J. ANDREW HOLT
Morgantown, WV
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Johnson Matthey Catalysts Smithfield, PA 9/16-Present
Responsibilities as Project Engineer:
• Managing budget and resources for Dual Dosing project to stay within fiscal year targets.
• Installed double block and bleed system to part dryers and oven to improve safety.
• Creating and sharing standardized project management tools to assist others in the department to work more effectively.
• Led troubleshooting team to solve problems related to vacuum system redesign.
• Provide engineering support and technical troubleshooting as necessary.
• Implemented Offline Laser Etching Station from concept to completion and installation.
• Schedule and lead meetings to ensure project scope is clearly defined and shared with all applicable departments.
• Prepare comprehensive requests for capital projects from all departments with clear justification and payback.
• Manage outside contractors to complete projects within agreed timelines and budgets.
• Ensure all outside contractors meet expectations for Browz safety program.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. Buffalo, WV 3/14-9/16
(TEMA)
Responsibilities as Powertrain Production Engineer for Thinkpath Engineering Services:
• Project Lead for V6 Cylinder Head (Aluminum) and Camshaft (Steel) Machining Lines.
• Create equipment specifications so vendors can develop equipment to meet safety, production, and quality criteria.
• Communicate with Japanese and American vendors to create specification, purchase, and develop equipment for installation.
• Develop budgets, schedules, and layouts for investigation, installation, and modification of machinery to be performed in a constricted timeframe.
• Manage contractors, Japanese support groups, and TMMWV Team Members to install new equipment.
• Coordinate daily meetings to manage Japanese and American support groups performing installation and commissioning of all new equipment.
• Create quality documentation to develop measuring processes and gauging for machining processes and Team Member training.
• Lead trial activity in Japan for multiple types of machinery.
• Report status of trial and installation activities, as well as weekly overall status of project to executive management.
• Redesign robot loading cell for machining line to countermeasure layout development issue.
• Led project to install conveyor during a weekend with no impact to startup of line.
Kyowa America Corp. Waynesburg, PA/Portland, TN 8/11-3/14
Responsibilities as Production Engineer for Tier 1 Supplier to Toyota:
• Responsible for development, application, and training of Standard Operating Procedures for new and existing products from plastic injection molding to electrostatic painting to final assembly and shipping
• Served as interim Supervisor/Engineer of Molding, Painting, and Assembly Departments.
• Performed detailed process time evaluations to continually improve efficiency and productivity standards.
• Established maintenance and PM procedures for all production related equipment.
• Assisted all departments in cost-improvement (Kaizen) activities.
• Ensured compliance with ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 procedures.
Responsibilities during New Model Launch:
• Involved at a high level with new model introduction strategy for launching of new Toyota vehicles.
• Coordinated all process and equipment modifications necessary to support new model SOP within designated timeframes, including utilization of idle injection machines and Fanuc robots.
• Developed lean standard work procedures to streamline pro...
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