Steven Deason, P. Eng Email & Phone Number

Oakville, Ontario, Canada

Ontario, Canada

• Joined Hooper to work as a project manager on filter housing projects for oil and gas
• Responsible for procurement of all materials and sub-contracting, managing all project timelines & schedules, all customer correspondence, ensuring documents; drawings, calculations, weld procedures, etc. were.
• Ensured projects were shipped on time and within quoted material and labour estimates experience working directly in an EPC/EPCM environment

Ontario, Canada

• Joined Alps to work as a project manager, who can learn the business to assist with current company goals of process mapping, implementation of an ERP system, and growth of the company.
• Responsible for creating BOMs in excel, production routings, drawings & design in SolidWorks, following budgets, creating & maintaining timelines. Experience working directly in an EPC/EPCM environment

Spartanburg, SC

• Rejoined company to work closely with the CEO and owner to reduce costs, labour, lead times, grow new business, rebuild customer relationships, and minimize risk from warranty related incidents
• Managed the engineering group of 3 direct reports a mechanical designer, professional engineer, and quality manager; and 3 indirect reports
• Responsible for all engineering and technical support, warranty repairs, design-work, drawings, BOMs, routings, costing, and implementing an MRP system
• Accountable for creation and implementation of value added engineering cost-saves through part re-design, material selection, and process improvements
• Successfully negotiated a $2M deal with a new client in a new international territory, reduced direct labour costs by $500k/year, reduced material costs by $200k/year through scrap reduction and part design changes
• Laid-off due to restructuring of the company

Toronto, Canada Area

• Hired as part of the HVAC business unit to manage new plastic part programs for various OEM’s (Toyota, GM, Honda, Ford, FCA) from pre-production to production launch following the APQP process
• Initially hired as a Jr. Project Engineer and promoted after one year for excellent performance
• Quoted new blow moulding, injection moulding, and assembly business by evaluating 3D (math) data using CAD and participated in technical and design reviews with automotive OEM’s (Toyota, Honda, BMW, Tesla, Ford, FCA).
• Part and tooling design for blow moulding and injection moulding and a strong understanding of machine configurations and tonnage requirements to accurately and competitively quote new business and improve existing.
• Reduced part weights by successfully conducting a DOE through several R&D blow moulding trials to expand market share with leading edge technology, experience with SRED
• Left ABC Group to pursue a senior management role with Nemato Corp. LP.

Whitby, Ontario

• Nemato is a FRP manufacturer of non-corrosive OEM pressure vessels for high-rate sand filtration, regenerative media, custom, and industrial water filtration systems and accessories.
• Rehired after graduation to manage product lines and manage large OEM projects with several large clients including; Ripley’s Entertainment, Knorr Systems Inc., Acapulco Pools, and Sunbelt Pools
• Managed drafting and engineering priorities as well as completed engineering drawings required for manufacturing and project submittals with AutoDesk Inventor and AutoCAD
• Mentored a CSR and oversaw scheduling of production ensuring on-time deliveries as well as any customer complaints and warranty issues
• Constructed bills of materials for OEM products and material sourcing
• Designed new products as well as continuous improvement and development of existing product lines through redesign

Whitby, Ontario

• Hired on a 14 month internship to provide customer service and technical support for non-corrosive water filtration products in the commercial aquatics industry including order entry and account management
• Evolved the customer service role by taking on drafting and design work to support targeted and awarded projects in AutoCAD and AutoDesk Inventor
• After six months was given the opportunity to schedule production, was successful and created a semi-automated scheduling program in excel with VB macros which reduced time-spent managing the schedule by 75%
• Reduced shipping and freight costs by 45% by negotiating with various couriers (FedEX, UPS, FBI, Fusion Logistics)
• Mentored and trained a new CSR as well as developed several different testing methods for hiring new people and evaluating the skills of a person in shipping, drafting, store room clerk, and customer service position

Ajax, Ontario

• Developed a systematic approach to efficiently and effectively receive andorganize products into the computer system
• Actively looked at ways to reduce the cost of shipping
• Went out of my way to understand the products sold by the company to giveme a strong grasp on their use for clients in the manufacturing industry
• Worked directly with clients to help assess their current needs for specific projects