⭐️Jeff Heiden⭐️ Email & Phone Number

Milwaukee, WI, US

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

• The Vertical Reciprocating Conveyor (VRC) Innovator and Industry leader designing and manufacturing equipment to vertically move material loads from 10lbs. to more than 100,000 lbs.. More than 20,000 VRS’s have been.
• Determine best design for the customers’ application based on provided documentation, customer quotation, and product knowledge
• Discusses and resolves project issues and concerns with project management and or sales departments
• Calculate the specific lift parameters from baseline product for the customers particular application
• Complete drawings according to customer requirements, company standards, procedures, policies, codes, and regulations

Lake Geneva

• An award-winning manufacturer of precision metal stampings and assemblies, with one specialty of being able to transform machined components into low cost precision metal stampings. Internally designed and built.
• Redesigned dies to produce additional parts or replace the current part, designed fixtures and gages for machining and inspection.
• Leader of maintaining the Tool Maintenance Program, providing a trackable history log for more efficient production runs.
• Reviewed new tool and die designs and modeling for completeness and accuracy.

Waukesha

• A Fortune 1000 American manufacturer of backup power generation products for residential, light commercial and industrial markets. A manufacturer of gasoline-fueled, diesel-fueled and bi-fuel engine-driven power.
• Processed engineering change orders and requests, engineering product improvements, and cost reduction projects.
• Developed large spreadsheets for generator models and R-Level BOM’s for verifying where used and interchangeability.
• Coordinated engineering lab testing (part validation and endurance testing) with lab personnel.
• Designed and detailed various weldments from small components to large assemblies.

New Berlin

Milwaukee

• A privately held company that builds on a 165-year legacy, that employs more than 100 people in metal fabricating and architectural aluminum and metal railing. Specialties include; Handrail and Railing Systems, Glass.
• Part of team to review estimators’ quotes on custom fabricated jobs for feasibility and profit, while giving recommendations as needed.
• Developed process of manufacture for custom products using work cells and outside services while creating bills and routings with estimated operation times for purchasing and shop use.

• Designed various Die Sets, Form Tooling and Automation equipment.

Milwaukee

• A manufacturer who specialized in precision metal stampings, mechanical assemblies, & fabrication services, employing 200+ people, and founded in 1919 with a reputation of excellence and QS9000 & ISO 9002 certified.Die.
• Designed progressive and compound metal stamping dies, various types of form, cutting, and automation tooling along with gages and fixtures for low and high-volume production.
• Developed prototype parts for customers that have complex geometry, turning into higher volume production runs.

Greater Milwaukee Area

• Participated in resolving daily manufacturing issues, communicating with toolroom, pressroom, machine operators, inspection, and management. Additionally, I was responsible for designing stamping dies, form and cutting.
• Lead multiple ongoing projects from concept to production, consisting of part development, design and build, scheduling for production while maintaining deadlines on Microsoft Project.
• Conducted studies and experiments on production tooling using various materials, heat treating, coatings, and machining methods to reduce cost and improve quality, some instances more than double production.
• Lead Engineer in charge of Tooling Work Orders to repair, replace, or de-bug existing tooling components.
• Designed an inventory identification system with full documentation used by that entire plant that drastically improved efficiency and lead to quicker turnaround times, higher quality, and profit for the company.
• Implemented shop floor procedures and trained the required personnel of processes.

Greater Milwaukee Area

Racine

• A design contracting firm that specialized in supporting the automotive industry employing approximately 10 people.DrafterResponsible for updating drawings to customer and client specifications using Anvil software..
• Detailed and modified various customer part drawings in addition to plotting drawings and blueprints for clients.

Oak Creek

Franklin

West Allis

Real Estate

Advanced Die Design

Manufacturing Engineering

Tool And Die Design