Spencer D. Branting

425-***-**** (cell)

acxxw9@r.postjobfree.com

Skills Summary

Mastery: Solidworks® (30,000+ hours) and AutoCad® (releases 12-14 and 2004, DraftSight)

mechanical and electrical engineering project design and implementation

methyl ester chemistry

Welding, sheet metal and steel construction

structural engineering and machining

geometric dimensioning and tolerancing

ANSI Y14.5-1994 standards

DOD various standards

pneumatics and hydraulics

semiconductor construction

PDM program administration

documentation organization and control

Basic Opto 22 and PLC programming skills

Failure mode analysis. Basic FEA.

Kanban and Kaizen manufacturing techniques

undersea systems and marine design

Sanitary fittings and NSF standards

atomic force microscopy

Diesel and gas turbine design with emphasis on maintenance

PDM documentation software. Was ActiVault adminstrator and working now with Solidworks PDM

special skills

leadership and team management

conceptualization and design visualization

creative solution-finding

manufacturing engineering project planning

Lean manufacturing resource planning

foreign languages (German, Russian, Japanese)

Professional Experience

Served as a specialist mechanical designer since 1998 for regional companies requiring my focused engineering expertise. Solidworks was used at all the positions shown below. The following is a listing of the major project work I have completed since 2004:

Stratus Automation (2016-Present), Senior Mechanical Designer. Stratus designs and manufactures semiconductor clean room conveyor equipment. Layed ground work for drawing standards, BOM management and process control.

Slayer Espresso Machine Company (2015-2016) Engineer and designer of high quality commericial espresso machines. Implemented drawing standards and revision control to all parts, drawings and assemblies. Creation of all Bills of Materials for assemblies. Negotiation with vendors, both domestic and foreign, for price and quality control.

Omax Corporation (2011-2015) Electromechanical Designer of precision water jet cutting machines. Specifically, design of ultra high pressure water pumps and automated solids removal systems for water jet tables. Headed the finalization of design for the 10060 100HP high pressure pump. Coordinated with manufacturing, engineering, documentation and production planning to meet the target date for release of the pumps on time. Implemented a file vault system to keep the some 200,000 CAD files and other documentation used at Omax organized and revision controlled. Both individual initiative and teamwork skills are a regular part of this position to meet the project performance goals.

Algas-SDI (2009-2011) Mechanical Designer and Drafter for Algas-SDI. Algas designs and manufactures LPG and Natural Gas vaporization equipment sized from propane tanks to large scale custom industrial installations. Designed a self-contained vaporization system that was housed in a 40' ocean container for a Saudi Arabian gas production company.

Volt Technical Services (2009) Contract mechanical designer. Was contract designer for Algas-SDI

Genie Industries (2008) New product development for rough terrain scissors lift equipment also providing support to manufacturing operations. Also completed prototype fixtures and test rigs for hydraulics.

Hartford Engineering (2007) Hartford Engineering specializes in steel structures and heavy equipment designs. I worked specifically on a ferry loading dock design for the Texas Department of Transporation.

Williamson & Associates (2004-2006) Worked specifically on the design, construction and deployment of an deep ocean ROV with 20,000ft deep ocean capacity for the Japanese government. Machine set a world record for deep ocean geologic core sample return.

Packaging Technologies – now a division of Areva (2004). Involved in the design, creation and documentation of nuclear material transportation casks as used on railroad transportation and ship borne modes.

Achievements & Awards

Young Alumnus of the Year, Lewis-Clark State College, 2007

Four Army Grand Science Awards, 1988-1991

First Award, Vacuum Technology, 39th International Science and Engineering Fair, Knoxville TN, for cyclotronic acceleration of subatomic particles, 1988

First Grand Award, Electrical Engineering, United States Patent and Trademark Office, 41st International Science and Engineering Fair, Tulsa OK, for ArCPES (Argon Compression by Pulsed Electromagnetic Sequencing), a prototype nuclear fusion reactor, 1990

Fourth World Grand Award, Engineering, 42nd International Science and Engineering Fair, Orlando FL, for STATOR (Stage Two ArCPES in a Tetrapodal Orbicular Reactor), 1991

Two national Naval Science Awards, Office of the Chief of Naval Research, 1990-1991

Education

Associate of Applied Science from Lewis-Clark State College, with emphasis in engineering and architecture, 1997. Lewis-Clark State College is a 4-year accredited college specializing in technical degrees and education baccalaureates.

Two years, post graduate training preparing to a Bachelor of Applied Technology

Dale Carnegie Course Skills for Success graduate with emphasis in project and team management.

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