Engineer Manufacturing
Resume:
Jeffrey E. Adams
Knoxville, TN 37912
Cell Phone: 865-***-****
E-Mail: *********@*******.***
EDUCATION:
University of North Carolina at Charlotte (January 1988-July 1990)
Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology
Major: Electrical Engineering
Forsyth Technical College Winston-Salem, NC (1985-1987)
Associate in Applied Science
Major: Electrical Engineering Technology
EMPLOYMENT:
November 2012 – Present
Mesa Technologies, Inc, Knoxville, Tennessee 37932
Position: Project Manager
Responsibilities:
• Management of schedules and budgets for a custom industrial equipment manufacture.
• Direct mechanical and electrical design managers on a daily basis to ensure that machine design
meets customer’s requirements and the requirements of what was quoted.
• Manage change notices to the customer to ensure the customer is satisfied and cost is controlled.
• Perform capability analysis on all machines to ensure error proofing and processes are capable.
• Manage runoffs with customers to fully qualify machines and completion of punch list items identified
during machine runoffs.
• Develop Concepts and cost for job proposals.
Accomplishments:
• Managed multiple projects from concept to delivery to customer that were on time and within budget.
June 2010 – November 2012
Exedy America Corporation, Knoxville, Tennessee 37806
Position: Senior Engineering Manager
Responsibilities:
• Management of budget and activities for Manufacturing Engineering, Process Engineering and
Maintenance for a tier I automotive supplier of automatic transmission torque converters. Total department
budget $8.5M and 71 members.
• Launch of new production Lines, Retrofit of production lines and Launch of new products. Control of
theses activities through APQP process and comprehensive use of PFMEA, Process Flow Diagram.
• Improvements in throughput of current processes by cycle time reduction, down time reduction and
improved operator ergonomics.
• Improvement of Maintenance department through improved training for technicians and supervisors,
reduction of turnover and expansion of supervisors responsibilities.
• Reduction of cost through labor reduction, scrap rate reduction, spare parts control and management of
overtime
• Types of process responsible for include CNC lathes, CNC mills, automated Mig / Tig welding, resistance
welding, laser welding, heat treat, stamping, helium leak test, and brazing.
Accomplishments:
• Promoted to Senior Engineering Manager from Process Engineer ( 10/18/10 )
• Improved line throughput by 18% through Lean activities.
• Launched 2 new production lines simultaneously
February 2009 – March 2010
Environmental Systems Corporation, Knoxville, Tennessee 37912
Position: Senior Engineer I
Responsibilities:
• System design, configuration and deployment of continuous emissions monitoring systems used at
electric power generation companies throughout the United States.
• Technical support for existing customers, training and report writing.
March 1997- February 2009
ARC Automotive, Knoxville, Tennessee 37921
Position: Principal Manufacturing Engineer
Responsibilities:
• Reduction of operating cost through scrap, cycle time and labor reductions.
• Applications and troubleshooting of controls and automation utilizing Allen-Bradley PLCs, Servo Drives
and Panel Views, Adept robots, Mitsubishi VFDs, Parker Servo drives, various vision systems, hydraulic and
pneumatic controls.
• Management and supervision of engineering projects.
• Specifications, qualification, acceptance and installation of capital equipment purchases.
• Support of maintenance for difficult and reoccurring controls and automation issues.
• Maintain process control through the use of Process Flow Diagram, PFMEA and Control Plan.
• Design and implementation of production tooling.
• Work with suppliers, customers, manufacturing and design engineering to solve technical problems and
implement new designs.
• Types of process responsible for include automated Mig / Tig welding, resistance welding, friction
welding, laser welding, plasma welding, helium Leak test, electrical testing.
Accomplishments:
• Promoted to Principal Engineer I from Senior Manufacturing Engineer ( 2/16/04 )
• Six Sigma DMAIC Black Belt certified ( 9/03 )
• Promoted to Senior Manufacturing Engineer from Manufacturing Engineer ( 11/99 )
• Six Sigma DMAIC Green Belt certified ( 3/99 )
• Implemented cost savings in excess of $450K using Six Sigma and Lean methodologies.
February 1992–March 1997
Matsushita Compressor Corporation of America, Mooresville, NC 28115
Position: Manufacturing Engineer
Responsibilities:
• Support of maintenance for difficult and reoccurring maintenance issues.
• Applications and troubleshooting of controls and automation utilizing Mitsubishi PLCs, Mitsubishi
Movemaster robots, Panasonic PanaRobo robots, Panasonic AW-500 welding robots, pneumatics,
automated screw driving systems, AC servo motors and stepper motors.
• Startup and qualification of new production lines.
• Reduction of operating cost through downtime, cycle time and scrap reductions.
• Management and supervision of engineering projects.
• Types of process responsible for include automated Mig welding, resistance welding, assembly and
measurement equipment, induction heating and automated screw systems.
Accomplishments:
• Promoted to Manufacturing Engineer from Manufacturing Engineer technician ( 1/94 )
• Successfully implemented a plant wide Automatic Guided Vehicle system for delivery of raw material, which
resulted in a reduction in labor cost and improved material delivery time.
November 1991-February 1992
Carolina Instrumentation Company, Winston-Salem, NC 27103
Position: Instrumentation and Controls Technician
Responsibilities:
• Installation and troubleshooting of control systems for industrial HVAC and environmental systems.
August 1990 – February 1991
Advanced Technology Engineering Systems,
TVA Watts Bar Nuclear Power Plant, Spring City, TN 37381
Position: Engineer
Responsibilities:
• Evaluation of engineering changes (ECN) and design changes (DCN) for their affect on fire safe shutdown
and NRC compliance.
• Review of installation documentation for Vendor supplied equipment to verify that vendor manual
requirements were followed per NRC guidelines.
COMPUTER SKILLS:
• RSLogix 500, RSLogix 5, Adept V+, Allen-Bradley Panel Builder, AutoCAD, Minitab, MS Excel, MS Word,
MS Project, MS Power Point.
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