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Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada

• Building relationships, identifying opportunities & offering value through technical solutions.

• Business consulting, process optimization, software integration & skills training.

• Creating digital solutions by gathering requirements & coordinating with software developers.
• Streamlining operations through data digitization and insightful analytics.

Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada

• Represented the organization, built relationships & navigated technical information.
• Worked closely with customers to define requirements & brainstorm solutions.
• Used SolidWorks to design & refine prototypes until they can be productionized.
• Created costing tools using Excel to generate accurate & consistent component pricing.
• Tracked quotes, parts, prices & more in Excel and automated reporting.
• Documented and catered sales process to meet ISO 9001:2015 certification.

Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada

• Used SolidWorks to design hydraulic cylinders, block manifolds, rotary joints & electrical slip rings.
• Created technical drawings for component parts, assemblies, weldments and processes.
• Worked on electrical slip ring testing & design improvements.

London, Canada Area

• Worked on technical publications for operating, troubleshooting & upgrading military vehicles.
• Interpreted & authored instructions for mechanical, pneumatic, electrical & hydraulic systems.
• Retrofitted sub-systems & documented instructions for upgrading vehicles.
• Used engineering documents & other sources to ensure technical information is correct.
• Directed illustrators to generate graphics that add context to technical literature.
• Adhered to different publication styles & structures for multiple vehicle fleets.

London, Canada Area

• Responsible for design engineering of hull structures for 6-wheeled Light Armored Vehicles (LAVs).
• Developed designs & technical data packages for hull plates, weldments & structures.
• Worked with sub-system design teams to integrate their components into vehicle hulls.
• Determined schedule & funding for hull related FEA & drafting work.
• Directed mechanical designers & approved their technical drawings.
• Presented design reviews internally & for the Canadian department of defense.

3745 Commerce Road, London, Ontario, N6N 1R1

• Managed tooling orders & maintained vendor relationships.
• Organized tool crib & set up an inventory tracking system using Excel.
• Tracked tooling performance of design & spec changes to reduce cost & increase output.
• Arranged die lube degradation testing & a replacement schedule to maximize tool life.
• Served as backup for the toolroom supervisor.
• Trained & supported new CAD coordinator for the plant.

3745 Commerce Road, London, Ontario, N6N 1R1

• Designed tool & die solutions using AutoCAD & Autodesk Inventor.
• Operated Simufact simulation software to troubleshoot processes & design prototype tooling.
• Integrated Autodesk Inventor company-wide, including templates, standards, styles library & Autodesk Vault.
• Created digital means of performing plant operations that were previously done manually.
• Developed a network of Excel logs to track downtime & gather production info.
• Used Excel to automate monthly reports for production, toolroom & maintenance departments.

3020 Gore Road, London, Ontario, N5V 4T7

• Worked on mechanical design of open-channel UV water treatment systems for municipal installations.
• Validated configured projects, identified requirements and designed solutions using AutoCAD & SolidWorks.
• Assisted prototype team by designing, constructing and testing parts & fixtures.
• Developed an adjustable lifting sling that balances all UV lamp frame configurations with different centers of gravity.

2061 Piper Lane, London, Ontario, N5V 3S5

• Responsible for diamond coating of various sizes & types of tungsten carbide drill bits.
• Inspected, measured, sand blasted, coated, polished & packaged drill bits.
• Trained technicians, oversaw diamond coating lab operations & operated reaction chambers.
• Created the instruction manual for plant procedures, machine operations and product treatment. Now used by new hires for training and experienced technicians for referencing.