Engineer Mechanical

CAREER OBJECTIVE

Accomplished mechanical engineer seeks design position in a progressive firm. Core strengths and values include integrity, innovation, communication, creative problem solving, and meeting commitments.

KEY AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Extensive SolidWorks Modeling

New Product Design

Existing Product Redesign

Cost Containment

Client/Vendor Liaison Create and Implement Efficient Design Practices

Quality Control

Time Management

Cross Departmental Interface

Generate Accurate Bill of Materials

EXPERIENCE AND SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Halliday-Wachs LLC, Plain City, OH JUL 2011 – Present

Design Engineer

Effectively contributes and develops customized products for customers utilizing research, mechanical design, simulation analysis, and prototype development to engineer products that maximize performance with an Intellectual Property position.

Proficient in SolidWorks modeling for successfully improving the design of military vehicles such as Modernized Expanded Capacity Vehicles (MECV) and Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV), which promotes US troop safety and decreases the military mortality rate.

Successfully collaborates with teams to meet critical milestones and deliverables. Responsible for articulating customer needs, clear translation of the Statement of Work, design requirements and elements, interfacing with related engineers to ensure overall fit resulting in meeting or exceeding product performance standards.

Sutphen Corp., Dublin, OH MAR 2006 – MAR 2011

Plumbing Design Engineer

National company that founded this unique engineering position to promote and maximize fire-fighting capabilities via state-of-the-art plumbing design.

Effectively utilized SolidWorks modeling program to successfully design stainless steel plumbing and aluminum sheet metal/weldment enclosures for 135 custom fire trucks that sold for up to $750,000.

Significant contribution of cost containment by implementation of new and improved design processes that reduced manufacturing costs by $2 million. These new design practices will be in future fire-fighting apparatus construction.

Initiated and maintained effective interface with suppliers and various company departments to ensure on time delivery of product.

L3 Communications Avionics Systems, Columbus, OH OCT 2000 – MAR 2006

Senior Designer

Successfully created mechanical enclosures for SmartDeck Integrated Flights Controls & Display System, a landmark first in systems capabilities intended for piston airplanes.

Instrumental in guiding the successful mechanical installation of prototypes in aircrafts. Participated in advanced engineering performance tests through “live” evaluation flights.

Head mechanical engineer for conducting national vendor audits for this leading avionics manufacturer serving the general aviation marketing. Promoted customer satisfaction by performing national on-site quality assurance verifications to ensure performance integrity.

Dynalab, Renoldsburg, OH DEC 1998 – JUL 2000

Design Engineer

Responsible for mechanical packaging design of cable tests instruments.

Responsible for designing illustrations for marketing brochures distributed to all existing and new clients.

Entek IRD International Corp., Columbus, OH AUG 1976 – DEC 1998

Packaging Designer, Senior Drafter

Awarded a patent for appearance design of Entek's first injection molded plastic instrument enclosure.

Mechanical packaging designer that successfully engineered and implemented portable data collection instrumentation used in predictive maintenance of rotating machinery

Integral project team member that successfully created the largest and one-of-a-kind transportable balancing machine.

Proficient technical illustrator supporting sales and service departments that resulted in a promotion.

EDUCATION

Columbus State Community College, Columbus, Ohio

Associate Degree of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering Technology, March 1989

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