Terry Hughes

Otisville, MI

adlgsq@r.postjobfree.com

810-***-****

Authorized to work in the US for any employer

Work Experience

Laboratory Technician

ACS Group (PPG Idustries) - Flint, MI

September 2020 to January 2021

• Hired as a Contract Employee for a prototype project at PPG Industries (Chrysler Fiat project). Duties were to Seal and waterproof exposed body seams for water test and production verification . Through drawings submitted from FCA and specific work instructions working directly with chrysler engineers we were able to exceed expectations of sealing 6 cars a day to 10 and completing project ahead of schedule Engineering Specialist

Meritor Inc (Contract) - Troy, MI

August 2015 to August 2019

Oversight of Welded fabricated axle housings and day to day quality and troubleshooting of GD&T,

● Component drawing changes and corrections,

● Weekly meetings facilitated for Meritor / supplier for direction and efficiency reporting.

● Coordinating Ppap certifications and 8d quality problem solving

● Designed and created the current welded housing leak test procedures used at all Meritor build facilities

● Applications engineer analyzing the Daily Oem applications for Front drive steer axles and Transfer case, Oem spec calculation and tolerance evaluation for front and rear axle slip torque ratings, transfer case input torque, front to rear Mismatch alignment including gear mismatch.

● Design (Creo 3.0) rear axle housing and components creating a Tandem axle set for oil volume study

● Test engineer working directly with test labs for prototype and existing product upgrades, including fatigue testing and new product validation.

Lead Welder and Fabricator

Turtle Top inc - New Paris, IN

2012 to 2015

Production steel mig welder/fabricator in the bus division, specifically Van Terra handicap accessible buses.

● Training employees to read and understanding Production drawings and purchase orders.

● Troubleshooting production and warranty issues

● Chassis prep standard and f-dot and customized, floor building from print specs, wall, roof, door cage build, cage set and final weld. Fabrication of bus specific parts.

Lead Quality Assurance

Lippert Components Llc - Goshen, IN

2011 to 2012

Technician Lead Quality control department, specifically robot welding quality control technician, or welding cut and etch.

● Measurement tolerance checks, sample welds taken cut, acid etch, and picture documentation, all parts documented and logged.

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● Responsible for approving line runs on 3 different genesis robots

● Documentation and scheduling Quality audits including Ppap certification

● Coordinating with Robot technicians for repair and adjustments

● Daily meetings with production supervisors

Machine Repair and fabricator/ Welder

Supreme Corporation - Goshen, IN

2006 to 2011

Machine repair Maintenance and Prototype After layoffs moved to Production Floor as welder / Fabricator

• Build and design new production machinery, for use in current production. Machinist, welding, testing, and installing servo motors, and robotic controls.

● Maintenance on current machinery, and updating current production machinery. Utilizing mills, lathes, and tool and die equipment.

● Build specific Fixtures To accommodate plants needs through ideas communicated with employees and supervisors.

● Production welder duties included welding mig welding galvanized wall reinforcements, door frame and rear door structures, also mig welding aluminum service ramps, and stainless steel rear truck overhead door structures.

● Chassis preparation welding frame extensions, cab extensions, frame buildup, wiring cap switches, and welding galvanized floor frames.

Manufacturing Coordinator/ Supervisor

Reese Hitch - Goshen, IN

July 1997 to November 2003

Responsibilities as fab lead, pack line and paint line lead, after 2 years I was given the title of manufacturing coordinator

● Production scheduling, employee scheduling, charting of productivity and efficiency, creating and implementing operator specific training,

● Continuous improvement, complex problem solving teams, and maintaining ISO 2001 standards.

● Certified for many Manufacturing system courses such as Zenger-Miller frontline management, Yes Inc., complex problem solving, ISO 9001, Kaizen, (5s), lean manufacturing, AWS weld certification and blueprint reading.

● Kaizen lean manufacturing, aimed at decreasing waste by eliminating overproduction, improving quality, being more efficient, having less idle time, and reducing unnecessary activities.

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● Kaizen (Continuous Improvement) system implementing a strategy where employees at all levels of a company work together proactively, to achieve regular, incremental improvements to the manufacturing process.working in a number of areas streamline processes by eliminating waste and non-value added activities.

● Improving in a number of areas in the supply chain where waste can be identified as time, costs, or inventory

● Lean inventory system identified the optimum quantity of an item to be purchased at one time in order to minimize the combined annual costs of ordering and carrying the item in inventory Education

High school or equivalent

Jimtown High School - South Bend, IN

Skills

• Lean Manufacturing

• PPAP

• GD&T

• OEM

• ISO 9001

• Manufacturing

• 5S

• Creo

• Customer service

• CAD

Assessments

Sales Skills: Influence & Negotiation — Familiar

October 2019

Using influence and negotiation techniques to engage with and persuade customers. Full results: Familiar

Customer Focus & Orientation — Highly Proficient

October 2019

Responding to customer situations with sensitivity. Full results: Highly Proficient

Quality Control Technician — Highly Proficient

October 2019

Making precise measurements, reading prints, and making pass/fail decisions. Full results: Highly Proficient

Attention to Detail — Proficient

August 2020

Identifying differences in materials, following instructions, and detecting details among distracting information.

Full results: Proficient

Work Style: Reliability — Familiar

August 2020

Tendency to be dependable and come to work

Full results: Familiar

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