Project Engineer
Resume:
Ted A. Latham
***** **. ***** *****, ********, MN 55033
***************@***.***
COVER LETTER:
Dear Human Resources Manager,
*I am a U.S. Citizen BS Degreed Chemical Engineer
*with over 25 years experience providing Project Engineering / Process Engineering / Procurement Engineering, Resident Project Engineering, and Contract Managing for clients.
*My work has included experience in chemicals, utilities, pharmaceuticals, aerospace, and nuclear industries.
*Work experience has included PSM-regulated plants, ITAR government requirements, NRC 10CFR Standards, coating and drying technologies, PLC controllers, extrusions, web technology, and pollution control.
*I've worked with numerous customers/clients, providing engineering, equipment designs, specifications, scale-up, procurement, and installation of such items as capital equipment and MRO equipment, process electrical, instrumentation and controls, electronic components, machined parts, computer systems, material handling, supplies, R&D instruments, detailed contracts, and other materials and services.
*My capital project execution was typically from inception through preliminary design, funding acquisition, selection of contractors and vendors, procurement, automation, supervision of construction and commissioning.
*I have provided planning, forecasting, project management support, and supplier relationship management. I was Green Belt trained at 3M.
*My Project and Procurement Engineering has included reactors and tanks (of carbon steel, stainless steel, and Monel), Hastelloy carbon adsorption tanks, centrifuges, filtration/separation equipment, distillation, a four tank tank-farm with access platforms, heat exchangers, drying equipment, a 37.5 foot automatic band saw, laboratory equipment, utilities, and thermal oxidizers and other components.
* My Process Engineering has included creating many P&IDs and PFDs. designing piping systems and layouts, scale-up, heat and material balances, reducing costs, reducing waste, and increasing production.
*I have completed projects of numerous high precision machined parts and uniquely designed/fabricated equipment.
*I read complex blueprints, BOMs, and specifications. I create BOMs, drawings and blueprints and write very detailed, complex specifications, work descriptions, and operation procedures.
*I have supervised contractors. Safety is of utmost concern in my work.
*I have excellent interpersonal and communication skills
*I am detail-oriented, analytical, and a problem solver.
*I am very computer literate, using such programs as MS Outlook, MS Office, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project, AutoCAD, SAP, 3M Legacy Procurement, PeopleSoft version of Oracle ERP, and Visibility accounting systems. I taught PeopleSoft to others.
*I have estimated costs of hundreds of computer systems, software, peripherals, service work, and upgraded hardware components, obtained funding, procured and set up this equipment for clients.
* Provided engineering support, cost control, and procurement for a 3M division Computer Integrated Manufacturing system - upper management offices connected to three remote plant sites. This included mainframes, printers, back-up tape drives, work stations, raised floor conditioned computer rooms, connecting Ethernet systems, fiber optics, etc.
* Performing drawing take-offs, providing lists of materials and services required, bidding those items, and providing the planning to procure items on a JIT basis.
*I work well with numerous personnel in other areas of companies, including plant engineers, plant management, operators, maintenance, contractors, R&D, company management, staff, quality and finance.
*I have provided cost control on large capital projects.
*Acknowledged and awarded - for increasing yields, reducing costs, and reducing pollution.
My work included procurement of thousands of components for multi-million dollar project systems, writing complex specifications, quoting, issuing requisitions and POs, tracking, and expediting. Areas of Procurement experiences include R&D, Quality Control, Pilot Plant, Manufacturing Plants, and offices. This work included the 3M Specialty Chemical and Film Divisions, for 3M Medical and Pharmaceuticals Divisions, client manufacturing plants, some International work, and other locations.
My resume is attached, which includes highlights of my ability, knowledge, and expertise. Resume gaps occur between jobs while job searching. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. I would appreciate the opportunity to learn more about this position and to review my qualifications in more detail with you.
Sincerely,
Ted Latham
RESUME:
Ted A. Latham
11203 ST. Croix Trail, Hastings, MN 55033
Phone:651-***-****
email: ***************@***.***
QUALIFICATIONS
An analytical, results-oriented problem solving engineer. Mechanically inclined and very knowledgeable of equipment. Excellent communication skills, computer literate, working independently and on teams. Have been involved in PHAs and Management of Change. Accomplished at writing very detailed specifications, contracts, procedures, and work descriptions. I typically had from fifteen to forty projects on my list at one time.
Work with all levels of personnel within the company, including management, project managers, designers, engineering staff, operators, maintenance, and factory workers. Company representative supervising work by contractors and maintenance and making certain work is performed safely and meets government requirements, including OSHA.
WORK HISTORY
Global Partner Solutions – Wichita, KS 4/16 through 5/16
Senior Supply Chain Specialist - contract work with Honeywell Aerospace
* Oversee and coordinate with client's supplier to improve timeliness of delivery of assemblies conditions, and “flow-downs” from our prime contracts.
* Provide support and guidance at customer's supplier facility to meet client's requirements.
* Update and develop Key Performance Indicators and prepare management reports on supplier quality and delivery performance.
* Work with government ITAR requirements.
PrimeStaff – Shoreview, MN 10/14 through 2/15
Subcontracts Manager - contract work with AeroSystems Engineering
* Writing contracts for fabrication, purchase, rental, and services. Includes terms and conditions, special terms and conditions, and “flow-downs” from our prime contracts. I also work with government requirements such as ITAR.
* Set up Non-Disclosure Agreements and credit with new vendors.
* Vendor management
* Search for new vendors to provide equipment and services, both in the U.S. and globally.
* Submit RFQs and RFPs.
* Work with Project Managers to provide critical components on projects; working with engineering drawings, P&IDs, specifications, and trouble shooting.
* Assist other subcontract managers and buyers, performing various other duties as requested.
* Using the Visibility accounting system.
Aerotek Energy Services – Maple Grove, MN 12/13 to 6/14
Procurement Engineer 6 month contract work with Westinghouse/PaR Nuclear
* Providing material expediting and working closely with vendors, helping them get components to Westinghouse.
* Vendor management and delivering materials early to improve Westinghouse fiscal year-end financials.
* Assist buyers, other expeditors, and perform various other duties as requested.
* Work with Project Managers to keep them informed of critical components.
* Using the SAP system.
Unified Theory Inc. - Woodbury, MN 02/05 to 05/11; 3/12 to 8/13
Senior Project Engineer/Procurement Specialist and Senior Resident Project Engineer
*Chemical Project/Process/Procurement engineer for several clients who outsourced the work to us. This sometimes included visits to client plants to obtain information and field measurements and doing up-front purchasing to present documents to the client so they could input it into their system. Wrote detailed specifications and work descriptions. Helped develop proposals and estimates to submit to clients.
*Resident Project Engineer at a 3M manufacturing plant in Missouri and a Kimberly-Clark paper plant in California. Working from engineering work requests, helped provide solutions to problems, obtained estimates, requested funding, procured equipment and services, installed equipment, tested equipment, and turned equipment over to requesters. Used PeopleSoft and SAP systems.
*Provided equipment layouts, specifications, estimates, and bids for piping, valves, and equipment for a tank farm for a client. This resulted in the client requesting that UTI proceed and do the project as a design-and-build. UTI accepted and I was sent to the job site as the company rep. to oversee the work of the contractors.
*Provided Procurement, Process, and Project Engineering for a client building a new plant in China. My work included PFDs, P&IDs, pumping/piping sizing and calculations, a bottling line, and equipment and building layouts. I met with the client on a weekly basis and also connected into conference calls with personnel in the US and China. Worked with client purchasing in China to source vendors for them.
CDI – Contract work at Lonza (formerly Arch Chemicals, Inc.) 05/11 to12/11
Senior Resident Project Engineer
*Completed a contract Sr. Resident Project Engineering job for a client at a manufacturing plant, designing piping systems, creating P&IDs, completing MRO projects, bidding equipment and services, and submitting purchases and tracking spending in SAP.
Horizon Fine Art Gallery -- Jackson, WY 07/04 to 10/04
Salesman, Shipping and Receiving
* A temporary job as a salesman in an art gallery
Sebesta Blomberg -- Roseville, MN 08/02 to 07/03
Procurement/Project Engineering
*Performed procurement/project/process work for a client on a large project at a manufacturing plant in the South.
3M Company -- St. Paul, MN 11/79 to 03/02
Procurement/Project Engineering
*Performed procurement/project/process work in 3M manufacturing, pilot plants, and laboratories; working with end users to improve safety, to increase productivity, to produce new products, and to provide research. I developed project specifications, put together estimates, submitted paperwork and led meetings to sell the projects, and obtain funding for the capital projects.
*Part of the 3M Specialty Chemicals Division Engineering teams providing numerous reactor systems to increase capacity and create new products.
*Part of the team that engineered the first 3M designed carbon adsorption system for a pharmaceutical process. My work included engineering and providing all procurement and cost control on the project. The system tested to be over 98% efficient. We saved 3M over $1,000,000. Received the Corporate “3P Project of the Year” Award.
*Built dies that saved $70,000 per year in yield improvements and increased productivity 425%. Received the 3M 3P Award.
*Provided an automatic band saw with a 37.5 foot long blade to increase process capacity.
*Provided scaled-up heat curing oven and steam curing, and induction ovens to increase process capacity.
*Project engineer to provide many hundreds of computer systems including software, peripherals, service work, and upgrade hardware components to improve productivity of personnel.
*Provided project/procurement engineering for a 3M Division CIM computer system - upper management offices connected to three remote plant sites. This included mainframes, printers, back-up tape drives, work stations, raised floor conditioned computer rooms, connecting Ethernet systems, fiber optics, etc.
*During gaps between positions, was searching for employment
EDUCATION
*B.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cinti, Ohio
*Numerous courses and seminars including automation, carbon adsorption systems, fire training, metallurgy, mixing, pumps, tanks, and valves.
*Toxicology Seminar, Kettering Laboratory, Dayton, Ohio
*Beginning German language
*Training and experience includes MS Word, Word Perfect, Excel, Access, MS Project, PowerPoint, AutoCAD, SAP, PeopleSoft Procurement, 3M legacy procurement system, PeopleSoft Project, Project Information, Multiplan, Autosketch, Harvard Graphics, and LotusNotes
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