Engineer Manager

Joseph F. Laubacker, P.E.

**** ******** **** ******* ** 14067

***********@*******.*** 716-***-****

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Professional Profile

A creative and sonscienously driven Registered Professional Engineer and

Manager, with wide-ranging experience for industrial, institutional,

healthcare, commercial, and other facilities.

- Investigates the root cause of problems and provides innovative and cost-

effective win-win solutions.

- A self-motivated and enterprising leader who provides clear focus and

direction to his teammates.

- Facilitates strong relationships between all levels of an organization's

internal and external customers.

- A logical and enthusiastic achiever, demonstrates a strong drive for

corporate growth and profitability.

- Proven mentor and teacher at training and guiding all staff to higher

levels of accomplishment.

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Career History

Self Employed 2005 -

Present

Independent Consultant

Gasport, NY

HVAC, pressure vessel, and general engineering consulting to businesses,

groups, and individuals.

- Professional experience includes petrochemical, oil and gas,

pharmaceutical, food, process, manufacturing, metal processing, metal

fabrication, operations, maintenance, capital improvement, and

construction management. Experience also includes facilities used for

R&D, institutional, health care, residential, commercial, and educational

needs.

- Experienced in working with with OSHA, EPA, NFPA, BOCA, NEC, and other

regulatory codes.

- Adept working with government and utility agencies, for concerns

affecting construction, environmental, remediation, energy conservation,

and equipment installation.

Engineering Supervisor

2001 - 2008

WSF Industries, Inc.

Tonawanda, NY

Managed an engineering group responsible for preparing ASME Pressure Vessel

Code calculations, design drawings, and BOM's for individual pressure

vessels as well as complex autoclave systems.

- Experienced in using ASME/ANSI Section I, V, VIII Div 1 and 2; ASME/ANSI

B31.1, .2, .3, .6; NBIC repair code; China Code; and API Codes.

Experienced working with carbon steel, stainless steel, Inconel and other

code-approved materials.

- Evaluation of Solidworks and Inventor for transitioning the mechanical

section of department to three-dimensional CAD. Resulted in reduced time

for drawing preparation and improved drawing quality.

- Developed spreadsheet analysis and calculation tools to improve accuracy

of designs. Reduced need for rework on the shop floor as well as

reducing engineering time to prepare design calculations.

- Transition to 3-D CAD and spreadsheet analysis tools resulted in an

initial estimated annual savings of more than $100K in engineering and

shop costs. Savings were from reduced more effieicent engineering &

design time, eliminating shop floor rework time, as well as reducing cost

of scrapped materials due to the rework.

Group Manager

1997 - 2001

LASH Work Environments (Company Out of Business)

Buffalo, NY

Responsible for the Airflow Systems Division with the business objective of

providing custom and specialized airflow control solutions for laboratories

and other clean work environments.

- Developed the division from initial conception and start-up to producing

more than $1 million in annual sales during the first full year of

operation. Sales in subsequent years exceeded $2,500,000.00 at a GOM of

approximately 35% for this division.

- Effectively managed assigned all P&L responsibilities in budgeting,

forecasting, marketing and sales, project management, capital purchases,

and engineering management. Consistently exceeded targeted sales and

business goals and objectives. Developed strong satisfied base of

customers.

- Directed the division teams to produce design documents for various types

of projects including Educational, Industrial, R&D, as well as other

specialized facilities requiring high-end HVAC solutions.

- Revised the scope of work and resold an existing job. Customer had

become frustrated with previous manager threatening to cancel the

purchase order. Turned the initial $30K net loss into a $10K net profit.

Customer was so satisfied that he committed to a new $350K order that had

$120K profit.

- Provided project design, support, field programming & start-up assistance

to the manufacturer of the airflow controls equipment on a routine

consultative basis. Provided the same services nationally to other

contractor's providing and installing similar systems with equipment from

the same manufacturer.

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Career History-Continued

Mechanical Engineer (Contract)

1991 - 1997

Adecco Technical

Buffalo, NY

Capital Equipment Procurement Engineer at Hatch Associates: (Buffalo Office

Closed)

- Produced the competitive bidding specifications and recommended for

purchase $45 million of equipment as part of the design team of a new

$125,000,000.00 beryllium copper production plant.

- Prepared in the installation specifications and managed the generation of

construction drawings.

- Coordinated integration of programmable controls for each major group of

processing mills and equipment with the overall building automation,

control, and monitoring DDC system.

- Combined four separate equipment and system design packages into a single

system recognizing savings of $150K in equipment, engineering, and

installation costs. Addition operating cost as well.

Capital Equipment Procurement Engineer at Praxair:

- Responsible for specification, selection, and installation of air

separation equipment for multiple facilities internationally. Equipment

included a wide range of rotating and fixed equipment. Made periodic

visits to vendor shops to inspect and verify conformance of equipment to

all specifications.

- Mentored direct hire Junior Engineers on the proper selection of fans,

pumps, and compressors on basis of energy, operating characteristics of

equipment, type and model of equipment. This selection is also based

upon anticipated installation and maintenance concerns and design

requirements.

Capital Equipment Procurement Engineer at Occidental Chemical: (Corporate

Engineering Closed)

- Worked with projects involving ventilation, HVAC, dust collection,

piping, materials handling, packaging/filling, conveyor systems, fans,

pumps, chillers, filtration, cooling towers, and boilers.

- Provided an innovative ventilation designs for a new and existing

production facilities. One plant location upgraded two existing process

buildings by duplicating the same design. Design provided for improved

safety and working conditions for employees by reducing heat stress in

accordance with safety codes and regulations. Resulted in savings due to

reduced reduced man hours for requied heat stress breaks.Combined savings

for entire plant were projected to be $300K+ annually.

- Investigated and identified an alternative solutions to a packaging and

materials handling system for a customer mandated proprietary shipping

container. Reduced the original budget of $1,200K to $600k.

Sr. Project/Account Manager

1987 - 1991

Project Management Associates/ICI Group (Company out of Business)

Williamsville, NY

Managed industrial and environmental accounts.

- Identified new prospective clients including expanding company into

Federal Government project work.

- Generated RFQ's, RFP's as well as other proposals and marketing tools.

Managed teams of up to twenty-five engineers and designers using CAD from

all engineering and design disciplines.

- Effectively managed the engineering functions of multiple projects in

multiple locations.

- Engineered and designed various projects involving Energy Audits, Energy

Conservation, Solar Energy Audits and conservation, Pressure Vessels,

Piping, Maintenance, Process Improvement, chillers, cooling towers, fans,

pumps, Facilities Management, and Construction Management.

- Established a $1,000,000.+ annual account at XEROX within six months of

being selected as an Engineering vendor. Managed more than 30 open work

orders concurrently for various work sites.

Sr. Project Engineer

1985 - 1987

Mesch Engineering PC (Company out of Business)

Lockport, NY

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Hired to assist firm Resident Architect on k-12 and college renovation

projects. Responsibilities expanded to include other industrial and

commercial account design responsibilities.

- Responsible for the redesign and upgraded existing large air handlers as

well as for sthe pecifying of totally new capital equipment. Many

projects were for clean-room areas and other specialty work and

manufacturing environments.

- Designed various industrial ventilation projects for various

applications.

- Performed heat load calculations and completed detailed HVAC design on

projects for a wide range of clients and applications.

- Responsible for the design and preparation of contract documents for

school renovation projects as well as bid evaluation and recommendations.

Other areas of project/design experience include programmable

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Career History-Continued

Instructor -Technology

1985 - 1992

Niagara County Community College

Sanborn, NY

Initially hired to fill in for an Instructor who was on sabbatical for one

semester. Due to satisfactory performance, was asked to continue on on a

part-time basis as an evening instructor.

- Courses taught included Mechanics, Fluids, Instrumentation, Manual

Drafting, and Applied Descriptive Geometry for both class room sections

and laboratory sections.

- Filled in for Mathematics instructor on two week military training leave

for Calculus courses.

Chief Engineer/Director Computer Services

1983 - 1984

Professional Builders & Remodelers (Company out of Business)

Cheektowaga, NY

Hired to manage the residential and commercial activities of the Solar

Energy Division of the firm

- Responsible for the design and installation of solar and construction

projects. Included coordinating and reviewing designs with clients;

scheduling projects and manpower; organizing, setting up and maintaining

company warehouse and inventory management system; evaluation and

selection of materials equipment; quality control, and internal R&D for

solar systems.

- Projects included solar hot air heating systems for commercial clients,

over 250+ supplemental residential solar heating systems, and numerous

residential and commercial construction projects.

- Company had a total of fifteen direct employees, as well as over twenty

subcontractors, to utilize and manage for all assigned projects..

Mechanical Engineer

1980 - 1982

Allied Chemical - Fibers & Plastics Div. (Plant site has been closed)

Tonawanda, NY

Reorted to Manager of Engineering and Maintenance Department as an entry

level engineer.

- Responsible for the preparation of appropriation requests for all plant

capital improvement and maintenance projects .

- Project responsibilities included coordinating, supervision, selection,

ordering and scheduling of materials for projects. Project cost

accounting, project design.

- Total maintenance and capital expenditures for the plant were in the

order of $2,000,000.00.

- Work assignments included analysis of various piping systems and pressure

vessels for ASME piping and pressure vessel code compliance

- Engineering and Maintenance Department had a total of ten mechanics, two

maintenance foremen, six instrument/electricians, two grounds/utility

workers, as well as the Department Manager and Engineer.

Engineer Trainee

1978 - 1979

VA Medical Center (Center closed & converted to long term care)

Batavia, NY

Co-operative education position for four academic quarters during

undergraduate college studies.

- Responsible for the preparation of estimates, specifications and drawings

for projects which included: upgrading and adding of electrical, water,

fire protection and other systems; new roads and parking lots; site

improvements; as well as new, and renovation of, offices and other areas.

- Additional responsibilities included the coordination and monitoring of

in-house design projects and projects prepared by consultants.

- Engineering consisted of fifty employees who included office, grounds,

security and maintenance.

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Other Relevant Experience & Credentials

Substitute Teacher Royalton- Hartland Central

School - Middleport, NY 2008 - Present

Registered Professional Engineer

New York and

Pennsylvania

Certified Level 1 Alpine Ski Instructor

Professional Ski Instructors

of America

Member (and former Board of Director - of Buffalo Section)

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

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Education

B.S., Mechanical Engineering Rochester

Institute of Technology

Rochester, NY

Masters Engineering and Architectural State University

of New York

Buffalo, NY

M.A. Candidate, Education Empire State

College Niagara Frontier

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