Industrial Project Engineer / Mechanical Design / Engineering Manager / Production Management
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Product Development • Budget Management • Plant Safety • Technology Implementations • Strategic Alliances and Partnership Building • Critical Thinking • Ethical Analysis • Employee Relations • Facility Management • Mechanical Design • Process Engineering • Research & Development
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• Strong work ethic, high energy level, approachability and consistent commitment to success.
• Build top performing teams and provide staff with the leadership, resources, and motivation.
• Demonstrated skill evaluating and improving existing policies, processes, and technologies.
• Strong communication, mediation, and presentation skills with all levels of individual and group.
• Proven ability to realize a state of production from R&D to achieve production goals.
Education:
BA Applied Science Mechanical Design, May 1999 St. Edward's University, Austin, Texas.
Associate Degree Mechanical Design, 1985 Southwest Wisconsin Technical College, Fennimore WI.
Vocational Certificate Piping Schematics, 1984 Southwest Wisconsin Technical College, Fennimore WI.
AutoCAD release 12 Autodesk Certificate, 1993 Autodesk, Austin Texas.
Inventor - Introduction to Solid Modeling Autodesk Certificate, 2010 Imaginit, Albuquerque NM.
Root Cause Analysis Mapping Technical Workshop, 2010 American Society for Quality, Colorado Springs
Professional Experience:
Interroll Engineering West – (Portec), Canon City, Colorado July 2008 - March 2015
Product Development Manager – Interroll Engineering West – Portec May 2012 - March 2015
- Unveiled the prototype for a new Spiral Lift concept, presented at ProMat 2015, Chicago.
- Utilized 3D printing to create components for Spiral Lift prototypes.
- Designed a Conversion Kit for Transnorm conveyor with 4 supporting patent applications.
- Developed a special package for low noise conveyor resulting from research on Noise Intensity.
- Reduced energy consumption on Conveyor Product and minimized cost, through R&D.
- Authored whitepaper for horsepower requirements of a curved, chain guided, belt conveyor.
Engineering Manager – Portec July 2008 - May 2012
- Directed operation of Engineering and R&D, supervising a staff of 10 engineering employees.
- Established Engineering Department policy within an ISO 9001 Quality system.
- Reduced time between order and delivery, with improved accuracy, utilizing Lean Principles.
- Provided leadership on the design of product solutions, addressing customer needs in a custom equipment environment.
ACS, Aerobox Composite Structures, LLC, Rio Rancho, New Mexico. 2003 - 2007
Manager of Engineering and Support Services - ACS
- Established policy for engineering procedures and implemented an MRP system.
- Involved in the development of Process documentation in an FAA quality environment.
- Researched and analyzed methods for improvement of honeycomb sheet slicing.
Production Manager – Core and Panel Production - ACS
- Business Unit Manager responsible for the manufacture of composite thermo-plastic panels.
- Brought a Pilot Plant honeycomb composite, plastic panel laminating line, from initial build to full production in less than 6 months.
- Managed production, three shifts 5-6 days per week; utilizing SPC and Quality processes.
- Worked with Internal and External customers to establish orders; ensuring on-time delivery.
- Hired and developed a staff of 12 operators and one maintenance technician.
Manager of Production Support - ACS
- Wrote Grant Request and won approval for $120,000 Grant of On-the-Job-Training funds from the New Mexico Industrial Development Training Program.
- Project Technical Lead for build-out of a new Lean Manufacturing facility; moving a 15,000 sq. ft. facility to a greater than 60,000 sq. ft. state of the art production floor. Worked as an internal General Contractor, directing the installation of utilities, facilities and equipment.
- Manufacturing Engineer, specifying and commissioning production machinery, working with European, Asian and domestic equipment OEM’s. Equipment installation and CNC programming.
Shidoni Foundry, Inc., Tesuque, New Mexico;
Metal Shop Finisher for a fine art foundry. 2002 to 2003
- TIG welding and assembly of bronze sculpture using the “lost wax” process.
ACS, Aerospace Composite Structures, LLC, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Engineering/CAD Manager – ACS 2002
- Compiled the documentation required to submit to the FAA for a Technical Standard Order approval.
AutoCAD GIS Draftsperson at Rosengarten, Austin, TX 1999
- AutoCAD Rel. 11, Drafting of land maps, su...
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