Manager Engineering
Resume:
Timothy Lane McCandless
Saline, MI 48176
Tele: +1-734-***-****
OBJECTIVE:
Continue my career in the electrical engineering industry, contributing to its growth and success, utilizing
my technical, leadership skills acquired while serving in the United States Marine Corp, Development
Engineer, Development Engineering Supervisor, Design Engineering Supervisor, Reliability Engineering
Manager, Advanced Quality Manager, Vehicle Program Manager and Global Program Manager.
PROFILE:
Served in the United States Marine Corps honorably discharged as a Non-Commissioned Officer in 1992.
Began my career in wiring beginning in 1993 with for Alcoa Fujikura limited as a bulk wire rep and test
engineer. Began working for Siemens Automotive in 2000 as a Design Verification Engineering Supervisor
and in 2001 as Design Engineering Supervisor. Continued in the position of Design Engineering Supervisor
after the Siemens / Yazaki joint venture in 2002 and then Yazaki in 2006. Served as the Reliability
Engineering Manager for Yazaki – Ford Business Unit beginning in 2008 until assuming the position of
B299N Vehicle Program Manager in April of 2011.
EXPERIENCE:
April 2012 – Present
Global Program Manager for Yazaki North America responsible for global delivery of the Ford B2E
platform wiring with various new vehicle lines in the U.S., Brazil, Mexico, Germany, Russia, India, China,
Thailand and Taiwan. Responsible for overall program delivery to include, cost, timing, manufacturing,
quality, logistics and sales.
March 2011 – April 2012
Vehicle Program Manager for Yazaki North America with focus on achieving all financial, quality and
customer satisfaction targets for the North American Ford Fiesta program as regional lead for the Global
Ford B299 platform lead by Ford of Europe while supporting the alignment of global B platform via the
Ford World Wide Strategy forum and WWS Lead.
June 2008 – March 2011
Advanced Quality and Reliability Engineering Manager for Yazaki North & Central America. Managed
and defined the reliability engineering budget and Advanced Quality Engineering Team, served as a
company Recall and Safety Specialist, and provided direction to the Design Verification, PPAP (Production
Part Approval Process), Warranty Reduction Team and Advanced Manufacturing activities to achieve their
established goals and metrics. Served as the YNCA Quality Lead as part of the Ford World Wide Strategy
Team ensuring alignment and coordination of overall quality targets for Yazaki’s Ford Global
Manufacturing sites.
November 2002 – June 2008
Electrical/Electronic Distribution System Design Engineering Supervisor / Project Manager; Joint Venture
between Yazaki North America and Siemens VDO Automotive Dearborn, MI
April 2000 - October 2002
Electrical/Electronic Distribution System Design Verification Engineering Supervisor at Siemens and SY
Systems Technologies Provided Technical Supervision in planning, conducting, analyzing and reporting
Design Verification Testing on multiple Ford Motor Company Platforms while successfully fulfilling all
reliability and quality targets. Supported the Siemens and later the SY Systems Technology Global Design
Verification Lead located in Cologne, Germany. Lead successful Design Verification testing while co-
located in Tatui, Brazil in Support of the SY Systems Technology Brazilian Design Verification
Engineering Team.
November 1993 - April 2000
Electrical Distribution Systems Development Engineering, Dearborn, MI Division of Alcoa Fujikura Ltd.
(AFL) Development Engineering Supported Ford Motor Company in
June 1993 - October 1993 Dixie Wire Co., Nashville, TN Division of Alcoa Fujikura, Ltd. (AFL)
Wire manufacturing rep. supplying bulk wiring to AFL manufacturing facilities in the U.S. and Mexico.
RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Successfully delivered and launched the B515 program in the Brazil, China and India markets achieving
internal standards for profitability while achieving in excess of $20 per vehicle savings for Job1 plus 90 day
implementation resulting in excess of $5,000,000 USD in customer savings.
Achieved year over year warranty improvements for electrical distribution system wiring on Ford F-150,
Ford Fusion, Mercury Milan, Lincoln MKS programs resulting in $120,000 payout from Ford Motor
Company to Yazaki North America via Ford / Yazaki Warranty Reduction Program sharing agreement.
Successfully launched the 2011 Ford F-150, Ford Fiesta, Ford Fusion, Ford Fusion Hybrid, Mercury Milan,
and Lincoln MKS platforms with no OEM stop build / stop shipments or major launch concerns while
serving as Global Advanced Manufacturing Lead. Lead launch readiness events for all Ford Business Unit
manufacturing locations located in Nicaragua, Mexico, The Philippines and Indonesia along with the
Advanced Manufacturing Teams from both YNCA and plant Advanced Manufacturing Management.
Between 2009 and 2010 achieved Ford Q1 status in four new wire harness manufacturing facilities for Ford
Motor Company – for the Ford Fiesta, Ford Fusion Hybrid and Ford F-150 programs located in Nicaragua
and Mexico.
EDUCATION/FORMAL TRAINING:
August 1994 – May 2000 Electrical Engineering at Washtenaw College
Currently enrolled in ASQ Quality Engineer Certification Program
Ford Global Product Development System
Completed 80 Hour Yazaki Management Essentials Course
QS-9000 Certification Training
Siemens Automotive Finance and Controlling Excellence Program
Circuits and Electrical Control Processes
Siemens Managing People and Resources Course
June 1993 - August 1994 Statistical Process Control Course
February - March 1989 Attended and completed a 500 hour Jet Propulsion Theory Course
January 1989 Attended 160 hours of J-52 on the job training.
October - December 1988 Attended and completed a 500 hour Pratt and Whitney Jet Engine Related
Systems course
September 1988 Attended and completed a 100 hour Aviation Familiarization course
September 1988 Attended and completed a 100 hour Aviation Machinist-mate J-Turbojet Engine course
June - July 1988 Attended and completed U.S. Marine Recruit Training at Paris Island, SC
1984 - 1988 Franklin High School, Franklin, TN
REFERENCES:
Florian Frischmuth - Global Manager - Embedded Software / CAE / Process, Methods, Tools & Information
at Ford Motor Company. Office phone: +1-313-***-****
Joe Celani - Systems and EDS Engineer and Program Management at Ford Motor Company
Office phone: +1-313-***-****
Jeff Walter - President of Latitude Consulting Group, Inc. Office phone: +1-734-***-****
* ADDITIONAL REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.
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