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Bay City, Michigan, United States

Updated PFD's and capacity studies used for layouts and bid packages.Coordinate and manage multiple projects at Michigan Sugar plants throughout Michigan and Ohio. Partner with various departments to plan and execute large projects (Quality, Safety, PW, Factory, Environmental). Manage outside engineering firms for needed support of ongoing projects. Drive NFPA compliance in legacy and new equipment purchases. Implementation of automation and bagging systems to improve cost and efficiency at several plants.Specification and purchase of dust collectors, scrolls and process equipment: pulp presses, boilers to granulators and large tanks.

Midland, Michigan, United States

Engineering support of slot die roll coating equipment, roll presses and die cutting. For multi million dollar startup company, involved in High Power Lithium ion battery production. Batteries are used in military, stationary power generation storage, transportation and maritime. Roles include:Engineering support of critical plant equipment including: High Shear Mixing, Slot Die Coating, Metal Slitting, Calendaring and Rule Die Punching in a US FED STD 209E, ISO 7 Clean Room environment: Including- ID of critical spares, equipment upgrades and ordering of parts Asset efficiency improvement and up time studies Daily Operations support/ troubleshooting of sensors, gear boxes, slot die coating, IR, vision systems and steam cure. Testing of solvent resistant materials CAD of critical spare parts.Project Engineering for Capital improvements: Support of future expansions of Coating Equipment, High Vacuum ovens and solvent recovery units Including- Schedule of rigging and planner meetings, Interface with EH&S/ OSHA, Operations, Maintenance and Logistics/ Supply chain to implement equipment purchase/ placement and planned equipment outages.Coordinate and assign international teams for equipment down time and repair including Quality visions/ NG marking systems and Calendar drums. Project Engineering Support of New Initiatives: Specify and validation of new Vendor materials and equipment including base and intermediate materials and components

Bay City, Michigan, United States

Key responsibilities for this job: project scope, equipment specification, building specifications, code implementation, equipment layout, project bidding, project management, process performance, documentation, and liaison.Documentation of project for future reference.Offsite salvage of valuable process equipment. Specification of Explosion Protection (pinch valves, explosion panels, suppression cannons). Specification and purchase of food handling equipment. From fine milling equipment, various bagging machine to dust collection and pneumatic transport (dilute and dense phase). Installation of pulp presses and large boilers etc.Work with various departments and contractors (building, rigging and outside engineering support) to accomplish goal with high quality and low cost being primary factors.

Standish, Michigan

Research and development of new product designs for Fire Safety Systems (dampers, doors, valves and pressure vessels). Centered on Eutectic alloys both mechanical and electrical actuated.Product testing in accordance with compliance standards (i.e. UL and FM).Customer support including technical assistance and complaint resolution.Equipment analysis including machine diagnostics and design; technical support for manufacturing processes (including progressive metal stamping), metallurgy (such as eutectic alloys, cold sintering and inductive heating).Proposal and cost analysis (ROI) for new purchases and operational improvements.Liaison with vendors for technical support on new product development and changes- primary goal of cost savings.Management of Quality Management System.Management of product listings (Under Writer Laboratories, FM Global) including technical writing and documentation for certification and compliance; researching codes and standards relating to regulatory requirements (NFPA).Provide technical support to Executive Board in design approaches, new processes, and technologies to meet project requirements.Maintain PLC programs.Support sales team in sales promotions needing technical support.Continuous improvement to QMS.Manage $200,000 Engineering/ maintenance budget.Co-manage maintenance dept (5 skilled trades) and manufacturing facility (40 workers).

Ft. Mcmurray, Canada

Consulting reliability practices in northern Alberta’s oil sandsindustry as a contract engineer for Emerson. Investigated equipment on (PID), cataloged, and assigned acriticality.Determine cost centers and cross referenced in the SAP system.OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) calculations are used todetermine the biggest impact.Reliability techniques (vibration analysis, thermography, Ultrasonics, etc) are recommendedEquipment/systems like automatically tuned transmitters, automatic process controls improve availabilitySmall improvements in OEE on a facility of this scale results in millions of dollars in operational savings.

Midland, Michigan, United States

National and International travel and equipment support of Quality labs, R&D Facilities and Refineries.Key Duties: Design, build and test Quality Control and R&D equipment used in the field of Tribology/ Lubricant testing- Oils and Grease Design of Tanns Co., along with team of Technicians- company #1 selling equipment: TFOUT/ RBOTUnderstanding of High Temperature/ High Shear, Low Temp. Low Shear fluid properties such as turbine/ Internal Combustion Engines.Understanding of PID’s and updatesWorking with local Machine Shop/ Venders on Materials and parts. Long lead time items and supply chain.

Midland, Michigan

Tested and refined polymer structures for various chemistry sets (including UV cure and thermal) on adhesive and release side product lines. Maintained and operated lab equipment, such as distillation columns, curing ovens and kettles. Participated in lab scaleups at Process Engineering. Technical writing for internal/ external publication.

Saginaw County, Michigan, United States

Implemented a Predictive/ Preventive maintenance schedule for large scale manufacturing environment. Including Cells, Transfer Machines and Machine Centers.Scheduled maintenance and non destructive testing on: compressors, e-motors, pumps, valves.Wrote work orders for: lathes, grinders, cold presses, transfer machines, sumps.Worked with skilled trades and white collar.Ordered and researched spare parts for maximum uptime. Worked with Predictive Maint. on vibration analysis to implement Preventative measures.