Engineer Customer Service

Summary

I am seeking a position as an experienced senior design or project

engineer.

Seeking to stay in Charlotte, NC area or move to Mars, PA area where family

resides.

Project level design engineer with twelve years of experience introducing

new designs and implementing design improvements.

Introduced new products that exceeded cost, performance and aesthetic

requirements.

Comfortable as a cross-functional lead consulting with many resources

within the corporation, customers and end users to gain feedback and

successfully execute quality designs rapidly.

Professional Highlights

Terex Rock Hill, A location of Terex Aerial Work Platforms (2007-2009) Rock

Hill, SC

Project Engineer / Power Products Engineering & TZ Boom Engineering

Completely developed new prototype 250 & 300 kW towable generators on time.

Substantially reduced shipping costs on new design by optimizing package

height for standard flatbed trailer.

On target to eliminate 17% of the BOM cost on the new 300 kW generator

compared to the existing model.

Meeting plan objectives to dramatically improve noise levels, improve

quality and decrease assembly time.

Utilize NPPD (New Product & Process Development) tool to coordinate efforts

and ensure that all the objectives of the project are being met or

exceeded.

Successfully redesigned 150 and 200 kW towable generators on time.

Reduced assembly time by 50% by using design for manufacturability methods

and procedures.

Improved product BOM cost by 12% on custom engineered components.

Decreased noise levels by 60% through airflow and noise insulation research

and development.

Increased quality and improved appearance through improved cabinet design.

Developed the generator cabinet intake and exhaust airflow for 60, 80 & 100

kW generators with Tier-III diesel engines while minimizing noise levels

and water ingress and while increasing quality and appearance.

Developed tolerances and methods to measure large weldments to prevent

recurring assembly issues.

Jacobsen, A Textron Company (2001-2007) Charlotte, NC

Design & Development Engineer II / Mature Products Engineering

Provided engineering support for two plant consolidations in only a two

year period to ensure that the product design requirements were understood

and communicated to manufacturing.

Lead the development of an electronic replacement for the paper Engineering

Change Orders process which implemented e-mail notifications, progress

reports and improved communication between each function.

Investigated change requests submitted by purchasing, manufacturing,

customer service and production control to determine validity of the

request and ensured the quality of the products were maintained.

Initiated and validated over 1000 Engineering Change Orders in a five and a

half year period.

Created five new Unigraphics GRIP programs and extensively improved one

Unigraphics GRIP program to substantially ease repetitive tasks for the

whole engineering department.

Reduced warranty costs to the company as a part of the Warranty Resolution

Team through the use of a warranty claims database and by collaborating

with many functions throughout the company to ensure the problem's root

cause was discovered and solved in a timely manner.

Invented a new roll formed bedknife for reel mowers to reduce costs of

manufacturing while at the same time substantially increasing the life of

the bedknife.

Professional Highlights (Continued)

Navistar (1997-2001) Fort Wayne, IN

Associate Project Engineer / Frame Systems Engineering

Provided leadership during the design of the exhaust system for the Next

Generation Vehicle program allowing the frame system requirements to be

met.

Quickly and accurately implemented design changes utilizing CAD programs.

Successfully investigated fifty-nine cost reduction proposals submitted by

suppliers through the COMPASS program resulting in over a million dollars

in savings over a one and a half year period.

Garnered valuable information and necessary assistance by developing good

working relationships with each supplier during the investigation phase

that helped execute the proposed changes more quickly.

Displayed versatility by being able to quickly determine if a cost savings

idea pertaining to an area other than what I was familiar with was feasible

through communications with reliability and quality team, marketing,

engineering, styling, purchasing, testing and the cost analysis groups.

Refined cost savings proposals to include changes that would provide

additional savings and an improved product.

Education

Grove City College, Grove City, PA

BSME, From a Four Year, ABET Accredited Engineering Program, May 1997

EIT (Engineer-In-Training) Certified in Pennsylvania, May 1997

Professional Development

LEAN Tools Process Training, Terex, 2008

Trained in Toyota Production System

Utilized LEAN tools on kaizen/3P projects.

Implemented improvements on three product lines to improve process time and

BOM cost.

Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (ASME Y14.5M-1994), Jacobsen, 2006,

Navistar, 1998

Employed GD&T on drawings to ensure proper assembly of components.

Green Belt Training (Six Sigma Design Tools), Navistar, 1999

Learned the methods of investigating design problems using Six Sigma

techniques.

Successfully utilized statistical analysis to investigate design problems.

Leadership Training, Dale Carnegie Course, 1994

Exhibited excellent communication skills through working with others

effectively.

Demonstrated personal confidence through group presentations.

Computer Skills

Trained in Solidworks 2008, COSMOSXpress, Unigraphics NX2, TeamCenter 9,

Nastran/Patran 2001 and Oracle MRP

Experienced in Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Office Suite and many other

Windows applications.

Activities & Hobbies

Photography, automobile maintenance, multimedia editing (audio, video and

photo), light computer programming.

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