Randall Hoffman

Randall Hoffman

Senior Tooling Engineer

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Supply Collaboration Engineer EVC OHT & WTS HYD & ELE at Caterpillar Decatur/AXISCADES

  • Education

    • Black Hawk College

      1973 - 1976
      Journeyman Tool & Die Maker Presidents List
    • Hamilton University

      1995 - 1996
      BS Industrial Management
    • University of Iowa

      1971 - 1973
      Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities B
  • Experience

    • General Motors

      Jan 1979 - Jan 1987
      Senior Tooling Engineer

      Oversaw the quality of build status through the "Tooled Engineering" approach, primarily in body structure, but experienced in a number of in-plant automotive assembly and testing equipment systems.Major Model Change Coordinator, directing multiple disciplines in the revisions to, and replacement of assembly equipment.Management trained for supervising Skilled Trades, Engineering Staff, and Manufacturing operations.

    • Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing of America

      May 1987 - Feb 1999
      Branch Manager Production Engineering

      Directed Maintenance Engineering Branch for five years, beginning with equipment inspection in Japan, buy-off at installation and start of operations. Responsible for Body, Stamping, Plastics and Tooling Maintenance and Engineering operations. Responsibilities including body quality control, part modification process and budget.Department Coordinator for shutdown coordination of Engineering, Maintenance, and outside contractors. Responsible for analyzing operational status, reporting to upper management and coordinated plant OSHA abatement budget. Show less

    • Shimizu Corporation

      Nov 1999 - Jan 2001
      Construction Manager

      Construction Manager for a $22M building expansion at Mitsubishi. Prepared all bid packages for Electrical and Mechanical work, Supervised and coordinated all contractors from the time of steel erection to scheduled completion of the project, without interuption to operations at the facility.

    • NUAIR Corporation

      Sept 2001 - May 2002
      Plant Manager

      Plant Manager for Metal Fabrication and Sequenced Sub-assembly operations.

    • City of Bloomington Township

      Feb 2003 - May 2011
      Deputy Assessor

      Collect data and analyze the real estate market for the purpose of fair and equitable property taxation. Performed mass appraisal, regression analysis and statistical modeling in a municipality with over 18,000 residential parcels. Formerly earned CIAO designation and IAAO member. Former Residential Associate Member of the Appraisal Institute.

    • SCADAware, Inc.

      May 2011 - May 2012
      Project/Production Manager

      Project Manager on a $750K controls & instrumentation installation at a waste-water treatment facility, coordinating the activities of engineers and purchasing to complete the project on schedule and profitable.Production Manager for assembly and testing facility for electronic equipment monitoring products.

    • MATCOR Metal Fabrication

      Jul 2012 - Jan 2013
      Engineering Supervisor

      Production Supervisor for five months over three buildings and seventy plus employees. Metal fabrication from laser cut, forming, welding assembly and large component assembly.Engineering Manager over Manufacturing Engineers in all facets of metal fabrication.

    • Contract Specialist

      Jul 2013 - Oct 2014
      Toolmaker

      Design, build and assembly of tooling used for CNC machining, welding assembly, and quality inspection.

    • Synectics Inc.

      Feb 2015 - Jan 2017
      Supply Collaboration Engineer - Caterpillar Global Supply Network Division

      Coordinate part design changes, between Engineering groups, Suppliers, and Procurement to meet launch requirement. Analyze supplier parts cost through design, process and quality improvement, utilizing cost modeling software and real world data.

    • AXISCADES - Caterpillar Decatur

      Aug 2017 - Mar 2018
      Manufacturing Engineer

      Manufacturing coordination for Wheel Tractor Scraper Sub-assemblies

    • AXISCADES

      Apr 2018 - Apr 2020
      Supply Collaboration Engineer EVC OHT & WTS HYD & ELE

      Coordinate part design changes, between Engineering groups, Suppliers, and Procurement to meet launch requirement. Analyze supplier parts cost through design, process and quality improvement, utilizing cost modeling software and real world data.

    • Home

      Apr 2020 - now
      Major Retired
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Journeyman Tool & Die, Plastic Injection Mold Maker

      Quad Cities Associated Manufacturers
      May 1973
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Founding Member, BOD, and Past President

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