dIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING
Specialty/Skills: DESIGN OF HYDRAULIC/PNEUMATIC/MECHANICAL MACHINERY
Geographic Location Preference: FL
Salary Range Desired: 70,000.00 +
Work Status: Authorized
Willing to relocate: No
Term of Employment: Any
Work Experience: SeniorLevel
Education: MastersDegree
MEHAR MEHTA
Address: 8405 nw 170TH street
Phone (work): 305-***-****
Fax:
: ***********@***.***
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MEHAR MEHTA
8405 NW 170th Street, Hialeah, FL 33015
305-***-**** ***********@***.***
DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING
Expert in design and manufacturing of hydraulics, pneumatics, and
mechanical machine products.
Solutions-driven Director of Engineering with extensive experience
developing, managing, and delivering material handling products for
over 25 years. Consistent originator of innovative product designs and
redesigns that drive and secure sales revenue, offer top performance,
and maintain company s competitive business advantage. Proven success
identifying opportunities for product enhancements, reducing costs and
production time, and partnering with internal sales, marketing, and
production teams to generate sales. Valuable contributor to management
teams, with outstanding technical, problem solving, and leadership
skills.
Mechanical Design Engineering Complex/Simple Machine Design
Safety Standards Engineering Management Manufacturing Processes
Sales & Marketing Machining Reporting Production
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Doubled company sales revenue by spearheading design and
implementation of custom and standard new products and redesigns for
hydraulic power units, heavy material handling equipment, and lifts.
Received Patent for development of new cylinder design that allowed
for more rapid removal and changing of seals in hydraulic cylinders.
Demonstrated ability to significantly increase profits by building
successful partnerships and strategic product initiatives with sales,
marketing, and production teams.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
ECOA INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS, Hialeah, FL
1979 2012
Leading manufacturer of mechanical and hydraulic material handling
products with annual sales up to $10M.
Chief Engineer / Director of Engineering
Led design, manufacturing, and product improvement teams for custom
and standard heavy material handling products, including lifts,
tilters, and turntables. Partnered with sales, marketing, and
production teams to deliver customized and standard products to
customers. Fabricated special lift for nuclear industry and developed
special palletizing machinery. Represented company at Lift
Manufacturers Product Section meetings at the Material Handling
Institute and collaborated in development of safety standards for
lifts [ANSI MH29.1].
Key contributor to new line of lift products that accounted for 33%
in overall sales.
Improved reliability and saved $250.00 per unit by revising
hydraulic plumbing with special pump.
Reduced engineering design time by 67% and proposal time by 75% by
implementing computer assisted design (CAD) for general design work,
custom proposals, and applications.
Contributed to securing company s largest single order of $1M by
designing mobile lifting dock with unique hydraulic features for the
US Postal Service.
Successfully designed, manufactured, and delivered new products
resulting in 50% increase in sales revenue over eight years.
Reduced weight and increased strength of older units by redesigning
products.
Selected to represent company in London on sales and engineering
lecture tour promoting lift tables.
EDUCATION & ADDITIONAL CREDENTIALS
Master of Mechanical Engineering with concentration in Design,
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL
Patent # 4,363,261: New Design in Rapid Removal & Changing Seals in
Cylinders
Member: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Company Representative: Material Handling Institute Committee of Lift
Manufacturer s Association
Proficient in CAD Software, AutoCAD, Solidworks, and MSOffice Suite