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Cost ManagementVAVE Lead

• Lead Kaizen events to reduce waste, increase utilization and efficiency
• Create Value Stream Maps to improve current process and to identify improvement opportunities
• Incorporated Visual Management using 5s and proven lean principles

• Approve final engineering designs, ensure all designs meet internal design standards and customer requirements
• Schedule and prioritize projects, allocate resources and create timelines
• Participate in Value Analysis/Value Engineering improve existing designs and to reduce costs
• Design new automation program to increase engineering output efficiency by 25%
• Create design standards and work level instructions to align the team internationally
• Provide technical training and developmental plans for engineers

• Prepared detailed design reviews and conceptual design check layouts
• Liaison between customers and field engineers on product designs requirements
• Performed ANYS FEA analysis, API stress analysis
• Created 3D CAD models and drawings per ASME GD&T in SolidWorks
• Supported manufacturing with assembly issues, customer specifications, and engineering deviations
• Collaborated internationally to design a system of various products

• Solely responsible for completing three complex projects on Hydraulic Load Cells; analyzing weak points, redesigning and manufacturing new components for improved performance and functionality
• Managed multiple projects; prioritizing design and manufacturing tasks, budgeting limited resources, and scheduling numerous concurrent activities to meet pre-determined deadlines
• Ensured outdated designs adhere to current API and ISO 9001 industry standards; verifying manufacturing specifications are up to date and that performance ratings meet original design