Project Manager Engineer

SUMMARY

Detail oriented, innovative and dependable, multiple Patent holder experienced in all facets of product development engineering. Results oriented with excellent decision making skills and an earned reputation for priority setting and teamwork. Additional background:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• New Product Development

• Analytical Problem Solving

• Task Oriented

• Critical Thinking

• Lean Project Management

• Parametric (3D) CAD-Solidworks 2011

• Experienced with DFMEA and PFMEA processes

EXPERIENCE

Watlow Electric Mfg. Co. - St. Louis, MO

Project Manager/Senior Engineer 1995 - Present

Coordinated and directed projects, made detailed plans to accomplish goals and directed the integration of technical activities. Directed, reviewed, and approved product design and changes. Performed all administrative functions and duties including financial responsibility for projects.

• Invented and developed new, patent winning heater construction, managed all phases of engineering development and established production line.

• Coordinated team responsible for creation and approval of approx. 30 work instructions and documentation in less than 3 weeks to satisfy customer PPAP submittal deadline.

• Created comprehensive product design manual based on defined rules and constraints which enabled creation of design automation tools that resulted in 50% fewer initial design errors and improved design throughput by approx. 30%.

• Trained in and implemented Lean New Product Development tools for project management resulting in approx. 25% reduction in project schedules.

• Trained other engineers and served as mentor for their projects.

Product/Project Engineer 1988 - 1995

Responsible for product performance. Established project schedules and reported directly to business group management on project status and results.

• Designed patent winning single lead wire heater construction to satisfy customer request to lower lead wire costs by 30%.

• Developed and implemented material specification changes resulting in improved power terminal torque strength of 30% without changes to manufacturing processes. This resulted in a reduction of field failures due to this issue by 90%.

• Reduced manufacturing costs of major component part by 75% by replacing hand operation with purchased equipment.

• Led development team responsible for meeting European Electrical Standards necessary for selling product in Europe resulting in approx. $50K additional yearly sales.

• Developed products responsible for 90% of company’s “innovative” new product sales over 3 year period.

• Developed heater electrical insulation package to meet UL Testing Standard resulting in $100K additional yearly sales.

Associate Product Engineer 1984 – 1988

Worked under direction of manager to develop options and improve performance of product by utilizing engineering principles and practices.

• Developed improved heater design that reduced the number of component parts by 15%, reduced production losses from 30% to less than 10%, while doubling product performance over the previous generation design.

• Analyzed customer returns for root cause of failures and made design changes to improve reliability.

Senior Technician 1982 – 1984

Lab Technician 1979 – 1982

Carter Carburetor, St. Louis, MO

Lab Technician 1973 - 1979

Education:

• Associates Degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology from Florissant Valley Community College. Bachelors Degree

Personal Development:

• Additional course work at Washington University School of Technology and FVCC.

• Classes and seminars in Solidworks, AutoCAD, Project Management, Engineering Economics, Pneumatics and Hydraulics, Lean New Product Development.

• Engineering experience equal to BSME

Skill Sets:

• Proficient in Solidworks 2011 CAD.

• Experienced with Bentley MicroStation and AutoDesk, and versed in AutoCAD R12.

• Microsoft Office including MS-Project, MS-Excel, MS-Word and MS-PowerPoint.

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