Project Manager Engineer

BRUCE A. ROWLAND

***** ******** **.

Residence: 616-***-****

Greenville, Michigan 48838

Mobile: 231-***-****

email:********.*******@*****.***

SUMMARY

I am a degreed Engineer with experience supervising and managing

engineering disciplines and maintenance. I have directed the activities of

manufacturing, electrical, project and industrial engineers, tool and

machine designers, and environmental and safety personnel. I am skilled in

working across functions to bring products from prototype to production. I

am certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP) with the Project

Management Institute.

CAREER HISTORY:

LINN PRODUCTS

Project Manager Charlotte, MI May - September 2008

. Supervised 3 Product Engineers and responsible for APQP, PPAP,

prototyping and integration of new business.

SIEMENS

Project Manager Dallas, TX 2007 - April 2008

. Manage all activities involved with the design and deployment of machines

for the US Postal Service. The most recent project was to manufacture

and deploy 100 machines at $300,000 apiece.

. Responsibilities included:

o Scheduling control using Work Breakdown System and CPI and SPI

indexes.

o Approve Engineering Change Orders via Configuration Control Board

meetings.

o Conduct Design Reviews both internal and with the customer.

o Provide cost input for customer driven Change Orders.

o Prepare presentations for Technical Reviews with the customer.

o Monitor and submit program deliverables.

o Prepare project cost Estimates to Complete (ETC).

o Control and coordinate hardware retro fits.

Engineering Program Manager Grand Rapids, MI 2006-2007

. Responsible for all technical activities in the product design and build

of a staging device to be used by the US Postal Service in the next

generation sorting machine.

. Completed the manufacture and installation of a Pre Production version.

. Participated in submitting numerous bids as the requirements became known

and revised.

Project Engineering Supervisor Grand Rapids, MI 2002-2006

. Supervised four direct report engineers.

. Performed duties of technical lead for a $120 million US Postal Service

contract to manufacture and deploy 350 material handling machines.

. Managed engineering responsibilities of taking the project through the

development phases of prototype, pre-production, costing and production

contract.

. Managed all development activities including mechanical, controls and

software.

. Coordinated installation and testing of the pre-production machine at the

customer's site.

BRUCE A. ROWLAND

Project Engineer Grand Rapids, MI 2001-2002

. Performed the duties of technical lead for $20 million contract with

USPS.

. Coordinated the engineering activities involved with manufacturing,

shipping and installing 350 machines.

FEDERAL MOGUL

Engineering Manager Greenville, MI 1990-2000

. Managed the engineering department consisting of 6 direct reports, 9

indirect salaried and 80 hourly persons in a plant of 500.

. Key member of staff that changed a traditional style organization to a

constraint management focus involving decentralizing and downsizing.

. Directed the production of samples, which successfully established

Federal Mogul as the first domestic source of a component used internally

in an engine for Toyota Motor Company.

. Facilitated changes from broach to bore for a product improvement

including designing, building and installing new machines to a schedule

dictated by customer expectations.

. Directed the transfer of machines, tools and prints to a plant in Mexico.

This move eliminated 60 Greenville jobs and saved over $2MM.

. A member of the steering committee, which achieved QS 9000 certification.

. Oversaw the implementation of ISO 14001 with a scheduled survey in June

of 2001.

. Coached the plant environmental and safety personnel in the creation of a

plant emergency response team.

Project Engineering Supervisor Greenville, MI

. Oversaw the activities of ten engineers and designers in a team

environment.

. Implemented a computerized maintenance management system.

. Expanded the preventative maintenance program to include all production

equipment.

Manufacturing Engineering Supervisor Greenville, MI

. Systematized the entire plant tooling organization and supervised

engineering technicians, tool crib, tool room and manufacturing

engineering. This initiative involved 20,000 different tools used to

produce 5,000 different part numbers and included designing a

computerized tool bill of material.

Industrial Engineering Manager Greenville, MI

. Managed a department of four performing plant layouts, standards

maintenance and project justifications.

Industrial Engineer - St. Johns, Michigan

. Performed project justifications and standards maintenance including

incentive standards.

EDUCATION:

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Michigan Technological University, Houghton,

Michigan

MILITARY

United States Marine Corps, Honorable Discharge

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