Manager Engineer

DAVID A.

STERNAGLE

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Cottage Hill Lane

Chardon,

Ohio 44024

Home Ph. 440-***-****

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

OBJECTIVE Position as an engineering manager..

EXPERIENCE GLASTIC CORPORATION, South Euclid, Ohio

2006 to Present Product Development Manager

Develop new fiberglass reinforced products

and processes . Duties include

designing new products from concept and creating new production

processes to manufacture the

products. Products developed include thermoset composite

sheets, tubes, rods and various profiles. Processes developed

or modified include pultrusion, UV composite pull winding.,

composites coating, liquid mixing and composite fabrication.

Responsible for developing new resin

formulations and creating bill of materials for

new products. Construct new process work

instructions, testing procedures and

establish process conditions.

2000-2006

Project/Process Engineering Manager

Managed three project engineers and one drafting designer.

Responsible for department project budgets and timelines.

Responsible for overseeing new product development and process

engineering in composite compression molding and pultrusion

departments.

Reformulated resin system and re-designed glass reinforcement

system for composite sheet pultrusion operation, saving

$300,000 annually in material costs.

Directed facility wide cost reduction projects netting $200,000

in annual savings

Directed and engineered installation of automated pumping and

mixing controls on 7,000 lb. batch, high speed disperser mixer.

Responsible for automation budget of $650,000. Automation

involved installation of AB Contrologix PLC, Factory Talk Batch

control system and automatic downloading of recipes with bar

coding of raw materials. Major mixing facility structure

renovation was involved. New controls and equipment were

designed for a hazardous atmosphere area

Engineered and installed automated equipment on a laminate

molding operation. Equipment included resin spreading,

automatic sheet loading/ unloading, mat cutting and pulling

equipment. Total project resulted in a labor savings of

$120,000 per year along with increased throughput and a

reduction in scrap.

Headed up several lean manufacturing teams.

Engineered and installed many automation projects including

vacuum sheet lifters, automated conveyors, takeup winders and

UV light cured pull winding lines.

1996-2000 Facility Manager

Responsible for all aspects of maintaining 126,000 sq.ft. and

28,000 sq.ft. facilities with an annual maintenance budget of

$700,000 for a company with annual sales of over $25 million.

Facility equipment includes two steam boilers, water cooling

tower, two large compressors, 20 ton chiller, central hydraulic

system, 7 dust collection systems and over 30 HVAC units.

Relocated fiber optic strength member manufacturing facility

from Rhode Island to Cleveland. Supervised removal of equipment

from Rhode Island facility. Created all machine layouts.

Designed ventilation systems, pneumatic piping and electrical

branch circuits to re-install relocated equipment.

Installed new facility security and fire alarm systems as well

as telephone and voice mail systems. Responsible for

maintaining and monitoring these systems.

Updated plant central water hydraulic system by designing

electrical control circuits and installing a programmable

controller. Replaced pumping and accumulator system controls.

Performed all PLC programming for the project.

Directly supervised 11 maintenance mechanics and electricians

in a union environment. Duties encompassed maintenance and

upgrading of all production equipment. Equipment included

compression molding presses up to 500 tons and associated

support equipment, pultruding machines, precision sanding

equipment, dispersion and plow mixers. Engineered equipment

design changes that included hydraulic and pneumatic circuit

improvements, electrical controls replacement and mechanical

upgrades.

1986-1996 Project Engineer

Designed and installed system for applying liquid resin over

glass mat sheets on molding press operation. Designed sheet

loader with weigh scales and a vacuum sheet unloader to remove

300 lb. fiberglass sheets. Total system eliminated three

operators and resulted in annual labor savings of $120,000.

Installed Square D PLC and process support equipment on a

plastics compounding mixer. Installed equipment included

electronic weighing systems, automatic resin pumping systems,

and operator displays. Developed and debugged all PLC and

computer programs. New system improved product consistency with

decreased cycle times.

Designed hydraulic and electrical systems for three continuous

pultrusion machines with automatic cutoff saws. Performed all

programming of Allen Bradley SLC programmable controllers.

1985-1986 DURKEE INDUSTRIAL FOODS, SCM CORPORATION, Strongsville,Ohio

Process Development Engineer

Project Engineer for development of unit processes for the

manufacture of confectionery coatings and fillings. Evaluated

micronizing, wet grinding, homogenizing and dispersion

equipment at contract processors.

Developed operating procedures and process conditions to bring

pilot plant oil/solvent fractionation process to operational

state. Implemented design changes and equipment modifications.

Upgrade of rotary filter process and solvent recovery areas.

EDUCATION

Masters of Business, Cleveland State University,1998

Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering, Youngstown State University

Bachelor of Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Specializing in Polymer

Chemistry. Youngstown State University

SKILLS

Proficient in Autocad 2002, Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint. Skilled in

Allen Bradley SLC and Square D Sy/max PLC programming. Trained in Lean

Manufacturing and Statistical Designed Experiments.

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