Design Engineer Civil Engineering

Jim Schall

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Damascus, OR ****9

Cell: 503-***-****

e-mail: *************@*****.***

OBJECTIVE

A fulfilling Management/Engineering position.

SUMMARY OF SKILLS

Manage, mentor & support of engineers, designers, drafters, technicians & teams

Collaborative Development/Management – business models, multi-organization collaboration

Project & Program Management

Process Development/Improvement & Management

Vendor/supplier selection & management

Technical presentations/training & paper author

Fastener applications – Vehicles, Tooling, Industrial Equipment

Tool & component design including mechanical & electro-mechanical systems, prototype design

Ensuring design & operational compliance with industry standards & government agencies

Custom Software for Engineering specific applications

Vehicle dynamics analysis and testing

Failure analysis including testing & root cause analysis, (FMEA & DFMEA)

Process system & production tooling design

Design for Manufacture, and Manufacturing Engineering, Thermal deisgn, Fluid Power systems

NPI support

2D & 3D CAD modeling & management (AutoCAD, Mechanical Desktop, Inventor, SolidWorks 2019, ProE, Catia V5)

Structural design & analysis of mechanical & thermal systems

Plastic (injection molded) part design

Develop design standards, part, testing & quality specificatons

Business model development & implamentaion

Supplier selection, development, quality management and contract negotioation (>$100M AVOB)

CERTIFICATION

Registered Professional Engineer, Civil, Oregon (CE & registration not current)

EXPERIENCE

Sr. Design Engineer 1/19 – 4/20

Salem Equipment, Inc, Sherwood, OR

Design of custom equipment for the Wood Products/Saw Mill Industry; root cause failure analysis; project management; standards development; manufacturing support, customer and sales support.

Mechanical Design Engineer 1/03 – 9/17

Daimler Trucks North America, Portland, OR – Contractor and Direct

KTO/Standards Engineer. Develop new finish and fastener performance technology and standards. Technical presentations, in house and at industry events. Engineering process development. Fastener and fastener application design. Optimize small parts design & use for the manufacture of commercial vehicles. Develop and improve processes and data access tools for inventory/supplier consolidation and cost reduction. Assist with standards implementation and improvement. Champion projects to successful completion-work with multiple departments and managers. Negotiate with suppliers to save 7 & 8 figures/yr. Develop supplier strategies to improve product quality & reduce cost/risk/lead time.

Mechanical Design Engineer

A-dec., Newberg, OR - Contractor

Use AutoDesk Inventor and Mechanical Desktop, design hydraulic cylinders, and ergonomic components of medical equipment. Improve & increase product component performance & quality while significantly reducing cost. Specify & evaluate electronic components for motion control & sensing. Specify & evaluate related manufacturing methods for improvement of volume manufacturing and cost reduction.

Program Engineer

Hewlett-Packard Company, VCD, Vancouver, WA - Contractor

Assist in manufacturing and new product process development (NPI), for a high-end thermal ink-jet printer series. Give organizational guidance and drive implementation of process enabling programs to improve product qualification & development (such as improved defect & failure tracking, FMEA, uniform tooling use, uniform test procedure use & availability, ISO 9002 procedures compliance).

Sr. Mechanical/Sr. Manufacturing Engineer

Novellus Systems, Inc., Wilsonville, OR - Contractor

Oversee the manufacturability of the SABRE product for NPI. Make design changes to the systems and components of the machine to improve reliability, quality, function, manufacturability, and reduce cost and lead times. Design of mechanical and electro-mechanical systems. Work with SQE & suppliers to improve vendor lead times and quality. Direct & guide engineers & designers using ProEngineer & AutoCAD. Make rapid design upgrades and add functionality for changing industry needs and customer requirements as assigned by upper management and my own judgement. Analyze & troubleshoot mechanical & electrical systems designed by other engineers, trouble-shooting/ root cause analysis. Tool safety design/analysis. Provide technical support & guidance to junior engineers & designers (GD&T, machine design, design for manufacture). Ensure standards compliance with regulatory agencies. Design & implement functional system testing; test fixture design & specification; collect & evaluate data; make design recommendations. Write & initiate procedures for: design evaluation; systems assembly & setup; systems calibration; systems testing. R&D design which resulted in patents for my design of a new style of wafer chuck (United States Patents 6,537,416 & 6,967,174). Work with suppliers and original system design engineers to improve the product, a $1.5-3 million semiconductor production tool.

Project/Design Engineer

Automation Technology, Inc., Salem, OR

Design & project management including, sales, installation & customer support of automated silicon wafer handling & process equipment. Equipment was designed for use in clean rooms, and included chemical mix, dispense & recovery systems. Worked directly with customer’s Process & Equipment Engineers to finalize specifications for the projects & translate specifications to functional equipment designs and tool/fab layout. Assisted with the organization & further development of engineering dept. Received a vendor appreciation award from Wacker Siltronic 9/97 for success of my design & customer support, on a system that enhanced their product yield & profitability. Use of AutoCAD & Mechanical Desktop.

Project Engineer

Kleenair Products Co., Clackamas, OR

Duties included sales & design of industrial heat process equipment (with the use of AutoCAD); combustion system design including gas & oil systems; gas fired car bottom kiln with automatic door, car drive and seal system; electric conveyor ovens & furnaces; gas fired ladle heater; heat exchanger; gas fired flex-o-line print dryers. Revision & upgrade of automated paint curing oven for process compliance at Boeing, resulting in a letter of appreciation for project success. Also, specified & purchased required components & supervised the construction & installation of the above-mentioned systems: helped customers with equipment location/layout; was involved in contract negotiation & customer relations.

Project Engineer/CADD & Systems Manager

TAI, Portland, OR

Duties included Forensic Engineering in the areas of auto & industrial accident reconstruction; machine failure analysis (including structural analysis); road, highway & drainage systems design analysis; vehicle dynamics & structural analysis with computer aided and conventional methods; supervised computer animation; performed fire causation analysis (including vehicles). Research & analysis of standards for compliance with industry and government agencies. Duties also included industrial machine design, supervision of draftsmen & engineering technicians. Wrote a mass balance program for the design of a large municipal solid waste facility. Published co-author of three technical papers on the subjects of vehicle dynamics & computer animations.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Engineering

Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

Associate of Science in Civil Engineering Technology

Linn Benton Community College, Albany, OR

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