Engineer Process
Resume:
Roland Pavek
Dundas, Minnesota 55019
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SUMMARY
My background is in product design, chemical process, industrial wastewater
treatment, laboratory analysis, and manufacturing engineering activities.
I also have experience in the food manufacturing industry. I possess well-
developed problem-solving skills while working with tight deadlines.
STRENGTHS
. Technical ability to read and interpret customer needs from supplied
documentation, and readily assess what information may be lacking.
. Project management demonstrated ability to follow through on projects
throughout their life cycle.
. Technical knowledge well diversified knowledge of manufacturing
processes, materials and equipment.
. Creativity able to find workable solutions to problems.
. Process development of equipment and methods for catering to specific
product needs.
. Detail oriented, experienced in communicating verbally and through
written reports.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Servicemaster By Ayotte- Northfield, Minnesota
12/2009-Present
. Cleaning Technician, cleaning business buildings.
Whelan Security- Minneapolis, Minnesota
6/4/2009-Present
. Security Agent, working events, such as Minnesota Vikings games.
Flexible Circuit Technologies - Plymouth, Minnesota
1/21/2008- 12/29/2008
Process Engineer
. Worked with Application Engineers, potential and existing customers,
and Design Engineers on customer flexible printed circuit design
requirements. Communication with customers included written,
conference calls, and visits in person.
. Process engineering responsibilities, including defining manufacturing
capabilities, as well as specific process instructions for California
and China manufacturing facilities.
. Spent time in China with manufacturing partners to review processes
and make improvements to same. Provided support to order equipment
and set up a copper plating process during my stay in China.
. Quality engineering responsibilities to determine product
acceptability and assist in obtaining and including specific
requirements per customer supplied documentation. Also, inspected and
sorted manufactured parts for acceptability.
. Helped facilitate new ERP system by supporting Application Engineers
and Sales Assistants in reviewing and updating bills of materials.
. Researched and sourced materials needed for new product orders.
Molex Copper Flex Products - St. Paul, Minnesota
4/2005- 10/12/2007
Project Engineer
. Continued job duties after Century Circuits was purchased by Molex,
Inc.
. Job duties expanded to include inception to life completion of
flexible circuit part number builds. Engineering responsibility for
production as well as pre-production flex manufacturing. Also, more
value added customer focus, resulting in more parts that were
assembled prior to shipment to customers, with engineering support of
component procurement and assembly activities.
. Responsibility for generating all BOM's and routings for supported
part numbers into a new ERP system. Participated in the leadership
team to introduce the ERP system, with functional responsibilities.
Trained other engineers on the use of the ERP system.
. Managed new product part numbers totaling in the 100's between Molex
and Century Circuits engineering activities.
Century Circuits & Electronics - St. Paul, Minnesota
7/1998-4/2005
Product Development Engineer - 9/2000- 4/2005
. Responsible for providing tooling and outsource needs, process flows,
and pricing per customer prints to sales for generating quotes.
. Responsible for supporting prototype and small volume flexible circuit
manufacturing activities. This included design, quoting support,
build documentation, delivery dates, tooling, design verification and
testing.
. Process engineering responsibility for assigned equipment within the
Product Development area, as well as production equipment support as
needed.
. Developed a process for copper plating on one prototype program that
other vendors were not successful with.
. Led an effort to streamline new product introduction process by
creating templates for other engineers to use for BOM's, process
instructions, and tooling/design documentation.
Senior Process Engineering Technician - 7/1998 to 9/2000
. Process engineering responsibliities, mostly in the wet process area
to make process improvements, document procedures, and specify
equipment purchases.
. Found, purchased, and modified a small chemical clean line that fit
processing needs, and was less expensive than most used equipment.
. Set up and validated a small copper plating tank for the Product
Development area.
. Set up special processing equipment for individual product needs.
. Scheduled prototype build efforts with R&D technicians.
Novartis Nutrition
1999
Process Control Technician
. Temporary part time position with responsibility for sampling and
laboratory analysis for process control of food manufacturing.
Sheldahl - Northfield, Minnesota
7/1977-7/1998
Senior R&D Technician - 1/1998 to 7/1998
. Responsible for raw material qualification physical testing.
Senior Technician - Wastewater Treatment 1988-1997
. Developed a process for a waste stream that saved the company 1,000's
of dollars per year.
. Developed computerized record keeping system in Microsoft Access.
. Responsible for analysis and reporting of results per City and State
wastewater discharge permits.
. Performed background work to establish wastewater treatment equipment
needs.
. Created documentation needed for automotive QS quality certification
on area equipment.
Solution Tester 1977-1981
. Responsible for wet chemistry testing of plating and etching lines
used in printed circuit manufacturing.
EDUCATION / TRAINING
AA, Chemical Technology, St. Paul Technical College St. Paul, MN
1981
Environmental Science/ Business Administration
Minnesota State University
Mankato, M 1995-1998, 2009-2010
Computer Science Coursework, St Thomas College St. Paul,
1999-2001 [pic]
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