Engineering Engineer

DONALD K. BENKO

Relocating to Lakewood, Ohio ****7 216-***-**** *************@*****.***

Mechanical Engineer with a background in quality, production, design, and scientific research within the aviation, automotive, and defense industries. Skilled in a variety of engineering environments and capacities in the design, development, manufacturing, and repair process. Excellent communication skills with ability to listen effectively assessing root cause. Expertise in:

Manufacturing & Design Engineering

Production Planning

New Product Development

PFMEA and DFMEA

Quality Assurance

Regulatory Compliance

AS 9100 requirements

Vendor Management

KEY TECHNICAL SKILLS

Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Access)

SAP and Solumina

Intermediate experience with 3D Modeling Software (CATIA, NX 3.0, and NX 5.0)

Basic experience with 2D Modeling Software (AutoCAD)

Classroom knowledge of Matlab and Simulink

Ability to determine the root cause of mechanical problems

Proficiency in 8D (Eight Disciplines)

Familiarity with Six Sigma, 5S, Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen, and DMAIC

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

EATON AEROSPACE GROUP, Jackson, Michigan March 2014 – September 2015

Product Engineer – Standard Coupling

Product engineering functional expert for Standard Coupling product lines working in a cross-functional team environment to meet plant driven metrics for quality, safety, delivery, performance, and inventory.

Championed $100K/year product engineering driven cost out projects for Standard Coupling to meet annual cost out target for the department.

Provided design and product engineering support for cost out initiatives driven from other departments collaborating cross company and multi-companies.

Completed product engineering actions to support the daily defective material review process on the production floor along with quality and manufacturing engineering. Updated engineering documentation as needed.

Led problem solving activities and projects involving design and configuration of existing product from continuous improvement teams, customer returns, supply chain issues, etc. Project scope included redesign, change management, qualification test plan development and execution.

Provided initial engineering review of customer returned material; worked with lead engineers, quality engineers, and customers to determine root cause of failure. Produced failure analysis reports as needed.

Supported product engineering functional goals such as the review of engineering standards, engineering process improvements, Six Sigma, and 5S.

Participated in new product development design reviews providing input from daily experience.

Submitted invention disclosure for tubing connection for Boeing 737 program.

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Relocating to Lakewood, Ohio 44107 216-***-**** *************@*****.***

PRATT & WHITNEY AUTOAIR, INC., Lansing, MI February 2012 – August 2013

Quality Engineer

Supervisor for 10 IAM Union Inspectors

Analyzed and reported Cost of Poor Quality (rework) to corporate management. Metric helped asses the level of expenses to meet profitability criteria.

Determined quality issue root causes and provided corrective action solutions. Improved quality issues by 5-10%.

Managed incoming vendor materials and paperwork to verify conforming products and reduce turnaround time.

Collaborated with other departments to resolve quality related production issues quickly and efficiently.

CLEVELAND TANK AND SUPPLY, Cleveland, OH January 2012 – February 2012

Production Planner Engineer

Designed chemical wash-tub for stainless steel and aluminum diesel fuel tanks.

Performed drop testing on water-filled diesel fuel tanks.

Created production work packets for the facility and organized document control for completed fuel tanks.

CO-OP EXPERIENCE

KETTERING UNIVERSITY – AGENT FATE PROGRAM, Flint, MI Jan 2010 – Mar 2010 & Jul 2010 – Dec 2010

Research Co-op

Organizing and executing simulations of droplet evaporation

Creating and insuring quality of input files and researching scientific paper for simulation.

BENDIX COMMERCIAL VEHICLE SYSTEMS, LLC, Elyria, OH Jan 2008 – Mar 2008 & Jul 2008 – Oct 2008

Mechanical Engineering Co-op

Responsible for creating free body diagrams for new valve and performed durability testing on valves and air dryers including test results assisting in updating DFMEA and PFMEA charts.

Coated parts for testing purposes.

TRW, INC., Auburn, NY Jan 2007 – Mar 2007 & Jul 2007 – Sep 2007

Process Engineering Co-op

Ordered ESD covers for stencils to create electronic components.

Observed machine processes for final assembly of tire pressure monitors.

Performed capability studies on production equipment.

Developed Pareto Charts for failure analysis by parts per million and machine efficiency.

COMPONENT REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Mentor, OH Jan 2006 – Mar 2006 & Jul 2006 – Sep 2006

Quality Engineering Co-op

Organized step by step work instructions for hard chrome and nickel plating and measured and calculated areas of parts to be plated.

Created a database consisting of tooling drawing information.

EDUCATION

BS, Mechanical Engineering, Minor: Business Management Kettering University (Formerly GMI), Flint, MI (2011)

Three time Dean's List Recognition, Overall GPA: 3.3

Activities included: Order of the Engineer, Compass Crew, FIRST Robotics Competition, CWRU Lego League

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