Engineer Engineering

Lawrence N. Jones

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Conway, AR 72032

501-***-**** ***********@*****.***

SUMMARY

Senior Process/Project/Manufacturing Engineer with years of demonstrated

expertise in manufacturing engineering, machine design, process

improvement, and project management in high-speed manufacturing

environments. Extensive hands-on engineering and supervisory experience

across a variety of industries, with a proven ability to resolve difficult

situations under adverse conditions. Established track record of meeting or

exceeding corporate safety, quality, schedule, and cost objectives.

QUALIFICATIONS

Multimillion dollar capital project Statistical Process Control methods

justifications Process start-ups & quality

Plant/process design projects qualifications

Heavy, high-speed machine design Process improvement

Design of patentable processes Process problem solving

OEM equipment purchase, installation Computerized Quality systems

Safety Inspections, safety design Applied Lean Manufacturing methods

reviews Applied Six Sigma process improvement

Material handling design, heavy and Employee selection and management

light

AutoCAD design software

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

LARRY JONES DESIGN AND DRAFTING, Conway, AR, Contract Machine Design

2009-To Date

Provided machine design and process improvement services to clients in

Arkansas and North Carolina. Design and process improvements include;

. High-speed bakery oven process improvement, high-speed bakery batter

depositor design, packaging equipment process improvement, reverse

engineering, spiral freezer drive improvements, conveyor redesign, and

process improvement

. Nonwoven fabric heavy process equipment design

POLYMER GROUP INC., North Little Rock, AR (Plant Closing) 1996 - 2009

Engineering Manager, Senior Staff Engineer, Senior Project Engineer,

Reliability Engineer

PGI is an international leader in the production of nonwoven fabrics up to

5.5 meters in width. The North Little Rock facility produced materials for

P&G, Johnson & Johnson, Chrysler, and Nissan.

. In various positions, served as the mechanical engineering resource for

the approximately $170 million facility, including heavy machine design,

process improvement, safety, and multimillion dollar project management.

Managed environmental permitting, including new and modification of

existing permits, reporting, and compliance. Managed building and

facility assets. Supervised salaried and hourly employees, and outside

resources including machine shops, machine installation contractors,

facilities contractors, design engineering firms, and environmental

engineering consultants. Developed and delivered plant-wide training for

MSDS/ Right-to-Know, hazardous material spill response, and confined

space entry that ensured health and safety regulation compliance.

. Design accomplishments include an innovative concept, design, and

installation of a major machine section to better distribute pulp during

a paper-like forming process, improving the quality by nearly 50%.

Developed, designed, and installed a revolutionary, patentable means of

transferring a high-speed 3.5 meter wide fiber web that increased the

speed of the process by 30-50%, improved quality, and reduced waste.

Designed slitting/rewinding equipment to meet much stricter quality

requirements. Designed custom material handling equipment and process

changes that addressed speed, quality, ergonomic issues, and potential

safety concerns.

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J&M LABORATORIES (Now a division of Nordson, Inc.), Dawsonville, GA 1995 -

1996

Engineering Manager

J&M was a privately held OEM specializing in the design, build, and start-

up of nonwoven polymer fabric production lines, and adhesive systems for

the international market. Before the sale of the company, I reported to the

owners with responsibility for all company design engineering including

design input to sales, customer interface, design reviews and approvals,

project scheduling, engineering hiring and assignment, and performance

reviews. I supervised included several engineers, technicians and

technical writers.

INTERNATIONAL PAPER INC., Veratec Division, Athens, GA 1992 - 1995

Process Engineering Manager, Senior Process Engineer

International Paper, Veratec Division, at Athens, GA was a major

international supplier of nonwoven roll goods to the diaper, feminine

hygiene, wiper, and specialty markets.

. Responsible for mill-wide process engineering to meet or exceed quality,

rate, and waste objectives for eight major production lines, and

ancillary winding and packaging processes. I managed a staff of up to six

process engineers and technicians.

. Managed Statistical Process Control techniques to qualify new or revised

products for production. Managed computerized quality system on the

production lines that tracked and control charted quality attributes,

process conditions, and downtime..

HSJ GROUP, INC., Alpharetta, GA 1990 - 1992

Design Engineers, Founding Partner

. Designed a nonwovens fiber extrusion system for a major European OEM. The

system was built and installed as part of a major production system in

Asia.

. Designed an approximately $8 million, state-of-the-art cotton processing

mill including process and machine design, building layouts, and

preliminary site selection.

KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION 1980 - 1990

Staff Project Engineer (Corporate), Roswell, GA, Mill Project Engineer,

Corinth, MS, and Conway, AR

Kimberly Clark is an international leader in nonwovens fabrics production

and the conversion of nonwovens into diapers, feminine hygiene products,

wipers, medical gowns, and similar products.

. Provided project management, cost justification, cost/quality

improvement, machine design, production support for nonwoven fabric

production and conversion.

. Managed a $1.8 million project that converted elastic, nonwoven web for

the introduction of HUGGIES PULL-UPS training pants; developed and

implemented a program for an ultra-high speed manufacturing and packaging

process for feminine hygiene products that increased rate by 67%.

. Developed specifications, by the use of statistical analysis, to redesign

the next generation of melt blown polymer extrusion dies, and initiated

the international, multimillion dollar program to incorporate the new

designs.

EDUCATION

. BS, Industrial Technology, Northeastern Oklahoma State University

. University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR, Master of Arts in Teaching

. AAS Drafting and Design Technology, Morehead (Kentucky) State University

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