EDWARD A. TIMKO
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EXPERIENCE
Dates Employed 1990 – 2019
SENIOR DESIGNER/LEAD DESIGN NX UNIGRAPHICS, Alcoa technical Center/ Arconic Technology center-
NEW KINGSINGTON, PA 15069 724-***-****
Experiences:
Aluminum Designer-3D NX Unigraphics software, Auto cad, Solid works, Autotrol, PDGS
Lead designer for TaTa electrical bus design-traveled to China and India several times presenting to design department heads and chief engineering for design sign offs. I often answered all manufacturing questions and concerns.
companies and CEO’s for design sign offs with others and myself alone at times to answer all manufacturing questions
and concerns.
Military applications/Blast panels and forged tunnel design-2 patents
Military Vehicles-Joint Lightweight Tactical vehicle (JLTV), Lead design for Chassis frame design for Lockheed Martin's- 17 prototypes-3 patents
Aerospace- FAA fuselage panels for testing new Alloys
Automotive Aluminum Design Projects/Production-C6 Corvette aluminum frame, Chrysler-Prowler prototype frame fixture, and production release frame design, Aluminum Body-In-White (BIW) components, assemblies and closure panels.
Class 8 truck chassis development, - 4 patents
Lab Design-Experimental design fixtures, pre-production equipment and industrial design-2 patents
Tooling fixture Design automotive frame
Castings-Ultra Large die cast rear hatch, sand castings, hard tool castings
Industrial Design- Automation and manufacturing plant layout
Anode design, prototype handling equipment and fixtures
Aluminum Pot Tank design and layout of equipment
Forklift and cherry picker certificates
Skills:
Department of Defense (DOD) experience -Military chassis, Ground transportation, Aerospace
and Automotive. Castings designs, forgings, sheet, plate and extrusions based design solutions.
Aerospace- Forged door design for High speed machining replacing current door in production
Working knowledge of aluminum alloys and coatings.
ISO-9000 training and for accountability.
Working knowledge of welding and design application for steel and aluminum.
Geometric tolerance Training, material training.
Profile tolerance experience.
Military clearance held.
Project management on designs and fixtures.
I have been accountable for the delivery of assigned projects from conception to completion,
Included work directly with clients and maintained complete communication for success.
I have trained in team building skills and have the ability to work in a team environment for project collaboration
I have been responsible for controlling and tracking project scope and budget for development design.
Supervised designers under my supervision for projects that I am responsible for and mentored less experience engineers
and designers.
I like taking risks and seek new creative solutions for a design. I don’t accept “it can’t be done” or
“this is the way it has always been done”. Let’s experiment and more than likely it will succeed.
Safety is one of our most valued policies, I have been trained in many aspects of industrial safety awareness.
Dates Employed 1988 – 1990
PRODUCT DESIGNER, ALLEGHENY PLASTIC INC
GREATER PITTSBURGH- PA
Experiences:
Auto cad software and Board designer
Polypropylene Tank design- for rolled coil Etching/Plating in the steel industry.
Tanks contained chemical valves, piping lines and Jet nozzles. No tanks came back from design mistakes.
Designed the largest tank liner for ground installation in North America,
Field measure and design for Exhaust Hoods/Stacks
Dates Employed 1986 – 1988
PLANT ENGINEER/CAD OPERATOR, MEADOW STEEL CO
TAMPA, FLORIDA
Experiences:
Auto cad software designer
Designer for production of Road Steel Reinforcement bars
Design of plant Equipment Efficiency Layout
Equipment automation Design
Design stamping/Spot Weld equipment
Dates Employed 1980 – 1986
PRODUCT DESIGNER, KENNAMETAL INC
LATROBE- PA 15650
Experiences:
Unigraphics 3D designer and Board design
Die designer of carbide tooling/Fixtures and carbide insert development
Top/bottom ram and die design.
Ceramic Lab Technician for experimental powders
Pill Pressing/Equipment Operator
HIP-Hot Isostatic pressing furnace designer
Tool Design-Grinding machine design and machinist
Machinist training and Bridgeport/Lathe operator experience
Certified nondestructive testing operator (Liquid Penetrant)-Level 1
EDUCATION
1975-1977
GREENSBURG INSTATUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
ASSOCIATE DEGREE IN MECHANICAL DESIGN AND DRAFTING
GREENSBURG, PA 15601
SKILLS
Home Remodeling and Craftworking
Automotive restoration
Motorcycle restoration