MARK S. NEWKIRK

Warren, MI ***** 231-***-****

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Mechanical designer

OBJECTIVE:

Obtain a challenging and rewarding position in CAD design, as a Designer.

SUMMARY

Associate Degree in Design with experience using Cad programs Solid works and UN NX, and Auto-cad. Excellent team player, dedicated to achieving results and meeting stringent deadlines.

EDUCATION:

Macomb Community College, M-Tech, Warren MI

Certified Controls Technician, April 2018

Siemens Mechatronic Systems Certification Level 1, April 2018

Northwest Florida State College, Niceville, FL

Associate of Science, Drafting and Design Technology, 1997

PERTINENT SKILLS SUMMARY:

Use of Team Center and Visual Mock up, Auto Cad, Solid works, UGNX

Using parametric capabilities of Solid Works and UGNX in the creation of Design Tables to

control large assemblies and creation configurations.

Coordinated with Team leaders and Engineers Evaluated the design for conform to industry

and engineering standards.

Presented Current assemblies in team Center mock up to Customers to keep abreast of

current status status and changes that the customer desire.

Has Worked with Vendor to create tools to aid in production, and new concept parts.

Has preform tolerance stack ups and establish fits and tolerances.

Drafting of assemblies Books and part drawings, with GD&T.

Sheet metal, and welding diagrams

Training in Electrical controls.

10+ Years Contract Experience

Review of per-production models, checking virtual models for proper assembly and parts

Integration of parts, assemblies and drawing into company product system

Checking of drawings for integration in to company

Set up part numbers and bill of materials

Design conveyor / tooling for assembly of product

Nesting parts for pallets with fixtures

Updating of electrical equipment and assemblies of railroad repair equipment

Designed automotive and military vehicles

MAINTANCE II

Amazon, Romulus MI (CBRE Services)

June 2018- December 2018

Preforming maintenance and trouble shooting of conveyors and other mechanical systems in Amazon Fulfillment center

Used control control computers to reset & repair and restart conveyor lines.

To include Power and non-power, conveyors and Pneumatic system wet and dry, and Electrical systems and wiring.

October 2014 - April 2017

GM, Warren MI (G-Tech Services)

Vendor Visual Tooling Designer

Working with Design Engineers to gather parts in to on document of each VPPS, into

a Document profile, for the Advance Tooling Engineer, for estimates of tooling cost.

Working with Design engineer, for a project on a Vehicle

Marking parts for New, Carry over, Modified, Common Company component

Setting up Meetings With DRE and AVTE, .

Use of team center and Visual Mock up, Micro Soft Excel

Preview of Poe-production models, checking Virtual models for proper

Assembly and Parts.

Checking, assemblies for fit and form.

Comparing joining sub-assemblies for interference and improper fit.

Between sub-assemblies.

Checking each sub-assemblies, for proper fit and form, internally.

Writing up of problems of parts and assemblies not proper fit and form.

Presentation of Issues, in team meetings,

Using Team center and Visual mock up, and Excel.

Work on Autonomous car project

UGNX 3d Models and Assemblies

Designer

Hill-ROM, Medical / Batesville, IN

(Theoris) June 2014 - October 2014

Program used are, Team center 8 and solid edge.

Checking of drawings for integration in to company.

Using Agile, to set up Vendor Part numbers.

Entering bill of materials in to Agile system

working with purchasing personal

Mechanical Designer

Wright Inc. Nashville. TN (Aero-Tek) April 2014 - May-2014

Program used Solid works. Team Center PDM system.

Working with engineer to design conveyor / tooling for assembly of product.

Nesting, pneumatic assemblies, Pallets with fixtures.

Purchasing materials

Work with robots and positioning / locating and restraint of parts for assembly.

Creation of gripper assemblies.

Tooling Designer

CDI ENGINEERING, Springfield, Ohio, 2013 – 2014

Programs used UG NX 7, and Team center 8, Microsoft Office.

Tooling design

Working in conjunction with the Engineer and the engine design team.

To complete the design of the Tooling for assembly and disassembly of engine.

Setting up drawings for the Detailer,

Stacking values of the models to achieve proper fit.

Writing change of notice papers

Monitoring cost and time of project.

Designer,

Harsco Rail Repair, Ludington, Mich. (Aero-Tek), April 2013 – July 2013

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Programs used Solid Edge, Team center, and Microsoft office.

Company required the completion of backlog of Engineering Changes for Railroad Repair units.

Trained to use Solid Edge, in design new units and to repair of models and complete drawings.

Using Team Center to control the drawing revisions, and create Bill of materials, and associated paperwork.

Designer, Rex Materials Group: Grand River, Fowlerville, MI 48836

(G-Tech Services) SEP-DEC 2012

Program used Solid Works, and Microsoft Office.

Assigned to create, updated models and assemblies, of a Level Locator, and Temperature Probes, in addition to the Assembly Model complete drawings with complete Bill of materials.

Assign to design dam assemblies to control flow of material, for foundry equipment and material transport crucibles for foundries...

Detailing of Foundry equipment,

Creation of “Bill of Materials,”

Applied GD&T to assemblies and drawings.

Designer,

Roush Industries: Plymouth Road, Livonia, MI June 2011 – Sep 2012

(G-Tech Services)

Program used NX UNIGRAPHICS, Team Center and, Microsoft Office.

Worked on the Cars, Walt Disney Ride

Designing interior support frame to support exterior body of the different characters in the "Cars" ride.

To include Weldments, Machined parts and Assemblies, and Carbon support structures.

Worked on the design Bell helicopters Yoke design and door hinges

Creation of Bill-of-Materials,

Coordinate with fabricators to insure proper fit and assembly.

Worked on Oshkosh, at terrain military vehicle,

Managed program transferring and organizing information, production of Weldments models and drawings for rapid product of vehicle.

Used FTP web sites and corresponded and worked with client.

Coordinate with fabricators and Engineer, to create of parts, and weld assemblies.

Design, and Detail production Drawings, models, and Assemblies.

Assigned to Via Motors program, Coordinated with team leaders and designers to maintain

Whole assembly vision.

Using Team center Mock up to review current assemblies for form and fit.

Checking each sub-assemblies, for proper fit and form, internally.

Creation of Groups for review by Team leader, writing up of problems of parts and assemblies not in proper fit and form.

Coordinating with Engineering Team Leaders and Designers, to correct improper design.

Coordinated with Engineers and Designers to present concept designs to both Customers, and Vendors.

Completion of course on GD&T.

Designer, Ingenium Aerospace: Roscoe IL (G-Tech Services), JAN 2011 - APRIL 2011

Programs used Solid works, and Microsoft Office.

Assigned to Airbus Rail and Parachute (Tow Plate) deploy design team.

Created and Designed parts and Assemblies using Solid works 2011.

Prepared assemblies for motion and stress testing.

Prepared drawings Parts, and Assemblies to include exploded views.

Created electrical connectors and wiring for use in Rail assemblies.

Use Excel to create Design tables.

Created bill of Materials.

Assigned to check drawings for complete information and compliance to ANSI and customer standards.

Designed new lock alignment system, for pallets in loading system.

Auto Parachute loading system

Designer,

Fisher Coach Works: Oak Park, MI (G-Tech Services) Mar 2009 – Feb 2010

Programs, Solid Works and Simulation testing, Motion, Microsoft Office.

Assigned to Steering design team,

Details, Using ANSI standards, and creating Bills of Materials.

Modeling /Design, this cover from taking over design from Engineer, to total design of part and assemblies within engineering parameters.

Designed, mounting assembly for control arms and shocks.

Motion studies worked with Engineer to perform motion studies of Steering assembly.

Simulations studies structural stress testing of Parts / models and the location of moment of parts in the Assembly.

Created charts for moments of parts on detail drawing.

Worked with program manager to coordinated purchase of materials and parts.

Designer

Spirit Airlines: Romulus Michigan (G-Tech Services), Feb 2009

Program used Solid Works, and Microsoft Office.

Duties to include Design of

Interior seating

Fabric parts and assembly

Preparation room and location and design of Storage lockers and Food Storage Equipment.

Exterior placement of logo design.

Designer,

Thermos-Fisher Scientific” Asheville NC (Mid State Technical) Nov to Dec 2008

Programs used Solid Works, Auto CAD, and Microsoft Office.

Duties included,

Review and checking of models and drawings for clarity and proper dimensioning technique.

Modeling and Detailing of wiring diagrams for wiring harness.

Creation of Wiring Harness Models and drawings in Solidworks.

Designer,

Terex Road Building: Oklahoma City, OK (Mid State Technical)

May - Nov 2008

Program used Solid works, Auto CAD, and Microsoft Office.

Duties included, working with Engineer, designing and modifying heavy structural platform, assemblies and modeling parts and Assemblies, Weldments, for Concrete road building equipment. Design engine mounts; Cover assembly, work platform, and catwalk. Connected Tractor treads to main assembly and created turning limits for the tractor treads. Coordinated design and production work with production crew, to refine design and solve design problems.

Assign to Create, and maintain main Assembly Model and detail drawings using standard tolerance and GD&T methods (ANSI). Provide detail drawing for manufacturing and assembly of project.

Creation design table for configurations, for presentation of main assembly. Assigning work to Detail and providing instruction in the use of Solid works methods and general modeling techniques.

Use of PDM program to maintain models assemblies and drawing. The PDM program was also used in the creation of Bill-of-Material, which was used in purchasing materials and coordinating with assembly personal,

Engineering Release and Engineering Change Orders.

Coordinated with Vendors for timely production and delivery of required parts.

Used ANSI standards

Designer

Robert BOSCH Group, Charleston, SC (Mid State Technical)

May 2007 – May 2008

Programs used Solid Works, Auto CAD, and Microsoft Office.

Used of ISO standards

Tested, Autodesk Inventor.

Duties included, working on design team assisting senior designers, in the design and assembly of Tooling Stations used in the assembly of automotive sub-assemblies.

Using the Solidworks parametric design function for the creation of parts & assembling.

Tooling stations design, I used the parametric design function were needed for the creation of, parts, small, medium and large sub-assemblies to be used in the larger stations.

Assigned to design tooling mount for Assembly of electronic assembly for Spark plug rails. Forms for clamping of parts, standard parts for quality control.

Close attention was paid to the GD&T tolerance and the position of the part that tooling held, or preformed a function.

Firmly in position to receive the electronics parts applied with force.

Detail drawings of Assemblies and parts using GD&T with ISO Standards.

Coordinated with Vendors and assembly workers in the production of Assembly of parts and Assemblies of Tooling Stations. Also familiar with the procedure of down loading parts from vendors on line, used in the building assemblies. Other responsibility included, organizing and providing Drawing Books for Customers, Floor Assembly and Engineering sections.

Creation of Bill of Materials, for parts and small and large Assemblies.

Designer

ITW Cooking Equipment, Charlotte, NC (Mid State Technical)

Jan 2006 – April 2007

Programs used Solid Works, Auto CAD, and Microsoft Office.

Duties included, Project to first convert current Challenger/Wolf ranges, from 2D drawings to and create current 3D models of parts and whole assemblies.

Mostly with sheet metal parts and assemblies and welding, and the design of cast parts all used in the building of Gas Stoves, and Ranges.

Create Detail drawings and Bill of Material.

Coordinate with Assembly like workers for better part and Assembly design for easy installation.

Coordinated with management, purchasing and Assembly personal on cost reduction for Wolf and Vulcan ranges.

Establish procedures for PDM, programs.

Design new sheet metal components, for Wolf and Vulcan ranges.

Creation of sheet metal stamped parts, and stamping tools.

Worked as design with Lead Design Engineer, on new Wolf and Vulcan range Design team to for the new design of universal Ranges. Other duties included Established Bills of material, engineering changes Notices and Bill of material updates, work with (ECN) Changing models and drawings to new configurations using GD&T and using current dimensioning standards.

Instruction of personal in the use of Solid works in the creation of parts, assemblies, configurations and design tables.

Coordinating, with vendors in creation of first item products; also with the production of Sheet metal parts. This was to reduce cost of production, and manufacturing time.

Designer

Dometic Corporation, LaGrange, IN (Mid State Technical)

July 2005 – December 2005

Programs used Solid Works, Auto CAD, AST 400, and Microsoft Office.

Coordinated with engineering staff in the new design and update of Air Conditioners, Refrigerators.

This design process included the design of plastic, sheet metal and tubing components.

Used GD&T to establish controls for manufacturing.

Created Bills of materials.

Other duties included

Engineering changes Notices.

Bill of material updates,

Changing models and drawings to new configurations.

Designer

Watlow Inc., Hannibal, MO (Mid State Technical) June to August 2005

Programs used Solid Works, Micro Station #8, and Microsoft Office.

Coordinated with of Sales engineer in the Design of 3D models of heating elements for external and internal clients.

Creation of Bill of Materials, worked with production and purchasing.

Using parametric capabilities of Solid Works in the creation of Design Tables for the use of configured parts for use in heating pump assemblies.

Took part in Training program to familiarize Product Designers in the manufacturing techniques used in the production of heating elements and welding techniques used in the production of Heating casings and End products.

Design of heating elements, for pumps, pump accessories, tubing, stoves, ovens and top range.

Designer

Case New Holland Farm Equipment, Goldfield, IL

(Mid State Technical) April 2004 – June 2005

The programs used Solid Works, Auto CAD, and Computer Vision 1996, and Microsoft Office

Coordinated with engineers in the design and cost reduction of Tillage and cultivation machinery.

Designing of / and detailing of Casting, machine, and large and small elements. Creation of models of Parts and Assemblies.

Coordinated with Sales Engineers / Office in the creation of detail drawings to be used in the company’s sales and owner’s manuals.

Created drawings and organizing of Bill of Materials, and instructions for welding procedures

Designer

Halliburton Energy, Duncan, OK

(Mid State Technical)

February 2003 – April 2004

The programs used Solid Works, Auto CAD, and Microsoft Office.

The purpose of this equipment was to move materials to form the cap for oil wells.

Material transport trailer. Large Weldments, consisting of heavy sheet metal.

Conveyor trailer ; Consisting of structural design, and hydraulics to move the material to the mixture Working in a Design and Engineering team, and tasked with the designing a new concept in Power pack, and equipment to move material.

This design contain four different trailers that when connected would become a complete conveyor.

Structural steel used in Weldments to provide support of the rollers and electric motors to move conveyor belt.

Mixing trailer.

Standard large mixing unit placed under a sheet metal funnel to receive the material for mixing.

Using structural steel to provide support for the mixing machine and piping for the mixing fluids.

Hydraulics, to move funnel in place above mixing machine.

Pumping trailer.

Roller for the holding of pumping pipes, with the mounting of a pump and hydraulic control-switching unit, to include hydraulic tubing.

Layout of designs for plasma cutting.

Worked with Assembly personal to insure proper Assembly of structures for the trailers.

Extensive design in the use in Sheet metal, structural designs, and the redesign of equipment and welding.

Creation of bill-of-materials (BOM).

Designer

D.L. Neu & Associates, Grand Rapids, MI

(Mid State Technical), Sep 2002 – Jan 2003

Programs used Solid Works, Auto CAD, and Microsoft Office.

Design non-powered conveyor system that were a merger between two different Companies Conveyor systems.

The new design of the conveyor system used the parametric capabilities of Solid Works.

Using the design table’s capabilities of Solid Works and Excel;

Design different configurations of parts and Assemblies.

Created a different bill of materials for each Configuration.

Created assembly and part drawings.

Created Bill-of-materials.

Work in conjunction with purchasing department to obtain materials.

Coordinated with vendors for production of parts and assemblies.

Designer

Springs Window Fashions, Middle town, WI

(Mid State Technical), Oct 2001 – Aug 2002

Programs used Solid Works, Auto CAD, and Microsoft Office.

Management of projects from concept to implementation of product, part, and or procedure.

Created production drawings and bill-of-materials (BOM) of window coverings (blinds) and the

Associated tools needed for their installation.

Coordinated with both the engineering and manufacturing staff to test and evaluate conceptual product and tool applications.

Worked with Vendors in the design of production line tooling that safely allowed assembly of Rails for blinds and prevent breakage of internal mechanism

Standardized components and streamlined the number of installation tools required.

Design of plastic parts to prevent the failure of central supporting gear, which supported vertical blind blades.

Design of End control pieces of Blind rails,& molds of plastic parts and molds for assembly process

Design, various Curtain rods, end pieces, and covering for blind rails.

Used GD&T to stack values in design and manufacturing.

Designer

Fanuc Robotics, Rochester Hills, MI (Simplified Employment)

July 1999 – June 2001

Programs used at this company were Solid Works, Auto Cad, and Microsoft Office.

Tasked to work on team in the development and testing of designs for paint robots and other mechanical aid devices.

Designed a wide variety of cast, welded, and single-piece components for use in structural, drive, pneumatic, and wiring applications.

Creation of manufacturing and assembly drawings,

Applying Geometric dimensioning and Tolerance (GD&T) as appropriate.

Worked and interacted with the in-house manufacturing staff and outside suppliers in the development of new designs tools and tooling

Designed prototype assemblies to aid in verify/examine new concepts.

Tasked with the completion of backlog of four years of engineering changes and completed said changes in six months.

Gained design experience in a wide range of materials, including metals, plastics, and composites

Designer / Detailer

Union Pump, Battle Creek, MI (Aero-Tek),

November 1998 – June 1999

Programs used Solid Works, Auto CAD, and Microsoft Office.

Assigned to Worked on development team in the design of new pump.

Worked with Engineer in the designed new products, and updating designs.

Created 3D models and 2D detail drawings from assembly drawings.

Assigned to Design team to design five different sizes of Steam pumps for the subway system in New York City.

Work on Nuclear steam pump.

Assigned to the rebuild design team for Steam pumps built in 1895.

Assigned to coordination program

Created models of British and American CAD models of pumps for world wide company use.

Using Auto Cad, first assigned converting hard copy drawings to electronic drawings, and subsequently created 3D solid models.

Set up parametric models for different pump versions using Microsoft Excel.

Created of manual ink drawing using Mylar as the drawing medium

Used ANSI standards.

Designer / Detailer

Bosch Automation, Buchanan, MI (Aero-Tek),

February 1998 – November 1998

Programs used Auto-CAD, Pro-E 17, and Microsoft Office.

Assigned to engineering design team to create 2D detail and assembly drawings for new Conveyor. This included designs for mounting frames; which position these parts and assemblies on the conveyor palates; these mounts were used for position for tooling of parts, and additional parts for the assembly.

Detailed components and created assemblies using Pro-Engineer (Pro-E) design software, release 17. Creation of Casting and machined parts using parametric design, Detail drawings created, and parts used in 3D assemblies, and Detail drawings

Duties as assigned by the engineer included converting older hard-copy drawings to electronic files using Auto-CAD program.

Drafter / Detailer, Crestview Aerospace Corp., Crestview FL

February 1997 – October 1997

Auto CAD, 2D, and 3D, and Microsoft Office.

Assigned to create Cad 2D drawings of sheet-metal parts for airplane and Bell Helicopter components, with direction of lead Engineer.

Assigned to Research Engineer to created 3D assembly and Parts using Auto Cad 13 and drawings of prototype jet engine.

Worked with design team to create tooling and location points on airplane Tail Fin and Wing sections.

Created bill of materials, and coordinated with production department, and vendors Transposed hard copy 2D drawings into 2D Auto Cad Drawings.

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