Mechanical Engineer Manager

Leadership Summary

Highly accomplished continuous process improvement and cost saving focused Operations Management professional with 20+ years of comprehensive and progressive experience. Drives large-scale projects and facilitates long-term cost savings in the millions, providing full life cycle project management from conception to completion. Innovative, project management and problem resolution centered leader, capable of successfully managing numerous teams to achieve complex engineering objectives, including managing third-party vendors and sub-contractors. Effectively collaborating with clients, stakeholders, and multiple departments such as Engineering, Manufacturing, Sales and Marketing. Expertise in custom heavy industrial manufacturing and factory layout. Continuous improvement and safety driven leader, based on 5S/Kaizen/root cause analysis principles, with a reputation for delivering lean manufacturing cost savings and process improvements to plant layouts and production lines.

Areas of Expertise

Project Management/Coordination

Mechanical Design/Engineering

Test & Validation

Lean Six Sigma (LSS)/Lean Manufacturing

Continuous Process Improvement

Cross-functional Leadership

Manufacturing Cost Reduction

Custom Product Specifications

Workforce Management

Develop/Implement Process Control

Vendor Qualification/Coordination

Root Cause Analysis

Interdepartmental Coordination

SAP ERP System Experience

Waste / Scrap Reduction

Team Development

Safety Leader / Trainer

Engineering Support

Employee Safety Training

Supply Chain Management

Sales / Client Negotiations

EPA / DNR Regulations

Company/Safety Compliance

Develop & Maintain Budgets

Industry Standards Training

Field Operations Mgt.

ISO 9001

Professional Experience

AFTERMARKET PARTS COST REDUCTION MANAGER, Caterpillar Global Mining 10/2013-10/2015

World’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, including large mining shovels and draglines.

Managed Team to deliver wide spectrum cost savings on a global scale by locating high cost issues, finding the best low cost-high quality provider and then ensuring the purchasing records are changed to reflect the savings.

Located and processed in excess of $1.5 M in cost savings for years 2014 & 2015.

TESTING DEPARTMENT MANAGER, Caterpillar Global Mining 1/2011-10/2013

World’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, including large mining shovels and draglines.

Provides broad departmental leadership, including coordinating off-site tests involving up to 8 Test Technicians on a worldwide basis. Manage all testing requirements, off-site logistics (housing/transportation), safety training and material shipping.

Planned/managed several testing trips to Canada, Wyoming and Tucson to gather test data.

Established and trained personnel for the new Bucyrus Machine Testing Department.

Instructed the Test Group on several new concepts/procedures, which have been adopted throughout the corporation.

Successful temporary assignment to the Rapid LCP Group (approximately 80 people from different departments), tasked with identifying cost reduction opportunities in building large mining shovels, resulting in reducing costs by over a million dollars within 3 months.

TESTING ENGINEER/DEPARTMENT MANAGER, Terex Inc., Waverly Operations 1/2010-1/2011

Leading manufacturer of large-scale telescopic cranes.

Led a small team, comprised of 5 Testing Technicians tasked with executing all Testing Requirements for new machine designs.

Increased morale by 100%, forging a cohesive, high-performing team out of a previously mismanaged team of Test Technicians.

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, Cemen Tech, Inc. 2/2009-8/2009

Manufacturer of volumetric concrete mixing machines, mobile and stationary.

Accountable for the design, management, testing and installation of machine fabrication improvements.

Managed the installation of the Dust Removal System on volumetric concrete machines.

Designed the elimination/containment of dangerous cement dust from the operator area for under $800/unit.

Prototyped a Slurry Type Cement Powder Water Pre-Mixer for volumetric concrete mixers, facilitating numerous advantages for the homogenous requirements of high quality concrete while reducing the need for additional steel or fiber reinforcements.

MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING MANAGER, Oceaneering International, Multiflex Division 2001-2008

Manufacturer of underwater control umbilicals for subsea oil wells.

Led numerous large-scale, multi-million design projects. Managed regular and temporary employees during plant commissioning, including Engineers and Designers, and supervised them under full production after commissioning, directed sub-contractors involved in facility improvements.

Managed construction of the manufacturing plant in Panama City, Fl., total cost $70 M.

Re-designed and managed sub-contractors to repair rails under two 200 ft. diameter, 5000-ton capacity process carousels to correct migrating rails (up to 14”) with a total project cost of $250K, saving a $60M profit margin project.

Managed a 90’ X 90’ category-3 hurricane rated retracting door replacement, contributing to the overall design and personally managing the installation to the Panama City plant, resulting in preventing equipment damage and potentially saving millions.

Built 6 mobile, height-adjustable, high-capacity umbilical rollers for product deployment with a project cost of $250K, resulting in revolutionizing movement of product from the plant to the delivery vessels with ongoing cost savings.

Contributed to the design, procurement and installation of a very large extruder crosshead (up to 14” diameter capacity), delivered within time constraints for a special project, resulting in cost savings over next closest competing vendor near $30K.

Collaborated with the manufacturer to re-work gear case of an extruder, resulting in cost savings associated with increasing production of melted MDPE plastic from 1500 to 5800 lbs/hr, and the line speed from 5 to 20 ft/min – a significant improvement when producing a 40-mile long umbilical.

Created a special habitat for termination of an umbilical with difficult design specifications and delivery schedule, resulted in building 2 units on time in just 3 months, within budget and a project cost of $500K, required for a $20M contract/job.

Hand-picked to join the “Production Time Reduction Team” by the Corporate Senior V.P. for a large-scale job that was originally underestimated for completion time. Provided leadership that resulted in estimated savings of over $500K.

Previous Professional Success:

MECHANICAL ENGINEER, American Block, Inc.

Supervised the fabrication of drill string compensators and the fabrication of chain jacks for drill rigs.

Collaborated with a team of Engineers to prototype new drill heads using 4 Axis CNC Machine Center.

MECHANICAL ENGINEER, Advanced Containment Systems, Inc.

Planned several mobile offices, restrooms and decontamination units for local emergency centers.

Project managed the design and fabrication of a hostage negotiation truck for the Houston Police Department.

MECHANICAL ENGINEER, Rolligon Corporation

Designed and manufactured a high performance, mobile, seismic drill rig, capable of drilling a 150-ft hole in 30 minutes.

Designed 150-metric ton capacity “Salt Train” vehicle, used for harvesting sea salt in Australia.

Conceived the carrier for the condor man lift, capable of lifting 4 men safely to 200-ft.

MECHANICAL ENGINEER, Little Giant Crane and Shovel, Inc.

OEM of 7.5 to 100 ton mobile cranes.

Constructed the Telemax Model X-90 Telescoping Excavator prototype.

Designed a self-engaging clutch for the 25-ton lattice boom crane.

Education & Professional Development

Bachelor of Science (BSME), Mechanical Engineering, Construction / Heavy Equipment Concentration IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY, 1996

Professional Development:

Health-Safety-Environmental Supervisors Training, 2006; Principles of Project Management, 2006; AutoCAD, 2004; Geometric Dimension and Tolerance, 1996; Industrial Fluid Power Hydraulics Training Parts 1 & 2, 2000

Military Service

United States Army, 3 years

Affiliations

Committee Chairman, HSE, 2006 Member, Society of Plastic Engineers Member, Society of Automotive Engineers

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