Project Manager/Engineer

JEFFREY THOMAS ZUNICH

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Suite *65D

Broadview Heights, Ohio 44147

440-***-****

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CAREER SUMMARY

The PDI Group : Temporary Assignment 11/09 TO PRESENT

Manufacturer of military equipment for Government around the world

· Redesign/reengineer components of a weapons loader for the Israeli government

· Identified and specified hydraulic hose fits for weapons loader to mate with purchased parts

· Documented all changed and revised BOM on drawings for purchasing

· Worked with vendors to order correct machine purchased components

· Took over project as lead engineer when previous engineer left

· Created drawing for Electrical components

Pine Technology 08/06 to 02/09

Capital equipment manufacturer specializing in custom Tube and Pipe processing machinery.

Project Manager/Design Engineer

· Responsible to oversee all aspects of the project for custom built capital equipment ranging in price from $50K to over $1MM.

· Review and interpret Customer specifications.

· In charge of all design for mechanical aspects of tube/pipe bending machine including review and design of customer specifications.

· Communicate with team of Drafters/Designers to develop new designs and modify standard product designs to meet customer applications.

· Develop contract bill of material including purchase specifications within project budget and schedule.

· Developed timelines for different phases of the job.

· Interacted with all customers and vendors.

· Executed, maintained, and updated machine building plans on a daily bases.

· Visited customers to solve technical problems in support of Field Service

· Designed & engineered new components and reengineered old/existing components with Pro-E.

· Performed F.E.A. analysis to verify machine components.

· Involved with hydraulic systems – schematics, calculations, and drawings.

· Calculated numerous different engineering equations to verify machine parts.

· Documented complete fastener package by disassembling and reassembling bending machine.

· Created documentation (nsn, cage code, vendor, etc.) for all purchased parts.

· Generate Operation, Maintenance, and Training Manuals

Advanced Design Industries 08/05 to 08/06

Manufacturer of high speed production equipment, materials handling automation, and prototype machinery.

Project/Design Engineer

· Responsible to oversee all aspects of the project for custom built capital equipment ranging in price from $30K to over $150K.

· Engineered & designed specialized machinery that included: Slack adjustment stands to simulate life-cycle of braking systems, automated cutting system for a continuous titanium caster, weighting and charging double plunger system to deliver measured quantities of raw material to a helium filled environment on a continuous titanium caster.

· Utilized Cosmos (FEA) on Solidworks to design framework for a continuous titanium caster.

· Created spreadsheets to combined both mechanical and electrical components for continuous titanium caster.

· Performed engineering calculations (Section Modulus) on stabilizing arm for the 50 mm Hollister cannon.

· Drew preliminary drawings for quotes and all assembly and individual drawings for manufacturing.

Nutro Corporation 09/03 to 03/05

Manufacturer of general industrial machinery.

Design Engineer

· Responsible to design custom built equipment ranging in price from $30K to over $1MM.

· Engineered & designed finishing systems that included: Motorized Conveyor, Gravity Conveyor, Convection & IR ovens, Industrial Washers, Complete Fluid Systems, Complete Air Systems, Machine Design, and Structural Design. Designed & engineered chain on edge conveyor systems.

· Retrofitted and updated existing Systems.

· Designed reciprocators and oscillators.

· Interacted with all customers and vendors.

· Interacted directly with purchasing, production, accounting, etc. to expedite orders.

Hoist Equipment Company 03/01 to 04/02

Manufacturer. of overhead crane systems, monorails, hoists, conveyors, standard and custom material handling equip.

Design Engineer

· Engineered & design specialized material handling systems that included: Top running and under-hung crane systems, gorbel and jib crane systems conveyor systems and mounting fixtures for big three automotive manufactures, flip-right hoisting systems, strainer plate handling system for extruders performed stress analysis by hand calculation.

· Designed and engineered building steel and lifting structures.

· Recorded shot dimensions with surveying equipment at job sites.

Mannesmann Dematic Engineering 11/99 to 1/01

Manufacturer of logistics automation systems and solutions.

Design Engineer

· Engineered & designed process cranes.

· Performed static & dynamic (fatigue, buckling, etc.)stress analysis with Demag finite element program to develop cost efficient products. Performed stress analysis on simple structures/objects by hand and Genius 14 program.

· Used Dcad to match up and analyze all gear-motor combinations per customer specification.

· Performed both mechanical and electrical engineering for standard crane orders.

· Used product logic program to generate all initial information.

· Entered mechanical engineering bills of materials for process crane orders.

· Interacted directly with purchasing, production, accounting, etc. to expedite orders.

Cleveland Track Material, Inc. 10/94 to 11/99

Manufacturer of railway trackwork and components.

Design/Project Engineer

· Designed new and unconventional Hook Flange & Switch Point guardrails.

· Developed new Compound Point Geometry Turnouts & Switches.

· Reengineered existing specialty track work per customer specification.

Quest Corporation 10/92 to 10/94

Manufacturer of electronic weighing systems for an industrial environment.

Project Engineer

· Responsible for design of mechanical equipment and hardware for specific steel-mill upgrades.

· Designed in-plant electrical distribution system, including enclosures for power supplies, Electronic equipment, and lighting.

· Performed on-site installation, calibration, and inspection / start-up of electronic weighing systems for specific steel mills.

EDUCATION

Masters of Business Administration (MBA), Cleveland State University, 1999.

Bachelor of Science Mechanical Engineering (BSME), Cleveland State University, 1992

SOFTWARE

Fluent in Pro-E, Mechanica, Solidworks, Cosmos, SolidEDGE, AutoCAD versions 10 through 2004, Genius 14, PC Tools, Lotus 123,Slidewriter , Access, Excel, Netscape Navigator, S.A.P., and Windows

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