Mid-Park Highway - Roadway Construction Products – Leitchfield, KYUsed skills acquired through previous experience to transition into a valuable team member. Aided Sales by creating accurate estimates that allowed company to grow their businesses. Estimator – December 2018 to PresentCoordinate and prepare project cost estimates for Overhead Sign Structures, Highway Safety Equipment (guardrail) and Signs, according to project specifications and plans for sales department. Prepare material take-offs, production routing, fabrication times and freight estimates. Assist sales department in answering customers' questions about products, prices, or availability. Select the correct products or assist sales department in making product selections, based on customers' needs, product specifications, and applicable regulations.Key Contributions and Accomplishments• Standardized quote estimate forms to improve response time and accuracy of estimate requests.• Working with sales force, expanded company’s business beyond their traditional market (KY-TN) to other markets in the Southeast and Midwest, resulting in an increase of $40M in sales.• Assumed responsibility of acquiring material and shipping quotes from suppliers, freeing up resources in the other departments.

Provided engineering support for the company’s filtration products through all phases of the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) through development and release to manufacturing. Joined the team in 2010 with no Filtration Industry experience; left as a Subject Matter Expert, helping Sales, Customer Service and Manufacturing to provide superior customer service to the distributors and end users. • Boosted revenue $7M by integrating newly acquired product line into the Parker system after acquisition of the company. • Spearheaded successful transfer of $15M in business from Tell City to new facilities in Texas and California. • Grew $84K in sales by partnering with Territory Manager and Sr. Manufacturing Engineer to customize Parker products for a large Petrochemical Customer. • Realized an additional $300K in sales of the company’s core products with Parker being designated as a preferred supplier. • Collaborated with an OEM to develop a series of Patented Filters that are used to remove Bacteria, Viruses and Cysts from drinking water. • Designed and developed manufacturing equipment and fixtures for new products. • Constructed prototype products for internal and external evaluation.• Supported cost containment efforts, by providing process improvements or material cost reduction opportunities.• Create and maintain 3-D models and product drawings, BOM and manufacturing routing to support production.• Developed non-standard products per customer requirements to increase sales opportunities.• Design and develop manufacturing equipment and fixtures for new product configurations. • Construct prototype products for internal and external evaluation.• Support manufacturing on process related issues.

Led design, development, and agency qualification of a line of vent-free hearth products. • Grew sales revenue $3M by developing a new product category, Vent-Free Fireplace Insert, that expanded the company’s product offering resulted in an additional. • Provided product support for existing models.• Partnered with Quality Assurance to resolve reliability issues.

Led the design, development, and agency qualification on gas-fired space heaters. • Performed training seminars and provided technical support to both internal and external customers.• Identified and implemented cost reduction opportunities that allowed a 6% reduction in the cost of the products to the customer.• Interacted with multiple government and approval organizations to maintain the agency certification on existing products. • Participated in ANSI Technical Advisory Group (TAG) committee meetings to improve the safety standards used to design heaters. • Provided product support for existing models such as qualifying alternate vendors, evaluating the usability of out of specification components and optimized on line processes.• Evaluated competitor’s products and developed strategies which were used in sales presentations.• Supervised lab technicians and maintained a CSA certified engineering test facility.• Supervised assembly lines during peak production season: managing six production lines with 45-50 hourly workers. • Traveled to China and Mexico to start up new product lines and in support of existing production.

Worked in Product Engineering to support the company’s consumer air compressor product lines. • Implemented Sensormatic Phase III security program that allowed the products to be sold into Big Box retail customers.• Provided product support for line of consumer and commercial air compressors.• Worked with Quality Assurance to resolve reliability issues. • Identified and implemented cost reduction opportunities. • Reviewed and approved first piece inspection reports.

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* Provided technical support in the design and development for the industry leader in industrial hot melt adhesive application equipment. * Demonstrated applications and specify equipment for potential customers. * Tested and evaluated application systems before they were shipped to the customer. * Traveled in the U.S., Mexico and Japan for demonstrations, field repairs and trade show support. * Integrated lab testing, evaluation and reporting functions using electronic data acquisition with personal computers. * Designed and built various test fixtures for lab and field use. * Coordinated activities in the absence of the Lab Supervisor.