Tom Callewaert

About Tom Callewaert

Over the past 30 plus years, I have been responsible for design, development, testing and control of major engineering projects. Exercising technical direction over other engineers, designers, and engineering support personnel, establishing a course of action to accomplish completion of the job and or projects, release advance project components and/or line of products, diagnose and corrects deficiencies; maintain cost controls, provide technical direction to support personnel, coordinate supportive build programs, manufacturing support, on-site installation support, project management and coordinate test and/or development programs involving automotive body and assembly, automation, material handling, engine assembly and test systems. In addition to my engineering background, I’ve also worked part time in a family welding and metal fabricating business, served as a pipe fitter and welder in the military and currently hold a Captains position as a paid on call (Volunteer) Firefighter and Medical first responder with a rural community fire department in which I am responsible for establishing, implementing, and maintaining department member training, training documentation and training budget.Specialties: Full turnkey systems; quoting, process, engineering, design, manufacturing build support, installation supervision, & project engineering.BEV battery assembly and processing, Powertrain assembly, Body in white assembly, and transfer systemsHeavy / commercial diesel engine assemblyFlexible robotic cells.ACAD, Solid Works Micro-soft outlook and Lotus notesSAP material data baseMicro-soft Excel Spread sheets, Word, Project, Windows NT, Photo editor, power point, & OfficeTimeline & gant charts

Experience

1. Principal Engineer, Ice & Ev Powertrain & Bev Assy

   ABB

   Mar 2005 — Present · US

   ABB EV battery, E Rotor, Power train Assembly group Mechanical Principal Engineer. Define station processes, conduct design reviews, document meeting minutes, releasing of assemblies, Assist and follow all engineering internal and external from concept through design, build & installation. Define specifications for design and build, quote and issue requisition orders for all external design and build. Assist program manager in maintaining budget and schedule, Customer correspondence and documentation. Perform process and design FMEAs. Establish sequence of operations and controls line up.Programs include; 3.5L & 2.7L DCX Kenosha Engine retool, 4.0L DCX Trenton Engine retool, and Ford Romeo PV8 engine assembly simultaneous engineering, assembly line process, and assembly tooling, on-site mechanical installation supervision. Station final acceptance and production launch support.

Education

• Ashford University

  Bachelor of Arts (BA), Project Management

  2009 — 2015

Skills

• Weld
• Troubleshooting
• Sap
• Project Engineering
• Design for Manufacturing
• Supervisory Skills
• Manufacturing
• Solidworks
• Machine Tools
• Robotics
• Powerpoint
• Cad
• Teamwork
• Industrial Engineering
• Engineering
• Customer Relations
• Word
• Automotive
• Quoting
• Continuous Improvement
• Process Improvement
• Budgeting
• Process Engineering
• Engineering Management
• Microsoft Project
• Powertrain
• Autocad
• Automation
• Problem Solving
• Ms Project
• Testing
• Microsoft Office
• Fmea
• Procurement
• Welding
• Lean Manufacturing
• Excel
• Installation
• Documentation
• Product Development