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Lexington, Ky, Us

Richmond, Ky

-Project Manager and lead designer for bakery line refrigeration cooling tunnel projects.-Worked with customer to estimate cooling needs for product line.-Established cooling load and design for customer specifications and refrigerants. -Sized plumbing components for chilled plate, glycol cooling system. -Prepared design and installation drawings.-Coordinate material sourcing, vendor orders and installations.

Lexington, Kentucky Area

-Acted as project leader for new mobile crane telescoping boom design, coordinating engineering work for a department record on-time design submittal.-Project management from conceptual design through testing.-Performed and reviewed finite element analyses for various boom loadings.-Established methods to predict multi-section boom deflections under load.-Developed requirements and coordinated prototype builds, static tests, and cycle tests.-Prepared assembly, operational, and maintenance work instructions. -Worked on individually and as a team member on boom design projects.

Norfolk, Virginia Area

• Provide engineering support and oversight of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) and Navy crews during submarine reactor plant maintenance, testing, and operations. • Successful installation and test of capital equipment I&C systems upgrade for reactor plant control.• Act as liaison engineer to coordinate technical details between NNSY, DOE prime contractors, and vendors. • Track and report project milestone for NNSY, contractors, and customer.• Plan, schedule, and lead status updates, milestone readiness, and milestone review meetings between NNSY, contractors, and customer.• Coordinate shipboard troubleshooting efforts, prime contractor problem resolutions, and vendor field service.• Responsible for application of technical requirements associated with nuclear plant design; responsible areas include mechanical, electrical, chemistry, welding, nuclear, and I&C systems.• Review, validate, and approve reactor plant test procedures for maintenance and upgrades.• Review, validate, and provide final approval of work planning for reactor plant maintenance efforts.• Coordinate office training program to update and renew personnel technical qualifications. • US Department of Energy “Q” security clearance

Schenectady, Ny

• Project engineer for multiple designs including an assembly stand, lifting and handling equipment, disassembly tooling, and underwater fuel storage racks. • Prepare project plans to determine appropriate support groups, required efforts, and to get stakeholder concurrence on project schedules. • Coordinate with remote support groups including operational procedure writers, procurement, NRF, Bettis, welding, materials, equipment drafting, and safety councils to prepare recommendations to customer.• Serve as point-of-contact during design, fabrication, and implementation of proposed equipment.• Perform stress analyses using textbook methods for static lifting and handling loads, brittle fracture and fatigue, seismic response, and impact loads to certify existing and new equipment for use at NRF.• Review new and existing 2D drawings and 3D models, and perform alignment and tolerance studies using ASME Y14.5 standards.• Prepare procedures to support use of equipment designs. • Prepare the engineering unit’s quarterly presentations to the section management.• Responsible for certifying personnel for facility equipment. • Completed on the job training includes the Reactor Plant Design and Analysis Program, MathCAD courses, ASME Bolted Joint course, ASME Y14.5M Basic Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing course, Franklin Covey Technical Writing course, Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2.0 Update, Project Management training, Hands-on Welding course, and maintaining active Radiation Worker qualification.

Winchester, Ky

• Multinational automotive parts manufacturer of thermoformed, injection, and compression molded components. • Communicated with customers and vendors to ensure products met expected standards.• Performed hands-on maintenance of molds and equipment as well as process troubleshooting. • Prepared Control Plans and Work Instructions for technicians.• Implemented process improvements include specification of extrusion process for higher production output and setup/programming of visual inspection machines to eliminate extensive manual inspection.• Earned Motoman Robotics beginning and advanced programming certification. • Programmed multi robot cell configured for production water jet cutting.• Earned beginning Japanese language certificate. • Worked in all phases of new production parts start-up, including pre-production mold design, determining molding conditions standards, material specifications, mold modifications, and preparing samples for PPAP.• Rubber material testing including compression and tensile tests, rheometer, and Mooney viscosity.• Design of electrical circuits and proficiency with tool and die equipment.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering