DAVID E. CHANEY

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Lincolnton, NC 28092

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email: abmkhr@r.postjobfree.com

Objective A challenging mechanical engineering position with emphasis in

design and quality

Interests Research, design, analysis, manufacture and development of

innovative mechanical

products and process systems to exceed internal and external

performance expectations

Work Project Design Engineer January 2009 to November

2009

Experience Beverage-Air Corporation: Spartanburg, SC

. Senior level design, analysis, development, manufacture and

project management of standard and custom commercial

refrigeration equipment for the food service industry

. Primary mechanical design duties include sheetmetal

enclosures, components and various plastic components for new

design (DFA, DFM), cost reduction and quality

. Use Pro/E Wildfire, Intralink, MRP, Project DB and MS Office

data, documentation and detail BOM, required to design,

manufacture, assemble and manage products

. Detail cost-benefit analysis on major projects to determine

financial justification

. Project management lead of engineering, manufacturing,

vendors, sales and customers

. Lab testing, analysis and reports for enclosure and

refrigeration system requirements

. Engineering (ANSI), safety and sanitation compliance

standards (UL, CSA, NSF)

. Job position eliminated during second major layoff with

current plans to close facility

Mechanical Project Engineer January 2007 to January 2009

Volex Interconnect Systems: Hickory, NC

. New product development, design and analysis of oem cable

harnesses consisting of injection molded plastic backshells,

overmolds, strain-relief and diecast connectors

. Connectors include RF and data (serial, usb, scsi, parallel,

sfp, sas, minidisplayport)

. Provided concepts with application engineer for review,

analysis and initial approval

. Assisted tool designers and manufacturing engineers for

prototypes and production

. Use SolidWorks, CosmosWorks FEA, MRP and MS Office data,

documentation and detail BOM, required to design, assemble,

analysis, manufacture and manage products

. Project management of international manufacturing, suppliers,

sales and customers

. Lab testing, analysis and inpection reports to comply with

specifications (DFM, TA)

. Engineering (ANSI), compliance (UL, CSA), interconnect

standards (SFF, VESA)

. Part-time system admin of MCAD tools (SolidWorks, PDMworks/E)

on Windows

Applications Engineer June 2003 to December 2006

College of Engineering at UNC Charlotte: Charlotte, NC

. Research, installation and support of complex engineering

applications at university

. Assist faculty and graduate students with advanced

applications on research, design and performance issues using

Pro/E, SolidWorks, Autocad and analysis (FEA, CFD)

. Provide in-depth specialized support to the department of

mechanical engineering

. Provide support of general engineering, math and business

applications at college

. Acquired a certificate in computer science (post-bac minor)

to further my education

Mechanical Engineer (Contract) November 2002 to February 2003

Additional Contract Services: Davidson, NC

. Design and development of compressors for OEM applications at

Ingersoll-Rand

. Use Pro/E (Sheetmetal, Feature, Assy) to provide required

data and documentation

. Work independently and assisted various team members at OEM

Systems Group

. Initial 60 day contract position was extended to 90 days for

positive performance

Mechanical Engineer (Contract) October 2001 to November 2002

Aerotek Contract Services: Greensboro, NC

. Design and development of school bus body and structure at

Thomas Built Bus

. Use Pro/E (Sheetmetal, Surface, Adv Assy) to provide data,

documentation and detail BOM structure for new external roof,

gutter, sash, and crash-rail designs

. Assisted manufacturing with assembly and test group with FEA

analysis of projects

. Work independently and with "Flight" project teams on cost

reduction initiatives

. Initial 6 months contract position was extended to 1 year for

positive performance

Mechanical Design Engineer May 1998 to April 2001

Pliant Systems: Research Triangle Park, NC

. Design, development, and procurement of electro-mechanical

packaging enclosures

. Use Pro/E to provide the data, documentation and detail BOM,

required to design, manufacture, assemble, and manage

enclosures using DFM and DFA techniques

. Thermal analysis for using venting, baffles, fans and heat

exchangers (Test Lab, CFD)

. Performed complex testing and analysis to comply with

Telcordia and UL standards

. Part-time system admin of all the MCAD tools (Pro/E, Pro/PDM)

on Sun UNIX

Mechanical Design Engineer February 1996 to May1998

Marconi Communications: Welcome, NC

. Design, development, and manufacture of environmental electro-

mechanical enclosures for the packaging various types of

telecomunications equipment

. Use Pro/E to provide the data, documentation and detail BOM,

required to design, manufacture, assemble, and manage

enclosures using DFM and DFA techniques

. Performed complex testing and analysis to comply with

Telcordia and UL standards

. Involved with company initiatives to become ISO quality

certified (9000 series)

. Part-time system admin of all the MCAD tools (Pro/E, Autocad)

on SGI UNIX

Mechanical Designer (Contract) May 1995 to January 1996

Tad Technical Services: Raleigh, NC

. Design and detail of equipment (Back-hoe Loaders) for

Caterpillar Corporation

. Use Pro/Engineer to model parts, create assemblies, drawings,

and detail BOM

. Required ISO and ASME standards and geometric tolerancing for

documentation

. Provided in house training for Pro/E, Geometric Tolerencing

and CAT standards

Computer Hardware: SGI (Irix 6), Sun (Solaris 7-10), MacOS (9-X), PC

(Linux, W2k,WinXP)

Experience Software: Pro/Engineer, Pro/Mechanica, Pro/Intralink,

SolidWorks, CosmoWorks,

AS/400 MRP, Autocad, MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project),

FrameMaker

Training: SolidWorks 2008 Essentials, SolidWorks Advanced Assembly

Modeling,

Pro/Engineer Fundamentals, Pro/Mechanica Fundamentals,

Pro/Intralink, Pro/PDM

Relative Quality Management, Engineering Economics, Engineering

Graphics, Statistics,

Courses Machine Design, Statistical Quality Control, Engineering

Materials, Quality Im-

provement Processes, Management Information Systems, Engineering

Mechanics

Engineering Dynamics, Engineering Statics, Engineering Fluids,

Solids, Materials

Education Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

May 1993

Certificate in Computer Science Programming

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

December 2006

Activities Basketball, mountain biking, weightlifting, racket sports,

cars, reading, family time

Member: ASME, SolidWorks User Group, PTC/USER User Group

References Available on request

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