Rodney Ovid Jones
Lexington,KY
Summary
Licensed Professional Engineer with experience in remanufacturing, lean manufacturing, CNC machining and problem solving,
Overview
33
33
years of professional experience
Work History
Engineer
SRC of Lexington
06.2010 - Current
- Lead the lean improvement of the small component hydraulics area
- This included designing a work cell, rewriting work instructions, designing new tooling and organizing tooling
- Efficiency improved from90% to over250%
- Purchased automated lapping machine and redesigned lapping area which resulted in efficiency improvements of40%
- Applied lean manufacturing principles to the cylinder head line
- This included, shadow boards, standard work procedures, poka yokes and training
- Machining efficiency improved from75% to110%
- Purchased an induction cylinder head seat removal system to eliminate welding
- Conducted problem solving to develop easy methods for determining if seats were steel or nickel based
- Responsible for new product development of Jenbacher and Waukesha cylinder heads
- This included the purchase of a Makino machining center, writing all CNC programs, CMM measurement programs and work instructions
- Trained other engineers and team members how to write CNC programs using SolidWorks CAM software
- Updated environmental permits from small to large quantity waste generator status
- This included, writing a spill prevention control plan, contingency plan, waste minimization plan and updating training material
- Professional Development and Awards
- Received a SRC Spotlight Award with the nomination from an hourly employee2024
- Served as NSPE-KY Bluegrass treasurer2017-2021
- Kentucky Professional Engineers Leadership PE class2016-2017
Remanufacturing Engineer
Komatsu America Corporation Remanufacturing
12.2007 - 06.2010
- Managed maintenance department and quality analysts
- Worked with team members to improve the process of injector tubes, which reduced failures from7.2% to0%
- Developed repair and salvage methods with thermal spray
- Installed, programmed, and wrote standard work procedures and trained team members with CNC valve seat machine
Tooling Co-op in power train
Toyota Motor Manufacturing
08.2006 - 07.2007
- Installed vibration monitors to catch tool failures, preventing scrap and machine downtime
- Drew layouts in Autodesk Inventor for clean room tool break down stands
- Programmed flexible tool setting gauges and helped with initial tool tryouts of new V6 engine
- Collected and reported monthly environmental data
Graduate Teaching Assistant
University of Kentucky
05.2006 - 08.2006
- Center for Manufacturing, Lean Manufacturing Summer Boot Camps
- Assisted with teaching students in transforming a wood manufacturing lab from a job shop to a lean cellular design
- Trained students in safe operation of power tools in the manufacturing wood shop
Senior Forest Research Specialist
Westvaco Corporation, Forest Research Laboratory
01.1993 - 01.2000
- Conducted research for development and deployment of clonal forestry with loblolly pines
- Led and supervised data collection for pine rooted cutting experiments
- Responsible for technology transfer from research lab to production nursery
- Coordinated greenhouse space and schedules for biotech projects
- Designed and built production propagation facilities including greenhouse,7-acre irrigation pond and50,000 pine hedge nursery
- Secretary Treasurer Edisto Chapter Society of American Foresters1995
Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant
University of Kentucky, Department of Horticulture
08.1991 - 08.1993
- Teaching assistant for plant propagation classes
- Research assistant in area of plant propagation
Education
Master in Manufacturing Systems Engineering -
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY12.2007
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering - undefined
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY12.2004
Master of Science in Agriculture - undefined
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY12.1993
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture - undefined
Murray State University
Murray, KY05.1991
Skills
- Lean Manufacturing
- CNC machining
- Problem Solving
- Quality
- Remanufacturing
Accomplishments
SRC Spotlight award
NSPE-KY Bluegrass Chapter Treasure 2018-2022
Kentucky Engineering Center Leadership PE graduate 2017
Timeline
Engineer
SRC of Lexington
06.2010 - Current
Remanufacturing Engineer
Komatsu America Corporation Remanufacturing
12.2007 - 06.2010
Tooling Co-op in power train
Toyota Motor Manufacturing
08.2006 - 07.2007
Graduate Teaching Assistant
University of Kentucky
05.2006 - 08.2006
Senior Forest Research Specialist
Westvaco Corporation, Forest Research Laboratory
01.1993 - 01.2000
Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant
University of Kentucky, Department of Horticulture
08.1991 - 08.1993
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering - undefined
University of Kentucky
Master of Science in Agriculture - undefined
University of Kentucky
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture - undefined
Murray State University
Master in Manufacturing Systems Engineering -
University of Kentucky