Dart manufactures a range of food and beverages containers to include polystyrene, PET plastic, paper, and Solo products.Electrical Engineering Manager for the controls engineering department based in Mason Michigan. Supporting Dart plants around the United States and South America.Manage eleven of twenty electrical engineers within the controls engineering department. Oversee engineers in machine electrical upgrades, plant support, troubleshooting of electrical issues, electrical panel design, PLC and HMI logic.Responsible for scheduling engineering workloads, assisting plants with electrical issues, mentoring and growth of engineers, project management and request of capital funds.Accomplishments:• Manage a staff of eleven engineers; electrical engineers, develop and implement updated control systems for older machines, monitor engineering schedules and workloads, set yearly goals for direct reports, manage projects.• Leading integration of a Lead to Lean initiative for total machine connectivity across Dart plants for automated data collection and reporting of production and machine data.• Assisting with engineering standards within Dart.• Volunteer on the Engineering EHS committee working with standards documentation.

IMPCO manufactures microfinishing machines for the automotive and industrial market. Creating bearing quality surface finish on a range of components from crankshafts and camshafts to gears and rotor shaft.Engineering manager for the Lansing Michigan division, working closely with customers on custom designs, create annual engineering budget, prepare capital expenditures, manage project duration and scope, work with new product development, sales support, parts, and service support.Manage a staff of ten engineers including electrical and mechanical disciplines. Oversee and mentor mechanical engineers in machine designs within Solidworks and AutoCAD, project management with customers, and new custom machine concepts. Oversee controls engineers in electrical panel and machine design, PLC and HMI logic, and fluidic engineering to include hydraulic, pneumatic, lubrication, and coolant systems.Manage engineers in both England and Michigan. Responsible for scheduling engineering workloads, assisting sales, visiting customer sites, managing new product development, and overseeing engineering support in manufacturing.Accomplishments:• Manage a staff of ten engineers; mechanical and controls engineers, develop and implement the design of custom microfinishing machines, monitor engineering schedules and workloads, set yearly goals for direct reports, cost down and VAVE.• Oversee all mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, coolant, and lubrication designs.• Created engineering standards in jobs and tracking methods for both mechanical and electrical engineers.• Create annual engineering budget, manage existing custom machine orders and new product development.• Engineering support for licensee in England and with licensee in India in forging a more conducive engineering relationship.• Managed projects with Ford / General Motors / Stellantis (Chrysler) / Renault on existing engine lines and electrical vehicle programs.

Global engineering manager for all vibration screen and feeder products within Terex Minerals Processing Systems brand, create annual engineering budget, prepare capital expenditures, manage new product development, and warranty on all new and legacy products.Managed the Engineering, Information Technology, Service and Warranty, responsibilities included creating the annual budgets for each department, prepared capital expenditures, managing new product development, and implementing a new 3D CAD system.Managed eleven engineers located in several countries, including lead engineers at two facilities in the United States, two facilities in Ireland, and one facility in Australia. Developed and implemented three- and five-year product strategies; provide research and development ideas, monitored engineering schedule and engineering workloads; set yearly goals for direct reports. Prepare monthly engineering presentations for global representation of Research and Development efforts. Evaluate new and legacy products for cost savings and redundancy. Provide pre- and post-sales support to sales teams and customers. Interface with Sales and Warranty teams, provide customer support, field troubleshooting, cost down and VAVE. Accomplishments:• Developed two new screen product lines using FEA to determine natural frequency and stresses within the screens, reduced the screen overall weight by 30% in the new design. • Collaborated with product line, platform leaders, sales, service, and marketing to ensure the “Voice of the Customer” was integral in the development of new and legacy products.• Orchestrated globally bi-annual meetings. Consolidated engineering methods and formulas from the United States, Ireland, and Australia engineers. • Created trained, managed, and developed a highly motivated and ambitious project engineering development team.

Managed the engineering department for Cummins Power Products, created the engineering annual budget, and managing development of thirty-three new engine product platforms over five years.Managed between five and seven engineers, worked on the development and maintenance of the company website, and implemented new pricing structures for power unit options. Accomplishments:• Increased product platforms from six to thirty-nine in five years, produced an eighty-seven page, training manual for engineering staff• Created and implemented an interactive company website.• Created and managed new warranty process saving the company $10k a month.• Designed and implemented a standardized electrical panel and controls of all power units.

Tetra Pak Hoyer manufactures custom built cartoning and rotary filling equipment for the ice cream and frozen foods industry.Designed custom built cartoning equipment, administration of Pro Engineer CAD system within a UNIX network, assisted in customer plant layouts, and trained customers and employees.