cwest223

10/11/2015
Apex, NC

Position Desired

Mechanical Engineering
Apex, NC; Durham, NC; Raleigh, NC
Yes

Resume

Focused and hard working professional with five years of engineering experience related to product design, product testing, equipment research, engineering calculations, and creative problem solving

Software skills summary:

• SolidWorks • Teamcenter Enterprise & Engr PDM • Lotus Notes
• Pro/Engineer & Creo • Vis Mockup • MS Office Suite
• AutoCAD • HVC • Windows (XP, Vista, 7)

Technical/Engineering skills summary:

• Welded fabrications design • GD&T experience • Fluid flow calculations
• Sheetmetal design • Tolerance stack calculations • Stress calculations
• Non-metallics fundamentals • FEA experience • Surfacing fundamentals


Professional Experience

Cab Engineer/Engineer 2
Belcan Engineering, Clayton and Sanford, NC May 2012 to present

Designed parts, assemblies and groups including: hand and foot controls (levers and pedals), wiper/washer system, mirrors, window guards, seat support structure and sheetmetal brackets in the Mini Hydraulic Excavator NPI (New Product Introduction) program
Detailed and released cab and cab component parts, assemblies and groups
Managed an increasing workload with proper planning, communication and priorities in addition to working on multiple mini-projects in parallel
Interfaced with fellow Caterpillar team members during design reviews and engineering change meetings
Engaged external suppliers during CPPD (Collaborative Product and Process Development) activities to ensure design intent is maintained and parts are produced correctly
Communicated with other Caterpillar teams including: purchasing, supplier quality, analysis, manufacturing, marketing and product support to aid the NPI (New Product Introduction) process
Validated designs while providing build support during prove design builds
Employed Pro-E Mechanica/Creo Simulate to provide some basic FEA stress and modal analysis to improve the design process
Improved Small Wheel Loader functionality as a part of SWL (Small Wheel Loader) Continuous Product Improvement

Engineer Development Program Mar. 2012 to May 2012
Belcan Engineering, Clayton, NC

Successfully completed training at Caterpillar BCP facility including Pro-Engineer Wildfire 4.0, Teamcenter Enterprise and Engineering, Vis Mock-up, EDS/EDN and Engineering Design Process
Detailed Caterpillar Marine Engine sheetmetal part and group drawings in Pro-Engineer according to Caterpillar specifications

Mechanical/I&C Designer Aug. 2011 to Dec. 2011
Hipp Engineering & Consulting, Raleigh, NC

Collaborated with team members and project leaders to update industrial P&ID’s with accurate instrumentation and controls equipment
Researched p...

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