Attila J. Szasz

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PROFESSIONAL PROFILE: High potential Mechanical Engineer or Project Manager with over 20 years progressive experience engineering and/or managing R&D or OEM projects while demonstrating high personal and professional standards. Seeking a challenging position in a project or R&D environment that will consolidate my professional experience, expand my knowledge and facilitate personal and professional growth.

KEY SKILLS

Able to prioritize & organize project workloads & utilize internal teams effectively to meet customer & company needs.

Proven record working effectively under pressure to meet tight deadlines.

Process & plumbing design. Familiar with various manufacturing processes.

ASME VIII D1. Code, TEMA

Electrical NEMA, NEC and CEC code.

Extensive exposure and knowledge of ASME, ANSI, CSA plumbing and pressure vessel codes

Design to manufacture, ASME Y14.5, SolidWorks, Inventor, ProE, PTC Creo, AutoCAD, MathCad, MS Office, Project, Visio, ProNest, DFSS.

Fluent speaker, writer of Hungarian and Romanian.

KEY STRENGTH

Team builder and player.

Critical thinking for continuous improvements and cost savings.

Great problem solving skills.

Hard worker & quick learner.

Highly motivated and energetic.

Adapt to changing work loads & environment.

EDUCATION

MASTERS OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA) from University of Massachusetts at Lowell, Lowell, MA.

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING (BSME) from Northeastern University, Boston, MA.

ASSOCIATES DEGREE IN MECHANICAL DESIGN/CAD from Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, IL

EMPLOYMENT

ENGINEER MANAGER at ONE SOURCE SYSTEMS, Vicksburg, MS

Managed engineering team to successfully achieve satisfaction of internal and external customers.

Lead projects for build to spec pressure vessels and skid systems for various industries: oil exploration, refineries, polymer industry, food processing industry, water treatment, energy and chemical plants. Reviewed customer specifications, distributed specifications to members of team, generated calculations and coordinated the engineering team to best address the time sensitive needs of the costumer. Prepared budget, and final proposals for heavy spec. multi-million dollar projects with detailed project cycle schedules. Once order in house, reviewed PO’s, specification prior to officially accepting order, took on project manager role or supervised and assisted other project managers, designers, in engineering and designing vessels and systems. Lead various processes: vendor selection, purchasing, weld or NDE procedure generation, cash flow analysis, calculation generation, AI kick-off meetings, hold point, Cad drawings, Mfg packages, NDE and in quality enhancements, painting, dry and wet run tests, shipping, data book generation.

Generated Process and Instrumentation Diagrams, Electrical Schematics as well as CAD models and drawings depicting systems. Performed FEA analysis for welded tank supporting structures.

DESIGN ENGINEER at HAWS CORPORATION, Sparks, NV

Managed projects for custom systems from cradle to grave: spec. review, system design, components (recirculation and/or booster pumps, storage and expansion tanks, water and space heaters, disconnect switches, variable frequency drives, contactors, relays, smart relays, fuses, audible and visual alarm systems, temperature, pressure flow & level switches, selection, pressure drop calculations.

Generated Process and Instrumentation Diagrams, Electrical Schematics as well as CAD models and drawings depicting systems. Performed FEA analysis for welded tank supporting structures.

Designed for classification areas: Nema 4, CSA SPE-1000, Explosion Proof, Hazardous Locations, CSA, Class 1 Div 1 & Div 2, NEC or CEC compliant.

Guided or supported various entities (sales, customer, project manager, procurement, vendors, production, planning, manufacturing, testing, and shipping) to achieve the desired scope of the project.

Achieved high margins (+52%) mainly through labor hour reductions by standardizing processes, always striving to improve upon set budgets, and designing for existing manufacturing capabilities and strengths.

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS

+Improved lead times by up to 30% as demanded by customer needs

+Streamlined information flow to speed up documentation turn-around.

+Simplified and improved designs by introducing non-electric solutions to already complex systems.

+Improved modeling speed and quality by setting up often used configurations.

+Trained designers and engineers on products and processes worked with. Generated handouts for engineering team for quick references used daily.

SENIOR MECHANICAL ENGINEER at CHEMINEER, INC., North Andover, MA

Managed and transitioned engineering team to a modern Cad platform and successfully delivered projects in the continuously changing flow and complexity of custom orders.

Updated engineering practices for the company and modified roles of individuals within the engineering and quality control team to better suit the fast paced and demanding requirements of the heavy specification projects.

Achieved increased profit margins by as much as 7% for the product lines handled.

Managed numerous large projects ($60k to $12 million).

Performed ASME Section VIII, Div. 1 and Div 2 calculations for custom Kenics heat exchangers and pressure vessels of various complexities. Generated nozzle, shell, tubesheet, head, low volume head, custom flange, tube thickness and weld size calculations. Extensive exposure to ASME Sections II, IV, V, IX, and X.

Prepared engineering department for ASME and China License audits.

Performed ASME B31.3 calculations for pressure vessels.

Assist and guide all involved entities and managed mechanical designers for the entire process of projects related to Code compliance, Customer request compliance, design, purchasing, quality assurance and manufacturing. Also as needed partially or to a full extent generated calculations, Cad models, drawings, FEA analysis, BOMs, routings, inspection reports, annealing oven histograms, etc.

Designed 2,000 liter L’Oreal mixing tank ($600k). Assisted with the design of Greerco Pipeline Mixers, Colloid Mill, and Homogenizers. Engineered and designed high torque twister.

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS

+Learned and mastered ASME VIII, within 3 months for tube and shell heat exchangers.

+Increased profitability of business by eliminating waste, streamlining flow of project through various parties, increased efficiency of engineering department.

+Reduced engineering time for most products by 25%; increased costing precision to within 3% of actual cost.

+Motivated engineering team to embrace the change from AutoCAD to SolidWorks by conducting training sessions.

+Achieved praise from customers by delivering products on time or before commitment date for very tight projects.

+Solved last minute problems with calm and intuitive problem solving skills.

PROJECT ENGINEER & MECH. DESIGNER at WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES, North Andover, MA

ASSEMBLY TECHNICIAN at GLENMARC MFG. Mundelein, IL

References available upon request.

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