James McKeever

Jim McKeever is an Associate of TranSystems | The ACCESS Group with over twenty-five years of experience in various industries including glassware, appliance and automotive. Jim has held positions as industrial engineer, engineering manager, quality manager, quality director, business unit manager and general manager. Jim has worked for companies such as Del-Met, Norris Industries, Sheller-Globe, International Harvester, Frigidaire and Libby Glass.

Jim possesses strong management skills and has directed organizations with more than 350 employees with as many as 10 direct reports. Jim has directed areas including manufacturing, quality, design, tooling, quoting, product engineering, process engineering, accounting, program management and sales. Jim has worked with many different technologies including injection molding, glass forming and decorating, stamping, welding, plating, decorating of plastics, vibration welding, heat staking, ultrasonic assembly, hand and automated assembly, painting and hot stamping. During his time as business unit manager Jim was responsible for growing his account from $12 million to $45 million. Jim directed the implementation of QS9000 at three production facilities and a supporting technical center. He has developed programs and coordinated program launches for GM, Honda, Mercedes, Nissan, Ford, and Chrysler as customers. Jim’s background includes quality planning tools such as DFMEA, PFMEA, PPAP, GD&T, Process Flow, Control Plans, SPC, SQC, DOE and Metrology. He is well versed in many problem solving techniques and has extensive experience with 8D. Jim’s engineering background includes design, product engineering, industrial engineering, process engineering, manufacturing engineering, tooling and secondary fixtures. Jim is both a problem solver and implementer.

Jim’s studies were at the University of Toledo where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering and at Wright State University where he received a Master of Science in Systems Engineering. Jim is also a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Michigan.