Engineer Project
Resume:
Jason E. Morris
Canton, MI ****7
**************@*****.***
Professional Summary
Management Leader with a background in department management, project management, design, and manufacturing. Handles multiple tasks in a timely and concise manner using business, technical, and past experience to make informed decisions. Dedicated to top performance and quality, meeting and exceeding expectations of the customer and internal staff.
Leadership Skills
Specialization in Change Management, Employee Motivation, Managing Virtual Teams, Organization/Department Vision Development, Strategic Planning, and Group Evaluation to determine Leadership Approach.
Technical Skills
Visual Basic, VBA, AutoCAD 2011, Inventor 2011, Pro/ENGINEER, ANSYS, Matlab, Simulink, MathCAD, Microsoft Project.
Education
Baker College, Flint, Michigan
MBA with a concentration in Leadership awarded February 2011
Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering awarded May 2003
Employment Experience
Howden North America, Inc., Canton, MI
Industrial and commercial fan manufacturer.
Design Engineering Leader – Gyrol Fluid Drive Division
February 2011 - Present
Responsible for leading Engineering Department at the Canton, MI facility.
Troubleshoot units at customer locations and during manufacturing process.
Draft ISO documents for Engineering and Manufacturing Departments. Canton, MI facility received ISO certification June 2011.
Interface with supply chain and sales leadership across multiple locations to ensure successful project completion.
Establish department norms.
Create department goals based on organization strategic plan.
Responsible for facility when Operations Manager is not available.
Manage loading in the Engineering Department.
Provided guidance during the implementation of a new ERP system; Microsoft Dynamics AX. Responsible for weekly implementation updates to the staff at the Canton, MI facility. Met with implementation team to ensure gaps in the new processes from an engineering point of view are addressed.
Collaborate with the New Product Division providing technical input for new units and product improvements.
Attended Management Mastery: Training included effective communication, time and task management, and making clear agreements to improve management performance.
Share technical expertise with engineering staff to improve overall engineering practices, leading to improved quality and shortened lead-times.
Provide input to other departments within the organization to establish and maintain project completion timelines.
Develop and report Key Performance Indicators.
Howden North America, Inc., New Philadelphia, Ohio
Industrial and commercial fan manufacturer.
Project Engineer – Mine Division
April 2009 - February 2011
Sole Engineer responsible for managing $120,000 to $1MM axial fan projects with lead times of one month to one year.
Travel to customer location during pre-bid and installation/start-up phases of projects.
Interface with manufacturing, design, production and purchasing to ensure on-time project progression; continually update customer (emails, phone calls) on progress.
Make fan selection, perform calculations, and lay out rough sketches for union designers based on customer requirements.
Engineer installations to meet and exceed customer requirements based on location layout.
Technical liaison troubleshooting installation issues at customer sites.
Provide technical information to sales, field, and design staff.
Attended Howden Academy.
Selected to a corporate team tasked to develop the future organization structure for North American operations.
Create designs that are robust and reliable, that avoid costly down time at customer locations and that meet and exceed government regulations.
Solids Modeling Engineer – Axial Products
January 2007 – April 2009
Implemented and managed the drafting software migration from Cadra to Autodesk Inventor.
Managed the project that created a program that interfaced Inventor with Baan.
Trained staff to use Inventor, to create models and drawings.
Prepared presentations for senior management and other staff.
Created programs that increased the productivity of designers to make the company more competitive.
Created custom training materials for designer staff.
Provided technical expertise during the drafting software migration of Inventor and AutoCAD.
Used Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) to customize AutoCAD and Inventor to increase the productivity of staff.
Managed the software migration to AutoCAD; sent out AutoCAD training tips and led training sessions outlining best practices when using AutoCAD.
Created fundamental drafting standards.
Cox Automation Systems, Bloomingdale, Illinois
Custom automation machine manufacturer.
Level II Project Engineer
April 2006 – November 2006
Communicated ideas and concepts to Lead Project Engineer.
Created designs that met customer specifications.
Maintained timeline set up by the Project Manager and the customer.
Designed and integrated automation operations into machine layout; simple robotics, actuators, screw feeders.
Specified purchased components for design modules.
Dukane Intelligent Assembly Solutions, St. Charles, Illinois
Design and manufacture assembly machines and tooling for the plastics industry.
Senior Project Engineer
July 2004 – April 2006
Managed project timelines for design and manufacturing to achieve on time delivery; consistently managed 12-20 projects simultaneously; assigned the most challenging and high profile projects in ultrasonic tooling department.
Communicated with Sales staff and the customer during entire project duration from application analysis to final testing and delivery.
Met with manufacturing vendors to convey design intent and quality expectations.
Quoted costs on customer tooling.
Provided customers with part design suggestions and incorporated new tooling designs and practices into customer’s tooling.
Brought 70% of outsourced ultrasonic engineering tooling design in house within one year to realize significant cost savings including shortened lead time and higher quality.
Designed contoured ultrasonic tooling using surfacing operations of Pro/ENGINEER for assigned and co-worker projects.
Integrated sensing systems into ultrasonic tooling.
Processed samples for customers using Laser, Ultrasonic, and Thermal welding techniques.
Selected as the only engineer to attend the Medical Design and Manufacturing West 2006 trade show to answer customer technical questions.
Presented a technical paper to The Medical Division of the Society of Plastic Engineers on the bonding and joining of medical plastics.
Designed the Ultrasonic, Thermal, Spin, and Laser Welding Demonstration Tooling used at the National Plastics Exposition 2006.
Used FEA to study the effects of vibration on sonotrodes and fixtures; results were used to determine proper design.
Facilitated formal and informal Pro/ENGINEER training of co-workers.
Worked in a union manufacturing environment.
Northrop Grumman, Baltimore, Maryland
Leading aerospace and defense technology manufacturer of military aircraft, defense electronics, precision weapons, commercial and military aerostructures.
Field Engineer Specialist
August 2003 – May 2004
Integral member of the implementation/installation team responsible for the AFSM 100 Feeder Enhancement Project.
Coordinated project activities with internal team members and United States Postal Service Management.
Worked with multiple teams to fulfill project requirements and timeline as necessary.
Completed weekly and daily tasks on schedule.
Completed upgrades, calibrated and troubleshot the sorting machine.
Performed qualification tests.
Obtained the necessary Security Clearance for government projects.
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