ANTHONY UNDERWOOD
**** ****** **** ***** *********, Georgia 30728 706-***-****
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SUMMARY
A dedicated and results-driven engineering professional with extensive
experience in process engineering, product methods, project
management, equipment installations, process improvement, and safety
measures. Demonstrates lead project experience in projects with
significant complexity and financial impact. Leads projects from
concept to planning, proposals, vender selection, and implementation.
Consistently finds ways to have a company operate at their optimal
level.
EXPERIENCE
MOHAWK INDUSTRIES, Dalton, Georgia
Senior Regional Process Engineer, 2001-2014
Managed engineering projects, providing support and assistance to
manufacturing process and production methods as well as control operations.
Handled plans, including development and implementation of plans for
highly complex and financially significant process and production
improvement, and maintenance projects for manufacturing operations at plant
or multiple plants. Ensured all production and process methods and
controls met regional quality and cost efficiency standards. Provided
project management for process and production functions at plant or
multiple plant levels under direction of regional process engineering
manager.
Managed development, assessment, and implementation of techniques and
equipment of high complexity used in production process to maximize
efficiency of operations at one or more plant locations. Researched
recommendations and implemented highly complex, more efficient, and safer
manufacturing production and processes using new, existing, or modified
machinery, equipment, or systems for plant or plants.
. Oversaw research, recommendations, and implementation of production
and process methods changes to work methods, materials, machinery, and
safety measures for projects of high complexity and financial
significance at plant or multiple plants.
. Recommended innovative changes to company methodology to region
engineering manager for implementation.
. Managed analyses and recommended changes to production and process
standards to improve efficiency of work operations. Handled for all
aspects of managing plant-level engineering staff.
. Directed daily, weekly, and monthly maintenance and other reporting
systems output from engineering staff.
. Supervised development, implementation, and maintenance of new plant-
wide process and production applications. Developed, recommended, and
implemented cross-functional training in projects, systems, and
applications for plant-level engineering staff.
. Provided internal consulting services, including for new and modified
process and production applications.
. Interfaced and liaised with internal operations staff and external
vendors and suppliers on operational issues, problems, or projects at
plant-wide level.
. Gathered leftover scraps from manufacturer process and designed system
to reduce scraps to pellet form, saving materials and money for
recycled scrap materials.
. Assigned engineer lead to oversee repairs in each incidence. Met all
budget requirements. Maintained safe facility.
. Assigned manufacturing plants to upgrade equipment due to new
processes required for new products for updated plants.
. Investigated situation and designed plan to address sludge settling
for waste water project. Oversaw completion of project. Updated
dryer range process due to new equipment installation.
. Drawings for web process line layout, fluid flow systems, power
transmission line drives, and various carpet equipment.
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
DALTON INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS, Dalton, Georgia, Engineer, 1989-2001. Delivered
custom projects as sold by company.
EDUCATION
SOUTHERN POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY, Marietta, Georgia, B.S., Mechanical
Engineering, 1987