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Engineer Project

Location:
Eden Prairie, MN
Posted:
December 12, 2012

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Allan Jenkins

Email: *********@********.***

Address: **** ******* ****

City: Eden Prairie

State: MN

Zip: 55346

Country: USA

Phone: 612-***-****

Skill Level: Management

Salary Range: $50,000

Willing to Relocate

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ALLAN JENKINS

6617 Tanager Lane, Eden Prairie, MN 55346

home 952-***-**** cell 612-***-****

e-mail *********@********.***

Professional Summary

Over 30 years in engineering project leadership roles in developing new or improved products. Reliable and dedicated professional, customer focused, take charge team player. Utilizes project management/human relation and engineering design skills acquired through education and on the job practice to create high quality equipment. Interface with customers, marketing, sales, service, purchasing, production and management

Areas of Expertise

Project Management Product Development

Product Research/Applications Hydraulic system design

Product Improvement Machine structural analysis

Power transmission

Computer Proficiencies

MS Word Excel Access Project

Employment History

Territory manager/Applications Engineer, Hydraulic Specialty Company, (Manufacturer/Distributor

of hydraulic equipment)

Fridley, MN November, 2008-March, 2009

Contact existing customer base and develop new customers within my territory

Prepare preliminary engineering documentation for development of customer quotes

Note: This was a temporary to hire. The client (Hydraulic

Specialty Company) continued to see decreasing cash flow and

Terminated position to help preserve a positive cash flow.

Engineering Manager, Stinar Corporation, (Manufacturer of aircraft ground support equipment)

Eagan, MN 2003-June, 2008

Technical support for Sales Department (applications engineering),

service, production, purchasing.

Oversaw or provided modified engineering documentation for standard products to comply

with customer specifications.

Designed/Engineered engine maintenance platform for C5 aircraft

Designed/Engineered truck mounted boarding stairway for C5 aircraft

Production liaison

Oversee CAD operators and other engineers involved with the C5 engine maintenance

platform and boarding stair

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Senior Project Engineer, Nilfisk-Advance, (Manufacturer of Floor Cleaning Equipment) Plymouth, MN 1992- 2000

Redesigned various floor sweeper and scrubber parts to provide over $301,000 savings annually in manufacturing costs.

Redesigned prime mover systems for re-powering 6 floor scrubbers/sweepers with new updated spark ignited and non-spark ignited engines.

Engineered/designed 8000 lb capacity machine stability hydraulic operated tilt test table

Engineered/designed a 10 horsepower machine propelling system dynamic load tester.

Designed hydraulic power steering system for two floor sweepers to provide easier control.

Redesigned the hydrostatic propelling systems from Vickers to Eaton piston pumps to reduce cost, lower noise and to allow a tow feature.

Provided engineering assistance to service, sales and production.

Project Engineer, Continental Machines, (Manufacturer of Metal Working Machinery)

Savage, MN 1990-1992

Provided engineering expertise and project leadership for new 16 steel cutoff saw with hydraulic cutting head counter balancing.

Senior Engineer, Rogers, Freels, & Associates, (Engineering Consulting Firm)

Edina, MN 1987-1989

Designed new tractor mounted hydraulic railroad tie inserter for client company to allow fast on and off track operation.

Designed new skidsteer mounted hydraulic backhoe for client company to increase their product offerings.

Prepared concept proposals for hydraulic aerial service platform for servicing C5 military aircraft for client company.

Education

A.A. degree--Engineering Technology, Anoka-Ramsey

Technical: Hydraulic and Pneumatic Power Transmission, Geometric Tolerancing, National Fluid Power Society Certified Fluid Power Specialist, numerous hydraulic product courses/seminars, Autodesk Inventor & AutoCad 2000 courses.

Management: Mini MBA certificate, University of St Thomas

Dale Carnegie, numerous supervision and human relation

courses/seminars, Small Business courses

Other training

Hydraulic and Pneumatic Power Transmission, Dale Carnegie,

Geometric Tolerancing, Certified Fluid Power Specialist,

Supervision courses, Autodesk AutoCAD 2000 course,

numerous Product and Human Relations Seminars,

Affiliations/Memberships

Member/Officer of local chapter of the Fluid Power Society

Member of local chapter of SAE.



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