Engineer Mechanical

Joseph A Schaljo

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6956

Louisville, KY 40206 E-mail

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Innovative Designer of Commercial and Retail Products and Systems,

Knowledgeable of Newly Available Methods & Materials, Project Engineering

and Team Leader, Patented Designer.

Significant Accomplishments

Designed Patented Conveyor Drive System and Patented Battery Powered

Nailer/Stapler

Managed Engineering and Facilities Staff, Increasing Company worth by 30%

Authored SBIR Grant Application for Hydraulic Robotic Controls System

Product Development Automated Material Handling /

CAD, 3D Solid Modeling and Rapid Prototyping Packaging

Design, Layout, Modeling and

Testing and Fixture Design Simulation

Machining and Manufacturing Food / Paper / Soap / Garments

Installations, "Hands-On" Experience

Professional Experience

Derrick Engineering Louisville,

Kentucky 2008-Present

Consulting Engineer with Civil/Mechanical engineering company specializing in Sewer

and Stormwater System Design.

-Site surveyor for Topographical Surveys, Sewer Line Design and Layout, Design of

Pipe Profile using AutoCAD

-Preparation of Estimates for new Sewer and Stormwater Line and Retention Pond

Construction Projects

C&I Engineering Louisville, Kentucky

2002-2008

Project Engineer for engineering company with divisions in Food Processing, Handling

& Packaging & Petrochemical.

-Design and Documentation for Food and Beverage Projects, Layouts using AutoCAD,

Specification, Documentation

-Oversaw installation of 8 Million dollar bottling line implementing Continuous

Hydrostatic Retort and Robotic Loading

-Design and Installation of Asceptic Juice Filling Line, Optimization of Soup

Packaging Line and Hot Fill Tomato Sauce

-Variety of Petrochemical Projects for Oil Refinery, Installation Package

Preparation, Pipe Stress Analysis, Field Surveys

IMP Technologies Cincinnati, Ohio

2001-2002

Consulting Engineer with multi-faceted engineering group specializing in implementing

new technologies.

-Design and Documentation for Client Projects using 3D Solid Modeling (Solidworks)

and AutoCAD

MBS Associates/Remtec Industrial Automation Cincinnati, Ohio

1997-2001

Project Engineer with firm specializing in product development, automated food

handling and packaging equipment, as well as specialty robotic assembly equipment.

Designed Built and Tested Patented Electro-mechanical Hand Held Power Tools for

Cincinnati Based World Leading Hand Tool Manufacturer. Design work on Standard

Pneumatic Tool Line Improvement Projects.

-Specified various Materials and Industrial Coatings and Finishes: Nylatron, UHMW,

Thermal-spray, Anodizing

-Evaluated and Implemented Investment Casting Process, 3D Solid Modeling and Rapid

Prototyping

Lead Mechanical Engineer for Automated Frozen Pizza Packaging Machine

-Designed, Detailed, Tested and Installed Proprietary Cardboard Disk Inserter

Machine

Specified, Designed and Installed High Precision Robotic Optical Positioning

Equipment

-Designed Parts (including End Effectors) utilizing in depth Knowledge of Machining

Processes:

-Managed Installation Crews of 2 to 10 Persons, Prepared Operations Manuals

Schaljo Resume, con't

Natmar (Nat. Marking Mach.) Corporation Erlanger, Kentucky

1994-1997

Project Engineering, including: Project Management, Machine Design, Product

Development, Marketing and Sales.

-Designed from Concept to Installation of Garment Sortation System utilizing Bar Code

and RF Technology

-Designed Proprietary Conveyor with Patented Wrap Spring Clutch Drive Application as

Part of Sortation System

-Design, Sales, Support and Development of existing Laundry Handling Equipment

-Managed Trade Show Booth, Instrumental in Major Laundry System Sales and Marketing

-Selected and Implemented PC Based Controls (Controlware) and PLC's

-Implemented Automatic Shop Order Issue Method, Increasing Productivity 20%

-Managed out of Town Installation Crews Throughout USA

BGP (Procter and Gamble)

Cincinnati, Ohio 1993-1994

Mechanical Engineer with Northern Cincinnati based contractual Engineering Company

serving the needs of P & G.

-Coordinated and Designed Improvements to High Speed Box and Bottle Packaging

Systems

-Implementation of Electronic Controls and Sensors to Update Faulty Mechanical

Mechanisms

-Utilized Video Failure Analysis, Reliability Engineering Consulting, Root Cause

Analysis

-Team Member in P & G Demming Style Internal Management Training at Spring Grove

(Cincinnati) Facility

-Studied Case/Carton Filling, Form-Fill-Seal Equipment, Flexible Bag Conveyors

Planet Products Corporation Cincinnati,

Ohio 1990-1993

Project Engineer with Cincinnati Based Automated Equipment Manufacturer specializing

in Food Handling and Packaging Systems as well as Robotic Pick and Place Systems.

-Designed Machines and Conveyors for Food Handling and Packaging Systems

-Specified and Programmed various PLC's (Omron, Siemens, Kloekner Moeller), ASCII,

Basic & Ladder Programs

-Researched and Designed Hydraulic Robotic Controls and Manipulators

-Introduced and Trained on various Machining Processes/Tools: Milling, Turning,

Stamping and Forming, Welding

Walt Disney World Company Ride and Show Engineering Group Orlando

Florida 1986-1988

Engineer Co-op, Test Engineering, Standards, AutoCAD Installation, Light Design

Projects.

Education

University of Cincinnati College of Engineering

1983 - 1989

BSME Design Thesis Team Leader Co-op Award.

Business and Psychology Electives

Emphasis on: Advanced Mechanical Design, Material Science / Metallurgy Concentration,

Finite Element Analysis,

Control Theory, Studied "Engineersmanship" Design Idea Generation Methodology

Computer Skills

Well Versed in MS Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint) Autocad (Up to and

Including 2005), VersaCAD, 3D Solids (Solidworks, Unigraphics, Ideas) Rapid

Prototyping

-References will be Furnished Upon request-

Joseph A. Schaljo

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