Manufacturing Experience

Joel Kolodziej
jtk141[at]yahoo.com

Summary

Manufacturing Engineer with 10 years of experience in product assembly and design for manufacturing support.

Experience

Manufacturing Engineer
Elesienna LLC, Batesburg, SC
November 2015 – July 2016

•         Ensured SAP ERP system updated according to engineering changes from customers, and coordinated implementation of those changes across engineering and purchasing teams.

•         Assisted in quoting of new products by ensuring Bills of Material and Routings were complete and current.

•         Created procedures and forms for ISO and IRIS certification.

•         Interfaced with customer Team Center system for drawings and standards.

•         Assisted Quality with shop floor communication and implementation of new procedures and processes.

•         Oversaw product migration to new suppliers and tracked FAI activity and communication.

•         Designed fixtures and gauges as needed.

Manufacturing Engineer II
FN Manufacturing, Columbia, SC
November 2005 – November 2015

Plant wide Tool, Fixture, and Gauge Design as well as lead manufacturing engineer in charge of assembly for all non-machined products.

•         Designed and maintained prints for all Gauges, Tools, and Fixtures in use plant-wide.

•         Experienced with design and programming of integrated sensor systems.

•         Designed workflow for PDM data release and revision.

•         Managed manufacturing BOMs for a wide range of rapidly changing products.

•         Developed new assembly process sheets and set requirements for numerous new products simultaneously.

•         Maintained several other products assembly processes.

•         Helped implement lean processes.

CNC Programmer
Real Value Inc, Columbia, SC
September 2004 - November 2005

•         Responsible for planning and scheduling the operations of the CNC department

•         Organized and managed 5 employees.

•         Ensured production of material in time for deliveries and installations.

•         Responsible for creating shop drawings from customer orders and templates using AutoCad software and digitizing equipment.

•         Responsible for programming CNC equipment, including saws, waterjets, and mills, to cut counter tops from shop drawings.

Certification and Training

•         Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing

•         Advanced Part Modeling in Creo

•         Solidworks Essentials

•         Solidworks Drawing

•         EIT in the state of South Carolina. Certification #15994

Skills

•         AutoCAD

•         Creo 2.0

•         Windchill

•         Solidworks 2016

•         Blender 3D

•         Sketchup

•         Microsoft Office

•         Microsoft Windows XP through 10

•         Ubuntu Linux

•         Programming in Visual Basic, C#, and Python

•         PC Repair and Assembly

•         Small Home/Office Networking.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering, May 2004
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC