Project Manager Engineer

EDWARD R. GROSS

PERSONAL INFORMATION .

Name: Edward Robert Gross

Place of birth: Berwyn, Illinois, USA

Current residence: 1078 Augustana Drive

Naperville, Illinois 60565 USA

Telephone numbers: Home 630-***-****; Cell 630-***-****

Email address: *********@*****.***

Profession: Mechanical Engineer/Project Manager

Limited knowledge of Brazilian Portuguese

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

144 Engineering LLC

Naperville, Illinois 60565

2008 to March, 2011

Assigned to Vector Packaging, Oak Brook, Illinois 60523 as Senior Project Manager

Managed design, purchase and shipment of equipment to erect a high shrink plastic barrier film extrusion machine at Zhuhai, China, PRC. This included 19 weeks of on site management for installation, check out, start up, operator training and operating standards and procedures as well as providing on site designs as needed of air handling and water chilling systems associated with the line. Provided on site technical consulting advice for installation and start up of an Electron Beam Curing machine and a Bag Making machine used to finish the film.

Traveled to Spain, Germany, Poland, New Zealand and Australia to review and recommend improvements to Vector’s Global plastic films finishing operations.

Managed the removal, marking, crating and storage of a seven layer extrusion line in Florida.

Managed the opening of a factory in Indiana that was vacant for 3 years. The goal was to centralize the distribution and manufacturing equipment for more efficient operation of the business. This included complete clean up and painting from ceiling to floor, reactivation of boilers, air compressors, fire sprinkler systems, installation of warehouse storage racks to implement opening of the distribution center, new power wiring and/or rewiring of four areas to facilitate installation of six bag making machines, five shirring machines, one seven layer extrusion line and one eight color printing press. All installations required detailed plans to coordinate removals of the machines from their previous locations and reinstallation in the reopened facility without interrupting production capacity.

Managed design, purchase and shipment of equipment to erect a second high shrink plastic barrier film extrusion machine at Zhuhai, China, PRC.

Union Carbide/Viskase/BEMIS-Curwood Corporation

Chicago, Illinois, 60638 and Oshkosh, Wisconsin, 54903

2000 to 2008

Senior Project Manager

Budget, design, build and install large capital multilayer extrusion, electron beam treating, laminating and material handling equipment projects for the manufacture of oxygen barrier, heat shrinkable tubular plastic films globally in the USA, UK and Brazil.

1991 to 2000

Senior Engineering Supervisor

Budget, plan and direct the activities of four engineers and four designers for the design, build and installation of large capital projects including new plants, plant expansions, resin handling, multilayer extrusion, printing, electron beam treating and bag making machinery for the manufacture of oxygen barrier, heat shrinkable tubular plastic films globally in the USA, UK, New Zealand and Brazil.

1989 to 1991

Senior Mechanical Engineer

Design, build and install side and end seal bag making machinery for the manufacture of multilayer, oxygen barrier, heat shrinkable tubular plastic films in the USA and UK.

1985 to 1989

Senior R & D Engineer

Designed and developed specialized bag making machinery and attachments for the manufacture of multilayer, oxygen barrier, heat shrinkable, tubular plastic films.

1970 to 1985

Engineering Supervisor/Senior Engineering Supervisor

Budget, plan and direct the activities of four engineers and eight designers for the design, build and installation of large capital projects including new plants, plant expansions, resin handling, multilayer extrusion, printing, electron beam treating and bag making machinery for the manufacture of oxygen barrier, heat shrinkable tubular plastic films plus budget, plan and direct the activities of an additional four engineers and four designers to provide design, building and installation assistance to support the R & D of oxygen barrier and GLAD commercial polyethylene plastic products.

1966 to 1970

Mechanical Design Engineer

Develop, design, build and install machinery for the manufacture of multilayer, oxygen barrier, heat shrinkable tubular plastic bags.

Caterpillar Tractor Company

Joliet, Illinois

1963 to 1966

Mechanical Design Engineer

Designed large off-road earthmoving machinery.

Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne, Illinois

1959 to 1961

Mechanical Designer

Designed remote controlled material handling equipment used in radioactive uranium processing experimental rooms.

EDUCATION

HIGH SCHOOL

J. Sterling Morton High School

Cicero, Illinois

1953 to 1957

Degree Earned: Diploma

COLLEGE

J. Sterling Morton Junior College

Cicero, Illinois

1957 to 1959

Degree Earned: Associate of Science, Mechanical Engineering

UNIVERSITY

University of Illinois

Champaign, Illinois

1961 to 1963

Degree Earned: Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering

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