Mechanical Engineering

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PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

An efficient, detailed, and organized Mechanical Engineer with over 9 years of experience. An expert in reciprocating rod lift (oil well design) who designed and launched 3 day course in optimizing oil production. Adaptive knowledge seeker with strong planning and communication skills who thrives in a continuous learning environment. Fast learner who achieved technician responsibility at manufacturing plant within 10 weeks instead of the target 4 months.

SKILLS & ABILITIES

Technical

Efficiently read and understand blueprints, electrical schematics and technical documents. Very good organizational skills with high attention to detail. Plan corrective action and department projects using AGILE which nurtured results oriented working environment. Manage updates and bug corrections to diagnostic and design software. Utilize analytical and root cause analysis in both software and manufacturing. Create Help feature for artificial lift software utilizing ROBOHelp and chm files. Perform routine maintenance and inspection of machinery.

Obtain setup responsibility of machinery ahead of schedule which includes precision measurement of both machinery assembly/tooling and product processing requirements. Able to grasp complex technical concepts. Approve quality of manufactured products using precision measurement and adjustment of job specific tooling. Design coursework to teach customers use and features of software. Create numerical models adding latest pumping unit geometries to software. Lead data collection initiatives for expansion and maintenance of industry s largest pumping unit collection using Microsoft Excel. Utilize Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint in evaluation, organization, and planning of task corrective action.

Management

Head of engineering team in software development; projects include: Adding new hardware (models and database entries) to work with existing software; Identifying major issues with calculations; Implementing and testing corrections to software. Team player who believes open communication and common goal creates a successful team. Manage operators in processing/manufacturing electrical connectors including: Training in operation of machines, changing/adjusting cutting tools, and resource allocation. Strong written and spoken communication skills.

Sales

Help customers identify need and generate sales quotes (customer fulfillment). Attend industry shows while presenting products to customers which generates sales leads. Interface with customers generated information which guided software development (meeting customer needs/results oriented project development).

Communication

Strong written and spoken communication skills (developed while working with interstate teams). Effectively create and teach classes which promotes and increases software sales.

Lead team efforts to identify customer issues and resolve problems. Communicate production problems to management and detail a plan of action.

Leadership

Comfortable being team leader or part of the team.

Thrives in a learning environment. Trained operators in use of machinery, preparation of universal machines, change and adjustment of cutting tools. Trained customers in use of proprietary software as added service with purchase of our software products. Lead software development team in updates and fixes to artificial lift software.

EXPERIENCE

Manufacturing Quality Engineer July 2016 to September 2016

Lead operators and technical staff in maintaining production and focusing on high priority jobs. Results oriented manufacturing environment. Setup, adjusted, repaired, and diagnosed root cause of issues in machines at an accelerated rate. Worked with products that ranged in size from 30 thousandths of an inch to half an inch. Made adjustments in tenths of thousandths of an inch. Achieved setup responsibility in 10 weeks instead of the target 4 months of training. Began training technicians in machine prep and setup procedure.

Artificial Lift Engineer October 2007 to June 2016

Interfaced with the customer in all departments. Trained customer on use of software, and how to optimize production. Duplicated bugs and led team in correcting the error. Effectively communicated the desired function of the software to the programming team through complete understanding of the artificial lift (oil wells) process. Developed a version of the Rod Pump Optimization course. Traveled to customer headquarters to teach well optimization. Attended industry shows, positively represented the company, generated sales leads and learned about changes in customer needs. Used bug reporting system which generated results oriented service for each customer. Reported directly to company manager, working in each sector: teaching/classes, sales, and software development.

EDUCATION

Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering 2007

University of California Riverside

Earned Engineer in Training Cert. 129710 July 2007

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