Engineer Power Plant

G r e g o r y (Han) Be d d in g f ie l d

P ro f es si o n a l Acc o mp l i sh men t s

S ite Lead Technical Director ( direct report to Region Manager)

N atural Gas CC Power Plant Inst. & C ommissioning ( Gener a l E l ec t ri c)

Coordinating the efforts of 5 to 8 other GE Field Engineers at the customer’s installation from

foundation pour to acceptance testing completion. $100+ MM contract fulfillment. Zero punch list.

Helped insure the correct assembly processes were applied during the 6 to 12 month installation

of the power generation apparatus so that the CTQs (Big Y) of the customer were met or exceeded.

A span of 18 years in the field domestically (US), plus 8 years at GE Energy Headquarters on the

Front Line of Product Service solving issues globally (Greece, Saudi, Trinidad, Manzanillo)

D irector of E ngineering ( direct report to Company President)

M il k T ru c k M a nu fa c t urin g ( No va Fab ri c at ing )

3A Sanitary Code Knowledge – How to engineer the process so that it can be insured to be

clean regularly and reliably. Surface finish requirements and fitting type selections.

DOT Regulatory compliance – Axle spacing for bridge loading, Overturn stress calculations and

design. Underride understanding and application. CFR 49 compliance with audit (passed).

ASME Pressure Vessel Code calculations for pressure and vacuum. Autodesk Inventor 4

parametric milk truck project. Visual Basic order entry executable program completed.

M anufacturing Engineer ( direct report to Production Manager)

C ommercial Millwork M a nu fa c t urin g ( Wil ke - S a nder son )

Chisels on a wheel and chip removal. Blade sharpening and care is an art. Working with high

speed rotating apparatus requires mindfulness or robots. A study of geometry, cooling and shear.

Flow of product though process. Lights out manufacturing – there is no one in the building.

Lean manufacturing understanding and application – no waiting. Painted lines on the floor.

Architectural Woodwork Quality Standard knowledge. In depth understandings of the behavior

of wood products relative to cutting, veneers, treatments, geographical regions, terminology etc.

Sales Engineer ( direct report to VP of Sales)

Pre c i sio n G r a ni te Flat ne ss M a nu fa c t urin g ( T r u - St one )

Laboratory grade flatness 0.000025 in. per 6 in. – measured optically. Most precious product – a

right angle – a Tri-Square. Created VB program to perform complex angular optical calculations.

Coordinate Measuring Machine bases. Used for quality inspections for components during and

post manufacture to confirm dimensional conformation to specification. Space shuttle booster size

Diamond dust honing and lapping. Controlled laboratory conditions for AA lab grade. Granite

cutting tool diamond dust coating processes knowledge and application. CNC machine programs.

E mp l oy me n t H i st o ry

2004 – 2012 Product Service Lead Engineer General Electric, Atlanta, GA

2001 – 2004 Lead Field Engineer General Electric, Cincinnati, OH

2000 – 2001 Director of Engineering Nova Fabricating, Avon, MN

1998 – 2000 Manufacturing Engineer Wilke-Sanderson, St. Cloud, MN

1997 – 1998 Sales Engineer Tru-Stone, St. Cloud, MN

1986 – 1997 Field Engineer General Electric, Dallas, TX

E ducation

August 1986 Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering The University of Texas

August 2002 Six Sigma Green Belt Power Systems University

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