DANIEL WILLS

*** ******* ****** ****. ***. M Prattville, Alabama 334-***-**** wrya3j@r.postjobfree.com

Seasoned engineer with 13 years of experience in mechanical design within the railway maintenance industry, seeking a position as a mechanical design engineer. Solid background in design, layout, and detail of structures, power transmission systems, and hydraulic/pneumatic systems. Detail-oriented with good communication skills and the ability to interface with both customers and co-workers. Desired Salary ~ $65,000

TECHNICAL SKILLS

AutoCAD R14-2012

GearTrax

Microsoft Powerpoint 2003

Inventor 2011-2012

Microsoft Word 2003

Microsoft Outlook 2003

AutoDesk Vault Pro 2011-2012

Microsoft Excel 2003

Adobe Acrobat 9

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Kershaw Manufacturing Company, Montgomery, Alabama

1998-2011

CAD System Administrator, January 2011-August 2011

Implementation and integration of 3D cad software within engineering department.

Creation of 3D drafting standards, best practices, and database management including family tables for existing families of purchased parts.

Project Engineer, May 2004-January 2011

Responsible for machine bill of material generation.

Costing and analysis of customer specifications in order to create quotation scenarios for marketing department.

Coordination with multiple departments in order to make sure machines were configured and manufactured to customer specification.

Oversight of design with multiple systems (hydraulic, electrical, mechanical, pneumatic).

Product Maintenance Engineer, January 2001-May 2004

Responsible for design changes initiated by customer feedback from machines in the field.

Analyzed field failures and worked with customers to create field kits that could retrofit machines on worksites.

Traveled to customer work sites to inquire about issues with equipment and traveled to install initial field kits in order to ensure the quality of the change being implemented.

Worked with Marketing to create bulletins allowing customers to know about changes being made to improve the quality and life of their products.

Created service bulletins to notify customers of potential failure modes and the appropriate changes needed.

Design Engineer, August 1998-January 2001

Created assembly drawings, including bills of materials and detail drawings for multiple types of machines including tie handlers, kribber/adzer, rotary scarifier, telescoping boom tree trimmer, brush cutter, tie plate broom, ballast regulator, ballast cleaner/undercutter, tie replacer.

Created and detailed hydraulic systems on machines mentioned above.

EDUCATION

University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering. Graduated May 1997.