Brian Harvey Email & Phone Number

Brian is an experienced and well-qualified Mechanical Engineering Technologist and Technical Manager, who is willing to go the extra mile to provide exceptional solutions, allowing the organisation to deliver projects on time, and within budget and scope. He holds an advanced understanding of his chosen profession, and a versatile skillset developed through extensive industry-related practice.He excels in resolving challenges with well thought through strategies, proven to achieve set objectives. He is adept at working effectively to achieve goals both as across-functional team member and individual contributor.Brian has managed his own freelance draughting company, Freelance Concepts, offering reverse engineering and design drafting for a variety of engineering concerns.https://info19612.wixsite.com/brianharveyonline

Listed skills include Cad, Product Design, Project Management, Team Management, and 7 others.

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  Technical Manager

  Transvaal Electric Motors

  Jan 2004 - Present - Johannesburg Area, South Africa

  Responsibilities:• Project management: project planning, scheduling and costing.• Managing technical employees and ensuring the successful delivery of multiple projects simultaneously in-line with project briefs.• Coordination of technical meetings with respect to projects.• Responsible for daily planning of the technical office employees.• Design & development of new products, which includes design calculations• Basic Finite Element Analysis, using Autodesk Inventor, to optimize the design of mechanical components. • Implementing design and engineering changes to drawings.• Checking and providing final approval of drawings.• Managing of CAD draughting methods and systems.• Maintaining product and design documentation.• Reverse engineering: Includes the use of conventional measuring equipment (Verniers, micrometers etc.) as well as a portable CMM.• Responsible for product flameproof certification in accordance with IEC60079-0 & IEC60079-1• Responsible for generating admin and procurement documentation: drawing lists, parts lists, requisitions, purchase orders.• Responsible for generating QC documentation, inspection sheets and various other documentation.• Responsible for all punch shop tooling requirements such as purchasing of new notching and punching tools and refurbishing of existing tooling.