Tyler Bates

- Assisted senior fabricator with various projects, mainly custom automotive work.

- Collaborated with customers to understand requests and convey results through the finished product.

- Working with a lead sprinkler technician, I helped seasonally with installation, maintenance, and system checkups.

- Constant troubleshooting on daily route, and fulfilling customer work orders.

- Designer on GE2 Ford car program, we were responsible for the vehicles new wiring design.

- Assisted on various harness families all across the vehicle.

- Working directly with Ford counterpart, we designed new harnesses and new routing daily.

- Extensive daily use of Catia V5, Ford TeamCenter, and Vis Mockup.

- Continuation of 3D Designer responsibilities.

- Responsible for more harnesses and additional tasks with the customer/various suppliers.

- Supported prototype builds.

- Designing & releasing wire harness drawings for the Ford Explorer and Lincoln Aviator program.

- Extensive on-site support at the Ford Chicago Assembly Plant, supporting new model year launch, as well as current production responsibilities.

- Experienced in managing changes with multiple cross functional teams.

- Knowledge of part procurement and costing.

- Knowledge of quality aspect of job, how to identify quality vs. design issues.

- Extensive collaboration with all Ford supplier companies.

- Experience at sorting warehouse sorting and reworking wire harnesses/connectors.

- On-site support at various prototype facilities for design issues/supporting sign off on new design.

- Frequent travel to Mexico production plant.

- Extensive knowledge of assembly plant, harness, and connector processes.