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Hagerstown, Md

Contracted to JLG IndustriesEnforced quality standards to the supply base across all commodities through the use of supplier quality tools to mitigate risks from supplier performance. Employed industry-leading tools such as PPAP, CAPA, ISO-style Auditing, and Manufacturing Assessment Engagement in the context of low volume-high mix manufacturing. Lead innovative approaches to engage suppliers about the manufacturability and inspection of parts to meet quality expectations.-Managed 1000+ parts entering production across 10+ new product programs driven by APQP.-Responsible for supplier quality performance from prototypes through production launch and VOC.-Engaged suppliers about their capabilities to meet engineering requirements via assessment tools.-Revolutionized the Fabrication Assessment Tool to address both manufacturability and inspection.-Renovated the Assessment Tools for Hydraulics Cylinders and Wire Harnesses commodities.

Hagerstown, Md

Leaded daily manufacturing activities and advancing strategic goals. Served both internal customers as a designer of company equipment and external customers as a supplier of machined parts and small weldments. Managed multiple responsibilities by stand up meetings, strategic cost versus opportunity analysis, and data driven manufacturing schedules.-First point of contact for all of the companies’ manufacturing service needs.-Conceptualized, designed, and manufactured the company's first 1000-gallon aluminum vacuum tanker truck.-Improved profit margins with lean manufacturing principles and supply chain efficiency. -Lead and enforced new safety rules and improved equipment based on input of the safety team.-Designed and fabricated hundreds of steel and aluminum weldments.

Greencastle, Pa

Contracted to JLG IndustriesRedesigned current production products to reduce manufacturing costs. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure fast and efficient design implementation into the production line. Proposed designs, analyzed cost savings, researched project scopes, completed FEA analysis, collaborated with suppliers, and maintained controlled documentation.-Conceived and implemented 30+ designs projected to save $50k-$250k annually on low volume products (<1200 units per year).-Key designer for an innovative large weldment redesign for a client projected to save $1.5-$2M annually.-Successfully utilized both onsite and offshore resources to achieve efficient and cost effective solutions.-Recognized as the internal FEA resource on complex weldments.

Mossvile, Il

Contracted to CaterpillarDelivered engineering support for a demanding design enterprise. Advanced new products projects through concept design, FEA, CFD, tolerance stack-up, and documentation. Strategic use of offshore engineering support to maximize budget utilization. Held responsibility for the quality of work from offshore engineering teams for both modeling and drafting.-Coordinated engineering solutions with teams of diverse disciplines within an APQP workflow structure.-Contributed to PFMEA plans and ensured the implementation of required actions.-Redesigned key castings to meet FEA and CFD requirements.-Efficiently facilitated design collaboration between CAT team and offshore engineers to meet deadlines.-Gained experience with the design of thin-walled aluminum castings used in air intake systems.

Peroia, Il

• Directed engineering team leads located in India.• Created new engineering training documents.• Contributed to GPGR by resolving BOM and CAD model issues.