John

2/16/2015
Unknown

Position Desired

Project Engineering
Charlottesville, VA
Yes

Resume

Professional Engineer (P.E.) – Project & Program Management
Engineering/Business Liaison – Technical Team Lead

Engineering professional with extensive project management experience interfacing between business units and technical resources to transform business requirements into technical specifications. Spearhead efforts to execute all engineering tasks of multimillion-dollar projects, including design, manufacturing production, installation, and field support. History includes supporting manufacturing team by resolving technical build issues on $18M design and manufacturing contract. Engage with customers, construction personnel, sub-contractor support, and engineering staff in support of component qualification testing. Interact with subject matter experts to develop a report of findings and recommendations.

Engineering Management … Project Management … Change Management … Requirements Gathering … Scheduling
Continuous Process Improvement … Risk Management … Team Leadership & Motivation



PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Northrop Grumman, Charlottesville/Newport News, VA 2003-Present
Leader in design, development, and manufacture of advanced electronics for military, civil, and commercial use.

Engineering Program Manager – Electronic Systems Sector (2010-Present)
Accountable for serving as liaison at campus specializing in electronics for Naval Navigation and Ship Control systems. Oversee engineering project management (valued at combined $18M), including key contributions to proposals, earned value tracking, scheduling, risk management, and resource allocation.

• Re-energized and solidified relationship between internal engineering and customer leadership by establishing more open communications, meeting commitments, and resolving open issues backlog.
• Acknowledged for personal contributions and performance by receiving recognition from Program Manager.


Electrical Engineer – Electronic Systems Sector (2008-2010)
Chartered with generating electrical and assembly-level engineering designs for new products. Coordinated a rapid prototyping process with all new configuration control, material release and inspection procedures.

• Compressed design-build schedule and reduced delivery times; received award for refining process and incorporating lessons learned for future builds.
• Streamlined issue resolution process (and received award for program support) by coordinating with engineering departments to resolve build issues throughout the build process.


Electrical Engineer – Shipbuilding (acquired by Huntington Ingalls Industries) (2003-2008)
Served as key team member for the submarine engineering division tasked with design and on-site installation of state-of-the-art technology. Integrated major engineering disciplines during scheduling planning, contributed to component qualification testing, and performed technical reviews for unique submersible electrical system.

• Received full technical incentive award from customer after conducting an investigation and report.
• Presented with Timely Award Plan award and Reward Management Achievement Plan (RMAP) award, given to less than 2% of employees, for coordinating external dependencies to establish true critical path and drive the schedule of vendors and customers.
• Received President’s Model of Excellence award and nominated for Chairman’s Model of Excellence award for improving employee retention (adopted by company as best practice).


EDUCATION

M.S. in Engineering Management (2007)
The George Washington University
Washington, DC

B.S. in Electrical Engineering...

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