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Charlotte, North Carolina, US

Purchased Product Engineer – Department of Energy (DOE) “Q” Level Security Clearance Appointed as program technical lead for 15 part numbers manufactured across 4 external suppliers. Led a successful program design review for Sandia National Laboratories and the National Nuclear Security Association (NNSA), resulting in program approval to move forward.

Omaha, NE, US

• Developed a new method for calculating blast gate pre-sets for dust collection systems using Mathcad and CFD software. This new method decreased calculation and construction’s system balancing manhours by 50%.
• Created new department technical specifications for grain cleaning equipment, dust collection equipment, pellet mill and cooler, piping specialties, material handling gates and valves, electric actuators, pneumatic.
• Participated in monthly joint venture meetings with clients, project management, and construction management, presenting on engineering progress, future goals, and financials.
• Collaborated directly with the client and equipment vendor to develop an industry-first grain cleaning process that optimized a high return on investment (ROI) grain reclaim system.
• Managed the fire protection group and explosion protection SME consultant during the development of the facilities dust hazard analysis (DHA), ensuring all NFPA code requirements were met or exceeded.
• Managed the electrical, controls and structural lead closeout engineers throughout project closeout ensuring they met the needs of the construction and commissioning teams in order to stay on schedule.

Omaha, NE, US

• Created layout drawings for spouting and ductwork for the material handling and dust collection systems using AutoCAD. Collaborated with senior structural engineers to ensure proper clearances for installation during.
• Worked with senior mechanical engineers to complete dust collection system balancing calculations.
• Successfully balanced four dust collection systems under the scheduled manhour budget while working directly with craft foreman and superintendents throughout the process.

Omaha, NE, US

• Developed an excel tool that the mechanical engineering team currently uses to accurately calculate belt conveyor material loading margins and throughput per CEMA design standards.
• Using historical field measured data and industry standard Janssen equations an excel spreadsheet was developed that is used to determine accurate grain silo fill heights while eliminating silo bridging issues.

Master'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor’S Degree, Mechanical Engineering