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Project Engineer

Location:
Cary, NC, 27519
Posted:
November 20, 2011

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Bryan O'Donnell

** ***** **. 603-***-****

Merrimack, NH 03054 **********@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Project Director with 7 years of Engineering and Management

experience in the manufacturing industry. Experienced in all

aspects of Project Management from contract and cost review

through installation and commissioning of large scale machinery.

With proven success managing a team of engineers and designers

through multiple multi-million dollar projects simultaneously.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

. Team building and leadership . Technical understanding

. Project time and cost tracking . Quality control

. Customer management . Troubleshooting

EMPLOYMENT

Feb. 2011 - Present Project Director Buhler Aeroglide

(Cary, NC)

Custom designed thermal processing machinery for the human/pet food

and industrial products industry.

Key Responsibilities

* Independently managed multiple projects with individual values of up

to $7 million

* Managed team of multi-disciplined engineers

* Create schedules, assigning resources and tracking costs through

project management software

* Quality management

* Hiring, managing and completing yearly performance reviews for team of

engineers and designers

* Main contact for customer and integration engineering firms

* Coordinating shipping and installation at customer site

* Troubleshooting for pre-commissioned projects

* Pre-sales contract and cost review

* International/Domestic travel to customer sites

Key Successes

* Managed over $14 million in projects simultaneously and successfully

in first year as Project Director

* Managed 3 projects through installation and commissioning in the first

six months as Project Director

* Successfully negotiated over $150,000 in cost savings on a $7 million

project

2007 - 2011 Project Engineer Buhler Aeroglide

(Cary, NC)

Key Responsibilities

* Work with design team on up to 10 projects simultaneously

* Calculations: Strength, deflection, airflow, drive, and heat transfer

* Subcomponent sizing and procurement

* Design review and approval

* Quality assurance

* Meeting applicable industry codes (FDA, CE, NFPA)

* Sheet metal design

* Material specifications for food grade applications

* Field service

Key Successes

* Quickly became the go-to engineer for large industrial machinery

* Finished all three years with actual project costs below budgeted

costs

* Advanced quickly through the organization and was promoted in less

than 4 years

2005 - 2007 Mechanical Engineer Centorr Vacuum Industries

(Nashua, NH)

Custom designed high temperature vacuum furnace for high temperature

material processing.

* Designed and engineered vacuum furnaces capable of temperatures up

to 3000?C

* Design layout in AutoCAD

* Support in purchasing, manufacturing, and troubleshooting

EDUCATION

2009- Nov. 2011 Meredith College

Masters in Business Administration

* Member of Beta Sigma Gamma

2001 - 2005 University of Vermont

Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering

* Research Grant ; spring semester 2003 "Interfacial Shape and

Stability between Converging Particulate Flows In Microchannels"

Technical Skills

AutoCAD

Microsoft Office Suite

Project Management Software

MS Project

REFERENCES

Can be supplied upon request



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