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Valley, NE, US

Valley, Nebraska, United States

• Develop mechanical and structural designs for multiple product lines, with emphasis on linear product improvements.
• Redirected the Design Technician team to become a cohesive, effective unit by implementing various leadership techniques.
• Works closely with Product Management to guarantee NPD and product improvement projects are completed on time and within budget.
• Restructured the Design Technician group to increase throughput and improve product development timelines.
• Provide leadership and technical support to team, internal, and external customers.
• Responsible for the development of Engineering Best Practice procedures and design validation standards.

Valley, NE

• Supervise daily operations of design technician group.
• Provide leadership and technical support to team, internal, and external customers.
• Work closely with support staff personnel to assist staff with achieving goals.
• Coach, mentor, and motivate colleagues to ensure accuracy in all work.

Greater Omaha Area

• Project team leader responsible for scheduling and monitoring workflow of the design team to meet milestones for projects.
• Work with in-house consulting engineers to assure specifications are met.
• Develop and implement design for future and existing product lines.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing to ensure that designs are feasible and are manufactured in the most efficient manner.
• Responsible for the development of Engineering Best Practice procedures and design validation standards.
• Attend technical design reviews and provide input on design.

Valley, NE

• Design and manage construction of custom manufactured equipment, including material handling, industrial trucks, welding, & other various pieces of machinery.
• Build 3D models and develop drawings using Autodesk Inventor.
• Develop estimates and conceptual designs for custom equipment for multiple divisions.
• Create Safety Risk Assessments for custom machinery.
• Establish and distribute operation and maintenance manuals for custom machinery.
• Project manager for facility and construction projects on the Valley, NE operations: -Schedule, manage, and monitor facility projects from inception through completion.

Lenexa, KS

• Gathered and analyzed information from clients to develop detailed estimates for construction projects.
• Developed 3D models of underground utilities for construction documents using Inventor.
• Consulted with engineering design firms and construction personnel to establish accurate prices on power plant construction.
• Developed preliminary schedules for concrete placement on potential projects.

Greater Omaha Area

• Worked with multiple levels of plant personnel to implement and develop FMEA's to establish Preventative Maintenance (PM) and Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) plans.
• Designed safety components for plant manufacturing equipment using AutoCAD.
• Dealt directly with third party engineering firms and general contractors on current and future project.

Lincoln, Nebraska Area

• Designed custom tooling for the manufacture of various hydraulic couplings.
• Revised and redesigned tooling to allow easier assembly of pneumatic couplings.
• Tested hydraulic and pneumatic couplings to confirm they met design criteria.
• Initiated and documented standard procedure painting of John Deere couplings.

Master'S Degree, Engineering/Industrial Management

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Engineering Student Advisory Board Member

Mechanical Engineering