Senior Mechanical Engineer RESUME California - Hire IT People

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Senior Engineer with broad manufacturing background. Recognized as an early adapter of new technologies and expert customer focused solutions within complex manufacturing environments. Demonstrated areas of experience and expertise include:

Ability to expeditiously take an idea from concept to reality using a variety of manufacturing disciplines and materials; Create common sense designs enhanced by strong machine tool background; Proficiency in 3D design and documentation; In-depth experience with MRP and ERP systems, in an ISO 9001 environment.

Passionate problem-solver with a strong work ethic and an entrepreneurial style which provides a “big picture” project approach. Effective team leader and member with the ability to mentor and inspire co-workers for improved professional skills and performance levels.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential,
California 1988 – 2009

Leading manufacturer of resistance welding, laser welding, laser marking, and heat-seal bonding equipment to global electronics, medical device, automotive, and general industrial markets.

Senior Mechanical Engineer/Senior Engineer 1996-2009
Responsibility for manufacturing and sustaining engineering, mechanical design, documentation and production release of resistance welding power supplies and accessories. Managed CAD maintenance, training and licensing.

Worked with key customers to solve production issues by providing highly customized solutions. Resulted in increased customer goodwill and continued purchases of equipment vital to the company\'s bottom line.
Re-packaged Japanese parent company\'s welding power supplies to increase marketability in United States manufacturing environment.
Introduced and implemented parametric 3D CAD for product design.
Team member on ISO 9001, MRP/ERP selection/implementation committees.
Implemented modern product identification system,resulting in thousands of dollars saved in external artwork costs, inventory costs, and avoiding delays in implementation of company logo changes.

Sr. Components Engineer /Design Supervisor 1992-1996
Managed purchased part documentation, part substitution and purchasing issues. Managed Change Control Board, Document Change Requests and Engineering Change Orders, supervised Draft-persons.

Managed the mechanical design portion of product cost reduction efforts that exceeded their 25% cost reduction targets.
Championed modern packaging methods resulting in up to 80% savings over previous methods.

Engineering Services Specialist 1990-1992
Envisioned and implemented electronic document management prior to the advent of commercial PDM systems. Champion for CAD, electronic document management and networking. Managed and documented purchased parts..

Standards Engineer 1988-1990
Converted company’s paper based purchased part documentation system into relational data-base system. Early adapter of modern PC based technology, networking, etc. Introduced company to Windows software overcoming initial internal resistance.

Confidential,
Chatsworth CA
Manager of Sustaining Engineering
Manufacturing Engineering, product design and improvement, testing, trouble shooting of magnetic media maintenance and computer care products.

Specified or designed and built specialized manufacturing equipment
Setup and equipped two prototype machine shops
My patent #4499516 on the companies key product, a floppy disk drive cleaner, corrected a serious field failure problem. Patent was successfully defended and gave my employer exclusive product rights and eliminated all competition.

Confidential,
Owner
Designed and manufactured custom pneumatic and electromechanical machinery, for use in various industries, specializing in the computer printer ribbon field.

Confidential,
Operations Manager
In charge of operations of a specialty plastics firm that did contract RF heat sealing, decorating, sewing, die cutting, gluing, hot forming and folding of thermoplastic film and sheet.

Confidential,
Conventional vertical/horizontal milling machine operator while attending Northrup Institute of Technology.

EDUCATION

Rio Hondo Community College, Whittier, CA.
Continuing education on CAD, office software, Internet and business management.

Northrop Institute of Technology , Inglewood, CA .
Aircraft Maintenance Engineering, FAA Airframe and Power Plant Certificate

Cerritos Community College , Cerritos, CA
Industrial Arts Teaching Major

SPECIAL SKILLS

Spanish Language Fluency
Software proficiency:
Microsoft Office products, Microsoft Access, Autodesk Inventor, AutoCAD, AutoCAD Mechanical Desktop, SolidWorks, ROI & JDE ERP systems, DBASE II, FoxPro, plus many specialized programs for special equipment and NC control.

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