Converted crucial legacy AutoCAD drawings to 3D SolidWorks drawings under ISO Standards to streamline production and meet current production standards. # Created complex mechanical components usi... Read more

Converted crucial legacy AutoCAD drawings to 3D SolidWorks drawings under ISO Standards to streamline production and meet current production standards. # Created complex mechanical components using Solidworks, assembled all parts with animation. # Efficiently designed product sections with BOM, GD&T and machining symbols. # Introduced advanced 3D CAD feature that reduced redundant tasks and accelerated assembly model generation. # Implemented automation tools in SolidWorks that dramatically improved shop-drawing production. # Instituted Excel-based automation tools that significantly reduced errors within shipping lists. # Expedited design-drawings with the establishment of a macro-based design library allowing. # Developed technical content, drawings, and standard designs. # Supervised a team of six people in the assembly process. # Developed and maintained project plans using MS project for allocated tasks.

Designed or took part in design of the following equipment, systems and their parts: - process plant equipment c/w sheet metal product, electrical and electronic components - plant hydraulic systems,... Read more

Designed or took part in design of the following equipment, systems and their parts: - process plant equipment c/w sheet metal product, electrical and electronic components - plant hydraulic systems, process ducts and pipe lines completed with supports - structural design of the equipment support structures and plant multilevel platform systems completed with walkways between platforms, stairs and ladders - mobile heavy industrial loader (buggy) and other designs for manufacturing needs - pressure vessels (ASME Sec.VIII, div.1); and a storage tank (API 650) - tested materials and designed parts for testing machine and high pressure valves - soil remediation equipment working under high temperature, conveyor lines and bag-houses - seal design - optimization and upgrading of the malt plant equipment and process Worked on the projects for: biomass fired and gas fired thermal energy systems, nail & wire product manufacturing company, CO2 adsorption plants, Pulp & Paper Plants, Sulfuric Acid Plants, Soil Remediation Compact Plant located on two trailers and Oil-Field Equipment Performed stress analysis (FEA), produced 3D models; various types of the drawings (layout, general arrangement, assembly, detail, piping isometric, demolition and shop drawings); bill of materials (BOMs); P&IDs, PFDs; data sheets; piping, valve and tie point lists; shipping bills; checked drawings; performed material estimates

17 years as a consultant in Design development and Production engineering on short and long-term contracts Clients include: Boeing, VW, Ford, GM, Electrolux, Bentley, Rolls Royce, BMW, ABB, Bom... Read more

17 years as a consultant in Design development and Production engineering on short and long-term contracts Clients include: Boeing, VW, Ford, GM, Electrolux, Bentley, Rolls Royce, BMW, ABB, Bombardier, Magna, Tesla and others. • 8 years direct management within Manufacturing & Engineering environments • Apprentice trained Journeyman with 11 years shop floor experience in fabrication, machining, welding large electro mechanical assemblies. • 37 years technical engineering and manufacturing experience, inventing and taking concepts into mass production • 20 years designing and manufacturing plastic injection molded components • 3 Year developing interior electro mechanical LED lighting systems for Ford, GM and Tesla with automotive approval and testing standards. • 20+ years experience 3D CAD design with Catia V5 and other CAD systems • 15 years Automotive, Aerospace and Sub sea experience • Extensive experience, inventing, designing, rapid prototyping, testing and validating mechanical and electro-mechanical assemblies from concept to production. • Leadership and mentoring teams within manufacturing and engineering departments • PFMEA, DFMEA, DFM, FEA, Lean, ECN, BOM, PLM experience • Continuous improvement advocate, VA/VE • Engineering budget oversight on programs in excess $140 million per year • Capability to manage Production, Production engineering, quality control, purchasing, planning and warehouse