MECHANICAL ENGINEER

DAN L. JAMES *** Mossy Springs Dr. Oakland, TN. **060 Ph. 901-***-****

Design Engineer with 15 years experience improving overall design, reducing costs and resolving design problems.

Professional Employment

Thomas and Betts, Memphis, Tennessee

2005-2010

Design/Sustaining Engineer

*Responsible for resolving existing design problems, improving overall design and/or reducing cost of

the Kindorf and Superstrut 100 million dollar product lines.

*Responsible for Pro-E design, part modeling, assembly, and change notice detail of Kindorf and

Superstrut product line.

*Reported weekly to Superiors of progress in converting from Hexavalent Chromium to acceptable alternative finish

of Superstrut and Kindorf product lines through visits to the production facilities and compiling updates from the Engineering testing lab.

*Created testing Prototypes and worked with Prototype vendors.

*Consolidated existing strut product line to be more cost effective.

*Designed Kindorf post base line expansion.

*Responsible for writing and oversight of quality specification and procedures for product line.

*Responsible for compliance of product line to U.L. and C.S.A. specifications.

*Responsible for proofing product line catalog for correct specifications and line art.

*Regularly contact customers for feedback and product improvement suggestions.

*Demonstrated the ability to design within tight cost constraints for product performance

enhancement and part reduction.

*Supervised vendor prototyping and performance testing.

*Responsible for Bill of Materials for each new product design.

*Helped design product packaging (clamshell) for outdoor lighting products.

*Redesigned existing outdoor electrical box housing and lighting products to be more cost effective to manufacture.

*As modeler 1 drafter detailed transmission line poles for steel structures and interacted with the customer to meet their specific requirements.

North American Bus Industries, Anniston, Alabama

2003-2004

Design/Sustaining Engineer

*Responsible for fit and finish of details on production buses such as advertising racks, sunshade

Installation ,chimes and speaker installations on production buses.

*Responsible for front, rear, and side electronic signage placement and performance.

*Responsible for resolving existing design problems, improving overall design.

and/or reducing cost of the fare box pedestal and bike rack designs for each customer.

*Responsible for sign controller and pull cord installations on production buses.

*Drafting and change notice detail for existing design modification as per customer requirements.

*Responsible for accuracy of Bill of Material for installed products.

Peachtree Lighting, Covington, Georgia

2002

Production/Sustaining Engineer

*Responsible for: Research, Design, and Development of new products. Established and Directed programs

to improve flow of Production.

*Research methods of reducing cost and improving overall quality.

*Administration of Quality Control.

*Provided applications engineering responses to our agents and employees.

*Responsible for assembly instruction sheets for each new product.

*Responsible for cataloging thermal test data for each new product design.

*Provided technical direction and oversight on production line.

*Tested competitors products for temperature and lighting optics and output.

*Responsible for knowledge of proper wiring and assembly of outdoor wall mount lighting.

*Supervised temporary employees on production line.

*Created first run approval samples for production.

*Designed each major component on new lighting design.

*Responsible for CAD assembly drawing and documentation.

*Responsible for testing outdoor products for safety and temperature rating as per U.L regulations.

Lithonia Lighting, Conyers, Georgia

1999-2002

Design/Sustaining Engineer

*Responsible for resolving existing design problems, improving overall design and/or

reducing cost in our indoor non-insulated ceiling and insulated ceiling recessed lighting product lines.

*Responsible for drafting and change notice detail for all product line documentation.

*Responsible for UL 1598 compliance of labeling for the entire product line of our department.

*Created sketches and renderings for new product development of architectural

pendant mount indoor lighting .

*Responsible for temperature testing and UL compliance for all new products in the non-IC and IC rated

recessed lighting.

*Responsible for the redesign of the "Timeless series" of fluorescent indoor kitchen lighting.

Cooper Lighting, Vicksburg, Mississippi

1997-1999

Sr. Design/Sustaining Engineer

*Responsible for creating exploded view drawings of Post Top outdoor lighting product lines.

*Resolved existing design problems, improving overall design and/or reducing cost in our traditionaire

outdoor post top product line by consolidating parts and lamp combinations.

*3D modeling of parts , Drafting, sketching of ideas, and change notice details of entire post top product line.

*On the Bill of Material Team to reduce and maintain current drawings and documentation for all products.

*Patented wire guard and lens concept that was introduced into the HID indoor light line used in elementary

schools in the Chicago area.

*Occasionally met with end customers at their facilities to discuss design changes or to supervise changes in

lighting designs.

*designed new outdoor lighting concepts for flood light product line.

Education

Bachelor of Industrial Design, Minor in Business.

Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, 1996.

Relevant Course work

Familiar with drafting and design programs such as, AutoCad and ProCadam Familiar with 3D modeling programs such as, Pro-E, Solid Works, Inventor, and SDRC Familiar with general computing programs such as Word, Word Perfect, Excel, etc.

Design Methodology, Studio studies of color and form, human factors such as ergonomics and anthropometric studies. Model making, Mechanical Drafting. and Graphic Design Studio.

References Available on Request.

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