Department Manager Resume
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Department Manager
Confidential, Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Manage 12 Engineers/Technicians
- Responsible for reviews of employees and hired new technical staff
- Managed Profit/Loss for durability, flammability, and packaging testing departments
- Drafted and executed Capital Expenditures for growing department to meet industry needs
- Actively participate in writing and implementation of ANSI/BIFMA furniture standards
- Active participant in ISO Furniture Standards harmonization
- Draft custom test plans and quotes for clients and account managers
- Interact daily with clients helping them problem solve issues
Engineering Team Leader
Confidential, Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Managed 9 Engineers/Technicians
- Responsible for reviews of employees and hired new engineers
- Managed Profit/Loss for Technical Services department
- Managed employees at customer sites and interacted with customer management
- All tasks completed while still performing Validation Engineer role
Validation Engineer / Project Manager
Confidential, Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Performance and reliability testing of office furniture to industry standards (ANSI, BIFMA, EN, BS) and customer - defined specifications
- Procedure formulation, test design, setup / tear-down, inspections, data analysis / reduction; all with high attention to detail and solid understanding of concepts integral to many different fields of study
- Technical reports with a wide variety of testing data
- Contributed in all stages product life and testing: research & development, materials, design, verification & validation, packaging, and sustainability
- Managed teams of up to 4 technicians
- Conducted experiments and trouble shooting on site services to client
Project Engineer
Confidential
- Managing high-end home wood furniture projects from prototype to production
- Creating all scheduling plans, procured materials, and coordinated build times
- Programming CNC machines for all appropriate cuts, parts, and layouts
- Performing GD&T on completed parts; ensured quality according to clients’ specs
- Interacting effectively with floor workers, customers, sister companies, and staff
Associate Manufacturing Engineer
Confidential
- Modifying plant layout to include updates to production line
- Updating and created assembly procedure sheets for production line workers
- Assisting evaluation of run-at-rate for new product
Associate Product Engineer
Confidential, Troy, Michigan
- Managing instrument panel builds for testing
- Coordinating Tier 2 parts procurement for builds and testing
- Assisting in set up and data collection for design validation (DV) testing