GARY R. POWERS

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West Warwick, RI 02893 ac1p2h@r.postjobfree.com

https:// www.linkedin.com/in/gary-powers

Mechanical Product Engineer

A Mechanical Engineer with extensive experience maintaining residential and industrial products throughout their life cycle. Skilled with ANSI Y14.5 drawing practices and GD&T controls, with demonstrated success with ensuring regulatory and product certification compliance. Served as Technical Liaison to Underwriters Laboratories (UL), Intertek, NSF, and IAPMO for Circulator Products. Familiar with ISO standards. Demonstrated success partnering with R&D, Production, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Sales & Marketing and Vendors to ensure highest quality in product evolution specs, drawings, and manufacturing. Demonstrated success managing diverse stakeholder relationships, with a reputation for being accessible and responsive. Member, ASME.

Cost Reductions

Technical Support

Vendor Management

Engineering Change Methodology

Bills of Material

Project Design

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

TACO COMFORT SOLUTIONS, Cranston, RI 2001 – 2017

A Manufacturer of circulators (pumps) and other residential and industrial products in a global marketplace.

Senior Product Engineer / Product Engineer

Sustained existing product in market place, including testing, drawings, regulatory compliance, and consulted on technical product literature, and managed sustainability engineering team and budget.

Ensured parts sourced globally met specifications by partnering with vendors and reviewing first article inspections (new vendor or part).

Timely managed Engineering Change Orders in compliance with ANSI and ISO requirements.

Identified cost improvements opportunities, resulting in product price competitiveness.

Participated in certification audits, investigating and resolving failures.

Ensured products met NSF-61 drinking water and low lead certification criteria.

Reduced time and material waste, serving as engineering support for Material Review Board discrepant materials, participating in problem solving and resolution.

Involved with phase gate project design and improvement teams for new and existing residential products, evolving the company’s marketplace competitiveness.

Partnered with production staff in Kaizan events, FMEA, and Gemba Walks resulting in a lean six sigma manufacturing facility.

Selected as core team engineering member on system migration to Epicor ERP, encompassing all departments (sales, shipping, purchasing, production management, quality, finance).

oProvided engineering point of view participating in the vendor selection process.

oSuccessfully implemented project deliverables on time, including user interface, procedures, and training materials selecting and utilizing a cross-functional team.

oImproved engineering life cycle efficiency by volunteering to lead a second team to develop a customized Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) module, compliant with ISO requirements.

ANDERSON GREENWOOD CROSBY, Wrentham, MA 1995 – 2001

Senior Mechanical Engineer

Responsible for product support and development of ASME Section I and VIII safety valves in accordance with the ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code. ASME Authorized Observer for 5 years.

EDUCATION

University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI – B.S. Mechanical Engineering

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