Mechanical Automation Engineer

Kim Mueller

(Local to Schiller Park, IL *****)

Home Phone: 847-***-****, Cell Phone: 847-***-****

E-Mail: ***********@***.***

Summary:

Extensive years of experience in production and manufacturing industry OEM creating 10-25% profit.

Design (from scratch) custom automation equipment for conveying, assembly & packaging as modular units to be modified and changed for other applications. This reduces engineering time and costs creating 20-30% profit.

Design Engineer/Project Management designing custom Conveyor, Material Handling, and Packaging, Processing & Automation equipment as either complete Systems or Individual Units.

Engineering Manager managing a five-man engineering staff for custom material handling equipment.

Chief Engineer for custom material handling equipment, conveying, packaging & automated systems.

Trained in ISO 9000 Procedures along with LEAN manufacturing & Kaisen

Constant contact with vendors & outside manufacturing, along with in house manufacturing.

Education:

B.S.M.E, Milwaukee School of Engineering, Milwaukee, WI,

Associate Degree in Industrial Engineering, Milwaukee School of Engineering, Milwaukee, WI,

Experience:

AMS (Automated Manufacturing Solutions) Crystal Lake, IL Oct 2018 – March 2019

Mechanical Engineer, designing and building custom Industrial automation, food handling, process systems (sandwich making) and units using Solidworks. Creating 3D approval layout models, assembly, part drawings and full BOM’s for pricing, ordering piece parts & assembly for prototype & final design, with drive calculations and material specification. I’ve creating unique custom designs that are modular and marketable in multiple applications.

From Concept to Completion.

De-Sta-Co / Camco Division of Industrial Motion Control, Wheeling, IL Jan 2015 – Sept 2018

Application Engineer, creating Solidwork's Models & Assemblies (Through Solidworks EPDM) of their Precision Indexing Units & Conveyors. 3D models, assembly & part drawings with full BOM’s for ordering parts & assy. I redesigned all their 2D autocad parts into 3D Solidworks parts & assemblies to assist in creating new custom designs & standards for use in the company, with full BOM’s for manufacturing costs to build and order from.

ISchematic division of Telemedia, LLC, Buffalo Grove, IL Sept 2014 – Nov 2014

Production Manager for a company that creates a custom job support application program that is used to apply institutional knowledge towards troubleshooting and repairing the company’s specific machines & systems in their production facility. Can be used in the facilities operations, viewed by anyone on a laptop or I-pad to diagnose the problems and how to repair it while standing at the machine, with all pertinent info readily available at their finger tips.

Freelance & Contract Design work Aug 08 – Sept 2014

MSP (Machinery Solutions Provider): July 2011-Sept 2014, June-Oct 2010, Oct 2009-Jan 2010,

Industrial Kinetics: Oct 2010-July 2011, Jan-June 2009, JNE: Mar-April 2010

Design Engineer/Project Management designing custom Conveyor, Material Handling, and Packaging, Processing & Automation equipment as either complete Systems or Individual Units.

Using Solidworks or Inventor & AutoCAD to create Layout & Detail drawing's w/BOM lists for manufacturing.

Ambitech Engineering Corp. Downers Grove, IL Sep 07 – Aug 08

Senior Mechanical Designer created layouts for HVAC, Piping, Packaging, Processing & Automation equipment runs or complete systems.

Traveling out of state to Honeywell in Fombel, PA doing engineering consultation work to improve their production lines and procedures.

Traveled out of state to singly do a multi-floor full plant layout: existing architectural, HVAC, plumbing, electrical & mechanical equipment old and new for $8 million renovation at Unilever in Harrisburg, PA.

Industrial Kinetics Inc. Downers Grove, IL Jun 05 – Sep 07

Design Engineer/Project Management for designing custom Conveyor, Material Handling, and Packaging, Processing & Automation equipment as either complete systems or individual units.

Using AutoCAD 2008 & Solidworks 2006 for Concept, Layout & Detail drawing's w/BOM lists.

Traveled local & out of town to job sites for quoting, designing, installation of equipment and Start-Up.

Freelance & Contract Design work Jul 00 – May 05

Contracted Companies: United States Gypsum (USG), R.W.Cooper, RDI Group (Reichel & Drews Inc), Peters Machinery.

Design Engineer/Project Management designing custom Conveyor, Material Handling, and Packaging, Processing & Automation equipment as either complete Systems or Individual Units.

Using AutoCAD 2000 & Cadkey 99 in 3D Wireframe for Concept, Layout & Detail dwg's w/BOM lists.

Microsoft Office: Access, Excel, Word, Outlook & the Internet for File and Drawing transmittal.

CAD: Classes in Mechanical Desktop 5 for use on a Contract Job. Solidworks, on job training

Trained in ISO 9000 Procedures along with LEAN manufacturing & Kaisen.

Dynapace Inc. Arlington Heights, IL Aug 99 – Jul 00

Project Engineer for custom units & systems for conveying and handling of PC Boards.

Design (from scratch) custom automation equipment for conveying, assembly & packaging.

R & D new products & modular equipment to market.

All designs done in 3-D (wireframe) using Cadkey 98 & AutoCAD.

BOMs through MRP (MAX) program.

Constant contact with vendors & outside manufacturing, along with in house manufacturing.

Swangren Machine Corporation, Maywood, IL May 85 – Aug 99

Dynamic Conveyor Division

Chief Engineer for custom material handling equipment for conveying, packaging & automated systems

Set up and implemented an MRP system (Master Builder).

Systems utilize all types of conveyor methods using Pneumatics, Hydraulics, Linear & Rotary Actuators, servomotors & Mechanical mechanisms conveying anything from products for the food & drug industry, powder & liquids, to car bodies.

Construction materials used are from sheet metal, structural steel, stainless steels to plastics.

Managed a 3-man engineering staff, working as a team, meeting with customers & vendors, quoting jobs, making layout & detailed shop drawings for manufacturing, maintaining job files & engineering standards.

Assist shop with manufacturing & assembly, test run equipment and arrange for shipping & installation.

All designs are done in 3-D (wireframe) on a CAD system. CADKEY with SOLIDS or AUTOCAD 14.

Excel and Quattro Pro 8.0 spread sheet for quoting.

Industrial Kinetics, Inc. Westmont, IL Feb 85 – May 85

Project Engineer for a manufacturer of custom material handling and automated systems & units.

Designed custom equipment utilizing electrical, pneumatic or hydraulic components with gears, belts, sprockets, and proper material selection. Created layouts & detail drawings for manufacturing with complete B.O.M. lists to order components, manufacture and assemble.

Entegral, Inc. Chicago, IL Dec 80 – Aug 82

Project Engineer for a company which manufactures material handling systems and units. Custom automated packaging and processing systems.

Promoted to Engineering Supervisor.

Set-up an MRP system, creating a 10% increase in profit.

Promoted to Engineering Manager managing a five-man engineering staff.

Set-up complete (in-house) bearing manufacturing line for both internal use and resale, creating a 25% increase in gross sales.

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