Senior Mechanical Designer

• Feb 2019 - Present

Senior Mechanical Designer

• Oct 2018 - Feb 2019

Mechanical Designer - Flotation Lead

• Oct 2008 - Jun 2018

Flotation Mechaincal DesignerDevelope, Manage & coordinate Flotation Standards for North American Market Area.SolidWorks Enterprise PDM AdministratorEnovia PDM Key UserSolidWorks 2016SolidWorks Enterprise PDM 2016Autodesk Inventor 2015Autodesk Vault 2015AutoCAD 2015PDM, SAP EnoviaAnsys FEA Software (SolidWorks)Windows ApplicationsTrainer EDM, PDM (ENOVIA).Trainer / Administrator - SolidWorls and Enterprise PDM applications. Flotation Mechaincal DesignerDevelope, Manage & coordinate Flotation Standards for North American Market Area.SolidWorks Enterprise PDM AdministratorEnovia PDM Key UserSolidWorks 2016SolidWorks Enterprise PDM 2016Autodesk Inventor 2015Autodesk Vault 2015AutoCAD 2015PDM, SAP EnoviaAnsys FEA Software (SolidWorks)Windows ApplicationsTrainer EDM, PDM (ENOVIA).Trainer / Administrator - SolidWorls and Enterprise PDM applications.

Owner

• Oct 2002 - Apr 2008

A full design resource company providing services such as mechanical/industrial design, machine and automation design, project management, custom robotic weld fixtures and end of arm tooling.Duties- Project Mechanical Designer (Full design, assemblies, BOM’s and manufacturing details)- Product R&D- Project scheduling- Project quoting & estimating along with project progress & cost tracking - Liaison between customer and manufacturing- Mechanical conceptual design, proposal presentations and specification of purchased components- Preparation of maintenance documentation - FEA stress and motion analysis (SolidWorks)Typical duties / projects and Clients include:TC Design Engineering Group Inc.Head Project EngineeringCOMPLETED PROJECTS:- $2.4 M Robotic Rim Polishing system (6 robotic cell system) (for UBE Automotive)- 12 independent projects for high production robotic welding fixtures (for Summo Steel)- $825 k - (5) Modular Gantry handling systems for raw food Packaging (for Tamming Foods)- FEA stress analysis on transmission components (for Magna Powertrain)ThyssenKrupp Budd Canada/Martinrea Kitchener Frame Ltd.Head Mechanical DesignerCOMPLETED PROJECTS:- 19 separate (existing welding fixtures modifications) for production improvements (for GM, Mercedes, Jeep)- 14 completely new (High Production) welding fixtures (Automotive)- 4 new robotic End of Arm Tooling for large frame chassis handling cell - $1.6 M robotic Front Mod welding station improvements complete with auto load and unload linear systems for full frame chassisClark Robotic Systems Inc.Mechanical DesignerCOMPLETED PROJECTS: - Dual robotic indexing Sink Polishing Cell (for Elkay USA)- 3 turnkey Robotic welding systems (for Mancor Automotive)- Engine Block Laser Marking Inspection System for Tier 1 Supplier (Görtz + Schiele Corporation, USA); robotic handling- Robotic Truck Runner Board Buffing Cell (for Vaughan Metal Polishing Ltd.)

Project Engineering / Mechanical Designer

• Jun 1995 - Sep 2002

- Mechanical Designer (Full design, assemblies, BOM’s and manufacturing details, AutoCAD R14 to 2000)- Routine engineering calculation with respect to strengths of materials, speed, horsepower, torque requirements, temperature, pressure & force- Project quoting & estimating along with project progress & cost tracking - specification of purchased componentsProjects:- Steel house Conveyor Handling systems, Outfeed Shear Conveyors, Shear Hydraulic infeed Tables, ½ to 2 ton banding lines- Robotic fixturing station & End of Arm Tooling- Bulk Handling conveyor, Hopper Step feeders & vertical incline conveyor

Mechanical Designer (May 1992 to May 1994) Machinist / Fabricator, Assembler (June 1984 to May 1991

• Mar 1984 - May 1995

AS DESIGNER:• Mechanical design and detailing (AutoCad R12)• Management of material handling, project specifications and purchasing• Computer maintenance and filing• Maintenance documentation preparationAS MACHINIST• Practically oriented with the ability to master a variety of machines and Techniques best suited for the task at hand which is required to do a specific job. Such machines include: Milling, Lathe work, Drill press, Bore mill, Welding and Iron worker AS DESIGNER:• Mechanical design and detailing (AutoCad R12)• Management of material handling, project specifications and purchasing• Computer maintenance and filing• Maintenance documentation preparationAS MACHINIST• Practically oriented with the ability to master a variety of machines and Techniques best suited for the task at hand which is required to do a specific job. Such machines include: Milling, Lathe work, Drill press, Bore mill, Welding and Iron worker