Todd Demeyer Email & Phone Number

Charleston, SC

Charleston, South Carolina Area

• Continued responsibility of the Hard Turning, Soft Turning, Power Honing, Toyoda OD Grinding and bushing press machines in the plant.
• Manage all Engineering Projects and Continuous Improvement Action items.
• Lead a team of 5 Engineers to achieve KPI’s and show improvement every month.
• Utilize LEAN principles and coordinate improvement projects for all areas of the facility.
• Lead A3 and 8D investigations on all areas of manufacturing technologies
• Coach and train the Engineering staff on metalworking and manufacturing processes to further the skills of the team and continually improve.

Charleston, South Carolina Area

• Work on continually improving the Tooling and Fixtures on the machining line
• Track and manage inventory using SAP
• Work on new tool and fixture designs to improve the processes
• Successfully implemented a new tool design that saved approximately $300,000 dollars per year at the US facility and over $800,000 Euros in the German facility.
• Create Tool Testing reports, and present PowerPoint presentations to management
• Utilize AutoCad to design new and improved fixtures for the machining process.

• Responsible for up to 30 employees on a Machining production line
• Maintained and controlled quality, production, and reliability of the line
• Created scrap reports and presented improvement opportunities to Management
• Performed 8D investigations on continuing downtime issues on the line, finding the root cause and implementing the solution
• Created SOP’s for the operators and technicians on the line.
• Continued to train new technicians and operators on the line.

• Performing Set up tasks and programming on various machines
• Training of new Set Up Techs and Operators
• Edit programs for new tool testing studies
• Track tooling performance and determine needs for improvements
• Manage cost saving projects; including new tool testing and cycle time reduction
• Develop cost savings reports and perform presentations to managers

• Responsible for up to 16 employees
• Delegate work to employees depending on their strengths and machine experience
• Program and Set-up Fanuc Controlled CNC Lathes
• Analyze old programs, making improvements to the process and reducing cycle times
• Work on continuous improvement projects “Kaisens”
• Attended a 1 week Lean Manufacturing training course

• Program and Set Up Fanuc Controlled CNC Multi-Axis Swiss Turn Lathes
• Program and Set Up Okuma Controlled CNC lathes and mills
• Conduct Tooling tests and work with Applications Engineers
• Analyze old programs and make improvements
• Cycle time reduction and cost saving program changes to increase production
• Train operators

• Responsible for up to 8 employees
• Design, build, and implement new process machines for Automotive components
• Quote work from customers
• Work on design projects with our customer’s engineers
• Install and program all PLC’s required on the machines we built.
• Research Prox switches, Laser sensors, Air Cylinders, and Hydraulic Units for best possible application on our machines we built.