Cory Downing Email & Phone Number

Salina, KS, US

Partners with the executive management team to set the company’s strategic direction and translate that strategy into actionable goals for performance and growth. Provides organization-wide guidance in setting goals and managing performance. Oversees company operations and employee productivity ensuring team members thrive and the organization succeeds..

Partners with the management team to set the company’s strategic direction and ensure that the product development and manufacturing processes support company goals. Focuses on collaboration across facilities from a production, supply chain and facility maintenance perspective. Builds, develops and manages engineering team(s) capable of carrying out needed.

Manages and directs corporate engineering for Salina Vortex Corporation. Partners with management team to set the company’s strategic direction and ensure effective product development and processing of engineered to order products. Builds, develops and manages engineering team(s) capable of carrying out needed engineering initiatives. Ensures.

• Managed team of Design Engineers, Designers, Drafters, CAM Programmers, and Clerical to ensure timely completion of Engineered to Order equipment.
• Reduced departmental error rate by 35%.
• Assisted with the creation of multi-disciplined teams to work on quotes, sales orders, and customer interaction.
• Worked with a multi-disciplined team consisting of inside sales and operations personnel to identify the proper modifications to our product to meet customer specifications.
• Modified standard product to meet customer specifications. This consisted of altering the product design, creating drawings, bills of materials and supporting documentation.
• Assisted manufacturing with technical issues when producing product.

• Interacted with clients to determine what services were needed to assist them with their projects or ideas.
• Developed a scope of work, budget, and timeline for each project. Executed the scope of work accordingly. This included serving as the Project Manager on projects involving other staff members.
• Based upon the project’s scope of work, developed designs, drawings, and prototypes for the client. Maintained a product/process design specification and made certain that it was satisfied.
• Mentored one to four interns teaching them engineering skills while still maintaining project goals.

• Managed the Preventive Maintenance program for production and support equipment including boiler, Autoclaves, and HVAC equipment.
• Supervised the Manufacturing Engineering Department and Maintenance Departments.
• Developed proposals outlining costs, projected timelines, and expected returns on investment for capital projects.
• Managed projects such as equipment design, specification, and installation assigned to the Manufacturing Engineering Department.
• Evaluated problems with control systems and equipment as needed. This included PLCs, AC and DC drives, AC and DC motors, remote I/O systems, motion control systems, and control circuitry.
• Maintained Human Machine Interface systems.

Master'S Degree, Engineering/Industrial Management

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering