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Shaun Ketchersid

Shaun Ketchersid

Rackerby,CA

Summary

Motivated, highly interested in the design and improvement of machines. Good at working with diverse personalities in a team environment. Recognize the value of products that are safe, efficient, and easy to use. Enjoy machining and fabricating. Pursue hydraulics and automotive suspension design as a hobby. Love to solve problems by modeling with math.

Professional fabricator with strong expertise in metalworking, welding, and blueprint interpretation. Proven ability to enhance productivity through precise craftsmanship and innovative problem-solving. Highly reliable team player who adapts to changing needs and consistently delivers quality results. Skilled in operating various fabrication tools and maintaining safety standards in fast-paced environment.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Fabricator

  • Designed and fabricated a steel staircase using solid works for the design.
  • Fabricated several charcoal briquette barbeques that employed 55 gallon drums for fire pits.
  • Designed and constructed three metal work benches that included sheet metal drawers.
  • Designed and fabricated a large toolbox that included automotive style four wheel steering.

Machine Diagnosis

Color sorter technician
09.2015
  • Generate list of probable solutions from machine symptoms and customer testimony.
  • Narrow down list with pin point test
  • Communicate problems to parent company tech support using phone, email, text, instant messaging and remote VPN connections
  • Implement best solution and verify results
  • Inventory Management
  • Created basic inventory program using google scripts that performs the following actions
  • Add remove parts from one of two locations function
  • Correct and track all parts quantities during inventory quantity audit
  • Generate restock list for low quantities
  • Generate add remove history list
  • Generates barcode label list for import into Dymo software
  • Travel to remote customer locations
  • Used company vehicles, rental cars, and common commercial passenger airlines to reach locations
  • Booked and rescheduled flights\rental vehicles
  • Arranged and extended hotel reservations
  • Documented and advised customers on installation configurations and the effect of each on machine performance
  • Used and maintained machine SCADA and networking sub systems
  • Used and maintained machine remote access team viewer to VPN diagnostic systems
  • Handled customer concerns regarding these systems and network security (you win some and loose most)
  • Worked with limited resources
  • Air travel and plant conditions limit the selection of tools that are available making improvisation the most important tool
  • Handle communication across three different time zones and live without tech support when the time difference between work location and Italy is large
  • A machines mechanical and/or electronic configuration is often not ideal for the application due to inaccurate customer representation or over aggressive sales tactics. In either case, the following actions must be taken
  • Verify customer accepted contract is achievable
  • When contract goals cannot be achieved provided suggestions and implemented solutions from sales and engineering to achieve highest possible level of customer satisfaction
  • When contract goals are achieved, politely explain to customer what the contract means, and how what they want is outside the contract goals. Often, many of these goals are partially obtainable, or fully obtainable with limited day to day repeatability. When either is the case, modify machine sorting program to achieve as much of the customers non contract goals as possible without hindering those guaranteed in the contract. This process is always a complicated team effort requiring input from just about everyone in sales, service, and engineering
  • Verify that Customer installation is not hindering machine performance
  • These situations usually result in efficiencies that are lower than those guaranteed in the sales contract. In the case of color sorters, product instability from incorrect infeed systems, or contamination from unsortable contaminates are the most common causes.
  • Provide suggestions for infeed and mechanical sorting modification. It is common to suggest installing eliminator rollers before the machine to spread product through the machine evenly, and remove small or thin components like dirt, leaves, and vines.
  • Performed various mechanical and electrical repairs
  • Replace shafts, bearings, gearboxes and motors regularly
  • Replace and reprogram Yakasawa (Omron) VFDs
  • Rebuild assemblies specific to color sorters including automatic viewing glass cleaners, and pneumatic sorting units

Service Writing

Service writer/ smog technician/ Customer Retention Marketing (pjs and cars)
06.2014 - 09.2015
  • Communicate with customers via email, phone, and text messages for the purpose of sales, and progress updates.
  • Generate work cost estimates including accurate prices for all parts, labor, and sublet work.
  • Automotive Technician
  • Perform California smog inspections and general automotive Diagnoses/Repair.
  • Customer Retention Marketing
  • Generate follow up cost estimates based upon shop technician recommendations.
  • Create newsletters to aid in the sale of follow up work estimates.

Mechanical Engineer

Potential Design Inc.
02.2014 - 06.2014
  • Project management
  • Organization of labor
  • Responsible for purchasing components and materials
  • Perform test and inspections needed to verify that customer specifications are achieved.
  • Enforce OSHA and customer safety requirements. Confined space entry, fall protection PPE, and common sense work practices.
  • Identify and correct on site job issues
  • Responsible for collecting all tools and materials needed for a given job.
  • Engineering
  • Familiarized with Autocad 2005 and 2007
  • Routinely created or detailed drawings for the purpose of fabrication on site. These tasks include the creation of cut list for off the shelf steel products and tooled data files for CNC plasma cutting both nested and individual.
  • Cost/benefit analysis.
  • Created drawings for machining and welding operations as well as bending instructions for manual press brakes and shears.
  • Generated BOMS

Smog Technician and general mechanic

01.2002 - 01.2013
  • Used various electronic tools including digital storage oscilloscopes, voltmeters, test lights, signal generators, and computerized diagnostic equipment to diagnose and repair automobiles.
  • Performed California emission inspections under stringent government controls and regulations.
  • Performed general repairs on most of the mechanical systems included in modern automobiles.

Research Assistant

Olive Harvester Project
01.2009 - 01.2011
  • Worked in a team of three people: 2 with mechanical and one with mechatronic backgrounds.
  • Developed a 3D model using solid works of a complex, original design.
  • Performed the necessary design calculations needed to verify the structural integrity of the same design.
  • Performed all the machining and welding necessary to fabricate the above design as well as modifications to some earlier designs developed by others.
  • Assisted in testing of the completed machine.
  • Currently revising the previous design of key parts of the machine as well as adding to it.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering

California State University, Chico
01.2010

General education for BS

Butte Community College

Smog License - undefined

Yuba Community College

Skills

  • Metal fabrication
  • Power tool operation
  • Machinery operation
  • Repair work
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office
  • Microsoft Publisher
  • Microsoft Power Point
  • Google Sheets
  • Google apps Script
  • Milling Machine operation
  • Lathe setup and operation

Accomplishments

  • Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.
  • Collaborated with team of 5 in the development of olive harvester test platform.
  • Supervised team of 3 staff members.
  • Achieved inventory control by introducing Google apps script and sheets for tracking and monitoring tasks.
  • Achieved machine sale by completing field service task with accuracy and efficiency.
  • Documented and resolved driver board communication emi interference issue which led to OEM testing and correction.

Certification

  • Engineer in Training, Board of professional engineers - 2010
  • EA smog License - 2002

Timeline

Machine Diagnosis

Color sorter technician
09.2015

Service Writing

Service writer/ smog technician/ Customer Retention Marketing (pjs and cars)
06.2014 - 09.2015

Mechanical Engineer

Potential Design Inc.
02.2014 - 06.2014

Research Assistant

Olive Harvester Project
01.2009 - 01.2011

Smog Technician and general mechanic

01.2002 - 01.2013

Fabricator

General education for BS

Butte Community College

Smog License - undefined

Yuba Community College

Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering

California State University, Chico

Related coursework

  • Matlab and LabView programming languages.
  • Solid Works models of a mountain board, and a cox hobby engine as well as many other assemblies.
  • Fluid mechanics, strength of materials, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, measurements and instrumentation, numerical equation solving, dynamics, human resources management and other general education classes including oral and written communication.

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