Engineer Design

Summary:

Sr. Mechanical Project Engineer with experience in successfully taking projects from concept through completion. Experiences with successfully identifying issues that require engineering solutions and creatively finding ways to provide a functional and effective engineering solution. Experienced with assembling and managing teams and individuals. Skilled in Project Management, Reliability Engineering, Production Engineering, Application Engineering, and Field Engineering.

Experience:

Senior Plant Project Engineer Tyler/Union, Division of McWane, Inc. (Feb.2017 – March 2021)

Provided engineering support and design solutions to assist with improving the overall plant site safety, operational efficiency, and operational reliability in the manufacturing process of an OEM of large diameter cast ductile iron pipe fittings. Primary scope of responsibilities and duties involved the following: maintaining a safe work environment, project management, field investigations, engineering design, CAD layouts, fabrication details, assembly details, installation drawings, project scopes, specifications, project budgets, quotes, justifications, office management of invoices & purchase orders, vendor sourcing, component sourcing, scheduling, and project management and oversite during the installation commissioning and validation phase. Type of projects included the installation of bridge crane systems, bulk material silos, foundry sand mixers, grinding booths, belt conveyors, bucket elevators, roller conveyors, chain conveyors, dip-tanks, spray paint booths, dust collection systems, steel building repairs, process pipe systems, reinforced concrete pads and footers, platforms, walkways. Computer software primarily utilized for most of these activities included AutoCAD, Inventor, Outlook, Word, and Excel.

Mechanical Design Engineer PROFAB Construction & Supply LLC., (Aug.2016 – Dec.2016) (Contract Position).

Developed fabrication drawings from existing equipment for two types of wet mix concrete batch plants. The type of equipment includes the following: Aggregate material batching surge bin, complete with aggregate weigh batcher, aggregate conveyor, cement/powder split silo, structural support frame, cement weigh batcher, water weigh batcher, radial stacker, loading hopper, and cartridge dust collector.

SW Regional Engineer, The Quikrete Companies Inc., (Feb.2014 – May 2016)

Provided Regional Project Management and Engineering support and solutions to assist with improving plant site safety, operational efficiency, equipment and process reliability, and operational regulatory compliance with the production of bagged dry concrete product plant sites and facilities throughout Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri. Cooperatively manage national, regional, and local plant site repair and improvement projects with the different levels of vested interests. Primary scope of responsibilities and duties involved the following: maintaining a safe work environment, conduct and document routine plant site field visits & audits of 12 plants site locations, evaluating and prioritizing annual capital repair and improvement projects, develop project scopes and justifications, advocate for critical equipment projects, manage engineering projects, develop engineering designs as needed, CAD layouts, fabrication details, assembly details, installation drawings, project budgets, quotes, office management of invoices & purchase orders, vendor sourcing, component sourcing, scheduling, and perform project management and oversight at project locations as needed during the installation commissioning and validation phase. Projects included working with the following types of equipment: dry aggregate powder silos, storage bins, storage hoppers, belt conveyors, screw conveyors, bucket elevators, pneumatic conveying systems, screening equipment, aggregate mixers, compressed air systems, rotary and fluid bed dryers, dust collections systems, bag house dust collectors, dry bagging packaging production lines, packers, transfer conveyors, palletizing systems, and palletizing equipment.

Mechanical Design Engineer, ICL Performance Products LP, (July 2013 - Jan. 2014) (Contract Position).

Developed a complete set of fabrication and installation drawings that were required for a project that involved the

replacement of an existing stainless-steel rotary dryer in a chemical processing plant.

Senior Regional Project Management Engineer, APAC KC Division, (Oct.2010 - Feb. 2013) Provided Regional Engineering support and solutions to assist with improving the plant site operational safety, efficiency, and reliability for multiple aggregate production sand and gravel surface mining sites and limestone quarry rock crushing plant sites in Eastern Kansas and Western Missouri. Scope of responsibilities and activities included providing mechanical engineering, field investigation, design, cad layout, fabrication details, assembly details, installation drawings, office management of invoices & purchase orders, vendor sourcing, component sourcing, scheduling, and project management and oversight during the installation and commissioning phase. The type of projects and equipment included the following: The installation of Hydraulic Boom and Rock Jam Breaker Systems onto existing Rock Crusher Units, the installation of safety swing gates onto existing equipment throughout the region, the installation of a truck wheel wash system, the design and installation of a ditch rock production system addition on a primary surge hopper, and a re-design and relocation project for an AB #3 Base Rock Conveyor/Pugmill system that significantly stream line and improved the efficiency of the process.

Quality Assurance & Control Field Engineer, Automatic Systems Inc., (Aug.2008- Dec.2009)

Provided on site quality assurance and quality control, field inspection and engineering design & recommendations regarding the installation of the bulk handling equipment on the Iatan Power Plant Turbine Two Installation Project.

Production Engineer, Holliday Sand and Gravel Company, (Nov.2001- Aug.2008),

Provided Regional Engineering support and solutions to assist with improving the plant site operational safety, efficiency, and reliability for multiple surface mining river & pit dredging aggregate sand and gravel production plant sites in Eastern Kansas and Western Missouri. Scope of responsibilities and activities included providing mechanical engineering, field investigation, design, CAD layouts, fabrication details, assembly details, installation drawings, office management of invoices & purchase orders, vendor sourcing, component sourcing, scheduling, and project management and oversight during the installation and commissioning phase. The type of equipment includes the following: river dredges, river barges, classifying tanks, belt conveyors, radial stackers, hoppers, bins, shakers, walkways, platforms, material washers, fine material washer & dewatering screws, pugmills, plant layouts, and river push boats, process piping systems, hydraulic piping systems, and keel cooler systems.

Mechanical Design Engineer, Milbank Systems Inc., (March 2000-Oct. 2001)

Provided Mechanical Engineering Design support for an OEM of Industrial Finishing Systems of Porcelain Enamel, Powder Coating Systems, Paint Coating Systems, and Powder Coating Application Equipment. Primary responsibilities included the following: Performed engineering design, CAD drafting, and field installation support involving dip-tanks, wash down tunnel spray booths, process piping, pipe sizing, heat exchanger sizing, pumps, and tank size and structure.

Education:

BS Mechanical Engineering, from The University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC).

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