Project Engineer

Larry L.Rieger **** Lawton Dr. Pearland, TX ***** 832-***-****

*********@*****.***

Skills

· Engineering Design, Project Management, and HVAC Product Development

· Solidworks, AutoCAD, GD&T, drawing review and modifications

· Review specifications, estimating and cost reduction/problem solving

· Supplier quality, PPAP, Organized, 5S experience

Work Experience

Lockwood International - Houston, TX From 9/07

· Inside sales project engineer and quotations department, in-depth experience with industrial valves

· Worked with industrial customers from all over the world, secured new business, provided customer support, technical knowledge and executed all phases of the project from determining customer specs, putting together the bid package through valve order and follow-up.

Arlington GM Assembly Plant - Arlington, TX From 11/05

· Industrial/manufacturing engineer working on the launch of the new ‘07 SUV’s

· Responsible for improving the assembly process, review of quality procedures, improve quality and reduce possible injuries while performing duties. Performed modifications to the equipment and to the assembly area in order to optimize run time and save money.

R&D Keystone Development Corp. - Grand Prairie, Tx From 5/04

· Construction Management, Project Management, Development

· Overall construction management responsibility of project from budget, schedule, timing and coordination. Constructed a 1.5M strip center and various residential projects, coordinate and manage suppliers and subs, pulled permits, worked close with architect during design phase.

Behr Climate Systems – Ft. Worth, TX From 6/00

HVAC Project Manager

Manufactures truck and automotive HVAC systems.

· Managed a cross-functional team of engineers, designers, and suppliers through the successful development and launch all new redesign of the Navistar Truck HVAC system

· Coordinated day to day activities for project completion from design reviews, quality meetings, management reviews and all project documentation, customer open issues and customer meetings, development tests and manufacturing startup.

Delphi Automotive – HVAC Division, Lockport, NY From 9/96

Product/Manufacturing Engineer for CEI and Valeo Companies

Manufactures Automotive HVAC and heat exchangers

· Application product development engineer for blower motors, blower motor controllers and electric actuators.

· Worked with suppliers of new products to make sure proper design, and quality stds. were met.

· Responsible for failure analysis and root cause of failed units from development and production

· Active part of the innovations team to develop the duel concentric actuator for GM

· Track supplier quality (PPM), implement corrective actions with suppliers review suppliers manufacturing process to ensure corrective actions have been implemented.

· Developed online testers to help ensure quality of products before they left the door.

· Headed continuous improvements and implementation of cost reduction ideas.

Westinghouse - West Valley Demonstration Project. West Valley, NY From 8/93

Project/Facility Engineer

Manage waste on-site from years of reprocessing of spent fuel rods. Solidify waste and ship offsite.

· Project Engineer, Phase II Engineering, responsible for construction of a sorting and segregation facility for low level waste.

· Specified and procured process equipment including cranes and other material handling equipment also designed the ventilation system to maintain negative pressure in the material segregation room.

· The sorting facility saved the company thousands of dollars in storage space and allowed us to characterize the waste prior to shipment, therefore lowering the cost of disposal.

ABB Impell Corporation - Consulting for Power Industry, Ft. Worth, TX From 8/90

Engineer

Consulting firm primarily for nuclear power plants providing support for outages and large maintenance.

· Analysis Group responsible for structural adequacy of supports, weld patterns and pipe hangers.

· Traveled to various locations including Virginia, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas and others.

· Comanche peak, south texas project outage support, replaced equipment, procedure technical writing

General Dynamics Corporation - Groton, CT 1988 to ‘90

Co-op Engineer

Design build and construct nuclear submarines for the Navy.

· Construction engineering department responsible for acceptance of as-built installations. Performed walkdowns, and supported larger projects.

EDUCATION/TRAINING/ACCOMPLISHMENTS

B.S. Mechanical Engineering – University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

Software: Microsoft Office, Project, Power point, AutoCad, Solidworks

Westinghouse Project Management Training (1 week class)

Member Project Management Institute (94’-95’)

George Westinghouse Silver Quality Award

PERSONAL

Excellent health, enjoy sport activities, husband and father.

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