Companies I have worked for

I am presently working as a Thermal Systems Engineer at Chrysler. I’ve had the unique opportunity to work on several different vehicle lines with similar roles. I have worked on the FWD platform with the Sebring, the RWD platform with the Commander & Grand Cherokee, and presently the RWD platform with the Nitro & Liberty. Each platform experience has given me the chance to work with some excellent people with whom I gained many different areas of knowledge. The FWD platform I worked closely with Aero-Thermal Engineers running DVP&R and functional objective tests of under hood components. I worked closely with suppliers to assist with the development of an automatic temperature control system for the interior climate of the vehicle. I coordinated and ran many different development tests in Chrysler’s environmental climate drive cells. I assisted in instrumenting the vehicles to collect valuable data. I had to interpret the data to prepare and present to management. I independently lead 2 vehicle development road trips to South Florida and Northern Michigan to test extreme hot / cold conditions. Road trips consisted of 5 – 10 engineers and suppliers. As trip leader I was in charge of vehicle preparation, DVP&R test coordination, logistics, food / gas breaks, hotels, flights, and many other leadership roles. I participated in 6 other vehicle development road trips traveling all over the country. On the RWD platform I became more of a liaison between our suppliers and Chrysler. I work on assessing the feasibility of different cost saving ideas. I work reactively solving quality problems in the field. I am training in Taguchi Methods of DFSS (Design for Six Sigma) for more of a proactive approach to quality. I enjoy the diversity of skills that I have been obtaining at Chrysler. 

At Ford I worked under a supervisor at the Windsor Casting Plant in the central garage site. I managed a preventative maintenance system for vehicles that assisted the Ford Production System such as forklifts, burden carriers, personal carriers, cranes, etc. My position at Ford required me to assist in supervising 30 mechanics. I had to delegate work to each mechanic and keep a record of their progress. The mechanics job was to maintain the vehicles. I tracked each vehicles maintenance records to ensure proper work was being performed on them. Each vehicle, depending on the working hours would need a specific maintenance job. I would manage the vehicles working hours and schedule them for maintenance.

 (Windsor Ontario)At Siemens I worked under the plant maintenance engineer. I was part of the Emergency Response Team and the Environmental Health and Safety Team. I attended and contributed to weekly meetings. I learned how business affects the environment and how to maintain a safe and environmentally friendly organization. I updated and altered the plants AutoCAD files. Using AutoCAD 2002 I drew layouts of new offices that were being put in, domestic water pipes, air filtration systems, column locations, and safety item locations around the plant. Another part of my job was working in the Quality department. I put in extra overtime hours for the quality department because of the extra help that was needed. I physically tested intake manifolds using TS16949 standards. I had to visually inspect the manifolds for flash left over from the lost core process. I checked tolerances using a CMM and feeler gauges. The torque was tested on the manifold bolts to determine their average breaking torque strength. Manifold caps were pushed out using a machine that accurately measured the axial force to cause the cap to break free.

(Tilbury Ontario) At Siemens I worked on an engineering team. I worked heavily on the D219 production line that built intake manifolds for Ford Motor Company. Feed back from line workers was a great asset on determining how to optimize production rates. I worked on designing stage tables for the production line to be able to increase storage space for the material handlers. Ergonomics and space issues were taken into consideration. I also worked with Product Engineers on different manifolds that were just about to be launched for production and Manifolds that were still in the prototype stage. I did a few PPAP trials on different manifolds. I learned the importance of team work and communication in the engineering field.