BRADY RUSSELL
***** ********* ***** | Nokesville, VA 20181 | 571-***-**** | ************@********.***
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Skilled mechanical engineer with 7 years of project management experience. Proficient in the development of technical engineering drawings while ensuring compliance to documented specifications. Strong analytical and problem solving skills with the ability to create and enforce detailed project plans that achieve both organizational and customer objectives. Able to successfully multitask in a fast-paced environment and manage competing priorities. Clearance: Secret
EXPERIENCE
GENERAL DYNAMICS AMPHIBIOUS SYSTEMS Woodbridge, VA
Drive Train Lead (Acting) – USMC EFV Program 2010-2011
• Support the USMC’s Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) ACAT 1 Program of Record.
• Provide operational leadership and direction in managing drive train Engineering Integrated Product Team in the development of product support and problem resolution solutions, serving as subject matter expert for automotive and marine drive train systems.
• Interfaces directly with USMC (PMAAA) customer, providing Preliminary Design Reviews, Critical Design Reviews, cost, schedule, and performance metrics.
Sr. Drive Train Engineer – USMC EFV Program 2006-2010
• Coordinated and lead supplier interfaces for high power water jets, marine steering systems and driveshafts, transmissions, power transfer module, final drives, and driver controls, conducting failure analysis to define and develop corrective actions for the automotive and marine drive train systems and components.
• Supported preliminary and critical design reviews of the automotive and marine drive train systems, subsystems and components.
• Designed and developed drive train components using ProEngineer Wildfire 3 and Windchill PDMlink.
AUTOMOTIVE RESOURCES, INC Manassas, VA
Project Manager – 2004-2006
• Led and managed detailed and complex projects focused on the installation of vehicle exhaust extraction systems with direct responsibility for all aspects of cost analysis and control and for the scheduling and performance of a team of three installation crews and subcontractors.
• Maintained project schedules, timelines, and deliverables according to project specification and documentation.
• Prepared technical project submittals, shop drawings, and “as built” drawings for customers and contractors, collaborating with project teams in obtaining customer and contractor approval for all aspects of project deliverables.
• Created Operation and Maintenance manuals for the training and maintenance of safe, reliable, and standardized operation and installation procedures for vehicle exhaust extraction systems.
Design Engineer – 2002-2004
• Direct responsibility for the design of heavy-duty mobile lifting system accessories utilized in the repair of heavy trucks, performing structural analysis in designing hydraulic systems, preparing production drawings, and documentation for the in-house fabrication of parts, subassemblies, and assemblies.
• Worked extensively with suppliers in defining design and cost criteria.
• Composed Operations and Maintenance manuals for inclusion and distribution with new product and exhaust extraction systems.
EDUCATION
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY Stillwater, OK
Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering 2002
TECHNICAL SKILLS
• AutoCAD
• ProEngineer Wildfire 3
• Windchill PDMlink
• Teamcenter VIS Mockup
• MathCAD
• MatLAB
• BMC Remedy
• Visual Basic for Applications
• AIMSS
• Telelogic DOORS
• CMstat
• Microsoft Office Suite.
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
• Registered Engineering Intern with the Oklahoma State Board of Engineers and Land Surveyors