Jim Susko Email & Phone Number

Bowling Green, OH

• Designs and engineers earth removal attachments for excavator, skid steer, and wheel loader type machines in a job shop environment. Creates one-off attachments, working with customers, suppliers, sales, and.
• Re-designed every product line that exists in the company that was not a designed used in contract from another company
• Moved all marketed designs from all custom “one-offs” to using platform design.
• Updated designs to lighten (up to 30% of previous), strengthen, reduce parts (up to 75% of previous) and reduce production time (up to 70%) less time.
• Took products from concepts to complete production ready including multiple lines (for different lass machines) BOMs, sales documentation and illustrations, instructions, and production steps.
• Designed tooling and jigs, and inclusion in the designs were applied from the prototype designs onward.

Upper Sandusky, OH

• Worked on the design and drawing of various pieces of equipment. Design experience includes material handling equipment and production machinery. Also, part of team that built and installed such equipment
• Created detailed prints to provide for the customer for approval
• Created all individual part prints, BOMs, and building procedures
• Built equipment and made all components which included machining (both lathe and mills) welding, painting, assembly, and installation
• Worked on designing updates and retro-fits to existing equipment
• Developed production procedures that reduced production time by up to 40%