Fastener Engineer

Todd A. Edwards

*** ***** *******, **** ***, MI 48001

Home Phone 586-***-**** E-mail *******@*****.***

OBJECTIVE

To obtain a position as a Design Engineer, Process Engineer, Application Engineer or Plant Engineer that will offer growth and will utilize my knowledge, skills and talents to the best of my abilities.

WORK HISTORY

Application Engineer, All State Fastener January 2005 to February 2009

Assist customers with product design and development, evailuate there processes and look for cost reductions and savings. I would also be responsible to visit there facility and do torque audits and certain testing if needed. Resposible for consolidating parts and changing finishes to achieve a better cost and reduce inventory for the customer. Resposible for reviewing new parts and guiding them through the APQP process. Would also assist quality department and do critical dimensional checks and dock audits. Was also the engineering laison between purchasing inside sales, quality and MRO sales, any questions or concerns was brought to me for clarification. Resposible for drawing and designing customer parts and prints.

Design Engineer, TCR Corporation September 2004 to January 2005

Design and draw in-process cards or tooling prints. Follow parts through system to insure customer quality and satisfaction. Make necessary changes to in-process cards or tooling prints. Responsible for troubleshooting problem parts and redesigning them so the headers will run more effiecient. Distribution of prints to necessary departments.

Design Engineer, Anderson-Cook January 2004 to August 2004

Responsible for designing spline racks from customer specifications. Responsible for customer drawings & converting

old designs to CAD.Responsible for maintaining the database. Special projects to upgrade our current finish rack bench area to give our racks the best finish & upgraded the current compounds by looking for new processes & equipment. Ran Mastercam program for Bourne & Kocke machines. Wrote a detailed process for the Bourne & Kocke operater to run high pin & low pin programs.

Design and Quality Engineer, Mint Tool March 2002 to October 2003

Responsible for drawing customer prints, converting old prints into CAD & design tooling.

Responsible for assembling tools, setting up & running the press. Set-up saw’s, checked incoming tools & materials. Responsible for the monthly inventory. Troubleshoot problem jobs. Review customer prints for manufacturability. Follow parts through the system to insure customer quality & satisfaction. Control plans FMEA’s. Calibrated gages.

Design Engineer, Terry Machine Company January 1999 to August 2001

Responsible for the Engineer Manager’s duties. Review customer’s prints, checking them for manufacturability. Design and draw in-process cards or tooling prints. Follow parts through system to insure customer quality and satisfaction. Responsible for ordering tools. Make necessary changes to in-process cards or tooling cards. Responsible for troubleshooting problem parts and redesigning them so the headers will run more effiecient. Distribution of prints to necessary departments.

Design Engineer Leader, Kamax GB Dupont LP October 1996 to January 1999

Responsible for the Engineer Manager’s duties in his absence. Team member responsible for Score/Spec proposals in collaboration with sales. Review customer prints checking them for manufacturability.

Design and draw in-process cards or tooling prints. Follow parts through system to insure customer quality and satisfaction. Make necessary changes to in-process cards or tooling prints. Responsible for troubleshooting problem parts and redesigning them so the headers will run more effiecient. Distribution of prints to necessary departments.

Tooling Engineer, Alpha Bolt Company January 1995 to October 1996

Design and draw all in-process cards, tooling prints and layouts & customer prints. Make all necessary changes to in-process cards or tooling prints. Update the direct data link with Ford on all sample parts.

Distribution of prints to necessary departments. Follow parts through system to insure customer quality and satisfaction. Draw machine component parts. Cost estimations. Knowledge of tool ordering.

EDUCATION

Mechanical Engineer, Macomb Community College, 2000

Computer Aided Design, ITT Technical Institute, 1994.

Applied Science, St. Clair County Community College, 1992/1993

COMPUTER SKILLS

• AutoCAD Release 12, 13, 14 & Windows 95, 98 & NT , Excel & Access.

• Microsoft Office, Microsoft Works, Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0.

I also have experience with specialty fasteners (licensed products), Mathread, Taptite, Torx & Lo-drive. Familiar with QS-9000, SPC, PPAP, lean manufacturing & APQP procedures

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LICENSES & CERTIFICATES

• Certificate for AutoCAD R13; CATS Company, December 1996.

• Certificate for material processing and coatings; SME, February 1996.

• Certificate for cold forming; National Machinery, Tiffin, Ohio, April 1995.

• Certificate for Torx Design, Camcar, October 1997.

• Certificate for Scientific Forming Technology (Deform), SFT, October 1997.

• Certificate for Taptite, January 2000.

• Certificate for Gage Calibration, September 2003

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