Mechanical Engineer Project

PERRY LINDNER

715-***-**** (home) • 715-***-**** (cell) • **********@*****.***

Custer, WI 54423

SUMMARY

Creative, resourceful and focused mechanical engineer with over 25 years of experience in new and existing product design as well as project management. Background includes knowledge of numerous CAD software packages, inspection and quality control. Quick learner with good multi-tasking abilities. Good leadership skills, team player, and effective problem solver.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Actalent (at Tree House Foods) Manawa, WI 9/22 to present

Contract Project Manager

Responsible for capital and project management activities for a food manufacturing facility.

Responsibilities include capital approvals, creating/tracking budgets, RFQ’s, issuing/tracking PO’s, managing internal and external resources.

Current projects:

•AGV and case erector installations.

Currently working on getting approvals for:

•Automated De-stacker

Completed projects: $60 to $160 K

•Cobot installation

Average completed project size have ranged between $50k-800k budget.

Work cross-departmentally, with teams ranging in size from 10 - 20, often working with outside contract engineering firms, electricians, and millwrights

Chr. Hansen (formerly UAS Labs) Wausau, WI 8/20 to 9/22

Project Manager (Project Engineer)

Responsible for capital and project management activities for a probiotic manufacturing facility.

Responsibilities include capital approvals, creating/tracking budgets, RFQ’s, issuing/tracking PO’s, managing internal and external resources.

Current projects:

•HVAC update. The project will be at least a $3.5 M project. The goal of the project is to update the entire plants HVAC system. Pre-Engineering stage.

•Automated bottling and packaging line. $8M to $10M. Approved

•Automated Vial packaging equipment. Less than $1 M, Idea stage

Completed projects:

•$60 to $160 K Parking lot expansion project. $500 K.

•Metal detector installation.

•Roof upgrade. Insulation, vinyl membrane and heat tape.

•Production room remodels: New walls, ceilings, lighting and urethane floor coating.

•Blending room doors and drainage

•Powder conveying equipment

Average completed project size have ranged between $100-200k budget.

Work cross-departmentally and outside contract engineering firms, electricians, and millwrights.

Verso Co Wisconsin Rapids, WI 11/18 to 8/20

Project Engineer

Responsible for capital and project management activities for a pulp and paper mill manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities are in relation to applications for capital approvals, creating and tracking budgets, RFQ’s, Issuing and tracking purchase orders

Currently working on an acid-skid water-softening system project and insultation of the system, which is a $838K project in relation to de-mineralization of boiler systems.

Specific projects I have worked on include installation of buried sludge line, buried acid line, recovery and power boilers

Average project size is in the range of $100-200k budget

Work cross-departmentally, with teams ranging in size from 10-30, often working with outside contractor firms for civil engineering, as well as internal teams of pipefitters, electricians, and millwrights

Largest project in this position was a $2.5M capital project to replace two Industrial Water chillers. Took this project through capital approval process by identifying a potential cost savings of $100,000 annually through reduction of maintenance costs

Sharpe Engineering Amherst, WI 10/16 to 11/18

Project Engineer

Responsible for various design aspects of food processing equipment.

Issued/tracked purchase orders and managed the process of equipment and line installations

Acted as a customer liaison for contract engineering firm, on a variety of projects.

Primary customers were food manufacturers, and equipment exposure included industrial ovens, flour-handling equipment and filling equipment

$60M greenfield design project team member for a new food manufacturing facility

Automatan, Inc Plover, WI 1/11 to 10/16

Mechanical Engineer/Product Manager

Responsible for the mechanical design aspects of laminating equipment.

Headed new product design and current product enhancements.

Legacy product enhancements.

Experience dealing directly with customers to assist in the sales process, communicate requests to the manufacturing and customer service departments.

Apache Stainless Equipment Plover, WI 3/09 to 1/11

Project Engineer/Manager

•Responsible for many aspects of custom stainless-steel tank and pressure vessel projects.

•Worked in cross departmental teams and vendors on Requests for Quotes

•Pressure vessel and tank design and documentation.

•Work with ASME inspectors to ensure pressure vessels met the ASME codes.

Joerns Healthcare Inc Stevens Point, WI 8/02 to 2/09

Design Engineer

Responsible for designing, developing and improving Long Term Care products which comply with IEC 60601-1 IEC 60601-2, and/or IEC 60101-2-38 standards.

Designed/developed new bed platforms while staying within UL and CSA guidelines.

Produced prototypes for evaluation and testing.

Developed and managed project documentation including:

•Technical requirements

•Drawings, DCO’s and BOM’s

•Directly involved part and weldment validations

•Reviewed and approved inspection reports

•Assisted manufacturing with tooling and fixture changes

•Developed Technical/Test reports

Seat Pan Cost Reduction Project:

•Led the design effort to replace two parts with a Structural Wed part

•Designed, tooled, and implemented in 6 months

•Savings over $200,000 per year

Lead engineer for the B330 design effort: 12,000 beds/year.

Developed a patented lift mechanism. Patent number 7631379.

Met with UL, CSA and ETL inspectors quarterly.

Laser Machining Inc Somerset, WI 04/97 to 7/02

Mechanical Design Engineer (11/98 to 7/02)

Responsible for designing and developing products.

Duracell Laser machine.

•Led the mechanical design of a $1.7 million integrated laser machine.

•3 custom dual output lasers and 11 cutting heads.

•2 pick and place modules.

•Machine capacity of 12,000 parts/ hour.

•Performed design calculations, cost analysis and researched design alternatives.

Machine troubleshooting as needed.

Product Engineer (04/97 to 11/98)

Designed high power beam delivery components and systems.

Beam Delivery Product improvements.

Apollo Corporation Somerset, WI 8/94 to 4/97

Design/Development Engineer

Designed and developed new products from concepts thru production.

Responsible for completing high quality work within specified time frames.

Designed fiberglass, vacuum-formed and rotationally molded parts.

Worked with UL inspectors.

EDUCATION

University of Wisconsin-Platteville: ABET Accredited.

Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering, May, 1994.

Engineer in Training Exam, 1993

G.P.A.: 3.3/4.0

University of Wisconsin-Stout

Bachelor of Science Degree in Applied Technology, Dec. 1989.

Concentration: Materials and Processes Engineering.

G.P.A.: 3.2/4.0

SOFTWARE SKILLS

SolidWorks

AutoCad

Excel

Word

Teams

ACTIVITIES

Scrip Coordinator with all profits supporting the school, Member of the Knights of Columbus

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