Project Management Design Engineer

Eric Hilton

Cell: 330-***-**** (*********@*****.***) Canton, Ohio

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Multi-experienced Industrial Engineer and Manager committed to sales, design, manufacturing, and quality in producing products that provide long term customer satisfaction. Intent on coaching work force

ethics in driving lean operations with just in time manufacturing.

SKILLS

Manufacture Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Project Management

Analytical Data Organization, Brainstorming, Trend Tracking, Solution Building, Problem Solving

Lean Six Sigma, Statistical Methodology, Critical Parts Analysis, Failure-mode Analysis

Positive Thinking, Cause and Effect Investigation, Optimization, Cost Reduction, Increased Work Flow

Flexible Work Ethics, 5S Methodology, Preventative Maintenance, Reliability & Repeatability

MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MRP-JD Edwards, Auto CAD, SolidWorks, Technical Writing & Reporting

Sales, Estimating, Negotiations, Contracts & Proposals, Customer & Vendor Communication & Relations

EXPERIENCE

September 2024-Prersent, Morbark, Wooster, Ohio

Design Engineer

•Create new, alter, modify, and revise parts, sub-assemblies and final assembly of company product in SolidWorks software.

•Create Engineering Change Requests and Engineering Change Orders for bill of material creation, modifications.

•Duties and responsibilities include start to finish project management of product builds including mechanical components, steel selection, parts design, purchased components. Support vendor communications with technical discussion. Purse research and development of products to improve ease of manufacture, sales, and customer satisfaction.

February 2023- September2024, Rayco Manufacturing, Wooster, Ohio

Design Engineer

•Create Engineering Change Requests and Engineering Change Orders for bill of material creation, modifications.

•Create new, alter, modify, and revise parts, sub-assemblies and final assembly of company product in SolidWorks software.

•Analyze and monitor cost of parts, assemblies, and final project cost for potential savings.

•Duties and responsibilities include start to finish project management of product builds including mechanical components, steel selection, parts design, purchased components. Support vendor communications with technical discussion. Purse research and development of products to improve ease of manufacture, sales, and customer satisfaction.

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June 2021- February 2023, Bates Metal, Port Washington, Ohio

Design Engineer and Estimator

•Meet with customers to have conversations and discussion of product visualization and specification to create prototype designs for customer approval.

•Create estimates and proposals or quotes for products and send to customers.

•Receive customer purchase orders and process into manufacturing schedule.

•Conceptualize, create, and design parts, sub-assemblies and final assembly to customer design requirements in SolidWorks software.

•Create quality scope and inspection processes for manufacturing processes.

•Support maintenance with preventative procedures, engineering, and technical knowledge for repairing facility and equipment.

•Trouble shoot plant and equipment breakdowns, arrange vendor services, and order replacement parts.

December 2020 – June 2021, Powell Electric, North Canton, Ohio

Wirer - Wirer Assembly

•Wire industrial AC and DC electric switchgear units.

August 2020 – December 2020, CW Services, Amazon Distribution Center, Akron, Ohio

Shift Maintenance Manager

•Audit preventative maintenance activities in a 24/7 manufacturing facility.

•Supervise a maintenance crew of twenty-five mechanical, electrical, and electronic technicians.

•Monitor work orders, tragedy and remedy tickets, and safety practices.

•Interface with service vendors and parts vendors.

•Organize maintenance schedules with multiple shift production managers while maintaining product through put.

•Maintain needs of twenty-two miles of high-tech, high-speed conveyor system.

August 2018 – August 2020, Winkle Industries, Alliance, Ohio

Estimator

•Maintain capitol estimate records, and review final labor and purchase cost.

•Create and solicit request for quote on materials and services to potential projects.

•Entertain customer conversations and discussion on customer potential projects and projects in manufacturing.

•Increase profit margins on most estimate projects by 45 to 120 percent.

•Develop AutoCAD prints for preliminary estimate review, vendor review, engineering, and customer proposal.

•Drafting proposals and deliver to customers. Provide technical explanation to customer questions.

May 2015- July 2018, Matalco, Lordstown, Ohio

Mechanical Engineer, Maintenance Manager

•Launch new Green Field 24/7 continental shift manufacturing facility.

•Monitor production control to forecast preventative maintenance schedules.

•Create hazard assessment controls for maintenance and production processes.

•Initiated troubleshooting and diagnostic measures for equipment from quantitative analysis.

•Prioritize risk analysis to develop and coordinate maintenance for production efficiency.

•Train and mentor maintenance force.

•Negotiated contractor and vendor contracts for services.

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August 2014 - May 2015, Ohio Magnetics, Division of Winsmith / Peerless, Maple Heights, Ohio

Mechanical Design Engineer

•Design structural and mechanical components and drives in AutoCAD for industrial magnets and magnetic separators used in the mineral and steel industries.

•Develop production controls in project builds for manufacturing process.

•Coordinate and resolve process constraints associated with new designs.

•Plan bill of materials and routers in manufacturing requirement system.

March 2011- July 2014, Fives Bronx, North Canton, Ohio

Aftermarket Brand Manager Engineer

•Provided leadership and development managing OEM Aftermarket parts and solutions.

•Negotiated customer sales and vendor services drafting proposals and contracts.

•Maintain customer communicate with outreach and outbound calling.

•Responsible for profits and aftermarket budget accountability.

•Assisted customer engineering and maintenance with parts, service, instruction, and education.

•Increased sales with forecasting objectives produced with analytics and data analysis.

•Responsible for strategic thinking influencing and increasing customer purchases by 30 percent.

•Increased yearly profit margin from 20 percent to 55 percent.

2006-2010, PTC Alliance Midwest Tubular, Alliance, Ohio

Industrial Engineer

•Industrial engineering responsibilities for multi-facility support

•Responsibilities included; process and worker time studies; worker classification modification and revise; pay rate adjustments, and green belt six sigma business projects.

•Organized and prepared data analysis supporting solutions to manufacturing processes.

•Conducted time studies to support process downtime reductions by 28 percent.

•Project manage mechanical capital improvement projects resulting in 35 percent cost reductions.

Defined benchmark layout and process variations increasing process efficiencies by 25 percent

Reduced existing project purchase price proposals to capital improvements by 35 percent.

•Modified job classifications to reduce operating cost resulting in 80,000 dollars per year.

•Qualified vendors for proposals, manufacture work scopes, and negotiated purchase details.

•Monitor production control matrix for process control improvements.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science

Industrial Manufacturing Technology, Kent State University, New Philadelphia, Ohio

Associate of Science

Mechanical Engineering Technology, Stark State College, North Canton

Advanced Training Certificate

Six Sigma Green Belt, Mini-Tab Software, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio

Time Study & Methods Procedure, Industrial Time Study Institute, Barberton, Ohio

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