Engineer Engineering

A ndre Schmidt

Box *****, Emerald Hill, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 6011

Work: +27-41-397-**** Cell: +27-82-656-****

*****@**********.**

Objective To secure a management/supervisory position at a BMW USA

facili ty that utilizes my management skills, engineering ability

and Volkswagen South Africa automotive experience.

Work Experience MEND-A-BATH I NTERNATIONAL (PTY) LTD – Port

E lizabeth, South Africa

T echnical D i rector 1999 - Present

• Principal product research and development engineer.

• Developed a significantly safer paint coating system that also

halves application time.

• Control the manufacturing facility in i ts entirety: personnel,

scheduling, material procurement, equipment selection and

maintenance.

• Revamped the manufacturing process. Int roduced modular

packing stations and barcode inventory management system.

• Technical t rainer of new franchisees hailing from over 20

count ries.

• Designed and implemented practical t raining facility for new

f ranchisees.

VOL KSWAGEN SOUTH AFRICA – Ui tenhage, South Africa

Powert rain Specialist Engineer 1989-1999

• Designed, developed, tested and released engineering data for

f uel injection systems for a new South African engine series.

• Presented test vehicles for sign-off to Volkswagen management

i n Wolfsburg, Germany.

• Selected for the VW Engineer exchange program in 1997. Spent

6 months at VW Headquarters, Germany, as a liaison engineer

i n VW Product Engineering.

• Tested all locally developed fuel injection components for new

Volkswagen and Audi products int roduced to the South African

market.

• Released all fuel injection and related component engineering

data for all Volkswagen and Audi models int roduced to VWSA.

• Tested prototype engine parts on dynamometers at VWSA

P roduct Engineering and in vehicles at the VW Kalahari test

facility.

• Supervised ECU programming by Bosch Engineers and signed

off final engine mapping data for engines for the South African

market.

Education UN IVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH Stellenbosch, South

A frica

B. Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) – 1983-1988

• Degree certified in the USA as equivalent to B.Sc

E ngineering (Mechanical Engineering).

• Spent two additional years wor king on theoretical

portion of Maste r’s Degree.

SOUTH AFRICAN NAVY – Simonstown, South Africa

Sub L ieutenant – 1988-1989

• Completed South Afr ican Navy Officer T raining

Course.

• I n t roduced and managed the P roductivity

I mp rovement program in the Navy Workshops.

• Completed Advanced Driving Course at VW EHRA test

Achievements

t rack in Wolfsburg, Germany.

• Attended Advanced Engine Management Course at Audi

i n Ingolstadt, Germany.

• Treasurer on governing body for Quest School for Autism.

Other

• In t roduced reading programs and life skills t raining to

factory employees.

• Languages: Fluent in English and Afrikaans,

conversational (technical) in German

• Proficient with Microsoft Office.

• CMAS 3-Star SCUBA Diving Instructor

• South African SCUBA Orienteering Champion (1988)

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