Leads engineering and development of new luxury outdoor furniture products from concept to market-ready by collaborating with Industrial Design, marketing, and on-site manufacturing teams. • Designs using Solidworks for part and assembly creation and management• Manages project schedules, costing documentation and bills of material• Coordinates with local, national, and international vendors to source unique parts and materials • Develops, drives, and maintains company-wide engineering drafting and appearance standards• Works closely with on-site welders and assemblers to optimize build methods and fixtures• Creates renderings and hand-sketches for new design proposals• Uses 3D printing for part prototype verification and testing• Performs environmental testing on a variety of materials• Programs parts for production on a CNC mill

• Product Owner for a complete range of commercial bakery container handling equipment; acted as point person for all specific technical questions, sales estimates and field service issues• Used Solid Edge + AutoCAD to design & manage complex automated machines consisting of hundreds of unique sheet metal and precision machined parts, welded assemblies, and vendor sourced components• Reduced material and engineering costs by 50% for a single machine through a complete redesign• Worked closely with controls engineering to design and optimize servo/pneumatic actuation and sensing instrumentation• Provided diagnostic support to internal fabrication and assembly teams

• Optimizes select product lines for rapid execution projects• Works with procurement and sales teams to minimize cost of production• Designs Solidworks 3D models using advanced assembly management, solid modeling,weldments, rendering, and surfacing techniques• Creates 2D fabrication drawing packages with Solidworks and AutoCAD for small parts andlarge assemblies using GD&T ASME standards; specifies welds, surface finishes, low tolerances• Uses Solidworks Simulation FEA• Key member of design team; granted expanded responsibilities for improving methods and procedures for the design process• Gained experience working in cross-disciplinary teams consisting of mechanical and electrical engineers, purchasers, designers and interns• Lead Engineer selecting buyout equipment and materials for fabrication• Interfaces with fabricators, site workers, and customers from project start to completion• Works to emphasize manufacturability and minimized cost• Responsible for managing younger designers and interns while maintaining project schedule

• Designed 3D models and 2D fabrication drawing packages using Solidworks and AutoCAD for construction of pump skids, small and large clarifiers, and solids-removal systems for municipal/industrial wastewater treatment projects• Key user of Solidworks; experience includes large assemblies, surfacing, drawing packages, animation, rendering, and managing projects using Enterprise PDM vault system• Lead mechanical designer of two core products, with several examples in operation today at municipal facilities and industrial sites• Important member of the Design Team Steering Committee committed to advancing the capabilities of the design team by researching thoughtful CAD design strategies, implementing new drafting standards, and tutoring fellow new and veteran designers and engineers• Established and maintained exceptionally friendly, courteous working relationships with fabricators, site workers, and customers

-- A nonprofit organization supporting a national historical landmark• Managed Visitor Center operations • Coordinated events with tour companies and area elementary, middle schools• Carried out the foundation's weekly accounting procedures

• Reviewed piping and instrumentation diagrams for wastewater treatment facilities • Learned about pump curves, pipe head loss, structural limitations, and materials properties• Designed and edited process flow diagrams, applied fluid dynamics calculations• Interfaced with equipment vendors • Compiled Bills of Materials • Revised Standard Operating Procedures manuals