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Delano, Mn

Team Lead for the Custom Signature and Select Division and Mechanical Engineer for Design Team.Project planning and delegation with the team. Works with Presale on complicated jobs that may need engineered designs or engineering concerns.Provided engineering guidance and calculations for complex structural need.Contact for reps, customers, and installers woth project questions, requirements, issues and fixes. Responder for shop floor escalation issues for any manufacturing issues. Work on continuous improvements for department with auditing and implementing standard work and best practices.

Plymouth, Mn

Cimline DivisionAssisted in finalizing next generation melter for launch designing options and testing. Team member of continuation engineering programs to troubleshooting product and design, and customer care. Updated engine for a dual generator run machine replacing old configuration and made field replacement kits. White paper write ups on testing for paint, melter performance, and heated hoses. Redesign Tack Kettles and Routers for new generation. Lead designer new product to unify cross platform families and integrate new technologies.

Brooklyn Center, Mn

Design and modification of various sheet metal: bulkhead panels, doors, LGX box, and stands.Ran product testing: pressure, submersion, temperature, and chemical resistance. Implemented FEA analysis into product design using Simulate.Expanded capabilities with prototyping with 3D printing.

Design Engineer, Mechanical Analyst, and Drafter  Reverse engineered truck body, had body sectioned to get interior construction details, created piece part and welded assembly drawing in Inventor software. Self propelled turf care equipment, hydraulic calculations and routing and front PTO design and layout.  Grain harvesting equipment, header part design and assembly modeling, motor mounts design and calculations and FEA. Direction drill construction equipment, drill casing mechanical vice design, rack design, hydraulics and FEA. R&D Analysis and FEA of rail maintenance equipment: material collector, track steering and wagon vacuum gantry.  Completed GD&T course.

Plant P&ID Drafter, Plant Expansion Leader, Plant Database Collector  Drafted plant’s pipe and process schematic of all chemical and product transfer with proper identification.  Created a MS-Excel database connected to the P&ID, tank specifications, and product use. Over saw and lead the expansion of the project plant for quality control and product testing. Lead the expansion of the new additional tank farm for the Food Process production with tank and parts purchases and layout.  Small projects with new DI Water Sanitization System.