mechanical designer

Hollice C. Childress

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Summary A professional mechanical designer with experience in sheet metal, jig, fixture, and tool design using SolidWorks and Unigraphics. Deadline oriented and self-motivated to achieve company goals. Hard-working and innovative, works well with others and solves design problems efficiently and creatively.

With extensive experience resolving problems at all points in product design and manufacturing, utilizes skills in 2-D CAM and 3-D Artist CAM, AutoCAD, M2M, Excel, SAP and Word to consistently produce cost-effective results. With over 7 years experience using SolidWorks and Unigraphics, seeks to apply sheet metal design skills to challenges in manufacturing environments.

Professional Ixmation Cox Systems, Bloomingdale, Illinois, 2008 to 2009

Experience Solidworks Mechanical Designer

Designed an automatic assembly station from order to customer acceptance. Responsible for concept & tooling design for a poke-yoke proof hi-pot & continuity testing station.

Accellent, Wheeling, Illinois, 2008

SolidWorks Designer

Worked in the prototype department. Designed tooling, sheet metal, machined metal and plastic parts. Created parts and assemblies drawings, created BOM. Designed Jigs and Fixtures for EDM wire machine for new designed parts and assemblies. Created design for manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA) studies. Made 3-d movie of model for sales department. Created drawing using GD&T.

Triangle Package, Chicago, Illinois, 2007 to 2008

Unigraphics Mechanical & Sheet Metal Designer

Designed tooling and modified hoppers, weight and accumulator buckets and stands for scale machine. Modified forming tubes, shoulders, gas tubes and jaws for bag machine.

Thermal Care, Niles, Illinois, 2005 to 2007

Experience 3-D Mechanical Designer

Designed weldments and sheet metal stands, frames, brackets and cabinetry for portable chillers. Maintained 3-D library and network. Created drawing and part numbers, bill of materials and M2M. Worked with vendors to determine needs, meet timetables and maintain quality control on parts. Designed plastic covers for control panels.

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Andrew Corporation, Addison, Illinois, 1995-2005

Mechanical SolidWorks Designer

Worked with Filters, Amplifiers & Base Antenna Group. Used SolidWorks to design prototype sheet metal aluminum panel and pan parts, did parts assemblies, made detail drawings for sheet metal fabrication, tools for filter assembly, test racks to hold amplifiers also jigs and fixtures prototypes.

Located and modified drawings and BOM in SAP. Also provided documentation, cost and research analysis for product design changes. Set-up and scheduled time line for machining of new parts. Documented any changes that were made in filter and amp assembly. Traveled within the U.S. to survey antenna towers for on-site new filter installations.

Chicago Park District, Chicago, Illinois, 1992–1995

AutoCAD Designer

Designed cabinetry and fixtures for use at park facilities.

Patents and Designed a patented, reinforced wooden door and jamb unit.

Publications (Patent # 6,691,466 B2; February 17, 2004)

The Magnum Door is an unbreakable door and jamb unit which blocks forced entry while maintaining the craftsmanship and aesthetics of the door.

Education DeVry Institute of Technology

B.S. candidate – Mechanical Engineering Program

College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, Illinois

Completed credit course on Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerance (2006) Completed non-credit coursework on Jig and Fixture Design for end-mill and lathe; Sheet Metal Design and Fabrication and CNC Programming (2002)

Harper College, Palatine, Illinois

Completed non-credit coursework in AutoCAD 2-D (1992); AutoDesk Inventor 3-D Modeling software (1999); Welding and Jig Design (2006)

Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, 1990 – 1992

Washburne Trade School, Chicago, Illinois 1985-1989

Completed Apprenticeship in Wood Model Making

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