Thomas J. Kolans

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Email: ac69hm@r.postjobfree.com

Cell: 864-***-****

Summary:

Dedicated to success within a team environment. Diverse skills and experience with many product definitions. Dependable, responsive and adaptive.

Mechanical design-engineering field utilizing, CAD; Solidworks 17; Unigraphics NX; CATIA V5. Background includes experience as a Design Supervisor, Design and compartment integration engineer, Sr. Designer. Team management, project planning, timing, resource evaluation. SAP Teamcenter, PLM, Enovia. My experience is with commodities such as, mechanical, electrical, HYBRID fuel powertrain system design within automotive and Turbine power generators, Mechanical Gear reducers and electric motors. Thermal systems automotive.

Recent overview:

Sr. designer; mechanical gear development and casting design. High speed and low speed; rotating components. Gear reducers, conveyer and material distribution machinery. GE turbine combustion systems design. Concept designs of alternative fuel nozzle, fuel systems. GE and Rolls-Royce turbine power generation. Combustor system and rotating parts. Manage programs from cradle to grave. Pre-production and production launch team experience. I exhibit strong people skills, realizing the importance of good relationships with clients, co-workers, suppliers and management in working a product development team.

Experience:

ABB/DODGE

Greenville, SC. August 2011 – present.

Sr. Designer – Gear motor reducers, Electric motors, Research and development team. Concept to production design engineering. Solidworks 17 premium (3D – 2D) SAP. Full data management capability

Development of cast iron components, gears and shafts, bearings, seals. Adaptive to customer’s specification. Such as: Automotive, material handling, food and energy industries. (6) Engineering Achievement awards. ‘4Q lean engineering certification”

Volvo North America Trucks

Dublin, Virginia. March 2011- August 2011 “left position to move home”

Sr. Designer – Pro-E Wildfire / CATIA v5, PLM/Enovia Customer ordered heavy truck chassis components package and design for production. Support to engineering and design staff.

Belcan Engineering, contract to (GE Energy).

Greenville, South Carolina May 2010-Feb 2011 (changed contract from CDI.) contract cut by GE”

Sr. Designer: Provide concept designs using Unigraphics NX / Teamcenter, PLM. ATO Combustion

Engineering DOE hydrogen gas fuel nozzle development. Concept test and validation.

Presentations using: Excel, Power-point, Outlook, Word.

CDI Corporation, (GE Energy)

Greenville, South Carolina May 2008 – May 2009 “continued in same capacity under different contract”

Sr. Designer: Provide concept designs using Unigraphics NX Team-center, ATO Engineering Group.

Design of turbine combustion components. Hot Gas path design. BOM creations check drawings of all components and assemblies, including GD&T. Provide product definition. Extensive windows applications (Excel, Power-point, Outlook, Word) and other applications Communicate with venders engineering to insure proper component design to meet GE’s standards

Belcan Engineering, (GE Energy).

Greenville, South Carolina “Contract expired” 2 yrs

Sr. Design Engineer: Provide concept designs using Unigraphics NX5 to ATO Engineering Group.

Turbine Combustion components Team-center, EBOM, file check. Extensive use of windows applications (excel, power-point, outlook, word) and other applications Communicate with venders, engineering to insure proper component design to meet GE’s standards.

Rolls Royce, Mt. Vernon, Ohio

Contract through Volt technologies, Left for opportunity with GE. 2yrs.

Sr. Designer: Provide designs using Unigraphics NX4, Auto-desk Inventor to the Engineering Group.

Drafting, involves interpretation of large multi-sheet drawings of complex electrical schematics P&IDs,

coolant systems and component designs. 3D solid modeling of Energy turbine engine structure.

MSX International, on assignment to GM 10yrs.

Automotive thermal systems

Sr. designer, design and package of fuel operated heater system for GMT800 military vehicles. UG, NX.

The task was to integrate electrical wire harness, fuel system line, and coolant lines with the trucks system.

Diesel fuel lines using a braided stainless, crimped to stainless steel tubing. Coolant hoses connected to a

formed brass reducer to existing engine outlet and the heater inlet hoses. Integration of the electric system

was required. Integration with the build team on initial build. Individually handling these tasks, execution

of program timing was met efficiently.

Self-supervised reporting to Webasto program engineer

BOM generation; integrating existing components with new design

GD&T, Fit and Function

Supplier integration for application of system in production military trucks

Initial build sequencing

GM Advanced Vehicles Thermal Systems

Design Engineer: UG, E-square, GM release systems.

Responsible for: coordination of engineering and design. Concept powertrains within show vehicles and

production release Hybrid electric components. Powertrain systems for BAS, HYBRIDS, GMT800, EV and fuel economy vehicle gas and diesel. Integration engineering with suppliers; such as Parker

Hannifin, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Valeo, Delphi and Behr America, Compartment Integration

Engineer for underbody and engine compartment

Specific sizing and specifications of the refrigerant lines, coolant hoses. CRFM; air to oil coolers

Engineering and design integration of Hybrid and electric powertrain thermal systems, HVAC

Plastic molded components, ie: HVAC ducts and Interior trim.

Product assembly integration

GD&T

BOM

GM Midsize Car Division, U-VAN platform

Sr. Design Engineer, Design Supervisor, project timing and coordination from Phase Zero –

production release. Supervised CAD design group; design, release and engineer the Power-Train Coolant system for three different engine applications. (3.4L V6, 3.0L H.O. V6, 2.2L 4cyl. Diesel).

Responsibility; track resources, design timing and expense. Pre-production, Pilot and production launch.

Component design release, of HVAC and Powertrain Coolant systems

Sr. Design Engineer-UG; my responsibilities were to design in concept a Frt and RR HVAC coolant

system GM U-Van extended. Engineer and design a system including plastic and aluminum attachments.

Integrate with suppliers of various components to equip the product properly for function in production.

Education:

Ashford University, UT.

Business Organization, 2009

Baker College, Auburn Hills, MI

Business Management courses (pursued BBA) 1999

Dale Carnegie Training, Farmington Hills, MI

Course L-2125, 1998 “Personal management” top 5%

MSXI University, Southfield, MI

Unigraphics CAD Training, Microsoft office applications.

Kirkland Aviation, Roscommon, MI

Aerospace structural design Associates

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