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

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