Name:
Mr. George Butler
Address:
4234 Ocmulgee E. Blvd
Macon, GA 31217-5638
Phone:
(478)744-6343
E-mail address:
drewbutler@ykk-usa.com
Education Information
Undergraduate Major:
Mechanical Engineering
Degree Received:
BSME
Graduation Year:
1972
Activities, student organizations, leadership roles, etc. in which I was
involved at UT:
ASME-Student Member, Baptist Student Union, COOP
Job Information
Employer Name:
YKK(USA), Inc.
Employer Web Site:
http://www.ykkusa.com
Present Job Title:
Plant Engineer
Brief description of my job responsibilities, e.g. a typical week in my job:
My position manages the construction
engineering group, the facilities maintenance group, the Macon machine shop, and the capital purcahsing group. In January of
2001, I will drop management of the capital purcahsing group and pickup the environmental group. Typically, my week consists
of meeting with my reporting managers and reviewing their activities and relating company information to these managers and
their efforts. I meet weekly with the General Manager and the staff managers, of which I am one. This meeting generally
informs the staff of any activities or information coming from the corporate group. I review invoices for payment from
construction budgets, I discuss personnel problems with my reporting managers and give advice or seek information from other
departments.
Along with these regular duties, I am responsible for coordinating the yearly budget process for the engineering department.
I am responsible for the activities which take place during the semi-annual production shutdowns.
Suggestions I would give to undergraduate students with regard to courses,
internships, and other means of preparation for my career field:
I would advise working as a coop student to any
enginering student, and any student if coop is available. It gives someone an opportunity to observe and experience how the
jobs in their field actually work. There are numerous contnuing education opportunities to educate and reeducate anyone. I
would recommend pursuing prefessional registration for engineers and advise taking the EIT while in college. I am registered
and a Certified Plant Engineer through the Association for Facilities Engineering(AFE). Go out and talk to working engineers,
call a consulting firm or a manufacturing plant and ask to talk to someone. Most engineers are happy to talk about what they
do.
My career path in getting to this position:
The phrase "career path" indicates a planned effort to arrive at a
position. I have mostly wandered. I was educated as a Machine Designer and have pursued that area only once. The majority
of my career, 32 years, has been spent in plant engineering, and that is where my preparation has come from. I have worked in
six different industries and have endeavoured to learn practical lessons in each of them. I had aspired to reach the position
of Plant Engineer since 1978 and achieved it in 1995. Mostly because a contrator whom I worked with recommended me to YKK.
Other advice for students interested in gaining entry into and pursuing a career
in this field:
Understand the limitations of the career you choose. Every path has its rewards and drawbacks. I
can tell students that the Plant Engineering postion requires more than a 40 hour week and often involves weekends and
traditional holidays. Basically you work when other people aren't. Learn as much as you can whereever you are, and learn
everythiong you can from ther people you meet.
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