Engineer Project

Andrew J. Ziegler

**** **** ***** *****, **********, IA 52601

309-***-**** *******@***.***

Objective: Obtain a management position in industrial manufacturing,

engineering, or project management

Education: Iowa State University, Ames, IA

Bachelor of Science, May 1995

Major: Electrical Engineering

Experience: General Electric, Switchgear/Switchboard Operations, West

Burlington, IA

April 5, 1999 to present

Requisition Engineering Manager, January 2008 to present

. Manage a team of 30-40 hourly and salaried engineering

personnel, including 10-15 remote staff in India

. Engineer $55-70 million of Low Voltage Switchgear equipment

each year

. Managed team to increase productivity by 20% in 2009

. Identified and managed projects that reduced internal

defects by 45% and external defects by 30% over a two-year

period

. Reduced customer documentation costs by $54K per year

through automation and process changes

. Worked with Technology group on new product integration into

engineering systems for AKD-20 and Arc Absorber products

Plant Lean Leader/ Six Sigma Black Belt, April 2005 to January

2008

. Six Sigma Black Belt certified

. Led the Lean Initiative for the plant, facilitating cross-

functional action workouts in all areas of the plant

. Continually applied lean manufacturing principles, such as

progressive assembly, supermarkets/kitting, point of use,

5S, and JIT

. Led Kaizen Promotion Office and mentored operations team in

daily manufacturing decisions

. Fabrication project - implemented pull system for made-to-

order parts, reducing lead time from

18 to 3.5 days and achieved an inventory savings of $350K

. Low Voltage Line project - utilized progressive assembly,

kitting, and other lean principles to drive

labor savings of $438K, WIP reduction of $93K, and lead

time reduction from 29 to 18 days

. Internal Defect project - root caused and implemented both

automated and manual process improvements, reducing

engineering defects by 40% for both Low and Medium Voltage

over a one year time period, labor savings of $511K

. Systems automation - $125K in labor/material savings

Engineering Project Leader, November 2002 to April 2005

. Lead engineer for electrical design tool replacement

. Evaluated and selected ECT International as the vendor,

utilizing the software program Promis-e

. Streamlined engineering processes over a 7-month-time-frame

to drive accountability, increase productivity, and decrease

engineering cycle time

. Wrote specifications for and tested vendor custom coding to

meet project requirements

. Led team of four that successfully coordinated with the

vendor to structure, convert, and create symbols/preprints

for use in new design tool

. Improved customer drawing package by standardization between

low and medium voltage product lines, point-to-point

connection diagrams, and drawing/summary referencing

. Overall project savings of $500K through process change and

automation

Standards Engineer, November 2001 to November 2002

. Developed PLC automation standards as they apply to low

voltage switchgear/switchboard applications

. Developed all PLC electrical schematics, device

requirements, and layouts for final design and production of

switchgear/switchboards

. Provided all ladder logic programming and performed

testing/debug of equipment

. Utilized GE Fanuc 90-30 Series PLC, Versamax I/O, Field I/O,

TCP Quickpanels, Genius Bus,

and Modbus communications

Switchboard Team Leader, June 2000 to November 2001

Requisition Engineer, April 1999 to November 2001

. Interpreted customer specifications and drawings to prepare

low voltage switchboard designs

. Interfaced with customers and sales engineers to discuss and

approve design packages

. Provided continual production support during switchboard

manufacturing process

. Provided customer support during installation, start-up, and

daily operations as needed

. Team Leader responsibilities included daily schedule

coordination and production issue resolution with the

engineering, mechanical and electrical design teams

. Engineered Switchgear/Switchboard design packages that

included the following: footprints, elevations, device

layouts, bill of materials, protective relaying, and PLC

control systems

American Ordnance LLC, Middletown, IA

June 1995 to April 1999

Controls Engineer III, June 1995 to April 1999

Team Leader March, 1998 to April 1999

1. Designed, selected components, developed schematics and

layout for low-voltage control systems

2. Provided ladder logic programming and performed initial

start-up and debug of equipment, including PID loop tuning

3. Utilized Siemens TI Series PLC, TCP Quickpanels, and

Profibus communications

4. Provided production support after equipment went on-line

5. Estimated electrical construction projects

6. Oversaw project installations

7. Designed emergency lighting systems for explosion proof

industrial buildings

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