Project Engineer An innovative, strategic, and highly knowledgeable Engineering professional, with extensive experience delivering product and material development projects for global automobile and industrial manufacturers. Expertise spans operational efficiency, cost savings, client relations, vendor management, multi-national and cross-functional collaboration, research and development, prototype creation and testing, project management, reports, and presentations. Leverage strong communication, active listening, interpersonal skills, and commercial acumen to determine requirements, gain buy-in from clients and senior leadership then plan complex initiatives. Harness problem-solving mindset, technical knowledge, DFMEA and benchmarking with team building capability and fiscal control to drive engineering development and boost organizational growth. Areas of Expertise * Transformational Leadership * Product Design * Product Lifecycles * Materials Management * Program Management * Customer Relations * Design Verification Plans (DVP) * 2D & 3D Development * Data Analysis & DFMEA * Technical Reporting * Vendor Management * Process Optimization * Product Development * Teamcenter CAD * Injection Molded Plastics * Body Exterior/Interior * Strong Communication * Budgeting * Contract Negotiations * Microsoft Office Suite * Commercial Acumen Accomplishments * Created 20 bespoke components for the 2017 Lincoln Continental, with a vehicle content value of $200 at Ford Motor Company. * Achieved a 20% saving in material costs by finding an alternative product that complied with organizational standards at CML. * Realized an annual saving of $100k at Ford by identifying and implementing improved work processes. * Transformational Leadership * Product Design * Product Lifecycles * Materials Management * Program Management * Customer Relations * Design Verification Plans (DVP) * 2D & 3D Development * Data Analysis & DFMEA * Technical Reporting * Vendor Management * Process Optimization * Product Development * Teamcenter CAD * Injection Molded Plastics * Body Exterior/Interior * Strong Communication * Budgeting * Contract Negotiations * Microsoft Office Suite * Commercial Acumen Accomplishments * Created 20 bespoke components for the 2017 Lincoln Continental, with a vehicle content value of $200 at Ford Motor Company. * Achieved a 20% saving in material costs by finding an alternative product that complied with organizational standards at CML. * Realized an annual saving of $100k at Ford by identifying and implementing improved work processes. * Created 20 bespoke components for the 2017 Lincoln Continental, with a vehicle content value of $200 at Ford Motor Company. * Achieved a 20% saving in material costs by finding an alternative product that complied with organizational standards at CML. * Realized an annual saving of $100k at Ford by identifying and implementing improved work processes.

Highlights:

• Product Launch
• Engineering
• Leadership
• Plastics
• Sourcing
• Benchmarking
• Budgeting
• CAD Tools
• Contract Negotiations
• Data Analysis