Nichol Ferguson Email & Phone Number

Canada

Canada

Canada

Team member of the hull additions design team.

Saline, Michigan, Usa

Cost planning of vehicle body shell on future major model updates.Communicate with R&D engineering groups and suppliers to develop cost metrics.Cost-benefit analysis of design and production methods.Benchmarking analysis of competitor vehicles for cost saving initiatives.

London, Canada Area

Design specialist for the Innovation Cell team.Create futuristic conceptual vehicle designs to align with the team ideology.Entire vehicle systems conceptual design.

London, Canada Area

Validate technical manuals for vehicle operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting.

London, Canada Area

Design specialist on the innovation, research and development team responsible for creating prototype vehicles to win contracts.Create innovative designs to meet clients' concurrent requirements for safety, strength, capabilities, cost, and maintenance.Collaborate with all vehicle system departments to ensure the migration and merging of multi-aspect systems within the vehicle.Work with technicians assuring ease of fabrication and cost effectiveness.

Oshawa, On

As Engineering Sports Director I organized engineering sports teams which participated in sporting events against other universities.

Oshawa, On

As Vice President Social of the UOIT Engineering Society I organized events and aided in a new policy creation while collaborating with a team of executives.

Oshawa, On

Myself and a classmate founded this club which is dedicated to designing a hyper car through the development of leading edge career skills combined with industry, academia and community partnerships.

Oshawa

Studying automotive engineering and management practices.Worked with the Dean of the faculty to develop a symbol to represent the faculty which represents all the disciplines under the faculty and is timeless.Spoke and presented with the Dean at open houses for the univeristy and engineering faculty.Attended engineering conferences representing the school at the provincial and national level.As Engineering Sports Director I organized engineering sports teams and sporting events against other universities for 2013 through 2015.As Vice President Social of the UOIT Engineering Society I organized events and aided in a new policy creation while collaborating with a team of executives in the 2012/2013 school year.Designed and introduced the universities first ever engineering coveralls and engineering hardhats.Organized and started engineering traditions including the schools first ever purple dyeing of engineering students.Guided first year university students through orientation events as their leader in 2011, 2012, 2013, and in 2014 as the engineering faculty captain.

created my own business - sales and customer service skills.Diligently managed business by creating advertising, making sales calls, and delivering products.Tough physical labour cutting, splitting, and piling firewood as well as chain saw operation.Consideration for personal safety and awareness of surroundings.Consciousness of ecological footprint and use of renewable energies and their lifecycle from cradle to grave.

Arkona, Ontario

Fabrication utilizing tools ranging from plasma cutters, welders, torches, and metal cutting or shaping presses for connections of grain storage systems and their working parts by reading technical drawings or improvising on site designs.Work at extreme heights to perform connections on site.Bin building connecting metal sheets of walls or roofs as well as roof catwalks and ladders for safe use of the bin.Cement site preparation setting up forms, cutting and placing rebar, and pouring cement working from blueprints and technical drawings.

London, On

Summer Co-op Position as a Production Engineering Co-op Student.I was responsible for and completed the creation of a data tracking system for the production of automotive transmission based parts. In this project I created a computer program using Microsoft Visual Basics for Applications in conjunction with Microsoft Excel. This system had to provide a smooth user interface as well as perform all the necessary tasks which included; tracking machine run times, human labour hours, parts produced, scrapped, and reworked, and any issues encountered. The system compiled the data and printed the charts and graphs documenting time for a part to go through a machine (TAKT time), Parts per Labour Hour (PPLH), and First Time Throughput (FTT).In this project I learned how to extensively use Microsoft Excel and gained the knowledge to program using Visual Basics.

Arkona, On

I was responsible for three main projects. In the first project I installed a water line to supply a section of the resort with fresh water by trenching the line underground with a motorized trencher and connecting it with existing water lines. In the second project I was responsible for installing several water fountains in ponds which included waterproof electrical wiring and dredging weeds from the bottom of the pond with a self made dredger. In the third project I dug a trench by hand to lay television cables between cabins.

London, Canada Area

Summer co-op position as an engineer in training.I was responsible for and completed six main projects. In the first project I analyzed the fuel consumption, relative economics and carbon footprint from before and after the use of hybrid vehicles in the company fleet. In the second project I determined if the company fleet price for fuel provided a cost savings when compared to the market price and the price at commercial city pumps. In the third I calculated the net present values of the hybrid vehicles introduced to the fleet versus existing non-hybrid or older technology hybrid vehicles to determine whether the purchase was cost effective. For the fourth project I researched the Chevrolet Volt and created a presentation and a report about the vehicle to educate the engineers, technicians and mechanics of the company. In the fifth project I developed a cost/benefit analysis of using a more automated system to track fleet vehicle data. The sixth project was my summary report covering what I had learned and observed about the technologies at the Green Fleet Expo VII held in Niagara Falls.

Arkona, On

Independence, money handling and conflict resolutionEffectively resolved customer concerns and needs by addressing them immediatelyOversaw the entrance gate and sales at the resort storeCompetently performed small repairs to trailers so that customers had an enjoyable time at the resort

Responsibility and respect for valuable propertyInspected and cleaned mechanic’s shop for the mechanics to have a clean and safe workplaceMeticulously cleaned and detailed cars and drove them to display lots or had ready for customersCautiously and competently followed cleaning chemical instructions keeping people and vehicles safe.

responsibility to stay on task while working alone and follow through on instructionsAccurately put away the stock order, receiving and managing inventory Politely answered and made customer phone callsAttentively led children through activities to teach them about farm safety

perseverance and patience; spoke in French and EnglishMonitored and entertained campers with developmental disabilitiesProvided hygienic and safe learning environmentPatiently and confidently assisted with meals and pool activities

ability to operate equipment, take directions and dedication to work hard under extreme conditionsLeveled fields with precision, drove tractors/loader and forklift with agilityHay: cutting, baling, and moving/loading of bales using a swather, bailer, front end loaders Maintained farm machinery and undertook building repairs to ensure safety and machine reliability

hardworking and speed with precisionWorked detasseling corn in adverse weather condition- rain/high temperaturesAchieved Cleaner status which is the highest level