Harry Heilemann

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Central, SC *9630

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WORK EXPERIENCE:

*/** – 11/15 Spartanburg Staffing, contracted to Faiveley Transport in Greenville, SC

Quality Tech., for Rail Car manufactured components.

Measure First Article parts, help with Supplier Quality issues, help with Receiving inspection.

7/14 – 10/14 Aerotek, contracted to Kautex in Lavonia Ga.

Quality Engineer over Honda Pilot & Nissan Rogue & Murano fuel tank lines.

Respond to Honda on Kautex quality issues with 8D's via the Honda portal.

Respond to Nissan on Kautex quality issues with 8D's to Nissan SQE's.

Support Kautex lines on internal & supplier quality issues.

Part of the Nissan Murano start-up team. Submit PPAP's to Nissan.

Work with both Honda & Nissan SQE's to ensure Kautex satisfy customer needs.

Develop, implement and support control plans, work instructions, quality alerts, process changes, red rabbits, boundary samples, capability studies, and pre-series safe launches.

12/09 – 6/14 redi-Group North America LLC(12/09 – 12/13), Bertrandt(1/14 – 6/14)

Parts Quality Manager/QSB (contracted to BMW Spartanburg).

Manage plant supplier quality issues within BMW hall 50(X5 & X6) & 52(X3 & X4).

Part of the X3 & X4 launch team.

Gather data to support both design & process changes to improve production. Examples include; Redesign hood locks adding a guard to minimize a micro switch from damage at BMW. Implement a process change where a headlight guard installation was moved from the supplier to BMW to reduce headlight damage at BMW.

Work with parts suppliers to improve parts quality issues on problems identified at BMW.

Manage 3rd party sorts, issue quality alerts, initiate 8D requests & grade supplier 8D’s.

2008 TransTech of South Carolina, Piedmont, SC. 29673

Applications/Project Engineer

Responsible for Applications/Project Engineering of Electric Rail Car Pantographs.

Designed a new carbon air connection fitting assembly.

Designed a new optical switch to a shuttle valve to detect pressure drops.

Lead the successful short circuit testing of a 3rd rail insulator.

2004 – 2007 Borg Warner Turbo Systems, Asheville, N.C. 28704

Senior Quality Engineer

Responsible for turbocharger compressor wheel quality issues.

Lead & resolve compressor wheel quality issues for Ford truck V8 turbocharger launch.

Develop plant wide process audit system to meet TS16949 requirements.

Lead department reviews during TS16949 audits.

Review processes and records with auditors during TS16949 audits.

Utilize six sigma DMAIC principals to reduce compressor wheel manufacturing scrap by 50% on specific programs.

Develop plant wide scrap coding system to ease plant scrap reduction.

Review and approve supplier PPAP’s for turbocharger bearing housings & other components.

Borg Warner certified Green Belt.

2002 – 2003 Beverage Air Division of Carrier Corporation, Honea Path, S.C. 29654

Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Responsible for a successful production line transfer & start up on a line of ice cream freezers from a former Carrier plant in Conway, Arkansas.

1992 - 2001 Torrington, Precision Components Division of Ingersoll Rand, Honea Path, SC 29654

Senior Process Development Engineer

Developed feature to avoid assembly mistakes for automotive steering columns and was awarded US patent #6942415 – Shaft Assembly Safety Mechanism.

Developed a Selective Electrodeposition (e-coating) Coating Process and received an Ingersoll Rand Trade Secret award.

Developed, tested and evaluated next generation of automotive steering column components. Assist in DOE new product testing.

Part of a Pro-E software implementation team.

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1992 - 2001 Torrington,(continued)

Manufacturing Engineer

Project management experience implementing a CNC Coordinate Measuring Machine (Micro Measure IV), several stamping and machining work cells (Chrysler Programs) along with several major cost reduction programs (Ford).

Designed and implemented inspection gages that proved process capability that lead to the elimination of two 100% sorts with a yearly cost savings of $100,000.00

Developed a measurement method of raw steel during a stamping process to determine a process capability. This justified purchasing a more expensive material but lead to a $25,000.00 cost savings due to process capability improvements.

Developed, implemented and supported machining, stamping and welding operations in the manufacture of automotive steering components.

Developed set up reduction projects, implement poky-yokes, and participate in Kaizen teams, TQM teams and 8D teams.

Developed and supported QS9000 activities (control plans, PPAP’s, process FMEA’s, gage R&R’s and corrective action plans) on Ford & Chrysler programs.

Design manufacturing die sets, fixtures, tooling and gages. (AutoCAD)

1989 - 1992 Ohio Gear/Richmond Gear, Liberty, SC 29657

Quality Assurance Manager/Supervisor

Responsible for plant quality control systems, programs and personnel (staff of 5 to 7 people).

Submit PPAP’s (GM) for Corvette transmission components.

Respond to customer quality concerns & complaints.

Cater to current & potential customer needs to enhance potential new business.

Identify to management an inability to successful manufacture product at quoted sales price.

Work with suppliers on quality issues of raw materials & components.

Purchase & successfully implement a new gear box leak detection system.

Implement plant wide statistical process control system.

Train (approximately 200) plant personnel on SPC techniques & gage R&R studies.

Develop a plant Quality Control Manual.

1986 - 1989 Jacobs Manufacturing, Clemson, SC 29631

Advanced Manufacturing Engineer

Project Engineer on an automated “drill chuck” assembly machine (project cost approximately $1M), a robotics application feeding blank drill bodies into two drilling machines, and a chuck key assembly machine.

Develop and implemented two One Piece Flow manufacturing work cells. Established manpower requirements with takt time to meet production needs. Used AutoCAD to establish cell layouts.

Design manufacturing fixtures, tooling and gages. (AutoCAD)

Troubleshoot Allen Bradley SLC150 and 2/16 PLC equipped machines.

1984 - 1986 Reliance Electric/Dodge Division, Greenville, SC 29602

Product Engineer

Assisted customers of all major industries in the application of bearings, clutches, belt drives, chain drives, and many other mechanical power transmission products.

1982 - 1984 TRW Inc., MRC Bearings Division, Falconer, NY 14733

Product Engineer

Assisted aircraft and military customers with high technology bearing applications. Specified MRC design criteria for the manufacture of bearings to meet customer requirements.

Manufacturing Engineer

2nd shift Manufacturing Engineer responsible for aircraft bearing production, including quality control, production problem solving, gauging, tooling, routings, grinding, turning, and more.

Part of a statistical process control implementation team

SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE:

AutoCAD, Pro-E, MS Word, Excel, MS Project, Power Point, Mini-Tab, Micro Measure IV and PC DMIS.

EDUCATION:

1982 B.T. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

1979 A.A.S. ELECTROMECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY, SUNY at Alfred, Alfred, NY

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