Jeff Heuerman
Smiths Grove,Ky
Summary
Resourceful Engineer with 32 years of expertise in organizing business operations, financial oversight and resource management to achieve smooth flow and project operations. Leads procurement of resources including equipment and supplies. Monitors projects by adhering to production schedule and budget, managing multiple teams, identifying problems and providing targeted solutions.
Overview
33
33
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Project Manager / Tooling Engineer
Magna / Bowling Green Metalforming
07.2019 - 07.2024
- Utilize APQP to track and control multiple projects simultaneously
- Track Open Issues (OIL) and suppliers’ timelines to identify risks and possible road blocks early to keep project on time
- Manage tier 2 on site when projects fall behind to get them back on track
- Develop new supplier with new process, changing from an existing supplier that fail to meet production expectations, putting the program launch back on track
- This new process has changed how new tooling for this process is contracted for all future programs
- Document lessons learned
- Create PowerPoints, delivering the presentations to the OEM and other Magna divisions of the failures, next steps, and successes
- Collaborate with OEM and Tier 2 on DFMA to create feasible products that meet estimated production costs and timing
- Onsite tool shop run-off and Home-line run-off evaluations and approvals
- Successfully coordinate internal and external customers on all aspects to meet OEM requirements
- Track 500+ stamping tools & 29 welded roll formed parts along with all fixtures and gages
- Travel 75% of the time to minimize risks to the new program launch.
Project / Tooling Engineer
New Standard Corporation
06.2017 - 05.2019
- Quote new tooling, Quality Gages, Weld and Assembly Fixtures
- Work with our Sales team and customer to develop a cost-effective tool that is mutually beneficial to both parties for manufacturing product
- Lead multiple projects simultaneously, as small as $10k to as large as $1.2M
- Utilize APQP to track and control projects, meeting or exceeding tool and project launch implementation
- Create documentation for manufacturing procedures (SOP), processes (Control Plans), and production layouts for equipment installation, assembly, machining, including material handling and packaging to and from outsourced vendors
- Arrange departments for improved efficiency
- Increased production efficiency by 20% and reduce indirect labor by 10% over previous arrangement
- This was a 4-month ROI
- Collaborate directly with customers on DFMA using SolidWorks to reduce the cost by 15% and lead-time to product launch dates by 25%.
Assistant Engineering Manager
Thomson Lamination Company
01.2017 - 06.2017
- Execute daily manufacturing engineering activities, including working with teams to design and implement manufacturing processes and procedures
- Administer the manufacturing department's customer communication initiative
- Increased communications with customers by 40%
- Collaborate with the Heat-treat depart to design a prototype fixture using SolidWorks to reduce the scrap by 53% components made from material that cost as much as $35/pound
- After 3 weeks the prototype was completed tested and production fixture were made at cost of $4500
- An estimated annual savings of $156k for this1 part
- There are approximately 100 parts that could use this design
- Engineer, Design and build 7 out die / with 4 different shapes to reduce offal by 50%.
Manufacturing / Tooling Engineer
Tate Access Floors
06.2010 - 01.2017
- Hired as a Temp Tool and Die maker to maintain tooling
- Within 3 months I was hired to run the Tool Room with 16 employees on 3 shifts for 24-7 coverage
- Engineer, design and build tooling to reduce material consumption by $1.10 per part with an EAU of 4-7million parts
- Project – 3 production lines and 1 spare line - 1 year to finish all tools, at a cost of $1.3M it was a rolling change, with 1st parts off new tooling and 1 line running in 3 months
- Onboard new Double end Tenoner procured from a Company in Germany
- Project $550K with a ROI of 6 months
- Onboard of a waterjet to cut porcelain for our high-end finish group
- Project $300K
- Onboard a Machining Center
- Used to build tools for the production lines
- Project $250K.
Manufacturing Engineer
Billet Industries
03.2009 - 05.2010
- Coordinate manufacturing process for 3 and 4 axis machining centers
- Program Various CNC machining centers using MasterCam
- Design fixture for 3 and 4 axis machining centers.
Production Manager Manufacturing/Tooling Eng.
MPC Industries LLC
10.2007 - 02.2009
- Engineer, Design and build complex production fixtures for High precision CNC 4 and 5 Axis CNC Machining Centers
- Onboard a government contract job in 3 weeks across 3 machining centers to meet the needs of a military contract demand that a fellow manufacturer could not meet
- The initial billet weighed in at 45 lbs. When finish it weighed just under 4 lbs
- It was quoted at 1 part per minute, after prototyping fixtures, and custom tooling from a cutting tool manufacture we were able to increase output by 100% to 2 parts per minute and a scrap qty of 3 parts out of the 15,000 that were manufactured
- Implement lean manufacturing, to reduce scrap by 20% across all production departments
- After multiple successful ME implementations Promoted to Production Manager of 24/7 production teams including Production Programming (3), Tool Room (8), Automation (3), Assembly (12), Maintenance (4) and Production (33).
Head CNC Programmer/Tool and Die Maker
Teledyne Energy Systems Inc
05.2004 - 10.2007
- Implement lean manufacturing, as well as cell manufacturing
- Engineer, design and manufacture progressive dies from concept to completion using Solid Edge
- Create layouts to increase productivity and reduce scrap using Solid Edge
- Engineer, design, and manufacture of complex fixtures using Solid Edge
- Machine super alloys effectively and efficiently
- Consulted by the engineering and design departments on all aspects of machining principles: from material type to application.
Tool and Die Maker
M.S. Willett
06.1991 - 05.2004
- Serve 5 years (10,000 hours) of OTJ training for my NTMA Journeyman Machinist and Tool & Die Maker
- Train personnel on system installation from Maintenance to Tool Makers
- Create new processes for production lines and lean manufacturing
- Mentoring and training apprentices to develop their skills
- Involved in all aspects of progressive die, transfer die and system production
- Use SolidWorks to design and build Protype parts, tools, tooling, gauge, check fixtures for multiple programs.
Education
Associate Degree - Specialized Mechanical Drafting and Design
York Technical Institute
07.2005
Journeyman - Tool & Die Maker
Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation
08.1996
Journeyman - Machinist
Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation
08.1995
High School Diploma - Metal Machining Technologies
York Vocational Technical School
06.1991
Skills
- R&D
- Prototype
- Tool and Die
- Machining
- Trouble Shooting
- Roll Forming/Tube Mill
- Tube Bending
- SolidWorks
- Excel
- Word
- Power Point
- Ability to adapt and change
Certification
- R.I.T., 2016, Six Sigma Black Belt - 90% complete, Project pull due to process change
- R.I.T, 2016 Jan, Six Sigma Green Belt
- Design Point, 2011 June, SolidWorks Certificate of Achievement, Surfacing
- Mazak, 2008 March, Programming Machining Center Certification, Matric Conversational
- Ward-Jet, 2006 October, Water Jet Training Certification
- PCS, 2005 May, Esprit Cam Certification
Accomplishments
- York Technical Institute, 2005 July, Academic Honors, CADD- Mechanical
- York Technical Institute, 2005 July, Perfect Attendance
- York Technical Institute, 2005 April, Student of the term: 6th Term
- York Technical Institute, 2005 January, Student of the term: 5th Term
- York Technical Institute, 2004 April, Student of the term: 2nd Term
Awards
York Technical Institute, 2005 July, Excellence in Mechanical Drafting
Timeline
Project Manager / Tooling Engineer
Magna / Bowling Green Metalforming
07.2019 - 07.2024
Project / Tooling Engineer
New Standard Corporation
06.2017 - 05.2019
Assistant Engineering Manager
Thomson Lamination Company
01.2017 - 06.2017
Manufacturing / Tooling Engineer
Tate Access Floors
06.2010 - 01.2017
Manufacturing Engineer
Billet Industries
03.2009 - 05.2010
Production Manager Manufacturing/Tooling Eng.
MPC Industries LLC
10.2007 - 02.2009
Head CNC Programmer/Tool and Die Maker
Teledyne Energy Systems Inc
05.2004 - 10.2007
Tool and Die Maker
M.S. Willett
06.1991 - 05.2004
Associate Degree - Specialized Mechanical Drafting and Design
York Technical Institute
Journeyman - Tool & Die Maker
Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation
Journeyman - Machinist
Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation
High School Diploma - Metal Machining Technologies
York Vocational Technical School
- R.I.T., 2016, Six Sigma Black Belt - 90% complete, Project pull due to process change
- R.I.T, 2016 Jan, Six Sigma Green Belt
- Design Point, 2011 June, SolidWorks Certificate of Achievement, Surfacing
- Mazak, 2008 March, Programming Machining Center Certification, Matric Conversational
- Ward-Jet, 2006 October, Water Jet Training Certification
- PCS, 2005 May, Esprit Cam Certification
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