TAYLOR KIMBROUGH
Summary
Seeking an opportunity for professional development and career advancement. Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy. Demonstrated success in improving production output and quality. Well-versed in contributing to major manufacturing changes, including equipment upgrades and process changes.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
R&D Technician/Product Development
Lonestar Racing
03.2022 - Current
- Use CAD software (solidworks) to design and develop new products.
- Evaluate and utilize 3D computer generated scans to reverse engineer OEM products.
- Create design constraints based on manufacturability.
- Fit and test prototype parts on vehicles.
- Create bill of materials for manufacturing.
- Manage R&D projects to ensure all objectives are met in an efficient time frame.
Fabrication Tech
Lonestar Racing
05.2019 - 03.2022
- Fabricate and weld off-road chassis and suspension kits
- Tig welding of various materials such as mild steel, chromoly, aluminum, stainless and titanium.
- Examine work pieces for defects and measure work pieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications.
- Read and comprehend blueprints for selected materials, measurements and weld call outs. Perform work to specified tolerances
- Make decisions on how to fabricate parts or make repairs when there is no set of directions.
Manufacturing Supervisor
Dragonfire Racing
03.2018 - 05.2019
- Oversee manufacturing personnel.
- Ensure new employees have sufficient training in order to be successful and perform to company standards.
- Ensure manufacturing team has all appropriate tools and materials to complete their daily tasks.
- Assist team members with setup of equipment and fixtures for production runs.
- Follow jobs through manufacturing process, making sure all tasks are completed accurately and efficiently.
- Cut work orders, stage parts and materials needed for up coming jobs.
- Check status of parts/materials to ensure they will arrive on time for production.
- Implement new process techniques into manufacturing process to improve efficiency, quality and manufacturability.
- Maintain an organized and accurate count of all inventoried parts needed for production jobs.
Welder/Fabricator
Dragonfire Racing
02.2017 - 03.2018
- Fabricated parts according to manufacturing guidelines.
- Inspected welds and checked critical measurements to meet specifications.
- Welded in flat, horizontal, vertical, and overhead positions.
- Assisted engineers in building/modifying prototype parts from engineering documents.
- Built weld fixtures for production/manufacturing of products new products.
Apprentice Mechanic/Fabricator
Performance Fabrication
06.2015 - 10.2016
- Inspect vehicles, perform necessary maintenance and create detailed written reports of any issues/problems that need to be addressed.
- Test drive vehicles before and after repairs to determine functionality, necessary actions or completion statuses.
- Review with customer of what work was completed and what work is recommended.
- Design, fabricate and modify special parts as needed.
- Use of fabrication tools.
- Ensure that all vehicle systems are in full functioning order.
- Maintain detailed written log of completed work for each vehicle.
- Maintain clean, safe, and satisfactory work environment.
Education
Bachelor of Science -
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ05.2015
High School Diploma - undefined
Aragon High School
San Mateo, CA06.2010
Skills
- General mechanical knowledge
- Vehicle maintenance, service and repair
- Mig/Tig welding (AWS certified)
- Operation of fabrication machinery
- CAD design
- GD&T
Certification
AWS D1.1
Forklift Counterbalance Class 1,4,5
Timeline
R&D Technician/Product Development
Lonestar Racing
03.2022 - Current
Fabrication Tech
Lonestar Racing
05.2019 - 03.2022
Manufacturing Supervisor
Dragonfire Racing
03.2018 - 05.2019
Welder/Fabricator
Dragonfire Racing
02.2017 - 03.2018
Apprentice Mechanic/Fabricator
Performance Fabrication
06.2015 - 10.2016
Bachelor of Science -
Arizona State University
High School Diploma - undefined
Aragon High School
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