Engineering Engineer

BRENT R. MARCHANT

714-***-**** - acfrfs@r.postjobfree.com - www.linkedin.com/in/brentmarchant/ - Orange, California

SUMMARY

Senior mechanical engineering leader with automotive, aerospace, drive train, and human interface product experience. Global bilingual (Spanish) leader with a broad understanding of multiple engineering disciplines and budgeting cost control, timelines and milestone management. Leader of cross-functional teams executing on-time product launches and production support. Create, pilot and implement product development processes, meeting aggressive low-cost and high-quality targets. Enhance business growth by effective team management. Six-Sigma Green Belt

EMPLOYMENT

Universal Motion Components August 2013 - Present

Leading global supplier of agricultural irrigation drive trains

Vice-President of Engineering Reporting to President

• Transform the Engineering department teaching project management, timelines and milestone management, and improving Chinese factory communications, doubling the rate of project completions

• Implement change control processes assuring full stakeholder input into product changes, eliminating 100% of design reversals and decreasing the design release cycle time by 72%

• Design and implement a complete overhaul of the Quality Management System resulting in ISO9001 certification leading to immediately recapturing over $260k of sales yearly

• Develop, train and implement Lean methodologies, component reuse, best practices, peer and design reviews, and problem-solving disciplines

• Plan and execute test lab upgrades leading to 15% increased data accuracy and a 50% reduction in labor

Exemplis Corp. April 2011 - January 2013

US independent office, healthcare and hospitality contract seating manufacturer

Director- Product Engineering Reported to V.P.-Prod. Development

• Drove active and ongoing collaboration with engineering, quality, production, marketing and finance to create a product dashboard to show real time status on product performance, schedule, cost, design and production

• Increased annual sales by $49MM designing ergonomic features in to new products

• Applied innovative technologies, processes, and Lean engineering practices reducing product development timing from an average of 25 weeks to 12 weeks using rapid-prototyping, product tear-down/benchmarking, technology maturity assessments, project and resource planning, design for cost, design for manufacturing/assembly, value analysis/value engineering, and offshore (China) tooling. Responsible for annual capital equipment expenditures of $1.9MM for new products: tooling for plastics, metals, mechanisms, manufacturing, and assembly aids

• Direct the test and product validation labs- increased throughput by 25% using resource planning tools

Johnson Controls, Inc. March 1999 - April 2011

Major global supplier of Automotive Interiors known worldwide for excellence in products and processes

Chief Engineer Reported to Exec. Dir. of Engineering

• Led the global engineering project execution of seating products for multiple vehicle platforms meeting customer work statements. Led as many as five simultaneous Engineering teams including technical personnel from multiple skill areas, with 8 direct reports and up to 22 indirect staff on the development and validation of automotive seating systems including the plastics, structural, foam, trim, motors/electronics

• Daily proactive interface with customers identifying and solving problems mitigating risk

• Planned, staffed and coordinated resources to meet the work statements over the life of projects. Assured technical and team development skills were enhanced, resulting in efficient engineering support for development programs, reducing the Equivalent Engineers needed to execute a program by 20%

• Responsible for budgeting and cost controls of multiple Engineering budgets totaling nearly $10MM

• Developed Statements of Work, DFMEA’s, structural design and analysis, comfort assessments and validated testing of seat systems with the focus on meeting reuse targets and should-cost standards to meet new product business requirements

• Directed internal teams and external resources on technical product development focusing on technical correctness, robust design, design to cost, value, assembly and manufacturing

• Championed problem solving activities using Kepner-Tregoe, 5-Why Analyses, Fishbone Analyses and other Lean Engineering methods

• Six-Sigma Green Belt trained - Champion and participant on multiple continuous improvement teams using Six Sigma and Lean methods to increase testing efficiency, product consistency, and manufacturing process efficiency resulting in over $500,000 savings per year

• Created and deployed standardized processes to assess product needs, identify gaps, and implement gap countermeasures assuring compliance to regulatory and OEM specifications. These processes led to winning 80% of all new products bid

• Special Projects: Engineering Leader to mentor and teach Mexican Engineering divisions in Lean Engineering methods and standard engineering processes

National Seating Inc. June 1998 - March 1999

Engineering Manager Reported to V.P. Engineering

• Managed a team of Engineers and Designers developing seating for heavy truck and bus OEM’s

AlliedSignal Corp./ Baico Sept. 1995 - Apr. 1998

Division specialized in high quality automotive airbag inflators for North American and International markets.

Manager, Program Management Reported to Division President

• Created the Program Management department and recruited the PM team. Led product launches for 6 major vehicle platform launches yearly in the US and Europe

• Tailored and implemented a gated, phase review program that improved the project launch execution assuring zero defect customer launches

• Directed Test Lab/Prototype Shop, implemented Kanban systems and achieved QS9000 certification

Morton International April 1987 - Sept. 1995

Engineering Supervisor Reported to Engineering Manager

• Performed research and development using structural, thermal and dynamic FEA techniques for aerospace products such as solid rocket motors, flares, and components using composite materials, standard metals and exotic materials for US Army, Navy, and Air Force programs

• Developed a methodology of accurate computer modeling the product performance of unique, composite motor nozzles using FEA ablative techniques

• Advanced Development Engineering Supervisor directing the R&D on new pyrotechnic airbag inflator technology, module designs, and R&D testing laboratory overseeing 18 Engineers and Scientists

• Researched and developed new ‘Green’ gas generants, unique airbag fabrics, unique packaging and mounting of airbag modules to meet global customer requirements

• Enhanced technical capabilities with tools such as Computational Fluid Dynamics, CAE and advanced testing

• Single Point of Technical interface with international and domestic customers

Varian Associates October 1983 - April 1987

• R&D Project engineer of X-ray tube products and performed numerical modeling

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration 1989

University of Phoenix, Ogden, Utah

Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering 1983

Minor/ Spanish

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

PROFESSIONAL AND VOLUNTEER

Professional Engineer: State of Utah 1987

Fluent Spanish: Speak, read, and write.

Patents: Sole or Co-inventor on 12 Patents

National Society of Professional Engineers: “MathCounts” Regional Leader

Society of Automotive Engineers: “A World in Motion” Mentor

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

AlliedSignal: Supplier awards for excellent service 1996, 1997

Johnson Controls, Inc.: Multiple Merit Awards - Zero Reject Products Launches 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006 Demonstrated Leadership in Continuous Improvement, Global Lean Engineering Mentor

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