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Industry: Extrusion- Plastics
Resides: Salary: US $Open
Relocate: Yes
On
the Market: Last
position was contract OBJECTIVE
To contribute strong technical and organizational skills to your firm in a manufacturing engineering capacity where innovation and ingenuity are required for development and implementation of solutions to challenging issues. KEY QUALIFICATIONS
* PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER CERTIFICATION, State of South Carolina, # 19844 * TECHNICAL - Equipment & systems design and specification, polymer extrusion, chiller & hydronics system design, Kepner Tregoe Analytical Troubleshooting, PLC fundamentals, web handling, creative problem solving * PROJECT MANAGEMENT - scope development, vendor negotiation, capital & man-hour estimates, schedule risk and tracking, reporting, design coordination, equipment installation and commissioning, safety reviews, documentation, training * MANAGEMENT - Functional supervision of designers, drafters, technicians, contractors, Interpersonal Managing Skills by Learning International, Situational Leadership * SOFTWARE - AutoCAD, Windows, Word, Excel, Power Point, Access, Microsoft Project, Active Factory IndustrialSQL * SAFETY - OSHA Awareness Course, Job Hazard Analysis, noise abatement, ergonomics, first aid responder, safety council EXPERIENCE
3/02 - 6/02 MECHANICAL ENGINEER (Contract) - (Company), SC * Developed, evaluated, and selected equipment layouts and utility system upgrades for an Architectural & Engineering firm's $40 M steel rolling mill upgrade project. * Central contributor to existing process and equipment evaluation, quotation evaluation, downtime scheduling, pricing, and value engineering exercises in the development of a fixed price bid package. 10/00 - 2/02 PROCESS ENGINEER - Pirelli
Communications Cables & Systems NA,
Lexington, SC * Developed and industrialized innovative equipment and process improvements for the Interconnect fiber cable product line. * Successfully commissioned ahead of schedule and under budget four new fiber optic cable extrusion lines in two months, each with a 50% speed increase, resulting in increased production capacity of over 200%. * Specified, competitively quoted, installed, and commissioned on time and under budget a $750,000 bulk material storage, drying, and distribution system supplying multiple compounds to 27 extrusion lines. * Optimized plant layouts and tracked all startup activities for new and relocated equipment in a new 360,000-ft2 facility. * Specified, jointly designed with vendors, installed, and commissioned a new cable rewinder and a refurbished fiber rewinder. * Created, maintained, and trained both manufacturing and maintenance personnel on new operating procedures, manufacturing instructions, and line recipes for all equipment personally installed, commissioned, and documented. * Functionally supervised and provided technical support to production line technicians and operators. * Contributed monthly to technical and management planning meetings through presentations and discussions. 12/94 - 10/00 MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ENGINEER
- Cryovac Division Sealed Air
Corp., Duncan, SC * Specified, quoted, jointly designed, and installed a $4.5M developmental co-extrusion coating line for a new product line. * Integrated, installed, and commissioned the components and systems for two film co-extrusion lines totaling $4.6M. * Researched and developed the equipment and systems for a new film perforation converting operation. * Central contributor to a cross-functional team tasked with entering a new product market at a low capital cost. Team efforts reduced the cost from $5M to under $800k by moving and/or upgrading underutilized equipment in three different facilities. * Uninstalled, heavily modified for a different process, and reinstalled in another production facility a converting machine in less than two weeks to remedy processing problems causing product failures and customer complaints. * Jointly designed, installed, and commissioned a 250-ton chill-water system servicing multiple extrusion line processes. * Directed a joint design project with a vendor to address static electricity problems resulting in a successful new blender design. * Researched and evaluated multiple groove-feed extruder vendors in pursuit of establishing a product line equipment standard. 9/90 - 12/92 MECHANICAL ENGINEER CO-OP
- Cryovac Division Sealed Air Corp.
(W.R. Grace), Duncan, SC * Contributed machine and systems design support on an $80 M capacity expansion and process improvement project. EDUCATION
B.S. Mechanical Engineering with Honors, Georgia Institute of Technology - Atlanta, GA, 1994, Economics Certificate PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
* ASME - American Society of Mechanical Engineers
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