Project Manager Mechanical Engineer

Doug Vaughan Sr. Mech. Engineer/ Proj. Mgr.

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Senior Mechanical Engineer/ Project Manager / Plant Engineer using 3D Solid Modeling in SolidWorks and NX; Developed award winning designs for fastening, printing, automation, medical, and the biomass industry. A rolled-up sleeves, cost conscious, driven professional designing to ease manufacturing, cut assembly time and retain reliability, while keeping the machine operator in focus. Plant Engineer for coating, extruding, and converting equipment. A leader and mentor connected to the manufacturing floor, labs, machinists, electrical and control Engineers, vendors, and customers alike. Clean sheet design, conceptual design, detail, and legacy sustaining. Experienced with many methods of manufacturing and fabrication. From welding to plastic extrusion. Global support for China, Mexico, Spain, Uruguay, Canada, and Belgium. Ability to sketch ideas quickly with accuracy for concepts during design reviews. Flexible to multiple roles. Woven, Non-Woven, Extruded plastics, Fabrication, Automation, OEM, Coatings.

Project Manager of capital projects. Wrote Performance specs, Purchase, Design, install, relocate, qualify.

Professionally trained in CAD SolidWorks and Unigraphics, NX, (20+ years)

Innovative inventions for automation, medical, food, fastening, converting and biomass industries.

Team leader of 4-20 Engineers, Mentor New Engineers with a calm demeanor and great communication skills

GD&T Tolerancing, Mil Spec. ANSI 14.5Y, Details, Large Assemblies, Illustration, Exploded Parts, ECN’s ECO’s, CR’s CIP, SAP, IQOQPQ, GEMBA, RFP Company Kaizen, LEAN trained. Cadence Project Management Certified

Clean sheet Complex Designs of both macro and micro equipment and support of legacy projects

Strong Business sense, high ethical and moral values. A reliable “can do” attitude focused on company interest.

Orchestrated joint manufacturing in Shanghai China. Capital machinery for Mexico, China, Spain, and Canada

Industrial design: ergonomic aesthetically pleasing machinery for the printing industry

Troubleshoot, redesign and correct field issues. Create Corrective Action reports and Close Work Orders

Coordinate first builds, DFM (Design for Manufacture), lab qualify, create instructions for Operation.

Direct work with customers, vendors and all levels within the organization. Full arsenal of experience.

Installation Coordinator of complex global installations (infrastructure and rigging to EPA requirements).

COMPUTER EXPERIENCE

CAD: SolidWorks 2009-2019 professional, 15+ years with Unigraphics/Siemens NX, SAP, Interleaf, Rapid Prototyping, Alias, Excell, Word, Powerpoint, In-house Engineering Programs, Ntrigue, Netscape and Meta frame, PhotoImp, Photoshop, Vista, MA90, EPICOR, PLM, PDM, Microsoft Project, Oracle, Dovico. Concur, AutoCad, Draftsight

CAREER HISTORY

Velcro USA and Velcro Global Corp 2014 – Present

Senior Mechanical Engineer and Project Manager: Develop, design, and manage machine builds for Manufacturing (Converting, Coating, slitting and extrusion). Combination of design and Managing machine builders. Responsible for installation, infrastructure, Rigging, HVAC, location, electrical, plumbing, alignment, and startup and modifying these machines (FATs and SATs) Mentoring new hires. Vendor visitation and recruitment. Solicit Bids, RFQ’s, Set Performance requirements, Vendor qualification, IQOQPQ. Upgrade legacy machinery to increase quality/safety. Global Manufacturing Platform Engineering support for Spain, USA, China, Brazil, Belgium, Mexico and Urguay. Relocate, Install manufacturing lines worldwide. Create RFP bids and follow to production acceptance SAT.

McClellan Automation Systems 2013- 2014

Mechanical Lead Engineer: Design of Medical and Food Industry automation assembly equipment. Codeveloped Disruptive invention for the beverage industry. High tolerance automation, chemistry and chemical mixing, experimentation, presentations, lab work, clean room design. Responsible for the design, testing, material selection and ordering, Illustrated and created patent applications and presentations.

Innovative Products and Equipment Tyngsboro MA 2012-2013

Contract Mechanical Design Engineer: C0-Design of complex proprietary automation for manufacturing, chemical, Gillette personal care and medical industries. Conveyors, flippers, robotics, pickers, plastic welding equipment, test equipment, filtration systems, sorting /pick and place and reject stations.

Due to Distance issue, had to work closer to home due to family medical crisis (wife in severe automobile accident)

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Continental Biomass Industries Inc. Newton, NH 2010 – 2012

Product Lead Engineer: Design of Recycling Grinders/Chippers at CBI-Inc. using SolidWorks.

I lead the development of a 1050 hp Record setting Industrial Shingle recycling grinder recapturing waste for re-use in Asphalt. Designed machinery producing the first 2mm size chip in the wood biomass industry allowing direct tree to pellet production. Product manager of the 6400, 5400, 5800 and XL 406 series grinders. Support of all Manufacturing process’. Purchasing, Sales/Marketing, Customer Service, Parts Department and Tech Pubs.

Goss International Inc. (AKA: Heidelberg, Harris Graphics) History 1992-2009

Associate Engineer – R&D Product Performance Group for Commercial Development

Orchestrated the Successful Shanghai (SGGS) transition to manufacture the M500 press in China. Co-Developed the GATF Award winning Auto-plate system and provided assembly support to initial build. Mentored new hires.

Facilitated aftermarket parts/repair service niche providing an additional $250k profit annually with minimal company effort. Direct contact for customer concerns. Sustained legacy printing equipment. Designed the lobby of Heidelberg, Durham NH.

GPS Group Commercial Development of the High-Speed Newspaper Press

This group Created New Sunday Technology for the Newspaper Printing Industry (the first Gapless Blanket Cylinder newspaper printing equipment with multi-drive technology), creating record speeds of Printing at 3000fpm.

Directed 20 man out-sourced engineering team (RDI). Developed metric standards guide for Goss’ engineering.

Mercury Team New Units Designed / Cost Cutting Campaign Implemented (8.4 million dollars savings)

Developed the Y-Unit and MD24 Directory Printing Presses under budget in a timeframe setting new standards. Supervised electrical team through all design requirements and PLC needs. Supported purchasing, vendors, accounting, marketing, auxiliaries, value engineering, and manufacturing. Trained assembly team through first builds.

Co-Developed the Mercury press to Field Start Up. Lead successful cost cutting effort while outperforming the previous machine with better ergonomic interface for the customer. Manufacturing cost was reduced by 50%, and assembly time cut by 500% (saving 6.4 million dollars per 200 Units produced/yr). Implemented Lab testing and installed the first 54 printing units at Interweb Co. in Canada.

Consultant to the Folder Group; increasing the speed of the PFF3 folder from 2500 to 3000fpm.

Lead Illustrator - Technical Publications Department

My Illustrative Talent expediently recovered 2 million dollars being withheld by a highly regarded customer by making Operator and Exploded parts manuals in a near impossible time crunch.

Supervised team of 7 on the development of all Technical, operator, exploded manuals, and in-house publications.

Senior Mechanical Designer - Product Support Engineering / 2FJ Folder Development

Designed the lubrication system, forming and delivery conveyor mechanisms for the industry first 3000 feet per minute folder. Evaluated customer concerns via direct field studies and retrofitted these designs into existing product lines. Spearheaded retrofit packages to bring older equipment up to OSHA and CE compliance.

Cheney Engineering Company, Inc., Needham, Massachusetts

Surveyor Apprentice / Draftsman

Drafter of land court plans. Residential and commercial field surveying, field survey, Assessors plans, Plot Plans, and Cul-de-sac development.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science Honor Graduate Major: Business

Franklin Pierce University - Rindge, NH

Associates in Applied Science Honor Graduate Major: Mechanical Design Engineering

Wentworth Institute of Technology - Boston, MA

Associates in Applied Science Honor Graduate Major: Machine Design and Drafting Technology

Wentworth Institute of Technology – Boston, MA

Certificates: SolidWorks Essentials & Advanced Parts modeling and Assemblies, Welding from

CAPInc - Manchester NH, CADENCE Project Management, Microsoft Project, NC State Textiles Certified, Bias and Diversity trained. Numerous Art awards

Outside Interests: Family, Art, Skiing, Boating, hiking, motorcycling, travel, auto enthusiast, welding, pyrography

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