DWAYNE CRAIG

**** ****** **** **

CHARLOTTE, N.C. 28227

864-***-****

adr1tk@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY:

25+ Years in Engineering, Project Management, Business Development, Sales Engineering, Facility Start-up, Estimating, Lead Designer, Senior Designer, Drafter, Checker, and Detailer. Well versed in all engineering and construction practices across multiple disciplines.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

RW McCollum, Greensboro, N.C. 5/19 to Present

Sales Engineer / Business Development

Responsibilities include: New Business Development / Sales Engineer for a new distributorship focusing on all aspects of increasing Gardner Denver's portfolio and market share in the Mobile applications division.

Territory Manager for a 4-state region for the products offered in this market space. This of most materials by use of Truck Blowers, Rotary Screw Compressors and Pneumatics for materials transported and conveyed by highways or railways

Identification of National and Regional trends in the mobile pneumatic conveying Industry

Proactively engage companies and customers for long term profitable growth

As a strategic mobile asset, I am tasked to efficiently relate my field experience with real time applications ensuring the product updates that reflect market trends by making the necessary corrections when required.

This role allows me to build on my past proficiency of engineering, project management, sales engineering, technical product training, initial and ongoing strategic project support, introduction of new products, competitive product analysis and territory sales manager to ensure profitable growth within the company.

Identification and penetration of strategic accounts, management of key partner relationships and team evaluation of competitive market conditions

All internal and external efforts are maximized with the focus on increasing RW McCollum’s brand awareness in all aspects of the trucking and trailer industry to promote the new distributorship.

Kirlin, Charlotte, N.C. 8/17 to 1/19

Project Manager / Business Development

Developed a detailed project need through overall vison of the company’s leaders to produce a large-scale fabrication facility to eventually employ over 200 personnel.

Designed a facility layout plan through discussions with Company Presidents to ensure the proper flow of flow from receiving of material to the delivery of the finished product.

Determined facility needs regarding equipment, structural, lighting, electrical upgrades, Safety, Construction, Project scope of work and estimation of start-up costs.

Obtained proposals from various trades via face to face meeting to determine the needs of the facility.

Extensive travel throughout the Southeast daily to sell the Kirlin Brand and new fabrication facility for projects ranging from complex mechanical skid packages to piping spool pieces.

Established Responsibilities include: Start-up of new 125,000 mechanical fabrication facility from concept to production.

Developed a detailed project need through overall vison of the company’s leaders to produce a large-scale fabrication facility to eventually employ over 200 personnel.

Designed a facility layout plan through discussions with Company Presidents to ensure the proper flow of flow from receiving of material to the delivery of the finished product.

Determined facility needs regarding equipment, structural, lighting, electrical upgrades, Safety, Construction, Project scope of work and estimation of start-up costs.

Obtained proposals from various trades via face to face meeting to determine the needs of the facility.

Extensive travel throughout the Southeast daily to sell the Kirlin Brand and new fabrication facility for projects ranging from complex mechanical skid packages to piping spool pieces.

Established relationships with potential customers and vendors to ensure that upon start-up we would have projects waiting to be built and vendors to supply the material.

Worked alone as the project lead at the facility, on the road and out of my home office to produce the drawings, cost estimates and maintain contact with previous customer to continually keep relationships intact.

Lewis Systems and Services, Charlotte, N.C. 8/16 to 5/17

Project Manager / Sales Engineer

Responsibilities include: Develop and design projects for Blower, Compressed Air and Medical Gas systems.

Created detailed project needs through site visit to customer’s facilities.

Managed contracts, change order and labor costs of multiple projects at once

Generated Sales of Capital equipment by acquiring new customers through Cold Calling

Performed Sizing, selection and purchasing of capital equipment

Generated detailed quotes and estimates from Customers RFQ's.

Design of Custom Blower Packages using AutoCAD 3D Design software

Scheduled the installation of packaged systems and coordinate with outside contractors

Monitored the fabrication activities to ensure products and systems conform to engineering

design and customer specification

Produced detailed quotes from RFQ's

Estimated each project using customer supplied drawing by doing take-off piping and equipment. Also used AGC

Dodge Plan rooms to locate projects to quote.

Direct contact with client executives and key team members.

Conduct design review meetings with customers engineer for new projects

Monitored labor costs

Yearly budget planning for equipment preventive maintenance plans

Coordinated contracts for labor associated with the installation of new equipment

Acquired multiple estimates to determine most efficient methods and materials to complete projects

did need exceed budget and achieved high profit margin

Carotek Inc., Matthews, NC 11/10 to 7/16

Mechanical Integration Specialist/Project Manager/Estimator

Responsibilities include: Project Management, Mechanical Estimating and Designing many projects using a PDMS system, AutoCAD 2012 Plant and Cardworks’s Plant per customer specifications.

Received customers RFQ and developed a detailed take-off all materials and equipment by sourcing to vendors to receive accurate pricing to create a detailed quote per the customer’s request.

Designed 3D general arrangements, structure and ISO drawings from Customers P&ID for fabrication of mechanical skids that was produced in or fabrication facility.

Designed Assemblies and parts are developed using family nested tables and creating many drawings using Cardworks’s for piping and skids from P&ID’s,

Sizing of piping, pumps, valves, BOM’s etc., to create general arrangements that are used in many process environments. Design, estimating and Fabrication Management of Custom Blower packages.

Purchased material for project. This included all Pumps, Valves, Instruments, Piping, Fittings and Steel

Project Coordination between multiple disciplines

Managing the projects from beginning to end for on time delivery and keeping cost within budget.

Kept daily time management report to ensure maximum profit margins.

Ensured customers quality standards were met by complying with all applicable codes for each project.

Worked in accordance with ASME codes

Mascot Homes, Spartanburg, SC 02/03 to 12/09

Project Manager/Project Coordinator - Field and Office

Modeled and designed custom Modular homes per customer’s design request.

In charge of final design drawings given to manufacturing manager to create homes in a production style facility using MicroStation/Bentley Home design software.

Setup engineering and trained personnel in the cad system.

Configuration of engineering structure in all processes and creating many libraries.

Also, standardized a parts numbering system for inventory control

Coordinated all sub-contractors on job site in the set up and final assembly of custom homes.

Oversaw the day to day operations of all field contractors to keep job cost within budget.

Stationed on-site at client’s home to lead and facilitate all customer interactions with all sub-contractors to

Insure all work was being performed as quoted and by all applicable codes.

Piedmont Metal Fabrication, Spartanburg, SC 03/99 to 01/03

Project Manager/Estimator/New Business development

Managed multiple projects end-to-

Field Coordinated and Successfully managed our on-site structural team for new installation and retrofit projects with valuations of $10,000 to $5,000,000. The duties included labor management, cost tracking, scheduling, fabrication, scheduling, coordination with the General contractor and customer interactions to execute project on time safely and per design criteria.

Structural Steel Estimator in charge of quoting of structural projects.

Received structural drawings from general contractors, AGC and State agencies to review all specifications and do take off all structural steel material related to the projects being quoted.

Requested material quotes from Sub-vendors.

Detailed structural steel drawings for fabrication within our facility and designed machined, sheet metal and welded parts to be used in assemblies in the building of many sub-assemblies for welded fabrication parts.

Worked with management team creating workflows, budgets and employee performance reviews.

Position ended due to company closing

Advanced Technology Resources Ind., Greenville, SC 8 /88 to 12/99

Project Coordinator/Project Engineer/Construction

On Site Project manager for expansions and new construction for major Pharmaceutical companies throughout the island of Puerto Rico. These projects ranged from $250,000 to $60,000,000 in value.

Directed the completion of 8 project from beginning to end with all projects completed on time with the desired profitability in the final quotation of the project.

Led a multi-disciplined project team that included engineering, procurement, contract negotiations, scheduling, cost control, labor force management. Sub-contractor payment, change orders, safety to deliver the project on time as scheduled while maintaining quality objectives.

Established daily safety meetings and weekly job progress meetings with all parties involved in the project.

Maintained subcontracts, purchase orders, construction change orders, submittals and project status reports.

Our team oversaw designing, fabricating and installation of all Process Piping, Plumbing, Wastewater, Storm drains and HVAC systems and related ductwork for cleanroom type facilities.

P&ID’s were used to create purification, injection and chemical treatment systems, using different parts and equipment in high purity processes.

Produced and Coordinated efforts with sales and customers to standardize many units and different size plants per customer specifications using lean manufacturing.

While on-site I Produced P&ID’s, plans, isometric and 3D Models of multiple types of mechanical systems that the facility previously did not have, I was also heavily involved in onsite design of retrofit mechanical systems when the needs arose along with producing as-built drawings at project completion

Industry Knowledge: Mechanical Skid Packaged Systems, Cleanroom design, Custom Air Handlers, Chilled Water Systems, Potable water, Distribution Piping for Heating and Cooling, Vacuum system, Compressed air, CIP Systems, WFI Systems, High purity filtration systems, Reverse Osmosis systems, Heat Exchangers, Valve and Valve Automation Plumbing, and Storm Drainage. 3D Models, P&ID’s (Piping and Instrumentation diagram), PFD (Project Flow Diagram), Large structural design for skids layout for chemical treatment, air transfer, and many other processes.

EDUCATION:

Spartanburg Technical College, Spartanburg, SC

Mechanical Engineering, A.S. Degree 1986-1988

University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

Mechanical Engineering Curriculum 1984-1986

Woodruff High School, Woodruff SC 1981-1984

Mechanical Curriculum

SOFTWARE:

AutoCAD: 30K hours – 3D Model Version 10 to Ver.2015 - Microsoft Scheduling

MicroStation/Intergraph 10K Hours - SSDS (Structural Detailing

Cardworks 3D Modeling Software- 6K hours 10 to 2014 - Qucikpen

Revit – 1k Hours - Cosential

SSDS (Structural Detailing) 6K Hours - CRM

BIM - Microsoft Project

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