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Lakewood, Colorado, Us

Position establishes direction and provides comprehensive technical leadership in a rapidly changing/emerging environment to successfully implement innovative solutions. •Directs, researches, and plans one or more major phases of complex projects and provides work direction to lower level technologists.•Identifies and implements complex options, performs or leads analysis and design, develops software code, tests, documents and maintains IT solutions. •Generally kicks butt at making people happy and gets it done

Lakewood, Colorado, Us

Implementing Windchill PLM and QMS solutions

Aurora, Colorado, Us

Responsible for the teams of Retail and Commercial Product Testing, Prototyping, Technical Publication, Document Control and CAD/PLM.

Aurora, Colorado, Us

Engineering Manager responsible for the Document Control Department and the Engineering Automation Department at multiple North American locations.Responsible for the management and implementation of Engineering processes from Design to Production. Processes include New Product Release, New Part Setup, Engineering Change Process (ECR / ECN). ECN Coordinators report to this position.The Engineering Automation department supports the maintenance of CAD / PLM / CAE and EE software.As the Windchill PLM business administrator, system customization is also a main priority.

Aurora, Colorado, Us

Enterprise PLM and CAD: responsible for all KNA CAD/PLM tool support,projects, and processes, across all KNA brands and locations.Responsible for the implementation of the enterprise PLM system Windchill / PDMLink / ProjectLink and continued growth of related procedures and processesCollaborate with business representatives on process improvement and document a prioritized roadmap for new processes and projects as IT PMO Project ManagerKey member of Karcher group global PLM teamAssist VP’s in PLM vision and roadmap aligned to enterprise key measuresSupport data management of engineering and technical specifications for 12 brandsAutomated PLM Workflow developer for Change Management (ECR) and New Part Setup processAuthor IBM Cognos reports from Windchill Query and Daptiv.Perform duties of CAD/PLM AdministratorHelpdesk support for Windchill PLM, Pro/Engineer in multi-site, multi-CAD environmentConduct monthly user group meetings for PLM and CAD usersTrain users in class, one-on-one and team environments using custom created tutorialsDevelop and document CAD processes and procedures to fit business needsDocument SAP ERP work instructions and publish to self-maintained intranet siteDriving force for developing the business cases for gaining approval of Windchill project on an enterprise levelConfigure Windchill PDMLink 10.1 Users / Contexts / IBA’s / Objects / Lifecycles / Revision-Scheme / Workflows / PreferencesConfigure and install Windchill WGM for Autodesk InventorConfigure and install Windchill CAD Worker for Pro/Engineer and Theorem adapter for Inventor to create 2D and 3D ProductView viewable.Evaluate and Install CAD and PLM related software: Pro/Engineer WF3-5.0, Creo Elements/Pro, Creo Parametric 1.0, 2.0, ProductView 9.0-10.0, Creo View 3.0Perform CAD design, including large assembly, injection molded, rotational molded, welded and complex surfacing componentsSupport and install CFDesign CFD software, Ansys FEA software

Aurora, Colorado, Us

Regional User Group - PTC productsEngineering and Design and Technology networking non-profit organisation.

Holland, Michigan, Us

11,000+ hours of Creo Parametric and Pro/Engineer experienceDevelop specialized automated equipment improving the end-customer’s product qualityDesign custom automated machinery with thousands of components using Pro/EngineerLeverage large assembly management techniques to organize large data efficientlyDesign fixtures and surface nests for customer parts using Pro/EngineerMake use of Pro/E Import Data Doctor and Pro/Surface to repair customer dataUse Pro/Mechanica for FEA analysis of weldments and other componentsImprove customer’s cycle time with equipment that surpasses expectationsApply Pro/Mechanism to designs to simulate kinematics and dynamicsWork with controls team, build team, and project management to meet customer’s needsConform to customer’s requirements for machine components and drawing specificationsConsistently meet stringent timelines at a self-directed paceFunction as a project manager to assure customer goals as well as budgets are metConcept new ideas and contribute to pricing for new projects, quoting and specificationsLiaison for customers helping with equipment specifications and process developmentDesign world-class machinery resulting in patent applicationsProvide sponsorship to FIRST Robotics Team as project manager

Perform functions as a Mechanical Engineer and Machine DesignerProvide Pro/Engineer support to 18 designers and 3 Pro/NC programmersProduce training materials and an internal website for departmental supportCreate tutorials for Top-Down Design methods and the use of Skeleton Models in Pro/EngineerLog Pro/Engineer software issues with PTC support resulting in SPR’s for resolutionImplement SmartLibrary and other custom Toolkit applications to optimize design efficiencyDrive continuous improvement throughout the companyDeveloped bill of material process incorporating interdepartmental procedures and opinionsFormulated ROI’s and payback periods to justify software purchasesInvestigated and advocated use of Pro/Engineer functionality including a move to Wildfire 3.0Use Pro/Engineer Mechanism Design Option analysis for complex motions to produce custom cam profiles and obtain speed and force results of moving designs