Darius T. Hightower, Ms Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Peachtree City, Georgia, United States

Obtained World Class Manufacturing (WCM) Yellow Belt through conducting a 12 week yellow belt project resulting in reducing coated waste by 20% ($110K in savings).

Malvern, Pennsylvania, United States

Essentials of Manufacturing Program •1 of 14 individuals selected to a cohort tasked with improving efficiency and quality across multiple Saint-Gobain plants within the United States. •Regularly travel to multiple sites within multiple business units to perform kaizen events, six sigma projects, and data science practices to problem solve. •Participated in two, one year long rotations, at ceramics and abrasives sights working on continuous improvement projects.Automation Engineer (Bryan, TX) •Improved kiln car RFID efficiency by 27% across six kilns through trouble shooting PLC and HMI issues. •Develop and implement process dashboards to display real time data of process.Process Engineer, Furnaces (Huntsville, AL) •Implemented a closed circuit water system including a cooling water tower, resulting in reduction of 150,000m3 of water per year. •Used python and data science practices to derive efficient process parameters for rotary kiln and decrease gas usage by 12% annually. •Lead 200K bin restoration capex project allowing for increase storage of raw materials and reduction in lead time.

Greensboro, North Carolina, United States

Educate collegiate students on healthy relationships, sexual health, and prevention of diseases and infections through workshops and programs.Develop and coordinate programs for 12,000+ students to improve awareness of mental and physical health concerns prevalent in the African-American community.Serve as PREP Ambassador and certified CPR instructor.

Pensacola, Florida, United States

Power Business Unit Co-Op (August 2020 – December 2020) • Inspect and repair evaporator sets with contractors during Annual Outage to improve efficiency.• Work with operators to troubleshoot daily happenings and doing daily care rounds as preventative maintenance. • Collaborate with outside vendor to install auto titrator, decreasing errors within results.Manufacturing Excellence Engineer Intern (June 2020 – August 2020) • Test and analyze well system for entire plant to ensure maximum efficiency and flow were being achieved.• Scope, design, and implement automatic separation aid system resulting in $12,000 savings annually.• Perform heat exchanger performance evaluations to establish routine maintenance schedule, decreasing production down time.

Richmond, Virginia, United States

Lead daily line optimization meetings of employing new strategies and data base to track and store data.Design enhanced cigar inspection system to improve quality Site logistics/food lead on House Build project where I was responsible for feeding 30+ individuals for each shift for a 5-day period

Richmond, Virginia Area

Design and 3-D print packaging component for commercial use.Spearheaded team of eight engineers designing and conducting qualification protocol for two-ply dry release label project currently on the consumer market.Support manufacturing floor by performing quality and environmental test to FDA specifications and approval.

North Carolina Agricultural And Technical State University

Developed several training and user guides on how to utilize Opensim software to be implemented across entire Bioengineering department within universityConducted running and jump-landing study on 14 basketball players and analyzed date to identify areas of strengths and weaknesses, resulting in the development of an ACL injury prevention program

Tyrone, Ga

Assisted in collections as well as sat in on financial meetings, oversaw financial records with the controller of company in addition to regular business meetings with the owner.Managed feedback calls which allowed for direct contact with customers and pitch ideas of how to better please customers and how to run day-to-day operations smoother.Conducted eviction process for state of GA, courtroom procedure and paperwork

Master Of Engineering - Meng, Manufacturing Leadership, 3.5 Gpa

Obtained Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification through Supply Chain and Logistics Institute

Bachelor Of Applied Science - Basc, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Student Government Association- Senator for College of Engineering | Men on The Move | Campus Life Committee |.

Bachelor Of Applied Science - Basc, Mathematics

Activities and Societies: Baseball Team, Honors Program