Steve Frederick Email & Phone Number

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Glenwilliows, Oh

"Innovated Solutions, Increased Quality, Expanded Capacity, and Reduced Manufacturing Costs."A keen-eye, and a desire to do it right the first time, along with a willingness to change the status quo to benefit the company and customers, I applied mechanical engineering knowledge, and technical process engineering and project leadership to lead change management as the primary contact between the Design Engineering, Manufacturing, and Materials departments, examples of accomplishments follow.ACCOMPLISHMENTS• Achieved .0006% defect rate for accurate measurement. Reviewed components for current production and determined capabilities, recommended load balancing options to negate barriers to on-budget, on-time delivery• Achieved takt savings of 1,284 minutes annually. Leveraged purchasing power and worked with vendor on Uncoiler Stand; reduced machining, weld, mask, and paint time by 105 minutes per machine• Developed work instructions for undocumented work centers eliminating unnecessary rework• Created step by step instructions on procedures to enter data consistently into the company’s enterprise asset management (EAM) system to bolster quality, employee training, and skills• Created specifications, components, and tests• Developed Quality checklist for parts below quality standards, tracing through root cause analysis for preventive and corrective action solutions planning, training, and implementation • Managed Change Control parts handling; made scrap, rework or rework determinations• Retro-fitted capital equipment budget to address the need, material, cost, and vendor source, directing the projects

Independence, Oh

"Scoped, Launched and Led Concurrent Projects for US Government, US Army, and International Airlines with Quality, Safety, and Compliance the Utmost in Mind"Produced, wrote, and reviewed Engineering changes impacting the projects; created the system, project materials, schematics, resources and documentation in the role of the primary contact for a project throughout lifecycle. Owned contract review, reviewed engineering requirements, and responsibilities. Developed and maintained schedule. Coordinate between all departments and assigned tasks and deadlines to Engineer personnel to maintain the schedule.ACCOMPLISHMENTS• Installed procedure for a safety review of systems• Created master template for Risk Analysis for system• Initiated the creation of a secure Visiting Customer Work Center space, elevated project security to strengthen the confidentiality• Acquired (4) four military projects; completed systems to specifications, contracted installation; secured administrative and technical approval of completed systems• Developed knowledge, then established, and maintained the company’s requirements and program for the European Union CE system and China’s CCC mark• Developed technical knowledge, skills, and capabilities, working with a diverse line of aerospace testing products - hydraulic component test system, the automatic test set designed to test aircraft electrical control boxes and flight control units (electric generation), computer, test set software - consisting of visExec Executive Software, Executive Libraries, and Device Drivers (software upgrades), stand-alone systems • Completed required Contract Data Requirement Lists (CDRL)• Standardized Project Engineers ERP system protocols to ensure consistent project entry; defined the information needed to enter a project into the system; created company forms to record essential data, and wrote work instructions for project data achieving a common work set for the BaaN resource system

Akron, Oh

“Outstanding Customer Relations for Supply-Chain Solutions Consulting Services from Project Conception to Installation and Systematized RFP Processes Contributed to Growth & Revenues”Serviced distribution centers (DC), US Government, warehouses, and fulfillment centers for B2B retail/wholesale and healthcare industries; main liaison for customers for Engineering related concerns; gathered raw data from customers, calculated requirements, designed solutions, and presented solutions to customers. Prepared documents for the Request for Proposal (RFP) bid process; evaluated completed vendor bid proposal documents; recommended a vendor for the project; and supervised bid and project implementation.ACCOMPLISHMENTS• Streamlined, branded, and curated the approach and standardized the bidding system and bid documents; enabled a quicker compilation and data entry of RFP bid documents resulting in faster consumption, decision-making, and response to customers, resulting in projects moving forward sooner• Managed project for a State of Utah Distribution Center as Process Engineer and Onsite Supervisor• Supervised and directed other trades for demolition, clean up, installation, start-up• Acquired numerous new projects from customers through a record of outstanding bid process accuracy and project over-site from start-up throughout installation and punch-list resolution

Willoughby, Oh

“Engineering Proficiencies, Big-Picture Thinking, Leadership, and Attention to Detail, Output, and Accuracy Advanced Career from Draftsman to Project Engineer” Project EngineerLed all activities related to projects; met with the customer, vendor and the installation crew(s). Maintained schedule and monitored and updated actual project expense to budgeted expense for immediate access; assigned personnel to specific phases or aspects of the project; reviewed product design for compliance with engineering principles, company standards, customer requirements, and related specifications. Provided reports of the project milestones.EngineerCreated reports, drawings, price estimates and engineering calculations. Evaluated and approved design changes, specifications, and drawing releases to personnel and vendors.DraftsmanInterpreted and completed the Engineer’s design and created all AutoCAD drawings to facilitate vendor bidding, fabrication, and installation. ACCOMPLISHMENTS • Conducted and evaluated test and assembly processes to ensure safety, resource management, and project satisfaction; utilized knowledge of project design, fabrication, project requirements, and prepared written and graphic instruction for workflow, equipment layout, space requirements, modifications, and new test requirements for continuous improvement• Designed structure for overhead material handling conveyor and crane systems• Standardized project data format, collection and storage; allowed for easy transfer of critical information from Project Engineer to management, sales, or user • Designed and formatted drawing design template for the start of projects providing a consistent company brand and uniform style• Formatted Project Notebook design to ease the transition between personnel during project transfer

Willoughby, Oh

"The Making of a Career - Developing Quality-Driven Leadership and Manufacturing Process Skills"Shift LeaderScheduled production machines for daily manufacturing and operator personnel. Assured production quality, assessed individual skills, trained and developed the skills of all operators. Oriented new operators; trained, coached, mentored, and prepared performance reviews for each personnel. Machine Set-upRepaired and located tooling for production. Assisted with proto-type design and manufacture.Machine OperatorProduced quality stainless-steel and brass components daily; completed setup and production of machines such as Warner & Swasey, ACME, Wickman as well as CNC machinery set up, production programming, tooling, and operation.

Bsme, Mechanical Engineering

Associates Of Science, Engineering