Engineer Manufacturing

JEFFERY D. HIGHTOWER

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Murfreesboro, TN 37129

****@*************.***

615-***-**** – mobile

615-***-**** - home

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OBJECTIVE Interested in a position with challenge and opportunity for growth.

EDUCATION TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

• Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology with a minor in Business (Fall 91-Spring 96)

• Certified in Lean Manufacturing

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

March 11 – Current Absolute Pest Solutions – Dickson, TN

Consultant (Part time)

• Pricing & consultation of residential structures

• Scheduling area treatments for customers

• Processing invoices to main branch

Sept 10 – March 11 ResourceTEK / Nissan (contract position) – Smyrna, TN

Materials Analyst

• Analyze, input, maintain, and audit assigned vehicle model Bill of Materials.

• Track and coordinate engineering design notes and changes for current and future models.

• Establish change adoption timing with vendors.

• Coordinate and support new model trial coordination in conjunction with engineering and manufacturing.

• Provide regular reports and communicate design change details and scheduled implementation dates to manufacturing.

April 05 – April 10 Schneider Electric / Square D – LaVergne, TN

Senior Purchasing Coordinator

• Expense and productive purchase order processing

• Supplier/Vendor master records setup and maintenance

• Blanket PO Release/Invoice request

• Powerbuyer for eProcurement online purchasing system

• Invoice discrepancy resolution and processing through AP/AR

• Track and manage ESSR/ISSR vendor OTD metrics

August 04 – March 05 Adecco/Square D (contract position) – Smyrna, TN

Industrialization Engineer – Kitting Area

• Develop visual pictorials for operator

• Layout area to accommodate materials

• Update Kanban system

• Create and update manufacturing instructions

• Liaison between management and production

• Develop new kit packaging

May 99 - June 04 Heatcraft – Murfreesboro, TN

Murfreesboro Process Engineer

• Product/Process improvement for open coil-heaters

• Product and fixture design

• Create and maintain equipment process manuals

• Product implementation through press department

• Prototyping customer samples for open coil-heaters

• Assembly-line layout based on lean manufacturing principles

• Time study for product baselines

• Establish and maintain quality standards of raw material

• Cost savings through sheet metal layouts

• Work with new vendors on incoming materials

• Engineer over sheet metal production

• CNC programming for production

April 98 - May 99 Onsite/Chromalox – LaVergne, TN

Process Technician

• Preventative maintenance and programming production equipment for SMT and Through hole technologies

• Build and wire electrical panels per schematic drawings

• Process improvement

Jan 97 - Jan 98 Technical Resource Group – Nashville, TN

Manufacturing Technician

• Manufacture industrial training equipment

• Organize and update stock

June 96 - Sept 96 Sanford Corporation – Lewisburg, TN

Cell Technician

• Set up manufacturing equipment for pencil manufacturing

• Organize weekly production schedule

• Direct operators in cell

OTHER EXPERIENCE

Spring 92 - Spring 94 Tennessee Technological University

Assistant Karate Instructor

• Teaching fundamentals and basic applications of Isshinryu Karate

SKILLS AutoCAD

Microsoft Office

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