Engineer Manager

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Mercerville, New Jersey 08619 E-mail:

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Profile A creative engineer with a strong background in product

development and a diverse knowledge of manufacturing processes.

Experience spans startup to large capital equipment operations

including; supervision of technical and professional staff,

development of complicated specifications for vendor outsourcing

and direct customer interface from sales to installation.

Experience

2006 to Present Project Engineer, Datwyler Pharma

Datwyler Pharma is a multinational pharmaceutical packaging

manufacturer. Responsibilities of this position include a wide

variety of engineering assignments including: development and

implementation of corporate vision inspection process equipment,

technology transfers, validation of new equipment as well as

acquired assets, equipment upgrades and equipment modifications

in support of new manufacturing processes. Plant layout and

process flow development. Participated in lean activities to

lower costs and improve quality. Designed, developed and

implemented sterile packaging line in support of a 20 million

dollar expansion.

2003 to 2006 Project Engineer, Jerome Medical

As Project Engineer I design medical products for the orthopedic

market: Control FDA/ISO compliant design process as part of a

cross-functional design team. Effectively re-designed a

cervical restraint system utilizing injection molding. This

modification lowered the product cost by over 50%. Documented

design processes including: development of design inputs,

outputs, verification, validation, design review and transfer to

manufacturing. Developed new vendors to fabricate finish and

package the product. Transferred the sterile packaging process

to a new vendor. Developed packaging protocol, which

essentially lowered sterile packaging costs by 30%. Performed

vendor audits, which fulfilled ISO and FDA requirements.

Analyzed failure modes to identify product deficiencies.

Performed design changes, which resulted in quality

improvements. Developed product test criteria, which was

performed in-house or by independent test labs. Developed bills

of materials and supply line information.

2000 to 2002 Product Manager, Stokes Vacuum Equipment

Business Unit

Reporting to the Business Unit Director was responsible for

sales, marketing, engineering and field service of multi million-

dollar thin film deposition product line. As product manager,

was responsible for guiding the products and technology to meet

customer requirements. Delivery of new systems entailed

coordinating the efforts of the mechanical, electrical and

software design teams. Primary concern was focused on

maintaining schedule and completion within projected budgets.

. Actively managed research and development projects relating

to the Stokes laboratory metallizing system

. Trained operations personnel during qualifications, startup

and field service

. Managed Materials Resource Planning (MRPII) system in

support of large capital projects

. Interfaced and negotiated with suppliers insuring: on time

delivery and pricing.

. Managed the design and development of state of the art

distributed I/O controls for large high-speed batch

metallizing systems while supporting and managing field

efforts through customer acceptance

. Developed new concept for continuous load lock metallizing

system capable of increasing current production rates 250%,

design Patent Application S&L file 24150

. Formulated costing systems based on existing manufacturing

expenses

1995 to 2000 Manufacturing Engineer, Central Safety

Equipment Company

Responsibilities for the design and manufacture of both custom

and standard products to support the automation industry. Key

functions in this position were to provide the customer-

manufacturing interface.

. Handle key accounts in all phases of product development,

costing, pricing, manufacturing

. Developed product pricing models using standard

manufacturing data

. Planned production SOP's, GMP's and resources to assure

efficient manufacturing

. Designed and fabricated tooling used in the manufacture of

products

. Create and evaluate bid packages for third party fabrication

of company products

. Sourced and purchased all materials used in the

manufacturing process.

. Coordinated process restructuring to facilitate higher

profit margins

. Developed ISO-9000 manual and handled all ISO related

functions.

. Implemented QC programs company wide.

. Designed, developed and instituted company wide training

programs

1990 to 1995 Engineering Technician, S.G. Frantz Corporation

Provided technical support and product development for the

companies Electro-Magnetic Separator equipment line. This

equipment was used to refine product that ranged from

pharmaceuticals to advanced ceramics.

. Documentation of projects including: BOM, CAD, MRP and

Operations Manuals

. Learned "State Logic" and "Ladder Logic" in order to install

and program two programmable control (PLC) devices for OEM

equipment

. Developed plans and supervised company personnel and

contractors in the fabrication and construction of a new R&D

clean-room laboratory.

. As Safety Director I developed the companies safety program

and researched new plans to comply with OSHA and EPA

requirements

. Designed training resource material to direct monthly Safety

meetings

1985 to 1990 Laboratory Manager, i-STAT Corporation

Responsibility for the operation and maintenance of the

company's Semi-conductor R&D Clean-room facilities. The

predominant task in this position was the development and

transferring of the R&D/Pilot Plant to the company's Ottawa,

Canada manufacturing site.

. Remote design and fabrication of process equipment using

Canadian resources

. Moved United States based R&D operations to a new site

(Princeton, New Jersey)

. Trained personnel in the operation and maintenance of

production equipment

. Installation and modification of automated Semi-fabrication,

capital equipment

. Specified, purchased and installed R&D machine shop

1980 - 1985 Technician Level V Princeton University Plasma

Physics Laboratory

Education:

College of New Jersey 3.7 GPA

BS Engineering Science/Industrial

Mercer County Community College 3.8 GPA

A.A.S. Computer Integrated Manufacturing / Manufacturing

Engineering

Rider College: Lawrenceville, New Jersey Two Years

Major: Marketing/Management

STEVEN J. OBST, B.S.I.E.

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