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Wentzville, Mo, Us

Greater St. Louis Area

-Designed custom equipment for industrial machinery, delivering turnkey solutions for customer specific applications. -Used 3-D CAD (CREO) to design mechanical components including machined aluminum and steel parts, sheetmetal parts, weldments and assemblies. Created detail and assembly drawings, Bills of Materials and specifications to guide assembly and operation.-Worked cross-functionally to manage projects and deliver on critical, time sensitive projects.-Integrated OEM systems and assemblies with respect to mechanical and electrical details as well as OEM requirements and customer application.-Worked with controls engineers, customers and OEMs to integrate and automate custom designed equipment for specific applications.-Executed process improvements using lean techniques to drive out cost and improve process efficiencies.-Developed improvements to existing products based on customer feedback and in-field performance.

Slater, Missouri

- Process design and automation. Delivered turnkey automation, managing all aspects from concept development through implementation.- Developed innovative solutions to overcome obstacles and drive out cost.- Drove projects in a change-resistant environment to capitalize on inventive ideas. - Conceived, developed and integrated both mechanical and electrical design components for functional system design.- Used AutoCAD Inventor to develop systems and sub-components.- Created and managed capital project budgets.

Slater/Lee'S Summit, Missouri

- Provided manufacturing support across two separate advanced manufacturing facilities.- Supported product development and managed all manufacturing qualifications and approvals. - Worked hands-on with manufacturing processes in order to conceive and effectively propose beneficial and cost effective solutions for process improvement.- Designed, assembled and implemented process upgrades in order to improve labor and material efficiencies based on innovative concepts.- Worked with quality assurance and production to resolve manufacturing issues and improve manufacturability. - Designed testing to prove product and process development concepts.- Worked collaboratively with product engineering to establish and maintain process and product specifications.- Initiated and coordinated efforts with suppliers to improve process efficiency and drive out cost.

Morrilton, Ar

- Worked with plant engineers and contractors to plan, develop, and supervise engineering related projects at a paper mill. - Communicated with production, operations, maintenance and contractors in order to complete capital projects safely, effectively and on time. - Calculated and analyzed machine and piping capacities in order to solve problems, maximize efficiency, and upgrade existing equipment.- Created project work scopes including mechanical, electrical and structural details and took part in bid meetings where these scopes were presented to potential contractors.

St. Louis, Mo

- Worked both individually, and side-by-side with engineers, to research, design and develop products from concept to completion. - Designed, monitored and maintained on site testing using engineering R & D equipment. - Created and modified engineering documents and drawings using SolidWorks, AutoCAD and Microsoft Office and processed engineering change notices using Microsoft Access.- Managed document control distribution of all engineering controlled documents.- Created and maintained Bills of Materials and work instructions.

St. Louis, Mo

- Worked both individually, and side-by-side with engineers, to research, design and develop products from concept to completion. - Designed, monitored and maintained on site testing using engineering R & D equipment. - Created and modified engineering documents and drawings using SolidWorks, AutoCAD and Microsoft Office and processed engineering change notices using Microsoft Access.- Managed document control distribution of all engineering controlled documents.- Created and maintained Bills of Materials and work instructions.