Engineer Manufacturing

Diana Gerrans

**** *. ******** **** **. *** ? Redwood City, CA 94063 ? (650) 364-

**** ? *************@*****.***

Professional Objective - A manufacturing engineering technical position

requiring a high level of detail, creativity and consistency in creating

and maintaining manufacturing and supplier specifications.

Experience

July 1974 to October 2013

Raychem Corporation (1974-2001), Tyco Thermal Controls (2001-2012 and

Pentair Thermal Management (2012-2013)

Technical Associate III - Product Engineering (20 years)

Assisted Product Engineers with product documentation and qualification

tests.

. Created and maintained accurate, detailed, Pro-Engineer 3D CAD

models, engineering drawings and purchase specifications.

. I periodically worked with the marketing illustrator (MARCOM) to write

clear, accurate, and easy to follow product installation instructions.

. I was a voluntary member of the internal ISO 9001 audit team.

. I supported the company safety program by submitting Make It Safe

requests for potential hazardous occurrences and I conducted lab

safety audits.

. I repeatedly conducted successful qualification tests for Approval

Agency and ISO 9001 auditors, helping the company maintain its ISO

9001 and Approval Agency Lab Certifications.

. I served as a member on the Emergency Response Team for several years.

. I maintained accurate, legible, detailed laboratory notebooks and test

reports.

. Worked with an outside calibration agency (PMI) to send Product

Engineering lab equipment out to be calibrated. There were no negative

findings during the five years that I was responsible for calibration.

Technical Associate I, II, III - Manufacturing Engineering (11 years)

. I accurately calculated ( 2%) labor costs for Component Plant at

re-cost time.

. I worked with Management to have the Marketing Department produce

product installation instructions using computer graphics instead

of film photography so they could be printed in-house as they are

needed, reducing scrap and lead times.

. I made modifications to product tooling to improve our plants

manufacturing capabilities. The changes also reduced the

potential for employees to become injured due to repetitive

motion operations, saving the company thousands of dollars per

year in labor costs and significantly reducing lead times.

. I converted engineering drawings to purchase specifications where

applicable, reducing the need to maintain a detailed drawing for

every nut, bolt and washer placed in our kits.

. I converted confusing, text only, manufacturing instructions into

detailed assembly drawings to help reduce rework and confusion in

the plant.

. I researched and justified the purchase of several pieces of

manufacturing equipment such as the tube cutter, heating cable

cutting and stripping equipment, box label applicator and screw

feed equipment. The equipment significantly reduced labor costs in

the plant and made the work easier and safer for the employees.

. I successfully took over the component plant scheduling job for

three months when an employee suddenly became ill and had to go

out for surgery.

. I traveled to Los Angeles, Boston and Wisconsin to help conduct

supplier audits, to ensure existing and potential suppliers had

adequate manufacturing and quality procedures in place.

Coordinator I, II (2 years) - worked as an assistant to the component

manufacturing Engineer.

Assembler III Lead (2 years) - was lead worker and scheduler for the OEM

plant until the product line and manufacturing equipment was moved to

Puerto Rico. I then became lead worker in the Component Plant.

Assembler I, II, III in Waterbed and OEM departments (4 years) -

soldering, operated crimping equipment, sonic welders, laminating

equipment and punch presses.

1971 - 1974

GT & E Lenkurt - soldering, assembled small transformers, operated pre-

form equipment for PC board components and part time work in the store

room.

1970

California Candle Co. (less than 1 year) - Assembly worker

Lanai and Villa in San Mateo (less than 1 year) - Photographer

1969 - 1970

Raychem Wire and Cable (6 months) - Assembly worker in spooling area

1968 - 1969

Colusa County Hospital (1 year) - Nurses aide

1961-1969

WAGCO (W. A. Gerrans Co.) - part time work, drafting, creating parts lists

and advertising brochures, black & white photography (development and

printing), testing of experimental fruit drying equipment powered by jet

engines, procurement of parts, product label design and silk-screening.

Education:

Colusa Unified High School Graduate, Colusa, CA

AS, Liberal Arts, Yuba College, Marysville, CA

Miscellaneous classes at Canada College, Redwood City, CA

Files and Data Base Management

Introduction to Apple Computers

Basic Programming

Introduction to Electronics

Independent Study - Material Science Class

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