Quality Engineer Manufacturing

Joseph August Finch

**** ****** ****** *****: 812-***-**** Indianapolis, IN 46239 Email: **********@*****.***

Objective

To obtain employment in the field of automation, product design/improvement, green energy, factory design/layout, team leadership, efficiency within machines/manufacturing processes and LEAN manufacturing approaches along with a 5S mindset.

Education

Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 2014

B.S. Mechanical Engineering Technology

Project Management Professional Training 2022

Project Management Institute

Six Sigma Yellow Belt 2022

Gemba Academy

Employment

ECOBAT Resources, Indianapolis, Indiana 9/20-Current

SR. Plant Engineer

•Project manager for approximately $4 million/year large capex projects.

•In charge of keeping the plant running and improving processes.

•Product design and manufacturing equipment design to adapt to market needs.

•Designed, supervised, and implemented line layouts for better lean manufacturing workflow.

•Known as the go to guy for special projects that require out of the box ideas.

•Introduced data driven PM scheduling to the company.

•Implemented maintenance and sustainability methods learned from the automotive industry.

Wessels Company, Greenwood, IN 11/18-6/20

Manufacturing Engineer

Redesigned, constructed, and implemented multiple welding fixtures for the HVAC and filtration industry.

Led multiple $100,000+ capital investment allocation projects.

Oversaw production line and new building development, including organization, layout and design.

Modified welding processes to increase production demands and through-put.

Implemented design methods and design for critical hydraulic filtration devices.

Completed critical machining tasks for emergency delivery of components to meet deadlines for failures in the field of large hydraulic equipment stations. (Parker, Ingersoll-Rand).

Redesigned and streamlined the company's calculation spreadsheets to meet the mechanical requirements of ASME pressure vessels, while conserving material costs.

PMG Indiana, Columbus, IN 3/17-11/18

Industrial Automation Engineer

Designed, constructed, and implemented multiple micron level measuring machines and robots for part inspection to reallocate workers and improve quality control.

Designed, supervised and implemented line layouts for better lean manufacturing work flow.

Modified existing automation equipment, both mechanically and with new technologies to satisfy the daily changes and demands of production.

Implemented design methods for common wear components resulting in a significant increase in procurement efficiencies and cost.

Conducted FMEA of critical machine parts, and die components for cost savings and durability.

Toyota Industrial Equipment Manufacturing, Columbus, IN 9/16-3/17

Manufacturing Production Engineer

Improved and implemented a full line of welding fixtures for building forklift mast.

Designed production floor layout for better lean manufacturing workflow.

Reprogrammed and modified existing automation equipment to satisfy the daily changes and demands of production.

Designed production equipment methods that resulted in savings of thousands of dollars.

Performed FMEA of structural bodies, components, and lifting devices.

Bastian Automation Engineering, Greenfield, IN 5/15-9/16

Customer Quality Engineer

Worked alongside design engineers to turn a product line into a user friendly brand.

The face of the company and the customer’s go-to person for problem resolution.

Field service and redesign of equipment.

Allison Transmission, Indianapolis, IN 2014-2015

Senior design team member and leader

Designed a 4-axis robot for the movement of pinion gears.

Worked with a team of 4 engineers including myself (3 electrical and 1 mechanical).

Constructed the actual robot that exceeded the reliability testing that the customer required and came in under budget.

Abilities and Achievements

Unique Talents and Skills

FMEA and FEA testing of structural bodies and machine components

SAP, ERP and EAM software proficient

3D Rapid Prototyping designing, building and operation with composites and metals

Automation system design with Rockwell Automation

Keyence/Sick/IFM vision, profiling, and laser dimensioning systems

HMI Programming

CAD design (Solid Works, AutoCAD/Inventor, PRO-E/Creo, Catia, IronCad)

Project management and customer Interaction

Lean manufacturing business model

ISO 9001 Processes

Allen Bradley PLC Programming/Installation

Laser/Water Jet part design, programming, operation and troubleshooting

Mechanical design in lifting devices

Hydraulic and Pneumatic system design and implementation

Designing and fabricating with multiple types of materials and processes

Machining (Manual and CNC programming)

Experienced welder (TIG, MIG, Stick and Spot welding)

Electrical wiring and circuitry (relay logic for simplicity and cost savings)

Problem recognition and resolution

Team leadership and organizing

Work flow efficiency and allocation

Machine efficiency and improvement

Second place as captain in the Purdue Rube Goldberg Design competition

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