Engineer Manager
Resume:
Ryan Saagman
**** ********* **., ***********, ** 49426
********@*****.***
Objective Pursuing a full-time position as an Engineer at a company that
will benefit from my strong leadership, technical skills, and
work ethic.
Education Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering (Minor in
Business) August 2004
Engineering Saturn Electronics & Engineering, Coopersville, MI
7/2008 to 1/2009
Experience Project Engineer
. Support the product team in the design and development of
electro-hydraulic solenoids including data analysis and
customer interaction.
. Design, build, and test prototype electro-hydraulic solenoids
to be used in high volume production (5 million plus parts
per year).
. Interpret and communicate test results for internal and
customer consumption.
. Utilized structured problem solving methods for root cause
activities.
. Develop validation test plans and timelines for design and
production verification.
Haworth, Inc., Holland, MI
4/2007 to 2/2008
Product Engineer
. Worked on individually assigned projects to design and
develop new products, processes, and tooling, or improvements
to existing products, processes, or tooling, utilizing
engineering principles and experience.
. Utilized engineering principles and tools to calculate and
evaluate alternative product designs, tooling, manufacturing
processes, or equipment for least possible production costs.
. Worked in a team-based environment, working collaboratively
with all departmental and organizational levels.
. Responsible for testing new products and design changes.
Challenge Mfg. Company, Holland, MI
1/2005 to 4/2007
Project Engineer / Program Manager
. Responsible for initiating, coordinating, and following all
phases of production project tooling.
. Prepare specifications for supplier quotes while considering
the process required to produce a part. Estimate tooling,
prototype, and check fixture cost for each product produced.
. Program Manager for new customer, Benteler Automotive.
Organize daily conference calls to discuss quality of
product, engineering changes, and open issues ($15 million in
annual sales).
. Lead quality improvement team on site at GM-Fairfax Plant in
Kansas City, MO. Improve the quality of parts CMC supplied
for Saturn Aura and Chevy Malibu.
. Developed time studies to improve manufacturing on transfer
and manual press lines.
. Determine logical process flows for plant operations to
improve efficiencies and optimize available work areas.
Developed work instructions for production use.
. Design (using Solidworks), purchase, and build end of arm
tooling for all transfer dies used in the transfer presses.
Paulstra CRC, Grand Rapids, MI
6/2002 to 12/2004
Mechanical Engineering internship in product development
. Injection molding design and manufacturing experience.
. Proficient in Solidworks.
. Good experience working in a large company. Good experience
working with a multi-national group of people and different
divisions of a large company.
. Experience with building and testing for characterization
prototype parts. Worked with control plans, process plans,
mold requests and the tool room to produce the prototype
parts.
Skills Mechanical, computer, and technical writing skills gained
through field experience and classes along with manufacturing,
product development, 3D modeling, and technical communication.
Skilled training in a variety of programs obtained from work
and classes:
( Solidworks ( AutoCAD 2000
. ProE ( Mechanical Desktop
( ANSYS ( Lab VIEW
( CNC-milling ( Java and C-Programming
( Microsoft Project ( Microsoft Word
( MatLab ( Microsoft Excel
( MathCAD ( Microsoft Outlook
( TPS ( Lean Manufacturing
References
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