Jeff Buelsing Email & Phone Number

Cincinnati, Oh

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Project Engineer / Design Engineer

Atlanta Ga & Home Office

Lead conveyor design engineer for projects in the 4 to 8 million dollar range.Pre and post order conveyor engineering for entire warehouse distribution systems.Coordinate with several vendors for each type of equipment required to identify the best equipment for the best price and delivery. Coordinate with internal structural and rack engineers to fine tune the system.Combine all individual drawings into a complete system drawing for both the installer and the end customer.

Check and altered system concept and layouts from sales to insure that the system would work as the customer required and conformed to the customer’s specifications.Acquired bids from outside vendors and in house manufacturing and controls.Developed start to finish schedules.Recent duties center around on site project manager for a long term, multi-million dollar installation which is being internally touted as the flagship of the company.Regularly participate in project meetings with upper management and customers.Direct engineers in design of equipment and check the final designs.Direct the installation crew(s) on scheduling, equipment placement, priorities, and expected quality of the finished product.

Responsible for machine design of material handling equipment, using mechanical and pneumatic systems complete with assembly drawings, individual detail drawings and BOMs.Managed customer relationships throughout design and implementation of standard and custom material handling equipment.Created design standards for pneumatic and electric powered turn-tables as well as thru roller chain transfers and drag chain conveyors. This greatly reduced the turnaround time from order to release to shop by reducing the engineering time by as much as 75% thus saving the company money.

Pre-Order Responsibilities: Gather information of materials to be handled, work site, and quote development and presentation.Combine strong listening skills, customer and product knowledge, and complex problem solving ability to develop innovative and cost effective solutions to customer material handling needs.Teamed with Sales Department to visit customers throughout the country to provide accurate quotes, maintain profit margin, and contribute to customer satisfaction.Collaborated with other internal departments – Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Installation and Legal to gather internal estimates and assure all costs and conditions were captured in the final customer quote.Prepared final quotes with system layout drawings, ranging in complexity from hardware only to a complete turn-key system according to individual customer needs. Presented customized quote packages to customer decision makers, i.e. Project Manager, Purchasing Department, and Executive staffs.Post-Order Responsibilities: Customer’s single point of contact.Develop timetable to assure customer project is completed timely and within budget.Issued drawings for customer approval, issued purchase orders, released equipment to internal departments for manufacturing, and ordered maintenance manuals and spare parts lists to maintain schedule.Monitored internal and outside contractor schedule and performance to assure contract compliance and customer satisfaction. Tracked project costs to assure profitability.Coordinated system installations throughout the United States. Manage the commissioning of the system, assuring system demonstration was seamless and met customer expectations.Created “As Built” drawings upon completion of project.

(Now Owned By Intelligrated)

FKI Logistex designs material handling equipment focusing on case conveyors, pallet conveyors, traditional and robotic palletizing. Intelligrated can provide mechanical equipment (conveyors and palletizers) to complete turn key systems including all controls, mechanical and electrical installation, and programming.Responsible for being single point of contact for customer projects and coordination of schedules to meet customer specifications.Evaluated pre-order system layout and proposal, visited customer to assess work site, and issued drawings for customer approval.Designed any custom mechanical equipment required, complete with assembly drawings, individual detail drawings and BOMs.Issued purchase orders to outside vendors, released equipment to internal departments. Developed project schedule requirements; identified and resolved potential conflicts.Monitored cost of major purchases and subcontractors, as well as engineer hours – mechanical and electrical.Conducted site visits to coordinate system installations.Contributed to customer satisfaction by clearly communicating project status throughout installation.Created “As Built” drawings upon completion of project.

Responsible for machine design of custom options to machine tools for mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems. Managed and mentored a team of contract employees to design custom components. Created layout, assembly and detailed prints, BOMs and specified purchased parts with AutoCAD and SAP computer software.Manager of 4 contract employees directing priorities and schedules.Check all work of the contract employees.

Responsible for machine design of custom material handling systems specializing in gantry style, vacuum head palletizing.

Responsible for machine design of material handling equipment, using mechanical and pneumatic systems complete with assembly drawings, individual detail drawings and BOMs.Managed customer relationships throughout design and implementation of standard and custom material handling equipment.Designed innovative transfer car systems to work in freezer and non-freezer environments.Improved the design for CDLR curve conveyors, increasing customer satisfaction.

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering Technology, Degree Conferred Cum Laude, June 1991

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