Plans, directs, and coordinates all departmental activities associated with the contract review and proposal development, design, engineering, production and validation of product while ensuring that project goals and objectives are accomplished in conformance with the company’s quality systems by performing the following duties personally or by managing assigned personnel:• Author, implement and measure design control procedures, performance of department personnel and continuous improvement initiatives for NQA-1, ASME BPVC, and commercial production systems.• Monitor and verify engineering outputs (designs and analyses) as required to ensure consistency, accuracy, quality and timeliness.• Establish schedules, generate design control plans and determine staffing for the phases of each project and assign department personnel and arrange sub-contracted engineering as needed.• Confer with project management staff to determine scope of work, outline work plan and to assign duties, responsibilities and scope of responsibility.• Direct and coordinate activities of departmental personnel to ensure each project progresses on schedule and within the prescribed budget.• Provide direct support for proposal development as well as contract and bid reviews.• Manage departmental costs.• Coordinate activities of engineering staff with all other departments to support fabrication.• Prepare reports, records and correspondence on departmental activities.• Evaluate, develop and implement procedures and practices for optimum quality, throughput and profitability to achieve company goals.• Participate in and lead Lean improvement projects, meetings, and Value Stream Mapping events.• Recruit and perform evaluations/reviews for direct reports.• Train direct reports and subcontractors in ATG processes, procedures, and standard practices.• Administrate and maintain Solidworks CAD system (licenses, templates, modeling practices, PDM vault, etc.)

~Lead Project Design Engineer specializing in clean sheet design of pharmaceutical and nuclear containment equipment. ~Sheet metal and structural weldment design, including electro-mechanical, HVAC, and PLC systems integration.~Leads product development from conception through realization. ~Develops Engineering Design Plans based on customer specifications. ~Performs design for manufacturing & assembly and FEA design analysis in Solidworks Premium 3D CAD suite. ~Guides clients and customers through in-depth design reviews to verify design basis.~Generates parametric 3D CAD models, 2D technical drawings, material consolidation sheets, production travelers, factory acceptance test plans, and operation maintenance manuals. ~Successful and productive collaboration with other engineers, project managers, purchasing, material planning, welding, CNC sheet metal press brake, CNC Machining Operations, and external vendors.

~Engineering sales for Special Applications of steel band clamping solutions.~Managed customer accounts with $2.5M yearly revenue. Increased account sales by $100k in first year. ~ Consulted with a high level of product knowledge and application to field sales force. ~Generated costing and proposed pricing for custom applications in response to customer RFI's.~Assumed primary technical point of contact and developed ethical business rapport for a national customer base. ~Contributed product enhancements and R&D support for high strength band clamping tools.

~Engineering development for production of innovative nuclear containment equipment, pharmaceutical isolators, glovebox containment systems, and other exotic hazardous material processing systems. ~Conceptualized design using SolidWorks Professional, applied design for manufacturing (DFM) theory, and generated manufacturing drawings and BOM’s for component parts and assemblies. ~Evaluated design approach through SolidWorks FEA simulation for technical justification and design validation to customer specification. ~Led design reviews and proposal bid meetings with customers; engaged vendors for custom component outsourcing. ~Maintained a comprehensive collection of design and manufacturing documentation. ~Oversaw manufacturing processes, generated and conducted factory acceptance test plan, and composed operation and maintenance manuals. ~Operated design oversight and manufacturing processes through the strict guidelines of an ASME NQA-1 quality assurance program.

~Engaged fundamental engineering practice to design and manufacture dynamic and variable message signs used in intelligent traffic systems for nationwide department of transportation agencies. ~Developed and designed LED and scrolling fuel price displays with software integration. ~Conceptualized designs in SolidWorks Premium and developed complete manufacturing package in an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system.~Led design reviews, developed and tested engineering specifications, directed manufacturing, and evaluated designs for improved quality and cost savings measures. ~Maintained design documentation to ISO 9001:2008 standards. ~Provided support for continuous product development and enhancements. ~Utilized manufacturing processes of sheet metal forming, AWS welding, CNC machining, CNC punching & forming. ~Design integration with various metals, plastics, rubbers, PCB’s, electro-mechanical assemblies, and NEMA enclosures.

Assisted Party Chief in land, construction, and civil surveying field operations. Responsible for daily equipment preparation, field surveying records, and physical boundary demarcation. Used Auto-CADD R14 to generate service utility maps, roadway maps, land plat maps, etc. Trained in general civil engineering fundamentals and industry standard good drafting practices.

Corroborated efforts under project management to create plat maps and records of survey for civil land surveys using Auto-CADD 2000i.