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Acton, Me, Us

Sanford, Maine

Work with a team and stakeholders, including vendors, production, purchasing, customer service, Sr. management, finance, CAM, and engineering for the design and construction of new products and modification or customization to existing products.Work with little or no supervision to create detailed mechanical design.Effectively communicate concepts and design through presentations, reviews, team meetings, etc.Generate detailed drawings and accurate 3D models.Generate and revise… Show more Work with a team and stakeholders, including vendors, production, purchasing, customer service, Sr. management, finance, CAM, and engineering for the design and construction of new products and modification or customization to existing products.Work with little or no supervision to create detailed mechanical design.Effectively communicate concepts and design through presentations, reviews, team meetings, etc.Generate detailed drawings and accurate 3D models.Generate and revise Bills of Material and Operations as described in the company’s design release process.Generate and execute Engineering Change Requests (CR’s).Research new product ideas, methods, and practices relating to company products based on marketing and engineering directives; initialize development or co-develop technologies with other disciplines within the company Support as necessary maintenance, upgrade, and support of CAD systemsGuide the department manager on best practices for CAD systems etc.Provide support and training to CAD system users for best practices.Monitor the CAD system to ensure all new software platforms/upgrades can be properly supported. Coordinate with IT and the Engineering Manager.Lead activities in CAD, including File Structures, Templates, Work Practices and Procedures, Hardware Changes and Maintenance, and PDM Implementation and UseNotify management of upcoming changes and capital investments to maintain the systemProvide value to our customers by using Lean tools and concepts to identify and eliminate waste in all forms (scrap/rework, transportation, motion, waiting, inventory, overproduction, over-processing, and under-utilization of people). Uses systemic thinking by seeing processes from end to end and works to challenge the status quo to eliminate the root cause of problems. Is involved in individual and/or team activities that involve using Lean tools and concepts to improve the flow of information and material.Other duties as assigned. Show less

Sanford, Maine

Portland, Maine, United States

Contract Drafter 2011On site drafting and design for various Architectural and Mechanical clients.Measured and drafted As-builts of residential and commercial buildings for various clients.

Raymond, Maine, United States

Designed antennas and antenna feed systems. Provided detailed layouts of antenna installation and components required for customer integration into existing feed lines. Designed mount kits that would connect new antenna to customer owned tower. Mount kits were a series of steel mount arms that needed to support the antenna under all local weather conditions. Mounts would be structurally analyzed to meet state’s building code requirements. Developed and maintained bill of materials and… Show more Designed antennas and antenna feed systems. Provided detailed layouts of antenna installation and components required for customer integration into existing feed lines. Designed mount kits that would connect new antenna to customer owned tower. Mount kits were a series of steel mount arms that needed to support the antenna under all local weather conditions. Mounts would be structurally analyzed to meet state’s building code requirements. Developed and maintained bill of materials and routers through SAP data processing.Labor & material cost estimates. Show less

Scarborough, Maine, United States

Mechanical Drafter, Managed and maintained MEP drawings on multiple projects.

Greene, Maine, United States

Framed Houses, roofing, and siding.

Raymond, Maine, United States

Started as a grinder and moved into Engineering. Designed RF systems for TV stations. designed machine parts and assembly drawings. focused on cost reduction of Fine Matchers, redesigned adjustment apparatus, resulting in 1/3 rejection to 100% accuracy.Cost reduction of coaxial adaptors, redesign resulting in reducing time from 7 steps to 4 steps, time to completion was 140 minutes down to 40 minutes.Labor & material cost estimates.PDM and Kanban experience.

United States

Bi-annual verification testing and repair of missile system on the Bradley Fighting Vehicle (BFV)

Programming In Visual Basic With Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, Certificate Of Completion

Aas, Technical Graphics And Design, 3.304