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Design Mechanical

Location:
Huntington Beach, CA, 90501
Posted:
August 01, 2013

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Resume:

AMAR ZEKRAOUI

**** *. ***** ****** 310-***-****

Torrance, CA 90501 *******@*******.***

Mechanical Designer with over 20 years experience in product design,

inspection and testing in the medical device and consumer products

industries. Proven ability to refine concepts into profit generating

products through strong design skills, goal orientation and creativity.

Solid record of taking projects from conception to completion on time and

within cost specifications.

o Software: Inventor 2014, AutoCAD 2014. SolidWorks 2013. Microsoft's

PowerPoint, Word, Excel and Outlook. Adobe Acrobat.

o Innovation: Worked with inventors to refine designs and create products,

assemblies, components and production documentation packages. Helped

bring pediatric wheelchairs and seating systems to market in cooperation

with Production and Marketing departments.

o Inspection: Raw materials, In- process and Final inspection using

surface plates, gages and calipers to appropriate industry and commercial

specifications.

o Processes:

- Metals: Close-tolerance machining, sheet metal, tubing, stamping,

riveting and welding.

- Plastics: Injection molding, vacuum forming and plastics machining.

o Materials: Aluminum, steel, brass, nylon, polyurethane.

o Standards: ASME Y14.5-2009 GD & T methods, ISO 9001 standards, English

and metric (ISO) specifications and drawing standards, WCT 19 testing

requirements.

o Languages: English, French, Berber, and Arabic - read, write and speak.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CONVAID PRODUCTS INC., Torrance, CA

Manufacturer and marketer of Pediatric Wheelchairs and Seating Systems

CAD Mechanical Designer

2008 - Present

. Coordinated mechanical design, design documentation and production

documentation, inspection and testing to extend pediatric wheelchair and

seating product lines.

. Solved design issues through calculations, knowledge of engineering

design practices, processes and materials, along with interaction from

Engineering and Marketing personnel.

. Developed system concepts using verbal instructions, sketches,

specifications, layouts, and 3D parametric solid models.

. Created complete production-ready documentation packages incorporating

solid models, final assemblies, subassemblies, finished detail drawings,

sections and auxiliary views.

. Created and updated manufacturing documentation including Bills of

Material and Process/Assembly Instructions, as well as following through

on Engineering Change Orders to released documentation.

AMAR ZEKRAOUI

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CONVAID PRODUCTS INC., Torrance, CA

Quality Control Inspector

2006 - 2008

. Performed First Article, In-process, and Final Inspections to assure that

items met required standards and conformed to manufacturing

specifications.

. Conducted Raw Materials Inspections, Visual Inspections and Dimensional

Inspections on machined and welded parts to confirm conformance with

design specifications.

. Accomplished inspections and testing through use of precision measuring

instruments, inspection equipment and gages, and hardness testing

machinery.

. Calibrated inspection instruments and gages, and maintained certification

and calibration records on inspection equipment.

. Prepared all inspection-related paperwork and maintained required

inspection records per company and industry standards.

TECHNO-METAL INDUSTRIES, Dellys, Algeria

1988 - 2003

Manufacturer of metal components for consumer products

CAD Mechanical Designer

. Managed design and production documentation for metal components and

assemblies using utilizing the 3D and 2D capabilities of AutoCAD.

. Created, updated and maintained production documentation, including Bills

of Material, Engineering Change Orders, and the Engineering Database of

assemblies, components, and processes.

EDUCATION

AS, Computer Drafting & Design - ITT-Technical Institute, Torrance, CA

2005 - 2007

(Maintained 3.9

GPA - highest honors)

BS, Science & technology, Mechanics concentration - University of

Technology, Oran, Algeria 1983 - 1988



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