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Project Manager Engineer

Location:
Lafayette, IN, 47905
Posted:
March 09, 2010

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Resume:

Brian F. Morgan

317-***-****

*********@****.***

PROFILE

Record of increasing responsibilities as a manufacturing professional

with a proven track record in completing capital projects, implementing

technical improvements, and solving plant floor problems. Demonstrate

strong work ethic, integrity and solid commitment to professional and

personal growth. Skills encompass a wide variety of management,

manufacturing, and information technology functions.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Caterpillar Inc. 2006- May 29, 2009

Company Profile: The world's largest manufacturer of heavy

construction and mining equipment, diesel engines, and gas turbines.

Manufacturing Specialist/ Programmer (Contract Employee) Lafayette, IN

(2006-May,29,2009)

. Under Assignment with Volt Services

. Startup and acceptance of new Mazak 5 axis mill turn crankshaft cell

. Work on CNC/ PLC/ Robotic software interface for fully automated rod

cell

. Debug turn key programs and machine problems of new equipment.

. Successfully trained replacement in cell as part of transition to 2nd

cell

* Operator training on new equipment

. Wrote programs for different machines as part of line re-configuration

and capacity expansion

Rolls Royce Co. 2004- 2006

Company Profile: One of the world's largest manufacturers of aircraft

engines, marine propulsion

systems, and industrial gas turbines with major operations

in Europe and North America.

Manufacturing Engineer (Contract Employee) Indianapolis, IN (2004-2006)

. Completed assignment with Volt Services, 1 yr contract and 2

extensions

. Processed parts to new manufacturing cells from older equipment

. Program parts moved to new cells and improve existing processes

* Specify, purchase, and coordinate fixture and tooling for

manufacturing cell

. Maintain and update manufacturing documents per FAA and DOD

requirements

. Focus on broad responsibility for product line or family of parts

* Worked as member of new CAD/ CAM/ PLM implementation team

Dresser Rand Co. 1990-2003

Company Profile: Designs, manufactures, and services compressors used

world wide in the energy industry. Sales of $1.3 billion and

approximately 6,000 employees. Formerly a subsidiary of

Ingersoll-Rand.

Senior Manufacturing Engineer/ Manufacturing Specialist, Olean, NY (1996-

2003)

. Developed, programmed, and maintained custom DNC System

. Lead project to install company's first open architecture CNC control

* Project manager on five CNC machine re-controls 1999-2002, with some

PLC programming

. Designed and programmed Visual Basic checkout interface for parts

inventory Access database

. Team leader or member of equipment procurement teams with planning and

estimating duties.

* Team member of ACP/ Lean Manufacturing teams for setup reduction

. Leader/ interface for production cell implementation of Unigrahics

. Wrote TCL based post processors for Unigraphics

* Developed system for offloading work between different CNC machines

. Worked to upgrade capital asset accounting system as part of Manuf.

Accting. team

. Trained technical college graduates in NC programming

. Supervision and training of union employees

Dresser Rand Co.

Senior NC Programmer, Olean, NY (1994-1996)

NC Programmer I, Olean, NY (1992-1994)

NC Programmer II, Olean, NY (1990-1992)

. Programmed lathes and mills, including 5 axis contour programs

* Tool design work in conjunction with tooling analyst

. High value compressor and turbine parts up to 84 inches in diameter

. Materials included carbon steel, stainless steel, iconel, and

hastalloy

* Wrote process routings for proper sequence of operations and machines

. Wrote part programs in APT, Cimlinc, Camax, and Unigraphics

. Programmed machine macros and wrote postprocessors in 2 of 4 mentioned

languages

. Lead programmer involved in selection and installation of 5 axis mill

. Implemented new tooling methods and other productivity improvements

. Member of full time cross functional UG implementation team

. Participated on cross functional team for new product design

OTHER EXPERIENCE: CONSULTING. PART TIME

Jamestown Community College/ Ontario Knife intermittent 2001-2002

Company Profile: Jamestown Community College administers various

federally and state funded

training programs. Ontario

Knife manufactures cutlery and sporting knives for

the military and commercial

markets.

. Trained Ontario employees in programming and machine setup as a

college employee

. Programming and other work for Ontario Knife

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & CREDENTIALS (partial listing)

Catia Mill/ Lathe Training and Certification (2 week course -Fecek &

Borchard Consulting)

Camax Training and Certification (2 week course - Camax Corp.)

Unigraphics UG Modeling, UG Manager, Lathe, Mill and other, versions 10-18

(5-6 weeks - EDS/ UG)

Visual Basic Training and Certification (1 week- Ziff Davis/Microsoft)

IsaGraf Soft PLC Training and Certification (1 week- MDSI Corp.)

PTC ProE Training and Certification (PTC )

Caterpillar CPS Green Belt Certification

Solidworks Training and Certification

Various others: Cutting Tools, ANSI 14.5, ISO 9001, Mil-Spec, Microsoft

Office, CICS, SAP, Total Quality, Negotiation Skills, Problem Solving,

Lean Manufacturing, Unix, Visio, Split, Mastercam, Autocad, GTX CAD etc.

EDUCATION

B.A., Economics, University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME

M.S., Manufacturing Management, GMI Eng. Mgt. Institute/ Kettering Univ.,

Flint MI



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