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Dallas, TX, US

Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

• Testing and developing new mechanical anchor systems for the global construction industry.
• Maintaining the performance of Hilti’s mechanical and chemical anchor portfolios throughout the Western Hemisphere.
• Managing the operations, technicians, and equipment of the US testing facility.
• Improving the production capabilities of Hilti’s global manufacturing chain.

Brownsville, Texas, United States

• Trained incoming field engineers to improve their technical and interpersonal skills.
• Managed high energy, high pressure, and cryogenic fluid systems to keep operations on track.
• Assessed operational safety risks to maintain the safety of personnel and systems at the launch site.
• Maintained personnel schedule and drove holistic site schedule, pivoting to meet critical path needs.
• Interfaced with the launch site design, critical lift, flight control, and production teams to run operations.

Brownsville, Texas, United States

• Guided over 15 vehicle test campaigns to completion as the Lead Engineer in the field.
• Formalized build, maintenance, test, and mission procedures to improve site operations.
• Lead the hazardous operations team during missions to ensure success in test operations.
• Planned, proceduralized, and oversaw all launch site critical lift and vehicle transport operations.
• Oversaw the launch pad mechanical and fluid systems: system upgrades, critical spares, and P&ID.
• Designed and built structural weldments for work platforms, control boxes, and cryogenic fluid tanks.

Riverside, California, United States

• Planned mechanical designs for fluid systems by reviewing sketches, descriptions, specifications, codes, and standards with design engineers and CNC operators.
• Directed the generation of 2D engineering drawings, including geometric dimensioning and tolerances.
• Created hundreds of 2D drawings, 3D models, and assemblies of valve bodies for CNC machining.
• Built valve body assemblies and ran physical tests to create flow curves and develop/validate designs.
• Designed a 3D installation skid and Spill-Stop assembly for use in product advertisement and manuals.
• Erected a workbench/skid to test valves with an electric motor, centrifugal pump, and a 300-gallon tank.

Louisville, Kentucky

• Performed audits and time studies on over 60 different standardized work instructions to improve part quality.
• Learned basic computer numerical control coding and constructed tooling indices for CNC machines.
• Communicated findings of studies to upper-level management and relayed new procedures to all departments involved.

West Point, Georgia

• Performed motion studies and rearranged line layouts to accelerate the QC line by 7 percent.
• Investigated flaws in the manufacturing process and reduced rear tail light failure rates by 95 percent.

Louisville, Kentucky

Bachelor’S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Dean's List Cum Laude University of Alabama Honors College University of Alabama Mentor Upp Program Society of.

Summa Cum Laude, Valedictorian Designation

High School