Dale Dillhoff
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Profile
Tenacious and resourceful leader with experience in Automation and Design. Able to analyze and implement resolutions to maximize resources while meeting internal needs and customer expectations. Develop and maintain strong professional relationships with management, colleagues, and customers.
Competencies and Special Skills
●AutoCAD
●SolidWorks
●Equipment Diagnostics
●Yaskawa Robotics Programming
●Welding/Soldering
●Machine Assembly
●Analytical Thinking
●Machine Diagnosis
●Automation
●Robotic Welding
●Microsoft Office suit
Machine Design
Professional Experience
Magna Seat Columbus 2021-Present
Manufacturing Engineer
●Work with maintenance on diagnosing, repair and updates to equipment
●Assist quality on design of gages and interpretation of GD&T
●Research, design, and implement upgrades to improve equipment and fixturing
●Maintain and update work instructions and controlled documentation.
●Investigate customer quality issues and report findings to quality
●Complete research and development processes to improve manufacturing
●Suggest product flow improvements and investigate operator suggestions for improved production
●Work with industrial engineers on incoming equipment location and flow
●Write technical build specifications for distribution
●Work with suppliers on design and build of specified equipment.
●Create one point lesson on process changes and improvements
BWI Group 2018-2021
Manufacturing/Weld Engineer
Greenfield Indiana Production Facility
●Help maintenance with repairs and updates to equipment
●Assist quality on use of gages and equipment
●Research, design, and implement upgrades to improve equipment and fixturing
●Assist in verifying weld quality and location.
●Adjust weld and robot paths to increase production speed and weld quality
●Maintain and update work instructions and controlled documentation.
●Investigate customer quality issues and report findings to quality
●Research and investigate pierce die improvements with assistance from suppliers and coworkers
●Suggest product flow improvements and pass on operator suggestions for improved production
●Work with industrial engineers on incoming equipment location operator
●Assist new product engineers in making preproduction parts for testing.
Manufacturing/Weld Engineer
Dayton Technical Center
●Write technical build specifications and distribute to suppliers for quotes of production equipment.
●Review quotes with internal engineering groups for build specific requirements
●Award approved designs based on company and engineering recommendations
●Work with suppliers on design and build of specified equipment.
●Work with the product engineers and plants to produce prototype parts for equipment testing
●Arrange testing new production equipment for at supplier qualifications
●Identified equipment specifics before installation for industrial engineers
●Assist with shipping and receiving production equipment
●Examine and startup with OEM assistance production equipment
●qualify production equipment and present equipment stats to plant managers
●Work with product engineers to improve manufacturability of product
●Required travel to equipment builder and production facilities.
●Managed 100% of the installation process of new equipment from project creation to first weeks of production.
●Installed equipment ran at 82% operating efficiency.
Ftech R&D North America 2015-2018
Associate Engineer
●Develop weld schedules for different material type to customer specifications
●Responsible for insuring product meets customer quality control plan
●Design and build fixtures for the robotic welding for all projects
●Programming of two Yaskawa/Motoman robotic welding cell
●Programming and synchronizing a multi-robot cell
●Work with Design staff to improve welding projects to meet customers quality expectations
●Work with Engineering staff to improve transition of prototype units into production
●Responsible for the packaging and shipping of product
●Coordinate with vendors to meet customer requirements and completions dates
●Assist in alterations to weld jigs and part laser trim to produce a quality part
●Produce needed quantity of parts while maintaining weld fixtures throughout part development
Tenneco Automotive, Ride Control 2010-2015
Lead Prototype Technician
●Build specialized dampers for the automotive industry
●Responsible for insuring product meets customer quality control plan
●Design and build fixtures for the robotic welding for ride control projects
●Programming of a Fanuc robotic welding cell
●Work with Engineering staff to improve welding projects to meet customers quality expectations
●Repair and modify existing production equipment for prototype use
●Work with Engineering staff to improve transition of prototype units into production
●Responsible for the packaging and shipping of product
●Test and analyze production and prototype product for quality control
●Work with production to build prototype product to customer specifications
●Coordinate with vendors to meet customer requirements and completions date
Education
Central State University – Wilberforce, Ohio 2003-2005
Bachelor's Degree, Industrial Technology, Minor in Business, strength in management with 3.8 G.P.A.
Sinclair Community College – Dayton, Ohio 1987-1992
Associates Degree of Applied Sciences, Drafting and Design Technologies
References furnished upon request