David Kurz

David Kurz

Factory Engineer

location of David KurzWichita, Kansas, United States

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Experienced Factory Engineer, Reliability Engineering, Maintenance Manager, and Technical Sales

  • Education

    • Wsu

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      No business
    • W. Frank Barton School of Business

      1991 - 1994
      Certificate of completion Business Management
    • Northwest High School

      1981 - 1982
  • Experience

    • Weckworth

      May 2004 - Jun 2007
      Factory Engineer

      Translate Military blueprints and train employees.Design; processes, assembly lines, safety systems. Run production teams, build test equipment, 5S.Design dies for Radio Frequency Welder, repair RF welder.

    • SONACA

      Jan 2007 - Jan 2009
      Maintenance manager

      Manage facility and 9 employees (maintenance techs, inventory and purchasing). Responsible for maintenance of building, HVAC, compressors, dryers, manufacturing equipment, paint booths, NDT booth and equipment, anodizing line, pollution control devices, wastewater treatment, RO system. Purchasing of all maintenance parts, consumables, hand tools for shop, manufacturing equipment, inventory items and building. Responsible for all building expansions.Historic downtime was 14% over previous 7 years, with maintenance plan was able to bring it to less than 2%. Designed; safety equipment, shot sorting and conveying equipment, QC test equipment, reliability Engineering and more... Show less

    • IPS

      Jan 2010 - Jan 2011
      Outside Sales

      Sales of pumps, heat exchanges, electric motors, valves an more... Working food industry, meat packing and dairy. High speed packaging, canning, bottling and other.

    • Enpro, Inc.

      Mar 2011 - Jul 2016
      Salesman

      Sales for Western Kansas. Flow meters, level, nuclear level, valves, PH instruments, filtration of all types (Pharma, industrial, oil & gas), pumps, turn-key systems. Water production and purification. Worked in meat and dairy plants.All types of process improvements; reliability engineering, turn-key systems, skids, integration.

    • Baldor – A Member of the ABB Group

      Oct 2016 - Aug 2018
      Area Manager

      Managing sales, vendors, application engineer, motor training. Salesforce CRM

    • TF Hudgins

      Jan 2018 - now
      Area Sales Specialist

      - Reliability Expert - let me assist you- Lubrication equipment (block and mist), - Vibration analysis on rotating equipment, specializing in recip compressors - Turbine repair and much more,- Pipeline products; closures, housings, pig launchers- IIoT Industrial Internet of Things consultant- HubSpot CRM

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Allen Bradley PLC (Level 1 & 2)

    • DuPont S.T.O.P Safety Training Instructor