As threatened I have included my resume on this weblog to give the people reading it a better idea of what I am all about.
Jim Heilman
P. O. Box 1228
Burnsville, MN 55337-0228
Office (952) 431-2500
E-mail: jim@discoverypersonnel.com
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
1996 - Discovery Personnel, Inc., Technical Recruiter
Present
Self Employed doing technical and executive recruiting for the Plastics Industry.
1995 - Belden, Inc., Equipment Development Engineering Manager
1996
Managed a department of 3 electrical engineers, 5 mechanical engineers and two design technicians designing manufacturing and testing equipment unique to Belden’s automated wire and cable manufacturing processes. Also lead a twenty person project team standardizing the process machine controls for over 100 extrusion lines.
1993 - EZ Paintr Division of the Newell Corporation, Engineering Manager
1995
Led a department consisting of 7 engineers and 21 maintenance technicians responsible for all manufacturing engineering, industrial engineering, equipment design, product development engineering and maintenance for brush manufacturing. Developed a brush packaging machine and five pouching machines.
1989 - Boehringer Mannheim Corp., Manager Process & Packaging Engineering
1993
Managed the Process and Packaging Engineering Department that developed medical device manufacturing processes, new equipment, and packages. My department developed primary and secondary packages as well as the automated packaging equipment. Used Design of Experiment and Statistical Analysis Techniques to improve machine capability to meet the Food and Drug Administration’s Good Manufacturing Practices requirements.
1977 - Ross Laboratories Division of Abbott Laboratories
1989
Manager, Automated Systems Engineering
Led an engineering department developing and applying advanced automation equipment, robotics and vision systems. Developed the first robotics application at Abbott Laboratories. Developed an automated packaging line using pick and place equipment, robots, feeder bowls and conveyor system to assemble and package hospital discharge kits.
Manager, Project Engineering
Managed a group of five project managers while managing large (over $1 million) projects. Managed and engineered the installation of five can manufacturing lines at a total cost of $8 million dollars, including all of the can conveying systems, palletizers and robot body blank feeders.
Manager of Packaging Development
Managed the design and development of primary and secondary packages, single piece drawn cans, two piece welded cans, and blow molded plastic bottles.
Manager, Columbus Plant Maintenance
Managed 80 engineers, supervisors, and technicians to meet aggressive productivity, quality, budget, instrument calibration and safety goals in 600 person infant formula manufacturing and packaging plant.
1975 - Becton-Dickinson Corporation, Senior Mechanical Engineer
1977
Designed and developed specialized equipment and new processes for manufacturing and packaging blood collection tubes.
1973 - 3M Traffic Control Products Division, Project Engineer
1975
Developed processes and designed leading edge equipment used by Research and Development to develop new types of reflective sheeting and highway delineators. Purchased and developed the first extrusion at 3M for making reflective plastic sheeting, in addition to the converting equipment.
1971 - Olin Corporation, Process Engineer
1973
Designed several new and unique machines and cellophane production lines. One design let the operators reduce coating weights, saving the company over $20,000 monthly.
EDUCATION
1982 - University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio - MBA
1971 - Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana - BS in Mechanical Engineering
Skilled in the use of most Personal Computer Programs including, WordPerfect, Microsoft Project Management, Microsoft Word, Harvard Project Manager, AutoCAD LT, Lotus 1,2,3, Excel, Quatro Pro, Statgraphics, Flow Charting, etc. Experienced in applying Design of Experiments (DOE), Statistical Problem Solving, Bench Marking Techniques, Good Manufacturing Practices, Total Quality Management, and ISO 9000 Certification.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Registered Professional Engineer
Society of Plastics Engineers
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