Jeff Hougland has over 36 years of experience in injection molding, tooling, and contract assembly. He has held various roles including process technician, production supervisor, tooling engineer, sales engineer, project engineer, project manager, engineering manager, and plant manager. Hougland has expertise in molding and tooling processes, contract assembly operations, sales and engineering functions, and plant management. Most recently, he worked as an engineering manager and special projects engineer at APM, where he helped implement lean manufacturing practices.

1. Jeff Hougland
812-595-2844 (mobile)
1621 West Leota Road, Scottsburg, IN 47170 jeffreyhougland@gmail.com
Professional Profile
36 years in the injection molding, tooling and contract assembly field as a Process Tech, Production Supervisor,
Tooling Engineer, Sales Engineer, Project Engineer, Project Manager, Engineering Manager and Plant Manager.
Molding/ Tooling
- Hands-on processing, troubleshooting and process improvement of thermoplastic molded parts/ tooling
- Tooling sourcing, design control, program management from quote to PPAP approval and production
- Procurement, installation and maintenance of injection molding machines, robots, secondary equipment, lab equipment,
central tower cooling systems, tool room and material handling systems, etc.
- Set up preventative maintenance programs for injection molds, die cast tooling, stamping dies, etc.
- Setting up and carrying out process design of experiments (DOE) based upon Taguchi concepts
- Set up preventative maintenance programs for injection molds, die cast tooling, stamping dies, etc.
Contract Assembly
- Procurement, set up and maintenance of secondary processes including ultrasonic welding,
vibration welding, tube forming, orbital and radial riveting, adhesive assembly, rectilinear 3 axis
- robots, electrical assembly and Hi-Pot testing, wet paint cell, pad printing/ hot stamping, etc.
- Cost estimating, sourcing and set up of flexible LEAN manufacturing assembly cells for various
electro-mechanical products including program management and approval of U.L. listed products
including remote power taps, LED, compact fluorescent and florescent lighting.
Sales & Engineering
- Initial contact with prospective clients, preparing and executing sales presentations for customers, handling
on-site visits as well as visiting current and prospective customers.
- Providing guidance and support for in-house and contract sales representatives.
- Company web site development and maintenance
- Preparation of quotations for injection molding, tooling and contract assembly
- Review and approval of contracts with customers and prospective customers
- Set up and execution of web meeting for presentations and consultation
- Review of customer products and assemblies for DFM and DFA, assisting with material selection, part design,
gating, aesthetics, tolerances, packaging, etc.
- Performing mold flow, pack and warp analysis using Dasault Systems SolidWorks Plastic Profession Premium
software to predict "moldability", shrinkage, warpage, sink marks, flow lines, stress and cooling requirements.
- Molding and Assembly program management using Microsoft Project Gantt charts for tracking, sourcing and managing
tooling, die castings, LED's, power supplies, wiring harnesses, plastic and aluminum extrusions, fasteners,
steel fabrications, powder, e coat, hydrographic printing, vacuum metalizing, etc.
Management
- Managed a 14 machine molding facility with 125 employees, painting operation, welding operation and tool room
generating $19mm in sales,
- Created engineering department, managing 6 engineers and designers
- Introduced and implemented Toyota LEAN manufacturing system based upon Shingo principals of excellence,
using tools such as Value Stream Mapping, Accountability Boards, Standardized Work, Pull & Flow, A3 Project Management,
Toyota KATA, Kaizen events, 5S, etc.
- Developed sales "grading" and qualification criteria for sales representatives in addition to organizing Sales Summits for representatives
to provide focus, sales tools and insights for targeting key potential customers.
- Organizing and teaching Scientific Molding concepts, material testing & selection, part design, mold design for production, engineering,
engineering, quality assurance and upper management.
- Review of Income Statements (P&L) for establishing activity based costing models for more accurate costing/ evaluation.
- Hiring, performance reviews & goal setting for molding, engineering, tooling, assembly and warehouse personnel.
- Development of ISO compliant procedures
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2. Jeff Hougland (continued)
812-595-2844 (mobile)
1621 West Leota Road, Scottsburg, IN 47170 jeffreyhougland@gmail.com
Work History-
- 1980 to 1989 SPI
a division of Huron Plastics Inc. Process Tech, Project Engineer, Tooling Engineer, General Foreman, Plant Manager
- 1989 to Present APM
Assistant Plant Manager, Project/ Tooling/ Sales Engineer, Special Projects Engineer and Engineering Manager
Education
- Scottsburg High School
- Purdue University, Indiana University, University of Lowell MA Mechanical Engineering Technology, Business Management,
References
- Donna Roscoe- Supply Chain Manager/ Product Development- STEELCASE
616-698-5798 mobile
- Rob Williamson- President- ATLANTIC ENGINEERED PRODUCTS
912-265-7384 office
- Randy LaMaster- Facility Manager- SOUTHERN MOLD AND TOOL
812-595-1937 mobile
- Clifton Fee- Purchasing Manager- APMC
812-273-1936 mobile
- Scott Williamson- Quality Assurance - STEELCASE
616-291-8852 mobile
- Additional references available upon request
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