Duane Keese Email & Phone Number

Buford, Georgia, United States

Hull, Georgia, United States

I’m responsible for estimating incoming RFQ’s; this includes piece parts to major assemblies. I estimate all labor, material, hardware, and obtain outside vendors pricing then I submit the quote to the customer, I follow up after a few days checking stats on the quote. I help out engineering process drawings for the shop and order purchased parts from.

Gainesville, Georgia, United States

I analyze the companies processes, procedures, drawings and manufacturing methods to find the best practices to efficiently serve our customers. When I see things that can be manufactured better I then have a meeting with our VP of Operations and our Engineering Manager to discuss my thoughts and if all possible we implement these changes to happen before.

Gainesville, Georgia, United States

I’m responsible for estimating incoming RFQ’s; this includes piece parts to major assemblies. I estimate all labor, material, hardware and obtain outside vendors pricing then I submit the quote to the customer. Once we receive the PO I create the laser or water-jet files, set up the Bill of Materials /Routings, Purchase Material’s and outside services if.

Alpharetta, Georgia, United States

I’m responsible for estimating incoming RFQ’s; this includes piece parts to major assemblies. I estimate all labor, material, hardware, powder coat and obtain outside vendors pricing. Once we receive the PO I set up the Bill of Materials / Routings, Purchase custom tooling and maintain specified accounts from here on out, this may consist of quoting new.

Social Circle, Georgia, United States

I was initially hired as a project engineer then after a month I was offered the purchasing manager position, before this no one was over purchasing so everyone just ordered what they needed and there was no real good accountability of what was being purchased. I started obtaining at least three competitive quotes on raw materials for every order and then.

Alabama, Georgia, Florida And Puerto Rico

I was responsible for the sale of sheet metal tooling for Amada turret punch presses and press brakes. I obtain pertinent information to prepare quotes and submit orders for new and existing customers. I am the first point of contact for customers to resolve any issues. As I find out about used equipment being moved through auctions or used dealers I go.

Austin, Texas, United States

I was responsible for estimating all incoming RFQ’s, this included piece parts, welded frames to major assemblies. I estimated all labor cost and obtained material, hardware, plating and painting cost from vendors and subcontractors. I submitted the quote to the customer with pricing, exceptions and lead-times. I started out quoting everything with pencil.

Sugar Land, Texas, United States

I was responsible for reviewing specifications on all new products to determine that all necessary information was obtained to manufacture customer’s parts. I used Auto Cad and SolidWorks as needed to look up missing information on drawings. I reviewed and approved quotes and routings on all new products. I coordinated with customers, program management.

Austin, Texas, United States

I purchased all shop related items such as tooling, equipment parts, and coordinated all service on the equipment I planned $15M per year using a Kan-ban system for parts we had to keep in stock for certain customers and also planned daily production, I tracked all jobs to ensure they were moving through the production process as scheduled. I filled in for.

Dallas, Texas, United States

For 12 years I set-up and operated Press Brakes, Shears, Rollers, Turrets and various other fabrication equipment. I was a lead-man over a temporary 3rd shift of 12 employees for one year. I trained machine operators for our Dallas and Mexico plants. I was then promoted to programmer where I programmed Amada and Trumpf Turrets. I used AutoCAD to look up.

Texas, United States

USMC ReservesInfantry then later aviation supply.

High School Diploma, General Studies, 3.5 Gpa

Certificate, Solidworks Sheet Metal

Learned how to create sheet metal 3D models, assemblies and detailed drawings.

Certificate, Solidworks Essentials

Learned basics in SolidWorks for machine and sheet metal parts, created models and drawings.

Certificate, Fabri-Win / Ap100

Learned how to program Amada turret punch machines.

Certificate, Fabre-Bend

Learned how to program Amada Press Brakes.

Certificate, Practical Skills For Managers And Supervisors

Learned basic skills for managers and supervisors.

Certificate, Laser 2D Cad/Cam

Learned how to program Amada Laser.

Certificate, Advanced Mathematics For Machine Technology

Went over basic math, geometry, trigonometry and geometric dimensioning and tolerancing for machine technology.

Certificate, Microsoft Dos, Windows And Excel

Took basic DOS, Windows and Excel classes at different times during this time period.

Certificate, G-Code & 2D Cad/Cam

Learned how to program using G-Code and 2D CAD/CAM for Amada turret punch machines.

Certificate, Maintenance On Trumpf 240

Went over hydraulic, pneumatic and other varies maintenance for the TRUMPF 240 Punching Machine.

Certificate, Maintenance On Trumpf 180

Went over hydraulic, pneumatic and other varies maintenance for the TRUMPF 180 Punching Machine.