Brad Harding Email & Phone Number

Newmarket, Ontario, Canada

Semi-Retired role. Helping people realize their DIY potential.

Aurora, Ontario

Custom Woodturning, creating handmade, high-quality, wood writing instruments and wood turnings.www.HardingPens.ca

Vaughan, Ontario, Canada

Part of the SLT. Responsible for Engineering, Quality, Purchasing, and ERP. Rebuilt the Engineering team after Covid staff reductions. Revised processes and documentation to drive improvements in engineering, ERP, inventory accuracy, and meet ISO9000 requirements.

Aurora, Ontario, Canada

In charge of all Production, Order Fulfilment, and Logistics. Position ended with COVID shutdown. Successfully completed the consolidation of 2 plants and restore profitability, without interrupting orders.

Aurora, Ontario

Developing methods, procedures and documents to improve design, quality, and service, while also reduce errors and improve costs. I work with all areas of the company driving improved design, quality, communications, and on-time delivery.

Mississauga, Ont

Led all engineering activities for this office/healthcare seating company. Project Manager for all Product Development activities, Created and processed ECN’s. Ensured BIFMA certification testing was completed. Negotiated with test labs a new process to certify product families. Created 3D CAD models and drawings with SolidWorks. Answered technical.

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Developed and launched new gas and electric cooking equipment products. Led cross functional team of sales, corporate engineers, and customers, to determine project scope and milestones. Reviewed products with manufacturing to resolve issues before putting products into production. Took over a critical product development project when the lead engineer.

Toronto, Canada Area

Built a technical team to 14 people to handle issues with products manufactured in 4 plants. Led the team through decentralization, followed by a downsizing. Coached and developed individuals successfully, resulting in the promotion of 4 employees to management positions. Fixed 50,000 drawings to correct errors. Audited and approved all changes to product.

Tottenham, Beaverton Ontario

Earned responsibility for park brake assemblies after the brake expert left the company. Developed an in depth knowledge of brakes within a short timeframe. Successfully launched the company’s first park brake assembly for the GM S/T Truck. Oversaw the correction of initial design to meet customer expectations. Helped developed a fully Poke Yoke assembly.

Cam-Slide Mfg, Newmarket/Aurora, Ontario

As a part of the new seat track design group, helped launch the AIT track, a new structural seat truck mechanism. Developed the Ford Ranger regular cab version of the seat track. Coordinated design work with JCI and Ford. Designed on CAD, met weekly with JCI for design reviews. Arranged quotes, design changes & prototypes. Set up and learned PDGS CAD.

Woodbridge, Ontario

Responsible for all Ford and Chrysler business, including recovery of lost volume. Managed technical team of 5. Met my goal of reversing sales projections from downward to upward at Ford. Participated in the transition to lean manufacturing. Litens was one of the first lean plants in North America. Part of a team to improve ECR process to meet customer.

Aurora/Newmarket, Ontario

Technical Lead on a government funded research project to use diesel smoke filters in underground mining. Turned research into a new commercial product.Presented findings at several industry conferences. Research was published.

Basc, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Rifle Club, SAE club, MechEng club

High School, 9-13

Brown Belt