Dave B. Leedy

San Diego, CA

619-***-****

actrjm@r.postjobfree.com

Executive in Engineering/Operations Management

*/****-******* ********** *********** Chula Vista, CA

Manufacturing Engineer and Engineering Manager

Planned, controlled, directed, and organized the activities of 8 engineers and 15 production employees in the manufacture of components for gas turbine engines for General Electric.

Evaluated employee performance and provided counseling and training as required.

Wrote manufacturing plans (job travelers) for improved productivity and quality.

Met with customer to clarify their product requirements and how to best produce the needed products.

Led engineers in continuous improvement through capital improvement projects, improved manufacturing processes.

Used statistical metrics to analyze production quality, productivity, machine/labor utilization.

Designed manufacturing tooling for combustion liners, stators, flow sleeves, and other components.

Acquired and refurbished production machinery to increase return on capital.

Assisted quality engineering to determine pass/fail criteria for acceptance of parts.

Assisted planners in scheduling shop employees and equipment using the Kanban system approach.

Assisted accountants in developing build-to-unit-production-costs and requests for quotation.

Trained and evaluated designers in the use of SolidWorks design software.

9/2008-6/2011 Terra Nova Technology, Inc. Santee, CA/ Calama, Chile

Engineering Manager

Directed a team of 15 engineers in the development of hydraulic systems for mobile, open-pit mining conveyors mounted on crawlers. (Unit cost $11 M)

Led weekly progress meetings, design reviews, and implemented action plans to implement changes.

Trained and supervised individual engineers in their design knowledge, job expectations, and areas of improvement.

Responsible for scheduling (Pert/Gant charting) and execution of engineering design effort, insuring it complied with schedule, budget and specification.

Led 10 employees in on-site installation of 28 hydraulic systems ($1.4 million project) for conveyors in Calama, Chile.

Converted the mobile mining conveyors to all hydraulic systems. Led to $20,000 in cost reduction on each new unit.

Responsible for design, purchase and supervision of manufacturing and quality control of hydraulic systems.

Handled all aspects of calculating the forces, pressures, and flows required to lift and level the structures.

Designed hydraulic power unit skids, specifying steel members and generating hand stress calculations.

6/2007-8/2008 Carmeuse North America, Inc. San Juan Capistrano, CA

Plant Manager

Generated cost savings of $2 Million per year by improving plant physical condition and purchasing new machinery.

Managed three direct-report supervisors and 50 hourly employees running three shifts.

Applied lean manufacturing techniques and examined critical path machinery.

Responsible for hiring, leading, motivating, disciplining, and terminating employees.

Implemented new engineering projects, often exceeding $1.5 million in scope, toward modernizing the plant, increasing production output, reducing downtime, resulting in reduced OSHA, MSHA violations.

Designed and built custom plant equipment: chutes, conveyor modifications, and water tanks.

Specified structural members, plate steel and tank liners.

Generated fabrication drawings using AutoCad.

Hired fabricators and supervised the production.

Laid out critical path machinery to determine production bottlenecks.

1988-2007 Cybernet Corporation Sterling, VA/Dallas TX

Mechanical Project Engineer & Manager

Designed, and built custom heavy equipment (foundations drilling rigs, trenchers, hydraulic skids, etc.).

Led up to 5 engineers in many design projects.

Designed unique production machinery, including hydraulic, pneumatic, electronic, and mechanical systems.

Designed and built automated pick-and-place assembly machinery.

Performed structural hand calculations on machine frames and skids.

Used AutoCad and Ansys software systems in analyzing and designing the machinery.

Selected and contracted with machine and welding shops to manufacture the designs generated.

Documented Process & Instrumentation Diagrams.

Design hydraulic power unit skids, specifying the steel and welds, motor, pump, and valves.

Managed a mechanical engineering department and supported the director of manufacturing in the design and manufacture of hydraulic power units.

Designed hydraulic power systems and skids for supporting oil drilling equipment.

Calculated pressures and flows (hand calculations).

1983-1988 Magnavox Defense Corporation. Ashburn, VA

Mechanical Project Engineer

Designed electronic packaging for defense electronics.

Analyzed products for shock and vibration.

Analyzed products for thermal/cooling requirements.

Performed environmental testing on hardware using shaker tables and thermal chambers.

Managed schedule and budget of design effort.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering Drexel University, 1983

Masters, Business Administration (MBA) Southern Methodist University, 2004

oEmphasis in Operations Management

Bilingual in Spanish

Memberships: ASME, SolidWorks user group

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