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Browns Valley, Ca, Us

Yuba City, California, United States

Yuba City, California, United States

-Assembled and worked with a team to develop and prototype a safety guard to help protect our operators from pinch points on the ravioli machines. Solicited feedback from operators, maintenance, and sanitation to develop a solution that works for everyone while providing a safety improvement for our employees.-Discovered a problem concerning quality of dough and how our current process was difficult for operators to follow. Aligned Quality Assurance, R&D, and Operations to agree on a prototype. Produced detailed plans of the prototype and conducted successful tests of the prototype. This solution was applied to all dough mixers.-Gathered information and designed a conversion for the spiral gearbox to transition from hydraulic power to electric power. This project eliminated the need to use the high horsepower hydraulic power pack (80 hp combined) and use a small direct drive electric gearmotor to power the spiral freezer (2hp). This resulted in significant energy savings and reduced maintenance. Detailed plans of the gearmotor mount and planning ahead of time made this project a success.-Managed a new production space expansion project by producing a detailed project schedule and communicating between Operations, Quality Assurance, and the sub-contractors throughout the planning and construction phases.

Reno, Nevada, United States

o Coordinate material approval, material procurement, and installation for a 3-building apartment projecto Manage primary communication and coordination with 20 subcontractors o Generate official Request for Information (RFI) that are sent to project ownerso Perform weekly quality control checks to ensure work is done per plan and incorporates any changes from RFI responseso Document accurate minutes during owner coordination meetingso Evaluate engineering drawings for estimating the cost of work and for verification of subcontractor bidso Solicit bids from subcontractors and ensure bids cover full scope of worko Maintain a personal work journal to document assigned task and in-field meetingso Track contractual documents from subcontractors using excel spreadsheets

American Fork, Ut

o Generated cost savings of roughly $500/unit for an uninterruptible power supply unit through systematic design improvements o Designed, 3D printed, and installed a custom air filter housing for hydrogen fuel cellso Assisted in customized design work using SolidWorks part assemblies and drawings that were used to bid on future projectso Produced engineering drawings that were utilized in the production of sheet metal productso Brainstormed, prototyped, and tested a devise used to capture water vapor produced from hydrogen fuel cellso Gained experience in sheet metal design for fabrication using SolidWorks

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering

Provo, Utah Area

o Developed webinar series to train others in family history, hosting 20+ live viewers per webinaro Coordinated 2-3 webinars per week through extensive written and verbal communication with presenterso Modified the BYU Family History Library Webinar Series website and YouTube Channel for ease of use for 5000+ subscriberso Generated weekly email newsletters for 1000+ subscriberso Authored training manual for transferability of hosting webinars and maintaining the webinar website

Provo, Utah

o Maintained high standard of workmanship on 27 properties while supervising and training teams of up to 4o Headed the completion of 3-4 landscaping projects per month bringing in $10,000-$20,000 of revenue per projecto Ensured maximum lawn quality on 34 commercial and residential properties through fertilization and weed controlo Optimized irrigation schedules for maximum efficiency on 34 commercial and residential properties

Orem, Utah

Provo, Utah

Marysville, California