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Sturgeon Bay, Wi

Commercial shipbuilding for Platform Supply Vessel. Liaison with Production and Manufacturing. Review and Verify diagram, arrangement and spool drawing together with Model to ensure they are all in agreement.

Hampton, Va

Design pipe and mechanical systems for LCS 5 with Ship Constructor 2009. On site liaison with Shipyard in Wisconsin for LCS 3 using Ship Constructor 2005.

Plan, direct and coordinate manufacturing processes in industrial plant.Analyze and plan work force utilization, space requirements and workflow.Recommend methods for improving worker efficiency and reducing waste of materials and utilities such as restructuring job duties, reorganizing work flow, relocating work stations, equipment and purchase equipment.Confer with management and engineering staff to implement plans and recommendations.Confer with planning and design staff concerning product design and tooling to ensure efficient production methods.

Bath, Me

Marine - Ship Building) Supervised a 17-member mechanical design team for HM&E systems of the new class Destroyer DDG-1000, leading designers in new and improved processes and procedures to meet contractual requirements for downstream customer support including technical reviews.Directed and coordinated the activities of employees engaged in the production of mechanical design products of deliverables tracking and advice to the Government to support development of milestones and objectives.Read and analyzed charts, work orders, production schedules, and other records and reports to determine production requirements and to evaluate current production estimates and outputs, Assist in the monitoring of Government and industry teams' Earned Value Management System (EVMS)Determined, planned, and established schedules, production sequences, and assignments for work activities to meet production goals, based on work priority, quantity of equipment and skill of personnel. Interpreted specifications, blueprints, job order, and company policies and procedures for designers setting up Integrated Product Design Teams including risk analysis for the products.Directed, coordinated and exercised functional authority for planning, organization, control and completion of engineering projects.Executed daily operation tracking and scheduling, delivery, quality metrics reporting, and deliverable products.Organized project staff according to project requirements.Coordinated activities concerned with technical developments on new concepts and technologies applicable to ship, related equipments and systems.Scheduled and resolved engineering design and test problems for Integrated Master Schedule and Critical Path Analysis.Controlled expenditures within limitations of project budget.Prepared interim and completion project reports for schedule, design progress and quality assurance metrics.

Confidential ClearanceDesign Team Lead for 8 members of the new class nuclear aircraft-carrier CVN-78, training designers on design disciplines and practices and system requirements for mechanical systems. Trained team on 3D CADD CATIA software, program procedures, processes and databases.Member of CATIA regression testing team during upgrades.Designed marine machinery and equipment for HM&E systems.Prepared and directed preparation of product system layout, detailed drawings, and followed system schematics.Conferred with research and other engineering personnel and prepared design modifications as required.Used diagrams, standard DOD and Military specifications, design criteria and calculations to create 3D model using CATIA and ACAD 2005 for all items required to develop piping system components and assemblies for new construction of ships.

Confidential ClearanceCreated mechanical piping systems (HM&E systems) drawings using diagrams, standard DOD and Military specifications, design criteria and calculations with ACAD 2002 for ship overhaul. Create lessons-learned from delivered products and design reviews.

Designed layout of equipment and workspace for maximum efficiency.Plan, direct and coordinate manufacturing processes in industrial plant.Trained and managed production cell as team lead and achieved significant improvements in their productivity.Headed aircraft parts manufacturing team to establish production cell with processes and procedures for efficient workflow. Utilizing Six-Sigma problem solving technique, directly improved production flow from 20 to 55 percent by implementing quality control procedures. Analyzed work force utilization, facility layout, and operational data such as production costs, process flow charts and production schedules to determine efficient utilization of workers, equipment manufacturing capabilities and production schedules to facilitate production processes.Recommended methods for improving worker efficiency and reducing waste of materials and utilities such as restructuring job duties, reorganizing work flow, relocating work stations, equipment and purchase equipment.Conferred with vendors to determine product specifications.Arranged for purchase of equipment, tool ordering for punch press, materials and parts. Evaluated products according to quality standards.Estimated production times, staffing requirements and related costs to provide information for management decisions.

Developed and designed mechanical assemblies thru engineered criteria and calculations.Prepared and directed preparation of product and system layout, detailed drawings and schematics.Management team member of the engineering group for sheet metal components, machined parts and configuration assemblies for production line.Served as Customer Liaison between customer and plant manager, line coordinators, planning, construction representatives, technical representatives and engineers to manage all data systems.Produced finalized engineering documentation from engineers' requirements and MRP systems.