Nicholas Beard Email & Phone Number

Thousand Oaks, California, United States

Santa Clarita, California, United States

I worked as a consultant for a small company to help organize their process. This was a good small job I did while between fulltime companies. I am not one to sit idle for too long!Worked assisting in improving manufacturing process in the company as a hands-on engineer and adviser to manufacturing managers and engineering managers. Supporting project management and facilitating the improvement of manufacturing practices.

Thousand Oaks, California, United States

• Introduced projects per SOPs, ensuring projects are completed on schedule and within established budget.• Networked with manufacturing, quality and regulatory organizations both internal and external to Amgen• Coordinated test method development and delivery with selected contractors.• Excellent leadership of large team of new and mid-level engineers (varied over the years from 5 to 10 staff)• Multiple projects managed at once and communicated project status and risks to integrated timelines to leadership.• Supervised work of staff during development and manufacture of test methods in laboratory and work-from-home settings. • Networked internally and externally to ensure alignment, commitment to project objectives and timelines as well as to ensure effective execution of projects• Driver of cross-functional communication and integration of information to optimize decision• Supported ad hoc decision-making meetings as required for projects• Provided expert support in the design or redesign of tools and equipment required for manufacturing/product testing processes.• Provide expert training to individuals in the operation and maintenance of processes, test methods and equipment introduced to the manufacturing department (i.e. production operator, mechanics, process engineers).• Generate/author and own the product test method documents.• Owner of lifecycle CAPAs, Change Controls, Deviations – including multiple regulation files.• Collaborated with other functional leaders to ensure project success, momentum and commitment• Acted as an advisor to FPT Leadership team• Includes many duties as previously position as Validation Engineer (I was promoted)

Thousand Oaks, California, United States

• Support senior staff in development, qualification, validation, and transfer of GMP test methods for combination products, devices, and containers• Provide support and lead investigations, new processes, manufacturing developments, and commercial complaints (CAPA/Change Controls, Deviations/Non-Compliance)• Coordinate test method development and delivery with multiple sites• Ensure quality standards are met for projects, following site procedures or corporate SOPs• Network internally and externally, collaborating and communicating to ensure alignment on risks and timelines captured throughout project life, taking preventative actions as needed• Generate documents for instruction of maintenance and operation of equipment/ processes/ test methods utilized by operators for manufacturing department• Manage team of supporting staff for design, development of test methods; providing guidance and training• Develop teams from initial stages to competent staff members capable of completion of various tasks without supervision.• Design/Develop equipment for characterization or GMP testing as requested while providing deliverables within established budgets• Perform laboratory experiments to acquire data and deliver support to teams• Includes many duties as previously position as a contract worker Engineer (I was hired on full time from the previous role!)

Thousand Oaks, Ca

• Responsible for design and development of testing containers for drug delivery systems• Assist in project definition by performing engineering studies and assessments, creating documentation for future reference• Perform laboratory experiments to acquire data, analyzing the data to provide engineering design/manufacturing recommendations.• Design and develop physical test methods with respect to container and combination product integration of drug delivery systems.• Create clear SOP and introduce new machines into GMP manufacturing• Design and build new machines/fixtures to solve problems in all application tests, improving data acquisition and saving time/costs• Collaborate with leaders and members of the team/other teams to ensure project success• Coordinate gage and equipment development and delivery with vendors, ensuring delivery on time and continuous flow of project progress

Valencia, Ca

Three main hats to wear: Manufacturing Engineering - involving creating job process control documentation, creating instructions, quality control, training others to follow procedures, and overall continuous improvement on the shop floor. Project Engineer - Problems are found everyday. I find the issues, understand the system and any solutions. Pick the best solution and execute. Test. Repeat problem-solving process. Each project is different: designing fixtures and tooling, software related instruction manuals to overcome new updates, organizing the shop to run more efficiently/clean. When I have a laser engraver unit to build for a customer, I own the project. I talk with the customer, understanding their needs, wants and what I can provide for them. Gathering up details and schedules to make the customer happy and want more work from me.Manager - I train and lead the owners of the company in Lean Manufacturing techniques. Its a minor role, but a role that I have taken upon to improve the company. Its a very large project, one that I hope to see continue on with the energy of everyone working at the company. For now, I manage a small group of employees in maintenance routines, quality checks, process controls, and jobs that are given to the interns.I provide process engineering, project management, data analysis and consulting services around continuous improvement to design and improve processes on the shop floor. Projects typically involve measuring and analyzing current performance; improving operational efficiency, productivity, and performance. I will also identify and implement new processes and equipment across departments as needed. With my experience with machining, i will step in and help with production when needed. however, there will always be a way to improve!

Santa Clarita Valley, Ca

I am a private tutor working with anyone that needs help in mainly math and physics. However, I do not restrict myself to those fields. These are just what I am always working with while I study to be an Mechanical Engineer. I began in the late summer of 2012 and am always open to help. Just as long as a planned schedule can be reached!

California State University, Northridge

Once my original job was done as jig table designer, I focused on repairing and improving the Team trailer and tools. Without these in proper working order, the entire team's effort would have never made it to competition. The heavy duty trailer - 7000 pound capacity had 4 electric brakes, none in which worked. tires in poor shape, paint peeling and hardware overall in terrible condition. Using my skills and self-motivation, I repaired damaged sections of the trailer with limited spending, cleaned and painted the trailer in the school colors. With one more person's help, finished the trailer before driving 3000 miles to competition where we not only had the coolest loking car, but our tools, our orginization and trailer where examples for others. I hope to return to school one day to see the trailer in good shape still. but with a lack of responsibility, who knows.

Cal State Northridge , Ca

Part of a sub team of Chassis, I am the incharge of the design and manufacting of the jig to assemble the chassis and other parts of the formula car once the designs are complete. Last year's jig is simply a steel frame in which more sections of pre determined steet is welded to the top and a bracing and brackets are welded to that inorder to make a jig supporting each piece. I am in the process of designing a jig that will have a higher accuracy than the previous years, and be more versible. The jig is the first to be designed and first to be manufactured in order to accomedate the Chassis which is the last to be designed, but first to be built.

Cal State University Of Northridge

I was the team lead for a group project in a class. ME 330 Machine Design- Proffessor G. Youssef. This course incorperates material strengths, dynamics, stress analysis and new knowledge taught throught the semester. The project lasted the entire semester. A requirement sheet was given showing the exact details that a "customer" would have for a engineering firm. As engineers, we were to synthesize and design, present the idea in a PDR. Then go thru the full detailed design analysis, design for manufacturability, cost analysis, strength and fatigue analysis and finally present the finished product in a CDR. A final paper was also written. The entirety of the class and everything that was learned in previous classes is shown in the results of the project.

Cal State University Of Northridge

I was the team leader for a large group of fellow engineering students for our class. ME 386 Finite Element Analysis teaches the concepts of FEA. Solidworks was the primary software used and for a full semester project, our team decided to use the software to understand the design of a drum brake. Scheduling and planning the group's combined effort to finish the project was my job. However, the understanding of the machine's working is my field. By explaining the machine at the engineering level to the group and later to the class, we were able to properly model the drum brakes and run thermal heat analysis to explain the amount of energy transformed to heat while braking, Non-linear static analysis to understand why the material of the casing and brake material is used, and a frequency analysis or nodal analysis to help explain the toughness and fatigue life of the part.

Santa Clarita Valley, Ca

This company is a Party Rental company. Anything you want for a wedding, party, dance house, they have it!Here I was in charge of managing the inventory. Cleaning and preparing customer orders. Packing up and shipping orders, I drove the trucks, delievering each order as fast as possible. I worked long weekends due to the large amount of deliveries. Moving huge jumpers, lots of tables, countless chairs, I worked a lot. Then I got way to busy and had to quit. They are still a good place to rent from!

do everything. and do it as fast as i can. Cleaning, maintainence, organization. customer service, friendly, problem solving, solution thinking 8 hours a day.... and good thing there was coffee!!! making exceptionally good drinks and treats for customers- the good or bad, I helped each make their day a better one with my service!

Bachelor Of Science Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: ASME, FSAE 2014, FSAE 2015

Associate Of Science (A.S.), Mathematics