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Austin, Tx, Us

Ops Engineering PMO team lead supporting execution and buildout of emerging markets (Mexico, Australia, Brazil)Ops Engineering PMO for Amazon Robotics Sortables - Intelligrated

• Managed the construction of material handling projects up to 1MM sqft and $100MM across the United States• Led as the primary engineer mentoring and developing operations/project engineers at both the site-level and through the Amazon Robotics Sortable (ARS) network• Drove issues resolution and communicated product/process improvement to program management• Consulted as the regional sortation subject matter expert of material handling systems supporting the setup, build, qualifying, and testing of systems in the ARS network

Kankakee, Il

• Led multifunctional capital engineering projects with cumulative budgets in excess of $1.2MM• Coordinated manufacture, maintenance and testing activities to ensure compliance with project specifications, EHS codes, and OSHA guidelines• Retrofitted natural gas heaters to tile production line resulting in over 310,000 Btu/hr of fuel reduction, upgraded burner control, improved quality, and over $30,000 savings annually• Designed, tested, and installed material transfer equipment to permit plant-wide usage of raw materials valued at a savings of over $150,000 annually• Improved 25,000 pounds per hour limestone transfer system reliability and efficiency by 220%• Reduced downtime by 6 hours weekly in tile manufacturing processes via Autodesk Inventor and design of conveyor to conveyor transitional plates• Estimated capital and non-capital project cost of labor, materials, equipment, and installation• Determined standard operating procedures and best practices for new and existing machinery

Franksville, Wi

• Analyzed competitor power capacitor components by determining elemental composition via Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) to advance development of Power Systems capacitors• Increased testing efficiency for prediction of oil induction time (OIT) by decreasing quantity of tests per job from 5 to 2 upon identifying and correcting error in ASTM standard test method• Developed standard formal reports by customer request detailing and documenting project test methods, material information, results, conclusions, and suggested future work

Monee, Il

• Performed code calculations by evaluating stresses for chemical process equipment including heat exchangers, barometric condensers, evaporators, and crystallizers• Generated 3D models and piping and instrumentation diagrams of process equipment to be used in official Swenson drawings

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Engineering Mechanics

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