Engineer, Engineering, Project Experience, Safety

RODNEY NORRIS

abn7m1@r.postjobfree.com

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Gahanna, Ohio 43230

Cell: 330-***-****

OBJECTIVE Seeking full time position in the Columbus, Ohio region

WORK EXPERIENCE Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory (Bechtel Marine Propulsion

Corporation)

Safety Risk Engineer July 2009 - Present Pittsburgh,

Pennsylvania

. Lead engineer - cognizant of multiple safety reports

issued to the Navy and the NRC

. Developed project schedules to manage and improve on

delivery dates of reports

. Analyzed and followed plant design and operational

procedures to determine insights into plant safety

. Developed logic models to determine safety risk of

nuclear propulsion plants (Event Tree/Fault

Tree/Quantification)

. Led expert elicitation panel to determine safety risks

using FMEA skills

. Used root cause analysis to develop lessons learned to

improve procedure effeciencies

. Daily interface with multiple diverse technical

departments at Bettis

. Communicated frequently with customer (Navy) to discuss

and resolve customer's queries

. Acquired strong understanding of nuclear power design,

quality, and safety reviews

. Mentored new employees

. Safety Engineer - Performed workplace surveillances to

improve the safety culture of the laboratory

. Gave workplace safety and continuous training

presentations to co-workers

. Awarded multiple safety awards for finding dangerous

workplace issues

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company - Technical Center

Quality Engineer June 2008 - September 2008 Akron, Ohio

. Provided technical support to plants and corporate

. Developed schedules to improve on time delivery of

materials to the manufacturing plants

. Created master database to correlate scrap rates from

plants to tire database

. Created and organized group's main quarterly review

. Analyzed and data based tire package from testing

. Cross referenced specs to assure accuracy (molds, cross

sections, etc.)

USDA ARS

Physical Science Technician June 2007 - May 2008

Columbus, Ohio

. Prepared and maintained research on agricultural reaction

to flooding

. Designed and manufactured tools to measure data from

flooded field banks

. Recorded and organized research data for multiple field

sites

Honda R&D

Vehicle Research Intern June 2006 - Sept 2006

Raymond, Ohio

. Designed procedure and performed tests to analyze paint

chipping issue on vehicle

. Developed technical report to document procedure and

test results

. Worked as lab technician using faro arm equipment

Senior Design Project at OSU (undergraduate degree)

. Designed and tested sound damper that reduced noise by

10 decibels for Honda part handling carts used in their

manufacturing plant in Marysville, Ohio. This design

was used in the Marysville plant.

EDUCATION The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

Bachelor's Degree: Mechanical Engineering

Graduation Date: June, 2009 GPA: 3.52/4.00

Penn State University, World Campus

Master's Degree: Engineering

Expected Graduation : 2013 Current GPA: 4.00/4.00

SKILLS Computer skills: Skilled in CAFTA, PRAQUANT, UNCERT, MATLAB,

Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Project,

Sharepoint, LabView, Currently self-studying Catia V5

(Design/Animation/FEA)

Ability to read engineering blue prints. Strong

understanding of Root Cause Analysis, FMEA, APAP, PPAP, and

DMAIC

Excellent communication skills

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