Ken Warchalowsky

**** *********** ***, *********, ** 30517

912-***-**** acfe1i@r.postjobfree.com

Skills

PLC (Mitsubishi, Allen Bradley) Capital Project Management

Design Software (Solidworks, AutoCAD) SQL (Working knowledge)

System testing/Troubleshooting Quantitative analysis/modeling – Excel

Denso Robot Certification based

Cognex/Keyence Vision System Team Management

Experience

October 2012 – Present

Toyota Industries, Pendergrass, GA and Nagoya, Japan

Production Engineer

Selected as one of the three engineers to manage the $350m startup venture of the largest Toyota

Industries compressor parts manufacturing facility in the world (340 personnel)

Scheduled and implemented machinery installation for over 170 CNC machines and directed the

tryout and production periods for the months following commissioning

Oversaw the production and process improvement of parts manufacturing including quality and

improvement of output efficiency, 40% at start of production to greater than 90% within 3 months

Led the acquisition of all production support equipment where my responsibilities included

negotiation and definition of specification met between vendors and Toyota

Implemented process improvements that resulted in the savings of over $500k from previous

phase installations, decreased defect percentages by as much as 3%, and eliminated over 200

hours of production downtime

Presented design review plans in Japan headquarters for installation of production equipment to

the company president and discussed phase implementation to meet production demands for

Western markets

September 2002 – August 2008

US Navy

Nuclear Power Engineer - USS Harry S Truman (Aircraft carrier)

Selected for Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, Navy’s most selective academic program

Trained in reactor physics, fluid systems, component design, instrumentation, and RadCon

Deployed to the Persian Gulf on two combat missions

Work Center Supervisor (’07-’08)

Supervised 23 nuclear/mechanical technicians and awarded the Naval Achievement Medal for

exemplary performance

Scheduled and implemented all reactor machinery maintenance operations while directly

reporting to the Reactor Propulsion Officer (Chief Engineer)

Coordinated operations across multiple departments to maintain ship’s flight capability

Engine Room Supervisor (’05-’08)

Watch supervisor for seven personnel involved with the routine and emergency operation of the

propulsion, service, and support systems

Trained over 60 nuclear operators for qualification of the seven plant positions

Education

BS in Mechanical Engineering ‘12 (GPA: 3.24)

Georgia Institute of Technology

Projects

Joint research project with the PhD candidates of the Architecture Department to determine the

feasibility of incorporating an electric vehicle with an eco-friendly home modification

Presented research results for site selection and the extent of retrofit to meet budget constraints to

Ford and corporate sponsors

Developed and incorporated the first tutorial for 3-D printing systems for class use under the

National Science Foundation

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