Manufacturing/Welding Engineer Project Manager
Resume:
Chatanooga
TN *****
Phone 615-***-****
E-mail **************@***.***
Jeffery A. Morgan
Objective
To obtain a position as a manufacturing, process, or welding engineer in a highly automated manufacturing environment, dedicated to improving manufacturing efficiency by implementing lean manufacturing practices and developing team work, while promoting vision and creativity.
Professional experience
01/27/2014 to present T. J. Snow Company, Chattanooga, TN
Applications/Welding Engineer
T.J.Snow Company is a welding systems integrator, specializing in the design and manufacture of resistance welding systems for all phases of industry, including automotive, appliance, and military. Responsibilities of this position include but are not limited to the following:
Follow leads acquired by sales managers to determine specific customer needs.
Evaluate customer’s existing processes at customer’s facility and via phone and email to determine effective and efficient solutions.
Develop solution proposal and costing for presentation to customer.
Formally present proposal to customer using various presentation methods such as Power Point, etc.
Answer customer questions and in the case of order placement, act as project manager and customer liaison.
Coordinate entire project from design, through build, through tryout and customer approval.
06/03/2013 to 11/11/2013 Kamtek Divison of Magna Corp., Birmingham, AL
(Left the position at Kamtek to care for elderly mother in eastern Ohio)
Welding Engineer
Kamtek is a Tier One automobile parts manufacturer supplying primarily Mercedes-Benz. Responsibilities of this include:
Develop welding processes that meet or exceed the manufacturing standards of the Kamtek customers
Assist maintenance in corrective maintenance of welding systems
Develop welding parameters for various resistance welding processes.
Evaluate destructive and ultrasonic test results and develop and implement corrective actions if necessary
Set up Bosch –Rexroth adaptive welding system including development of weld curves, analysis of weld curves, determination of high and low limits, and activation of adaptive system.
04/04/11-12/21/12 Volkswagen Group of America, Chattanooga
Welding Specialist
Contracted by VW to assist in the start up of its new billon dollar assembly facility in Chattanooga. Responsibilities of this position were:
Assisted VW maintenance team members with trouble shooting various welding systems including Drawn Arc Stud Welding, MIG/MAG Welding, and Resistance Welding
Helped develop TPM procedures for all welding systems.
Performed OJT training in welding systems for maintenance and production team members.
Worked with robot specialist in developing and implementing a new tip dress system.
Established tip dressing and tip changing procedures to assure the highest possible weld quality, and audited to assure compliance with established procedures.
Analyzed weld destructive testing data to identify nonconforming welds and implemented countermeasures to assure acceptable weld quality
Assisted other specialists in establishing TPM procedures.
Assisted other specialists in assuring that the necessary spare parts for all welding systems are established in the store room.
Experienced with Bosch, Emhart and SKS welding systems.
Extensive experience with Fanuc robots, utilizing Bosch welding controls, with both electric and pneumatic servo welding guns.
07/01/10 –03/31/11 Tennessee Rand Company Chattanooga, TN
Project Manager
Tennessee Rand is a nationally known integrator of robotic welding and handling systems.
Project manager is responsible for following the design, build, fabrication, integration, tryout and installation of systems produced by Tennessee Rand to assure that the systems meet the customer requirements.
The project manager interfaces with the customer to communicate the customer’s needs to the design team.
The PM creates timelines and schedules to keep the entire project on track to assure timely delivery of systems
10/01/07-07/01/2010 Retired
9/15/2002-09/30/2007 Nissan North American-Canton Canton, MS.
Senior Manufacturing Engineer
Selected to help build and start up Nissan’s new manufacturing facility in Canton, Mississippi. This was a “green field site” with completely new equipment concepts, completely new products, and a work force with no previous automotive experience.
Coordinated the start up and try out of over 400 Fanuc R2000 resistance welding robots, utilizing Dengensha Servo welding guns.
Coordinated weld certification of all welding on 3 new Nissan product lines
Developed specific Quality Control procedures for welding in Canton.
Worked with Fanuc and welding control supplier to correct interface issues between the welding system and the robot.
Helped train new maintenance technicians on welding and robotic systems.
Trained new locally hired engineers on Nissan practices and procedures
01/05/1981-9/15/2002 Nissan North American-Smyrna Smyrna. TN.
Senior Manufacturing Engineer
Welding Engineer for entire body assembly area in Nissan’s vehicle assembly plant in TN.
Responsible for welding parameters and quality for over 800 resistance welding robots.
Process improvement projects including implementation of many “Lean” processes.
Various other assignments in the body assembly shop including truck frame assembly using 50 MIG welding robots, fuel tank assembly using projection welding.
Education
09/01/1971-08/01/1975 The Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio
Welding Engineering
References
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