Manager Project
Resume:
Vincent Hamel
Claremont, CA ***11 Cell: +1-909-***-****
Aerospace Project Manager
QUALIFICATION
Accomplished multilingual engineer with + 18 years’ experience as a Project / Program Manager in aerospace companies.
Key Skills: Multi Projects Management – Cross-functional Management – Leadership – Business Plan – Detailed Scheduling – Risk Analysis
Fluent in English and French.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
GE Aviation, Victorville CA, December 2014 – present
Flight Test Integration Engineer
Project leader in charge of the ground operations of civil jet engines test campaigns:
•Manage the relationship and reporting with the clients and the French/Chinese partners during the GE Passeport 20, LEAP 1B/C flight test campaigns.
•Coordinate the engineering team and shop activities to ensure the test engine readiness.
•Manage the hardware procurement plan, risk analysis and process improvement plans.
Key achievements
Successfully supported both flight execution and ground preparations for the 1B test campaign with 50 flights and 300h flight time on an unprecedented flight cadence.
Conducted FAA conformity audit for the LEAP-1B inlet compliance testing, and received the conformity approval. FAA considered this as the benchmark for future presentations.
Hispano-Suiza, SAFRAN GROUP, Colombes, France 2002 - 2014
REACH Program Manager January 2014 – September 2014
Program Manager responsible for the following activities (Project team of 5 people, 1,7M€ R&D):
•Analyze the impacts on Hispano products due to REACH European Regulation requirements applicable in 2017 for the use of substances of very high concern (SVHC).
•Lead Research and development of substitution processes based on Group R&D effort coordination
•Manage the Change of Definition (CAD) and coordinate client's approvals
•Manage the industrial substitution project for internal production and external supply chain
•Define and execute the program risk mitigation plan
•Report the company's progress at executive and Safran group level
Military Program Manager October 2009 - December 2013
Program Manager in charge of the M88 engine and mature engines M53 ATAR & ATL for Snecma,
Dassault Aviation and Goodrich Lightning (17 M€ yearly revenue, including 2 M€ spent in R&D)
Lead of two program teams (10 people)
•Lead contract negotiations, assign budgets to the different functions of the Program Team
•Perform the contract, decline objectives (Performance, Cost, Quality and Time) and control the relationship with stakeholders (client, authorities, partners, internal company functions).
•Ensure deliverable commitments (tests, studies, prototypes, serial production).
•Drive the identification, assessment and mitigation of Program Risks.
•Manage and analyze the business plan to ensure the profitability of the Program: Initiate and drive cost reduction plans.
•Ensure ITAR compliance.
Key achievements
Reindustrialized the production of the M53 engine power transmission system: established the Financial and Technical Offer (€ 5 million contract), negotiated the contract and managed the operational project team for over two years. The first batch was delivered within schedule and budget.
Managed the hydraulic activity industrial transfer to another Safran subsidiary (CESAR project from 2009 to 2011, 10 M€ deliveries yearly).
Monitored the military spare parts recovery plans and re-industrialized ATAR gears production.
Lead Test Engineer January 2003 – October 2009
•Project leader in charge of the mechanical test activities for power transmission systems on civil and military jet engines.
•Responsible of the mechanical test team (15 people). In charge of the tests realization, bench developments, energy supply improvement, health & safety issues.
Key achievements:
Outsourced the design and production of the A350 XWB power transmission system attitude and load test benches to ensure project cost effectiveness. Negotiated the 0.5 M€ contract with the Indian test bench lead supplier: Dynaspede. Organized the project management support in Bangalore with Safran Engineering Services India.
Technical and financial responsibility for the realization of the Dassault Rafale M88 and Airbus A400M TP400 fuel system integration test benches.
Developed and implemented attitude test and load test programs for various power transmission systems (TP400, EC175, BR725).
Sagem, SAFRAN GROUP, Massy France, 2000 – 2002
Project Manager in charge of the test program and integration phase of the electrical flight control system for the Fairchild Dornier Jet DO728.
•Manage a multidisciplinary team for the qualification and acceptance tests program.
•Ensure the development within a challenging schedule.
•Coordinate the technical system integration with the aircraft engineering teams during the development phases.
Key achievements :
Developed and implemented the qualification and system integration test programs according to FAR-JAR 25 and DO160 regulations
Developed a mechanical integration test bench including an automatic actuators system, an instrumentation and data acquisition system, and five acceptance test benches.
Labinal, SAFRAN GROUP, ST Quentin, France, 1998 – 2000
Structural Calculation Engineer
•Responsible for the mechanical calculation activity at the research center performing vibration, mechanical and thermal analysis on ANSYS supporting the design and production of electrical connectors.
•Numerical methodologies developments for the simulation of forming processes such as stamping, crimping on ABAQUS Explicit and molding on MOLDFLOW.
Sollac, ARCELOR, Creil, France, 1995 – 1998
Structural Calculation Research Engineer
•Developed a nonlinear finite element software dedicated to the simulation of the clinch sheet metal assembly process, allowing time effective optimization of the geometrical and mechanical variables.
•Performed a thorough experimental results validation.
•Developed a pre post software allowing an industrial use of the methodology.
•Published eight articles and communications of international reputation on the metal sheet forming community.
Dassault Aviation, Istres, France, September 1991 – February 1992
Project management trainee
Responsible for the project management of activities at the Strength Analysis Flight Test Department
Key achievements:
Planned and followed up on structural tests performed on the AlphaJet main landing gear.
Developed reporting tools on Excel for the Rafale M flight tests schedule.
EDUCATION
University of Technology at Compiègne, France
1998 PHD IN STRUCTURAL CALCULATION AND OPTIMIZATION, received with honor.
1993 MASTER OF SCIENCE IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
1990 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA - CHAMPAIGN, Illinois, One year exchange program
TRAINING
2015 GE Crotonville Leadership Experience & training: Communication skills (2 days)
Chaffey College: Collaboration in the work place (3 days)
2002 – 2013 Safran University
Negotiation skills (3 days)
Finance for Business Unit Manager (3 days)
Program Risk Management (2 days)
International purchasing (3 days)
2007 ENAC Aircraft Systems, Aircraft Navigability (5 days)
1996 Steel School, five weeks internal training at Arcelor, first European steel producer.
Publications
CONFERENCES &PUBLICATIONS Computers & Structures: August 30, 1999
Finite Element Modeling of Clinch Forming with Automatic Remeshing
Intl Conference, Integrated Design and Manufacturing in Mechanical Engineering 1998
Clinch Joining Modeling with the Static Explicit Method and Remeshing
6th Intl Conference, Numerical methods in industrial forming process 1998
Clinch forming simulation with automatic remeshing
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