KATHLEEN M LEWIS

12090 595th St  
Claremont, MN 55924  
(507) 456-1422  
katlew12090@yahoo.com

OBJECTIVE

Mechanical Drafting & Design / Bill of Material Coordinator

JOB HISTORY/DUTIES

Bill of Material Coordinator
McNeilus Truck & Manufacturing  
Dodge Center,MN  
Start Date: 09-1999  End Date: 04-2011  
I have been working in the R&D Engineering department processing engineering bill of materials, change 
requests & new product implementation. This includes drawing release, bill updates & shop notification, 
including training. Prior to this I was a designer on the cement mixer product line. The work involved 
design of new product, piece part drawings & shop implementation.  
Have utilized Solid works, Autocad & Catia drawing packages.  
Was a key player in revamping our Change control process. When we identified this area as a major 
target for improvement the process was taking approx. 60 day to cylcle. After puting this thru a Kaizen 
event we were able to do a 10 day turn around by changing it to an electronic  process & eliminating many 
unneeded or duplicate steps.

Coil Designer
King Company  
Owatonna,MN  
Start Date: 11-1989  End Date: 09-1999  
Work included design & release of custom heating coils for outside sales & installatin in King units. 
Submittal of coil approval drawings per customer specs. Release of coil packets including bills of material 
to our production shop. Collaborate with customer & sales on final design.

Layout Drafter
P&H Equipment Co.  
Cedar Rapids,IA  
Start Date: 04-1980  End Date: 11-1987  
I worked on the Design engineering team to develop & improve heavy duty construction equipment. Work 
assignment included layout of hydraulic lines, electrical wiring diagrams & manufactured parts (including 
machined parts and detailed weldments) used in assembly of cranes & off-road equipment.

EDUCATION

DEGREE:     Associate Degree

Major: Mechanical Drafting  
Albert Lea Vocational Technical Institute, MN

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

Micro soft word, Excel, Power Point, Business writing, Show Case,Solid works, Auto Cad, Catia