Cross posting here, from my original thread "
Manufacturing companies (employment) in Waco,TX" in GD...
OK GD, here's the deal...
Will be finalizing things here (now in AZ) with the sale of my CA home, for my move to Waco, and need to find work at some point.
A brief history:
I've got 20 years under my belt from the now previous employer, which was a small commercial job shop - metal stamping, forming, laser cutting, etc.
My function was operations manager, having grown to that position from entry level office data entry, billing, packing, shipping etc.
We did things very old school in this company. No computers for managing or running of the company like one might find in a typical manufacturing environment these days. We actually walked the shop floor and got involved a bit in what was going on. Records were all on paper, and we we very good at running things this way as a small 6 person open office. Hell, we lived and died by post it notes and note pads, but we found that they never needed rebooting or suffered from a data loss, and information and job history was immediately accessible to everyone at all times. Very respected company in the manufacturing industry in SoCal.
We did have our own in house tool-making to support and service our press shop, using MasterCAM for very simple 2D layouts and tool-paths for laser and old wire EDM.
As most of our customers were smaller to medium companies that built a product of some sort, I'm kinda' interested in finding a position with that kind of company if not another small job shop.
Some of our active (daily/weekly work) customers to give you an idea:
Flat Out Engineering
Edelbrock
Magnuson
Carsound/Magnaflow
Pro Circuit
EPI/Rush Racing
TRD
Harley Davidson & Honda via Markland Industries
Dillon Precision
Mesa Tactical
McMillan USA
Ernie Ball/Music Man
Lace Pickups
Magtek
Stellar Solar
etc., etc., etc. - to ~500 active customers
Who's got some leads out there in ARFCOM land?
From my list above, you can assume my experience is in dealing with automotive and recreational vehicle accessory manufacturers in particular, along with other high end "toys" and leisure time activity products.
Thanks in advance,
A.W.D.