Nathan Gillespie
**** ********** ** ** ***** Rapids MI 49534 231-***-**** ************@*****.***
OBJECTIVE
Experienced Engineering Manager with diverse background, seeking an engineering position with future growth potential than can build upon my background, skillsets and management leadership to add value to the organization for a long-term partnership. EDUCATION
MBA, Grand Valley State University, 2014
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Grand Valley State University, 2002 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
5/2016 – Current Engineering Manager, Schlumberger – Cameron, Muskegon MI
• Management and oversight of Engineering and Inside Sales staff for manufacturer of two gear product lines, Dynatorque and Maxtorque, 20 million to 40 million annual revenue
• Key participant in annual plant and product line strategy meeting
• Oversight, budget tracking, and submission of Value Engineering cost reduction projects, Process Improvement and Standardization Projects, and NPD projects resulting in six figure and up to 25% annual savings
• Prepared monthly presentations to plant, and higher organization regarding items of interest, and developments within the engineering program, and product line
• Regularly scored extremely high on Gallup’s “Engage to Excel” survey, measuring team engagement and satisfaction
• Key interface of relationships with customers, vendors, management, and shop floor employees
• Oversight and management of day to day new configuration product development, developing new bill of materials, detailed drawings, and engineering changes and revisions
• Integrated new project line Maxtorque into plant
• Integral in leading collaboration and communication with high target customers to develop solutions to displace competitor, and gain significant ongoing business
• High focus on HSE activities, part of group that took second place in North America competition
• Leader in engineering knowledge transfer responsibilities as result of Muskegon plant moving to Oklahoma
8/2013 – 4/2016 Engineering Supervisor, Cameron International, Muskegon MI
• Management and oversight of Engineering, Inside Sales, and Quality staff at plant
• Responsible for lead and coordination of conversion projects for Cameron Valve Lines to utilize Dynatorque products in lieu of legacy competitor gear operators
• Validated and tested new budget brand offering (DTE) in collaboration with Chinese manufacturer
• Sponsor of GVSU engineering senior design project to design and build dynamic thrust test stand
7/2012 – 8/2013 Sales Engineer, Cameron International, Muskegon MI
• Lead of department
• Technical applications quoting, advising recommend product for application with price and lead time
• Customer support for any warranty or product claims
• Developed automated sizing and pricing tool
• Developed idea of centralized e-mail system for customer inquiries, automated responses, and categorization concept for e-mails to delegate tasks
• Maintenance and development of Price Lists
8/2004 – 6/2012 Project Engineer, Cameron International, Muskegon MI
• Extensive use of design table functionality within Soldworks to build configurable families of parts and assemblies
• Development of new product configuration bill of materials, detail drawings, and routings
• Testing of new or existing products
• Developed and executed Value Engineering cost reduction projects
• Customer, vendor, and manufacturing engineering support SKILLS
• CAD Solidworks / AutoCAD / Inventor, GD & T. FEA Cosmos / Ansys
• ERP SAP
• Administrative / Analytical Tools Microsoft Office Tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Project, Teams), Six Sigma project experience, Problem Solving / Root Cause Analysis Tools PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
• Cameron’s Management Development Training Program, 2014
• Cameron’s Front Line Management Training, 2014
• Cameron’s Enterprise Excellence, Lean Six Sigma “Champions” training, 2012
• Cameron’s Enterprise Excellence, “Process Improvement Workshop” training, 2011
• Cameron’s ISPEAK Customer Service Training, 2011 REFERENCES
Available upon request