Michael Bowles Email & Phone Number

Industry leader of commercial refrigeration display casesManufacturing Engineer• Design & build fixtures for assembly processes and robotic welding• Project manager for large scale capital projects. Duties include developing RFQ’s, justification, facility layout, offsite equipment runoff, and coordinating installation & startup. • Responsible for $2.2mil startup of welding and foam departments in new facility • Successfully implemented installation of 2 robotic welding cells including performing all programming & tool design• Responsible for justifying, developing, and implementing manufacturing processes for new products• Work extensively with maintenance personnel to troubleshoot, repair, and modify equipment• Value Stream team leader for 2 assembly lines. Duties include managing cross functional teams to reduce non-valued added work.• Design foam fixtures for production of foam panels and tanks injected with 2-part expanded polyurethane foam• Project manager for implementing $350k custom CNC bending machine for new product offering• Work in conjunction with Product Development, Design Engineering, and Quality to resolve assembly and tooling issues

Richmond, Virginia

High volume manufacturer of shopping carts & material handling cartsManufacturing Engineer / Tool Room Supervisor• Implemented continuous improvements through numerous Kaizen Events (15 plus events as team leader)• Managed staff of 5 machinists• Responsible for maintaining operational status of 100 plus stamping dies and procurement of new dies• Responsible for acquiring CNC tube & wire bending equipment • Responsible for all programming and training on CNC bending equipment• Designed weld fixtures and check gages • Maintained and created new routings for accurate costing of product • Designed resistance weld fixtures for manual spot welding applications• Provided field service support to resolve conflicts in stores• Setup & programmed NC tube benders• Troubleshoot & assisted in repair of machinery, dies, and fixtures• Designed tooling for 4-slide wire forming machines

Materials Testing Division, Richmond,Virginia

Materials Testing DivisionEngineering Technician (Internship)• Performed laboratory tests on various materials in accordance with ASTM guidelines• Duties included testing for tensile & compressive strength, material hardness, aggregate testing, and specific gravity • Responsible documenting and logging test results • Assisted in field inspections and sample collection

Bachelor Of Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

Associate'S Of Engineering, Engineering