Engineering Project Leader, Systems Engineer

Objective Experienced Systems/Project Engineer, Engineering Project Manager seeking diverse, challenging and rewarding position as a Program/Project Manager with leadership possibilities, ideally with a company serving the Aircraft/Airline/Aerospace industry.

Highlights 7 years of professional, technical employment experience as a Systems/Project engineer at major Aerospace Design/Production/Services company

1+ years experience as New Product Development Project Leader, including first line management of engineering personnel

Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) – Project Management and Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Chemical Engineering, possess all qualifications for Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

8 months as on-site Technical Project Engineer in Europe managing/leading multi-national, technically complex engineering project teams

4 years work experience as Technical Integration and Configuration Management Engineer. Including program technical issue management, solution development and implementation.

Working experience with production aircraft Type Certification and aircraft modification Supplemental Type Certification (Part 25)

Professional Experience

Doosan Bobcat Engineering, S.R.O

2011-Present Engineering Project Leader / Manager – Mini-Excavator (MEX) New Product Development, Dobris, Czech Republic

• Leader of Engineering Product Development team, including product design, analysis, test, validation, and safety & regulatory compliance

• Responsible for complex project execution, including resource planning, technical project scope negotiation and development, management and control of program budget over $7M (€6M)

• Direct, first-line management of design engineering team

• Development and execution of engineering project strategy

The Boeing Company

2006-2008 Systems Engineer / Project Technical Lead –767-200/-300 Passenger to Freighter Aircraft Conversions, Commercial Aviation Services, Everett, WA

• Integrated cross-functional design solutions; electrical, payloads, flight deck, cargo systems and customer options; Communicated design proposals to Engineering Program Leadership

2005-2006 Systems Engineer / Project Engineer – Connexion by Boeing, Seattle, WA

• Primary on-site technical and program representative in Europe (Hamburg, Germany)

• Led subcontractor team in execution of daily tasks relating to system installation in-production by Airbus on A330/A340 aircraft and system integration, installation provision design on A380

• Provided on-site installation support and engineering consultation at installation facilities

• Successfully managed relationships with Airbus project teams, customers, and suppliers regularly, effectively and concisely communicated engineering solutions and overall project progress to customers and program leadership.

• Facilitated and participated in integration, proposal, and implementation of solutions to broad-range of design, installation, and integration challenges

• Prime project engineer for retrofit integration, installation and certification on commercial aircraft. Achieved all customer, program, quality, budgetary and schedule objectives

• Developed, integrated and managed system installation requirements (derived, platform unique and customer) and implementation of engineering changes thereto; Including integration, documentation and verification of compliance to system installation requirements for Airbus aircraft models

• Developed, defined and documented subcontract/supplier Statement of Work for Engineering, Design, Manufacture, and Regulatory Agency certification of system installation

• Led or participated in subcontractor proposal process; including Request for Proposal development, supplier evaluation, proposal review and negotiation, and subcontract award

2003-2005 Technical Integration / Configuration Management – Connexion by Boeing, Seattle, WA

• Prime Configuration Management engineer for assigned Integrated Product Team (IPT)

• Developed processes for configuration management, documentation and change implementation for transition from development to production environment

• IPT representative to Program Configuration Control Board

• Managed and coordinated system level, cross-functional team to review and advise solutions to wide range of technical issues

• Equipment engineer/manager for all development aspects of customized RF cable assembly

• Developed and managed process for expert review to satisfy airplane level safety objectives

• On-site representative providing oversight and process development to ensure supplier engineering and production recovery, and process stabilization

2001-2003 Technical Integration / Configuration Management – Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Seattle, WA

• Integrated and reviewed engineering data necessary to satisfy airworthiness requirements

• New aircraft certification process transition planning, implementation and improvement

• Participated in initiatives to introduce LEAN manufacturing ideals into engineering processes

• Coordinated and led PDR, CDR, and physical airplane level product safety reviews

Other-Employment

2009-2010 Teacher of English as a Foreign Language – Prague, Czech Republic

• Daily instruction of English language for non-native speaking people in a banking and business environment

Education

2012 Master's Business Administration (MBA) in Project Management

• University of New York in Prague, Czech Republic, 2010-2012

• Graduated with Honors

2001 Bachelor of Science (BS) – Chemical Engineering

• University of Colorado, Boulder, CO – August 1997 to May 2001

References & Computing Skills Available on request

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