 20 years of experience in a manufacturing environment. Having

experience in both plastic and metal fabrication, project engineering and

manufacturing problem solving to eliminate production defects.

EXPERIENCE:

Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, Ill 2/2012

- Present

(Manufacture of construction and mining equipment)

Supplier quality development contract engineer

. Provide engineering support for supplier APQP implementation.

. Technical support to design engineering for PFMEA's.

. Support design engineering in launching new products.

International Truck and Engine Company, Fort Wayne, Indiana 2/2005 -

11/2011

(Manufacture of heavy and medium duty Trucks and Buses)

Project Engineer

. Providing engineering support in Interior design department for

engineering changes.

. Responsible for providing prototype material for manufacturing

builds.

. Technical support for product testing and prototype builds.

. Product cost analysis of proposed material.

Durakon Industries, Lapeer, Michigan

11/2003 - 10/2004

(Tier 1 supplier of automotive plastic body panels)

Contract Engineer

. Providing quality data to quality personal on performance at supplier.

. Responsible for all quality issues with raw material suppliers

and production material supplier.

. Technical support for advance product engineering projects.

Vulcan Industries, Sturgis, Michigan (Closed) 4/2000 -

3/2002

(Tier 2 supplier of automotive exhaust parts)

Purchasing / Process Engineer

Responsibilities included program implementation of welded automotive

subassemblies and tube bending for automotive suppliers and process

troubleshooting alone with advance quality planning and PPAP submission.

. Managed program launches of welded tube assembly.

. Produced production and equipment drawings for manufacturing.

. Reduced down time of production equipment.

Centrex Corporation, Findlay, Ohio 11/1996

- 6/1999

(Tier 1 supplier of automotive plastic injection molded parts)

Program Engineer

Responsibilities included program implementation for a tier 1 injection

molded automotive parts supplier. Duties included tool design follow-up,

engineering change implementation, production problem solving, advance

quality planning and PPAP submission.

. Interfaced with customer on engineering changes and quality concerns.

. Participated in design / upgrade engineering teams for product

enhancements.

. Directed APQP team on new product launches.

The Budd Company, North Baltimore, Ohio 9/1994 -

10/1996

(Tier 1 supplier of automotive plastic molded parts)

Production Engineer

Duties included improving production equipment, troubleshooting problems

with production equipment to maintain production schedules. Implementing

changes to increase productivity and reduce scrap.

. Enhanced production equipment for reliability.

. Corrected production deficiency to maintain efficiency.

General Dynamics Corporation, Lima, Ohio 3/1989

- 4/1994

(US Defense contractor of military vehicles)

Design Liaison Engineer

Duties have included reviewing and disposition of discrepant material,

identifying production problems and implementing corrective action. Setting

minimum requirements for production parts, also reviewing and submitting

changes to the product drawings.

. Support production enhancements for M1A1 tank production.

. Achieved proven cost reduction of welded assembly.

. Investigate / solve production problems.

EDUCATION:

The University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio 1984

Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering Technology

COMPUTER SKILLS:

-MS Word -Access -Microsoft Outlook -Word Perfect

-Power Point -Autocad -Excel -Solidworks

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