Engineer Manager

RICHARD PEARSON

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CENTERVILLE, UTAH 84014

PHONE 801-***-****

CAREER SUMMARY

Heavy Industrial Project Engineer / Manager with experience analyzing and optimizing process performance with automation. Managed all facets of plant improvement projects to increase efficiency including cost estimation, scope of work and request for quotation, engineering, design, proposals and project management through start up. Consistently delivered high quality solutions on-time and within budget. Possess international management experience and exceptional collaboration, mentoring and team-building talent. Demonstrated engineering, project management, scheduling, capacity planning and contingency planning. Exemplary business transformation and leadership.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Daifuku-America (Webb) Salt Lake City, UT 2005-2012

Daifuku America is a Japanese company that provides automated material handling systems. They recently merged with Webb. Primary products are materials handling components and systems for factory automation.

Senior Project Manager

Led large capital projects in a variety of heavy industries that included automated equipment and controls. Analyzed processes, defined requirements, developed, integrated, installed and tested. Contract and subcontract management.

Led engineering, managed contracts and subcontractors, planned and scheduled installation, identified and mitigated risks. Managed change control and issue resolution. Improved reliability and lowered maintenance costs. Investigated reliability and incident reports, developed root cause analysis and targeted corrective action. Provided detailed forecasting of manpower/resource requirements.

Monitored progress and reported to project sponsors. Provided oversight to teams. Completed large and complex manufacturing systems on-time and within budget.

Consultant Salt Lake City, UT 2005-2005

Contracted with companies to provide engineering and process improvement, analysis and justification. Involved in a variety of automation programs that improved clients competitive position in the market place. Defined solutions for clients.

Senior Automation System Engineer

Analyzed existing systems for potential efficiency enhancements, developed concepts and improved operations.

Provided manufacturing execution systems (MES) certification and validation testing for Fortune 500 companies, including Applied Materials. Paperless traveler verification.

Barco Media Logan, UT 2003-2005

Barco is a European electronics company, headquartered in Belgium, with about 5000 employees that provides large scale video and media technology to the control tower, health care, advertising and sports markets. Products include video electronics and control hardware.

Director, Project Management

Directed project management, engineering, proposals and business development departments in company. Developed checklists to insure processes were repeatable. Planned, scheduled and coordinated all aspects of business. Had bottom-line responsibility for total business success.

Re engineered and streamlined business processes to achieve organizational goals and maintain focus on results. Instituted reporting standards and department cooperation.

Led charge back negotiations. Complied with ISO processes. Coordinated subcontractor activities. Turned unhappy customers into advocates.

Brooks (Auto-Soft) Salt Lake City, UT 1996-2002

Brooks provided automation solutions to the semiconductor market place. Products include AMHS, factory management software, monorail and robotic manufacturing hardware. The Brooks software line was acquired by Applied Materials in 2006.

Senior Program Manager

Planned, scheduled, budgeted and delivered complex, high-availability semiconductor manufacturing execution systems. Defined requirements, analyzed staffing and applied financial controls on major international programs. Managed customer relationship in $25 M mission-critical, 100% Java program. Achieved 99.997% uptime.

Directed multi-discipline systems software, and information technology organization. Mentored, motivated, hired, trained and reviewed performance for team of up to 75 people. Attracted and retained staff that received recognition and promotions.

Established best business practices methodology for global business. Instituted development, source control, configuration management, testing, change and release management for multi-site, international, semiconductor software organization. Delivered business objectives and documented savings of over $1 million.

HK Systems (Eaton-Kenway)

Other Previously Held Professional Positions

Senior Program Manager, Senior Account Manager, Senior Systems Engineer, Senior Project Engineer, Mechanical Design Engineer

CORE COMPETENCIES

Over 15 years experience managing large capital projects in industrial environments, including chemical processing, semiconductor and refineries, and aluminum casting.

Project initiation, planning, system integration and closure. Worked with all plant personnel, including maintenance and engineering. Responsible for stakeholder relationship. Presentation to and communication with C-level executives.

Understanding of SPC, statistics and data analysis related to process improvement and automation. Excellent problem solving and analytical skills. Adept at thorough analysis of problems and conflicts, and implementation of creative solutions. Superior written, listening and verbal communication.

Work ranging control systems knowledge; change management and release management in production environment. In-depth technical proficiency that supports a quick grasp of product life cycle issues such as support, migration planning and emerging architectures and technology trends.

Working knowledge of database management and techniques. Broad experience and excellent understanding of complex software and controls.

High attention to safety, health and environmental standards (OSHA 10 certified). PMP / PMBOK methodology. Licensed contractor (Daifuku). Lean training. ISO 9001.

Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel, Power Point, Access and MS Project. Enterprise systems – SAP and Oracle ERP, and Salesforce.com (SFDC).

Innovative, aggressive and self directed. Organizational change and business process engineering.

EDUCATION

Brigham Young University, Bachelor of Science, Manufacturing Technology. Provo, UT

University of Utah, Post Graduate coursework in Engineering

Virginia Commonwealth University, Post Graduate coursework in Computer Science

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