Engineer Management

Eric C. Lewis

P. O. Box ****** phone: 615-***-****

Nashville, TN 37229-2622 email: ********@*****.***

PROFILE

Accomplished result driven professional with a strong portfolio of successes orchestrating the growth and optimization within an organization .Extensive experience in research, development, prototyping, quoting, documenting, tooling, cost evaluation and test of new and existing products. Strong customer and supplier relationships, with excellent verbal and written communication skills. Exceptional project management, goal achievement and problem solving skills. Ability to supervise and train associates. Proficient in Microsoft Office products suite, along with varied CAD/ 3D programs.

SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS

• Managed/created machine specifications, performed validation trials, installation and start-up of a new and several relocated production lines.

• Wrote justification and capital funding requests for projects ranging from $20,000-$750,000.

• Developed alternative mechanical weaving solutions for seaming requirements.

• Created, managed and maintained preventative maintenance schedule for tooling and machinery.

• Developed and optimized plant workflow layouts for production management.

• Designed/implemented product testing protocols and sequences, documentation and created Engineering Test Standards and Documentation Manual.

• Achieved ISO9000 and QS9000 certifications, maintained R&D design documentation and performed internal audits.

• Participated in Warranty claims analysis and reduction. (Reduced one product, $17,500 @ month to zero).

• Reduced tooling fixture creation process time through standardization and automation of drawing techniques to 50% or 75%.

• Created custom CNC stamping tools for fixtures which dramatically reduced fixture stamping machine time.

• Developed specifications, issued RFQ’s, reviewed vendors and made final recommendation for building department level PC/workstation server network.

• Created and maintained product installation, safety and maintenance instructions for OEM factories, service technicians and end users.

• Created visual identification system for hull stringer to engine option raw marine plywood parts.

• Designed, developed and implemented prototype work cells that showed a 60% reduction in assembly time and improved operator ergonomics. Design was implemented across 10 work cells.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

INCA Rotational Molded Products, Inc., Nashville, TN 11/2011-01/2012

Industrial Engineer

• Head facility engineer with multiple discipline responsibilities for Industrial, Process, Packaging, Quality, Safety, and Training functions in a dynamic company and industry environment of critical changes to recreational boating fuel tanks.

• Direct responsibility for coordination, reporting, and documentation of quality, safety, and EPA compliance test and ongoing results to company executive management.

• Researched, implemented, trained associates on, and documented patented multilayer rotational molding process for recreational boating fuel tanks and fuel cells.

• Re-organized and improved documentation of Safety program components for facility.

• Lead scrap reduction program to identify critical variables contributing to scrap rates within processes and managed process change implementation to reduce scrap parts across all product lines.

Batesville Casket Company, Inc. Batesville, MS 06/2010-10/2011

Quality Engineer

• Reviewed, sourced, and implemented improved tooling and gages for wood machining processes.

• Created and updated process controls and dimension checks to measuring and document part acceptance and matching tolerances prior to next process for assembly.

• Trained production and supervisory personnel to perform quality process checks.

• Performed regular monitoring and spot audits of parts and process control documentation.

• Participated in and contributed to PFMEA teams for multiple processing and assembly areas.

• Inventoried gages /fixtures (approx. 400).Created and managed monthly calibration schedule.

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Fiberweb, Inc., Old Hickory, TN 08/2007-12/2009

Process Engineer

• Assisted with engineering, contractor and vendor specifications on relocating machinery from SC plant to TN plant.

• Integrated contractor auto cad drawings and updated facility auto cad drawings to current layout.

• Created validation check out for machinery and preformed safety and validation checks.

• Completed project closures for projects that remained open from relocation of machinery.

• Performed time studies on production lines and made recommendations on improving efficiency.

• Reviewed and made recommendations to improve the machinery operation process.

• Responsible for safety reviews of reinstalled product lines and new production lines.

Fleetline Products, Springfield, TN 03/2001-11/2006

Product Engineer

• Prototyped and quoted new products and revisions/costing to existing products.

• Designed and trial improved product packaging and developed solutions to product assembly.

• Trained on Syteline manufacturing routing system and MAS200 accounting database system.

• Set up and renamed product configurations, routings and cost within manufacturing system.

• Responsible for facility spill control plan, training, permit maintenance, storm/waste water sampling and submitting results to state and local governments.

• Sourced improved stamping tools and ergonomic hand assembly tools for production assembly.

• Provided customer/technical service with consumers, distributors and OEM truck manufacturer’s engineering/sales/production personnel along with performing field installations and product testing management.

Array Marketing (American Mfg. Co.), Chattanooga, TN 02/1997-03/2001

Product Design Engineer

• Managed projects for POP display using wire, tubing, sheet metal and wood.

• Supervised engineering department schedule and work flow of new items for production.

• Responsible for upgrading engineering department desktop computers and workstations.

• Created standards for CNC parts management and file system.

Lookout Industries, Chattanooga, TN 07/1996-02/1997

Production Engineer

• Designed plastic injection molded parts and tooling to specifications and custom applications.

Viking Yacht Company, New Gretna, NJ 11/1994-07/1996

Production Designer

• Designed structural parts, cosmetic parts and interior case goods for luxury yachts.

• Experienced using Auto CAD 3D design for large size assemblies.

EDUCATION/TRAINING

Auburn University

Auburn, AL

Bachelors of Industrial Design

Society of Manufacturing Engineers

Nashville Chapter 43

Stiles Machinery, Grand Rapids, MI

2D CNC Programming

Dale Carnegie Training Course

Effective Communication & Human Relations

Proficient for CNC programming/editing/running for wood routers (GE/Fanuc controllers), point to point cnc router machine. Knowledgeable for programing/running cnc laser cutter.

Proficient in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Paint, Photo Editor, Adobe Acrobat, AutoCAD to version 2008, AutoCad Lite, CNC Programming/Conversion, CGM file viewers and Pro-E/AutoCAD file view programs. Knowledgeable for Pro Engineer Wildfire.

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