Steve — Product Development

Motivated individual with 20+ years of Project Management, Product Development and Engineering experience. Skilled in a wide variety of Engineering areas including design for manufacture, engineering change management, product validation testing, and system calibrations. Broad range of experience ranging from Project Management, Vehicle system testing, Plastics Injection Molding, etc…. Program Management Product Development ISO/TS 16949 Engineering Change Management Instrumentation Engineering Validation Testing Quality Assurance Technical Skills Program Management Turbocharger design, testing, and application 8D Root-cause analysis Design FMEA methodology 3D Modeling - Unigraphics NX-8.5 Engineering change management Plastic Injection Molding APQP Process Instrumentation - specify, procure, and deploy Fabrication - Welding and Machining Database Management Professional Work Experience Wenker inc - Greer, SC 2019- Sep 2020 Project Manager - BMW IPP4 Project Lead the onsite Project Team in support of new BMW IPP4 paint booth installation/implementation for BMW- Greer. Manage project cost, deadlines, and quality while bringing the BMW IPP4 project to completion. Supervise the Change Management process with sub-suppliers. Identify scope changes and negotiate pricing. Coordinatie and supervise contracted sub-suppliers. This includes interfacing with sub-supplier Project Managers to ensure they adhere to project schedules and ensure their quality is up to BMW's expectations. Construct, Coordinate, and implement the Safety program for Wenker USA. This would include interfacing with BMW safety to ensure Wenker's safety program meet's or exceeds both OSHA and BMW guidelines. This also includes interfacing with Sub-suppliers to ensure their own internal safety programs comply with OSHA and BMW guidelines. Plastic Omnium - Anderson, SC 2017- 2019 Program Manager - Auto Exterior Division Lead the onsite Plastic Omnium Project Team in support of production implementation of exterior Bumper and Rocker panels. Direct the Program Management activities and guide the project team in production execution of program deliverables. Operate as PO's accountable representative of the Project to the customer. Also, manage & coordinate all of the Project Team member's communication to the customer. Lead cross-functional team meetings to ensure production and project personnel are synchronous in their activities. EPM Position - (Jul-2017-Dec 2017) Coordinate engineering activities to ensure production realization targets are met while maintaining project timeline goals and quality targets. TechTronic Industries - Anderson, SC 2013 - 2017 Sr. Project Engineer - Gasoline Outdoor Products Manage the String-trimmer design team through eight new product releases, manage seven Hand-held Gas product lines, and also support continuous improvement quality initiatives. Manage daily engineering activities of a three member design team. Responsibilities include seven gas trimmer product lines totaling 1.1M yearly volumes with gross sales exceeding $102M. Followed Product Development Procedures (PDP) during new product releases to ensure the end product met internal guidelines for cost, quality, safety, regulatory, and manufactuarability. Interfaced with Product Engineering, Manufacturing, and Quality teams at TTi Factory in Dongguan China to ensure the end product was on schedule and met both cost and quality targets. Used Unigraphics NX 8.5 / Teamcenter to generate 3D models/2D prints of Injection Molded plastic parts, machined metal parts, and also cast aluminum parts. Pure Power Technologies - Navistar; Columbia, SC 2010-2013 Sr. Development Engineer - Turbocharger Applications Led the Pure Power Turbo design group in three new product platforms, two remanufactured turbocharger product lines, and also managed post-release production support. Managed daily engineering activities of a three member design team.