Engineering Intern Resume Profile
SUMMARY
In my career, I have held a variety of positions which developed a diverse skill set that can be adapted to a wide range of leadership roles. I have lead and worked with teams to implement projects on-time while meeting targeted goals for results. I have had exposure to a range of manufacturing, technical, and engineering environments in which I have been able to effectively contribute because of my ability to rapidly fit into a team, learn new skills and processes to apply them quickly. I also am able to self-manage and organize my work based on general direction, so that others could focus on their part of the project while remaining confident that goals and milestones are met. The ideal position would be a full time position as a project manager or engineering manager with a long-term career path that allows me to continue to develop my leadership and management experience.
SKILLS and TRAINING
- Leadership, including the ability to work with a wide range of people in many situations
- Results focused and business acumen
- Analytical ability to assess situations and to define and implement optimum business-driven solutions
- 2D and 3D Computer aided design modeling: AutoCAD, SolidWorks, Inventor
- Engineer In Training Status Fundamentals of Engineering Exam Passed in 2005
- Computer programming environments: VB, Matlab, C , Visual C, Java, JavaScript, Maple
- Process Knowledge: Transmission assembly, transmission testing, various automated assembly equipment, welding, glass forming, infrared technology, incandescent lighting, cabinet assembly, wood staining, wood and metal drilling, wood and metal CNC
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Confidential
Responsibilities:
- Establish timelines and customer milestones for a teir 1 automotive transmission plant and project groups across multiple countries.
- Track detailed status of 800 new transmission parts and new equipment for new customer projects
- Manage launch management department
- Develop department structure
- Determine scope of department and staffing needs
- Hire and train employees
- Communicate project timelines and schedules directly with four automotive OEMs
- Coordinate operations, quality, purchasing, logistics, and planning teams for 190 pre-series/pre-production trial events including start of series production
- Track production part approval status PPAP for reporting to the customer
- Report customer launch status to senior management, board level members, and customer
- Coordinate design changes and model year introductions with the plant, the customer, and design/development
Accomplishments:
- Established a cross-functional team across a multi-disciplined group including international team members
- Launched 8 new transmission variants for 4 different OEM customers
- Maintained standardized tracking for 18 different customer projects with 27 different transmission variants
- Completed 91 transmission trial events for 3 different OEMs
- Established customer plant relationships and communication channels
- Created and established launch management department
Confidential
Responsibilities:
- Oversee the installation of automotive transmission assembly and test equipment 2MM per test cell, 4 test cells per line
- Ensure proper documentation and setup of assembly and test equipment
- Manage suppliers and contractors to maintain equipment deadlines
- Communicate issues or changes in plans internally to management
Accomplishments:
- Established clear lines of communication for suppliers and internal groups during a startup of a facility.
- Learned testing process for automotive transmissions
Confidential
Responsibilities:
- Capital improvement project management, specification, design, and implementation
- Lead point of contact for outside contractors during project installations
- Automation and controls team lead for design, specification, and implementation
- Continuous Improvement Projects across 9 manufacturing facilities
- Manufacturing technical support
Accomplishments:
- Design and implementation of automated cabinet assembly lines across 3 plants spread across the US in a span of less than 7 months with a capital investment of 1MM each.
- Design and specification of 62 pieces of door hinge drilling equipment to be installed at all Assembly facilities
- Implementation of CAD/Drawing Standards within Corporate Design Group
- Lead effort to implement industry standard controls and electrical systems across company
Confidential
Manager, Shop Operations Responsibilities:
- Management and scheduling of 180 hourly production employees for entire plant
- Daily Production rates for 24 hour per day, 5 days per week operations
- Management during plant closing period for the Winchester Lamp Plant
Commercial Quality Manager Responsibilities:
- Weekly Production Schedule for more than 100 SKUs and more than 8 Million units per week
- Finished Goods inventory, processing, and shipping
- Raw Materials inventory, ordering, and receiving
- Weekly and Annual Cycle counts of all Raw and Finished Goods
Process Engineer Responsibilities:
- Continuous improvement of all plant processes
- Machine efficiency tracking, control, and improvement of all plant equipment
- Design, estimation, implementation and project management of capital improvement projects
Accomplishments:
- Annual Saving of 330,000 through infrared temperature monitoring and control project costing 1,100 in total investment
- Elimination of mechanical parts change over through redesign and improvement of machine design
- Annual savings of 220,000 through redesign and changes in regrind specification of process tool equipment
- OSHA Recordable reduction by 2 points through implementation of proactive hearing safety program
Confidential
Mechanical Design Engineer CAD Administrator PDM Administrator
Responsiblilities:
- Design vehicle parts and assemblies for armored utility vehicles for Military applications
- Analyze vehicle performance characteristics and identify improvements using Finite Element Analysis
- Maintain CAD drawing, part, and assembly template files for entire organization
- Maintain Product Document Management System and Engineering Change Process
- Interface with Manufacturing and Purchasing departments for engineering changes, product development, and procurement
Accomplishments:
- Implementation of manufacturing routing process using Enterprise Resource Planning software MAS 500
- Implementation and development of 3D CAD and FEA Software SolidWorks and COSMOSWorks
- Implementation of Product Document Management Software SolidWorks Enterprise PDM
- Automation of SolidWorks sheet metal parts to ProNest CNC software using VB
- Raw Materials cost reduction through creation of a standard hardware list for vehicle design
Confidential
Engineering Intern
Responsibilities:
- Operations of 12 machine automated CNC machining and assembly cell with automated part delivery
- Specify and maintain repair and preventative maintenance of equipment
- Identification and standardization of rework processes
- Creation and maintenance of Work Instructions of CNC tooling assembly and repair for over 750 tool types across entire plant
Accomplishments:
- Creation of a Tool Life and Failure Mode tracking system
- Establishment of a PM tracking process for newly installed equipment