Steven Heidtke Email & Phone Number

Stillwater, Minnesota, United States

Stillwater, Minnesota, United States

Seeking Consulting, contracting, or full-time position

South St Paul, Minnesota, United States

Chaska, Mn

New product introduction

Menomonie, Wi

Teaching: o Computer Aided Manufacturing (SolidWorks, CAMWorks, CNC)o Product Development & Design (Graduate course)o Lean Enterprise (student teams work with client companies)o Impacts of Engineering, Freshman level lab, prototype development & Arduino controlso Lean Project Manager, Outreach Center (Supervised students working on paid client projects)o Teaching APICS CPIM Examso Resource Planning & Materials Managemento Engineering Economicso Total Quality Management (TQM)o Manufacturing Enterprise Practicumo Production & Operations ManagementStudent Evaluations:"Overall I would consider him an outstanding professor and plan to recommend him for anyone who has to take this class or any others that he may be teaching later on in his career.""(Steve was exceptionally good at) meeting with his students and going that extra mile to make sure that each person truly understood the content of the class.""Steve provided an exceptional amount of knowledge and experience pertaining to industry and how this course can really connect with what we are going to be moving forward into. Steve is also very patient with students and is good at finding a way to clearly communicate his message to the students. UW Stout is fortunate to have a professor who is so passionate and willing to connect with his students.""The instructor was one of my favorite instructors ever. He engages with students and really answers questions thoroughly."

Stillwater, Mn

Process Flow Analysis, Value Stream Mapping, Plant Layout, Operations Management training, CAD/CAM/CNC, Metallurgy, Nadcap Accreditation, Manufacturing Engineering, Lean Six Sigma Training.

Eden Prairie, Mn

20 direct reports. Design review for manufacturability (DFM). Machine tool specification and acceptance procedures. Design team member of 5-axis gantry Friction Stir Welding (FSW) system for joining aircraft skins on commercial jets.Supported design and build of systems worth up to $27M.Systems included: tire design verification; earthquake simulators; automotive crash simulators; accelerated life-cycle testing equipment; fatigue testing of materials; load frames up to 1,000 kip.

Milwaukee, Wi

Lean Toyota Production System implementation. Reduced lead times from 6 months to 1 day, at a rate of 16,000 engines per day.Programmed 60 CNC machines. Developed Cam turning technology.

Milwaukee, Wi

Developed customer applications on flexible automated manufacturing systems (FMS). Customer training. Cpk acceptance procedures on systems worth up to $18M.

Boulder, Co

Assigned tasks in support of $23M Materials Distribution Automation Project. large scale simulation, 10,000 linear foot AGV layout, facilities layout, CADAM, Utilization studies, future state of 1,000,000 sq. ft. facility.

M.Ed., Business & Industry Education

Activities and Societies: Volunteer on NSF "Technology for all Americans" project

Manufacturing Systems

Studied Manufacturing Systems Engineering

Bs-It, Manufacturing Engineering

Activities and Societies: Phi Sigma Epsilon Robotics, computer aided manufacturing, metallurgy, aircraft construction

Bachelors, Manufacturing Engineering