Engineer Engineering

Neal, Branden

PHONE : 817-***-****

E-MAIL : ac2mv9@r.postjobfree.com

LINKED IN : https://www.linkedin.com/in/branden-neal-25111987

DATE OF BIRTH : 20th June, 1986

PERMANENT ADDRESS : 4600 Elm Branch Dr. Arlington TX.

EMPLOYMENT STATUS : Unemployed since Oct 2017)

OBJECTIVE

Fulfill requirements for an Engineering position where excellent technical skills and experience will add to value operation. To integrate into the company, learn the art and succeed.

FIELD SPECIALTY AREAS

Drawings, Project Costing Analysis, Project Planning, Cost Effectivity

Sustaining Engineering, Digitization, Detailed Product Usage Analysis, ECR’s & NCR’s, Process Optimization, Engineering Documentation Creation, Part Number Creation

EDUCATIONAL DETAILS

Course

College/University

Year

Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering

University of Texas Arlington

2008 - 2011

Associate in Arts

Tarrant County College

2006 - 2008

ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATIONS, SKILLS, AND AWARDS:

-2000+ Solidworks 2015 & 2016 hours

-Solidworks Associate certificate earned

-Completion of Drawings Professional Solidworks Course

-Completion of Surface Modeling Professional Solidworks Course

-Completion of Weldments Professional Solidworks Course

-Completion of Sheet Metal Professional Solidworks Course

-Completion of Advanced Assemblies Professional Solidworks Course

-Completion of Essentials Professional Solidworks Course

-200+ Solidworks EPDM vault management hours

-3000+ Catia V6 hours

-2500+ Catia V5 hours

-500+ Enovia hours

-GD&T courses completed and experience

-Static and Dynamic Structural Analysis

-Extensive Excel skills and Automated Macro Scripting Experience

-HTML & VBA computer coding language experience with emphasis on spreadsheet optimization

-Extensive Overall IT knowledge. Computer and network Building is hobby.

-Exceptional Communication Skills. Diplomacy and Tactful Professional Communication.

-Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society Scholarship, Maverick Scholarship, and Hope Scholarship recipient for 3 consecutive years

MOST RECENT WORK HISTORY

Fellfab Corporation

www.fellfab.com

Lead Engineer

Feb 2014 – Oct 2017

3 yrs 7 mos

Fort Worth Area

-Promoted to Lead Engineer after 13 months

-Started at 55K and ended at 74K

-Laid off for economic downturn of airline

-Perform detailed costings of products and determine manufacturability of the products

-Create digital cut files and optimized material usages

-Manage digital filing system for all company drawings and engineering processes within the

Solidworks Electronic Product Data Management (EPDM) platform

-Responsible for all of TX facility engineering processes and sustaining engineering

-Provide costing for newly developed designs within the airline Industry through the use of

technical drawings and specifications

-Perform durability testing on airline interior designs to support warranty, customer safety

and satisfaction

-Search for cost effective and efficient methods to produce fire retardant interior and exterior

aircraft applications

-Develop & maintain Bill of Materials

-Ensuring that every TSS line is balanced, has standardized goals, and identify bottlenecks

-Customer and supplier support during projects (National and internationally)

-Aid in machine/tooling selection and development for new and existing products to maximize

Efficiency

-Create & Assign part numbers in SYACC (MRP)

-Determine cost estimates for new Request for Quotations and Engineering Changes

-Process Engineering Change Requests

-Develop, Maintain & Issue kit list and any special/unique product packaging requirements to

Production

-Maintain Engineering documentation & records (ex: product specifications, specification revisions issued internally & externally)

-Modify and/or make improvements to existing drawings on repeat orders

-Create new drawings from supplied samples, drawings or sketches

-Reverse engineer products when given supplied sample

-Design & develop, patterns using the Investronica system for repeat orders and new designs using

AutoCAD, and Solidworks as well as Optitex cad systems.

-Set up Drawing master log & maintain record of current revision level

-Provide backup support for customers, including the printing and organization of drawings and kit

-assemblies

-Manage, Coordinate & communicate sample build requirements & timing to Pattern

-Design and develop manual patterns and digitize if required

-Calculate pattern dimensions, determine pattern orientations, and make adjustments as required

for maximum yields

-Develop & maintain markers as required

PAST WORK HISTORY

Bell Helicopter Inc.

www.bellhelicopter.com

Associate Engineer

Aug 2010 – Feb 2013

2 years 7 months

Fort Worth Area

-Started as an intern in 2010.

-Worked as a Material Review Board Engineer during the internship

-Reviewed parts that were outside of acceptable tolerances and inspected under microscopes to determine if a deviation to the tolerances was considered acceptable for the part at hand.

-Promoted to Associate Drive Systems Design Engineer in 2012

-Mechanical component design in a team oriented position.

-Drive train motor minor component design such as transmission fluid pumps with considerations to seals, bearings, O-rings, and engineering tolerances pertaining to the mechanical design of drive train components.

-Created detailed 3-D & 2-D drawings using Catia V5 & V6 alongside Enovia.

-Laid off for economic recession

UT Arlington

www.uta.edu/uta

Work Study

Aug 2009 – Feb 2010

2 years 7 months

Arlington Area

-Work study position overseeing printing center

-Maintain the printers and replace ink and paper as required

-When not attending students or printers, studying is encouraged

-Left this position to focus senior year and graduate

Tarrant County College

www.tccd.edu

Math Lab Tutor

April 2007 –June 2008

1 year 2 months

Grand Prairie Area

-Math lab instructor helping students with Math from Algebra level through advanced Calculus

-Left this job to go to UTA full time

Printpack inc.

www.printpack.com

Plastics Mfg Operator

June 2005 –Jan 2007

1 year 7 months

Grand Prairie Area

-Left to pursue full time college education

-Operated four story Computerized blown film manufacturing machines

-Verify quality as line runs

-12 hour graveyard shifts

-Lab verification of density and specimen thickness testing

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