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Mechanical Engineer Manager

Location:
Lexington, KY
Salary:
95000-100000
Posted:
April 21, 2021

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CRAYTON DREW LEE

**** ******** ***** ● Lexington, KY 40509 ● 859-***-**** ● adlvbg@r.postjobfree.com

Objective

●Pursuit of a position to utilize engineering knowledge, design capabilities, capital project management, and leadership skills.

Education

Morehead State University – Morehead, KY

B.S. Degree, Magna Cum Laude - July 2011, Engineering Technology – Technology Management

Montgomery County High School

Graduated Suma Cum Laude - 2006

Experience

Georgia-Pacific, Lexington, KY, June 2014-Present

Project (Mechanical) Engineer

Manages capital and expense projects and tracking processes

·Leads and executes capital projects for production/facility needs and support

oOn-site project manager for five product expansions, ranging from $10M-$30M in 2016-current

oProject Manager for installation of Laser Guided Vehicles used to transport all finished goods in the facility

oProject Manager for 10,000 square foot facility expansion which gave us the capability to automate waste handling.

·Site Capital Coordinator - Responsible for reporting monthly forecasting and spending for all site capital projects to corporate division team

·Facilitates and assists with any facility projects needing to go through the Investment Tracking System approval process

·Works with purchasing/accounting to ensure that spending is up-to-date and accurate for capital projects in the facility

Provides engineering support for facility operations

·Involved in design and procurement of new equipment

·Designs and implements plan for controlled storage and access of electronic drawings

·Designs and installs needed tooling/fixtures for production equipment

·Provides support to production by implementing improvements in safety, quality, and efficiency

Facilitates implementation of equipment strategies

·Verifies critical equipment spares strategy

·Validates entry of planned maintenance into MP2 maintenance tracking program

·Helps establish operating envelope and visual management systems

Machine Shop Manager (additional to Mechanical Engineer), May 2017-May 2020

·Scheduling day to day work orders generated for internal machine shop

·Oversee two machinists that are responsible for production support of facility

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Berea, KY, June 2013 to June 2014

Production (Mechanical) Engineer

●Programmed and updated CNC lathes for piston rods and tubes used for suspension shocks and struts

●Designed new tooling and fixtures and implemented into daily production as well as worked with vendors for the best pricing for daily tooling needs.

●Received day-to-day experience with Induction Hardening, NC Saws, Thread/Groove Rolling Machines, custom designed swedge and hole punch machines, capability analysis for new machines and product flow changes.

●Developed, evaluated, and improved methods while emphasizing the implementation of quality, efficiency, process, cost, and equipment improvements. An example of this was I was responsible for re-laying out a production line to increase production output while reducing manual handling of parts.

●Specified and purchased new equipment needed for expansion and new production capabilities

●Was responsible for integration of multiple processes (i.e. NC Saws, Centerless Grinders, Induction Hardening, Metal Turning) in our machining department using various forms of material handling and automation.

City Cartage Company, Mt. Sterling, KY, June 2012-June 2013

Safety Director

●Responsible for all industry safety aspects as well as handling scheduling of freight.

●Kept inventory of all shop items as well as documenting all work orders completed by our shop. Negotiated broker loads to return trucks back to Kentucky, as well as other destinations. Dealt a lot in customer relations.

Star Manufacturing, Lexington, KY, 2010-2012

Team Member

·Part of team that processed automotive parts through an electro-coating line, and assisted in daily quality control.

Other:

Chicago White Sox - Minor League, Bristol, VA, 2010-2012

Professional Baseball Player

·Drafted in June 2010 by the Chicago White Sox. Played professional baseball for two seasons, with the Bristol White Sox and Kannapolis Intimidators earning post season All-Star recognition.

Certifications & recognition

●For senior capstone project, designed and implemented a plan for quality improvement at a previous employer (Star Manufacturing). Product efficiency was increased over 15%.

●Computer skills - Microsoft Office Products, Solid Works, Autodesk Inventor, AutoCad, SAP, Ecosys, various other programs.

●Experience (8+ years) with lathes, mills, band saws, belt grinders and other various shop machines

●Experience in troubleshooting hydraulic and pneumatic systems.

●Application and Programming Training on Mitsubishi lathe HMI at Marubeni Citizen-Cincom

●Received Certification for Metal Cutting Technology class from Sandvik Coromant Academy

●Certification for Combustible Dust System Management



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