Highly analytical, versatile, and goal-oriented professional with hands-on experience in product and manufacturing engineering, coupled with a background in quality assurance and project management.

Areas of expertise

Risk and Change Management

Strategic Planning and Execution

Tools and System Development

Product Knowledge and Testing

Root Cause Analysis

Troubleshooting

Training Facilitation and Implementation

Regulatory Compliance

Professional Experience

Flowserve Corporation, Cookeville, TN (2011–Present)

Product Engineer/Black Tie Coordinator January 2014–Present

Manage all engineering activities for Durco plug valve product line, generating approximately $60M domestically

Implement the creation and extensive analysis of bill of materials as well as product and sales drawings for accuracy, while devising production tooling for new product line

Responsible for updating installation operation and maintenance manuals (IOMs)/product documentation

Conduct multiple visits to nuclear reclaiming site in Akin, South Carolina to troubleshoot issues, provide training, and supervise modifications of their products

Serve as manager of a Black Tie training program, in charge of scheduling domestic and international training events for third-party repair facilities to perform factory recognized/authorized rebuilds of Durco plug and butterfly valves, as well as facilitating audits of third-party repair facilities to Flowserve standards

Capitalize on industry expertise in accomplishing the following:

–Review of finite element analysis (FEA) of key components

–Examination of manufacturing practices at sister site and valves in customer’s application while in China

–Analysis of first piece inspection reports (FPIR) for new and existing products for usability

–Compliance with industry standards while generating requirements for testing/production for new and current products

Career Highlights:

Summarized and shortened over 10 engineering standards into approximately 4 small standards, including photos of parts versus old sketches in partnership with a colleague, which led to better comprehension and easier to find standards

Significantly increased the quality of Durco product that saved time during testing and used less testing media by changing one of the major qualifying tests for products to an industry standard

Succeeded in devising a SharePoint site for Black Tie program, allowing repair shops to access the most up to date standards and drawings

Gained commendation for training and/or auditing 30 Black Tie shops within two years

Applications Engineer November 2011– January 2014

Efficiently handled various customer accounts and blanket quotes

Communicated directly with Quality, Engineering, Purchasing, and other departments to help customers optimize their product for their application

Rendered quotations support to company distributors while providing technical assistance to distributors and end users on company products

Gained comprehensive knowledge of the company products

Career Highlight:

Earned recognition for issuing most number of quotes for several months for an application engineer within facility

Heatcraft Worldwide Refrigeration–Division of Lennox Intl, Tifton, GA

Manufacturing Engineering Co-Op June 2010– June 2011

Established and initiated process for manufacturability to troubleshoot ergonomic issues and increase production in the work cell

Collaborated closely with outside contractor on fabrications; developed multiple tools and material holding devices including brazing jigs and tool jigs

Provided direct supervision to the Maintenance Department in installing new equipment and trained assemblers on the proper way to use the new equipment

Drove strategic efforts in initiating process flowcharts and an effective Kanban system

Took part in writing capital expenditure report which was reviewed by corporate management for justification of capital expense project

Carried out thorough review of weekly defects reports and identification of root causes

Maintained active involvement in two different ergonomic Kaizens as key team member

Exemplified proficiency in utilizing AutoCAD 2002 to design accurate plant layouts and Solid Edge to create custom storage racks

Career Highlights:

Received appointment as project team leader assigned to improve and relocate electrical box assembly process to issue specifications as well as oversee fabrication and implementation of manipulating arm

Made significant contributions in enhancing the following:

–Tool efficiency through modeling of existing tooling and provision of changes to the tooling department

–Ergonomic risk through the use of Washington ergonomic and residual risk reduction (R3), while conducting National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) studies

Education

Bachelor of Science in Manufacturing and Industrial Technology, Minor in Business: December 2011

Tennessee Technological University § Cookeville, TN

Technical Acumen

Autodesk Inventor SolidWorks Windchill Oracle Microsoft Office Applications (Excel, Word, Access, and PowerPoint)

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