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Arden, Nc, Us

Project Engineer/Design Engineer*Serve as Project/Design Engineer on projects to meet manufacturing demands and customer requirements.*Design and installation of a vacuum platen press for a new product that realizes $3 million annually in sales.*Designed wind up station for new purchased $1.5 million dollar machine. *Modified piping and controls scheme to increase cure system capacity by 15%.*Designed chemical feed stations that is saving $40k annually.*Worked with engineering team to incorporate facility energy savings of $750k/yr.*Problem solved and installed an air stripper process to solvent recovery system that will save $250k annually. *Oversee all aspects of projects including design, bidding process, quotations, scheduling, interfacing with vendors, directing contractors and maintaining/reporting of schedule. *CAD design process tooling, machinery and custom parts. *Act as liaison between R & D and Manufacturing Groups to incorporate new technologies to the manufacturing environment. *Interface with industrial suppliers and vendors.*Responsible for schematics in sizing utility services such as steam, compressed air, chilled water and ducting for ventilation and dust collection. *Track project progress utilizing MS Project.*Incorporate principles of Lean Manufacturing and 5s for cost savings.*Team with Safety Department to implement equipment changes and material handling to promote a safer and more ergonomic friendly environment.*Align with maintenance personnel to remedy chronic machine, facility and process issues.*Managed two mechanical and six maintenance technicians.

Harrisburg, North Carolina

*Functioned as a Project Engineer for all new parts in Molding Division.*Reviewed production anomalies and directed measures to correct. *Developed process bill of materials and routings manufacturing group.*Oversaw new product implementation from customer drawings, planning stage to manufacturing start up. *Designed machinery, tooling and pneumatic circuits for post molding operations. *Specified new processes to meet customer requirements and production volume demands. *Purchased, installed and debugged new equipment such as ultrasonic welding, decorative application equipment and material handling.

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

* Worked in conjunction with other Tire Engineers to transition new tire designs from prototype stage to full production*Developed extrusion tooling, specified tire building parameters and molding set up*Directed engineering activities in mold shop*Strived for cost reduction by fine tuning existing tire designs*Created and maintained tire specifications for three tire lines