Brent_Strahan_resume
- 1. Brent Strahan 110 Cherylnne Cres Kilsyth, 3037 0430 783 657 [email protected] Mechanical Engineer with 13 years of design, process and engineering expertise applied to real- world manufacturing environments. I use a practical, broad knowledge of engineering principles, and manufacturing processes, to solve the hardest problems and provide the best solutions. I deliver complete and complex projects under tight deadlines, acquire skills and educate myself as required, and maintain a high standard of work with minimal guidance. I consider myself to be a competent and well-regarded senior engineer capable of exercising judgement, managing my own time and effectively enlisting the help of others to achieve required outcomes. Taurean Garage Doors – SENIOR PRODUCT/PROCESS ENGINEER 2011-Present Taurean is a part of Stramit Building Products, one of the largest suppliers roll-formed steel building products in Australia. Product Development and Process Improvement: Responsible for development of products and manufacturing processes critical to growth of company . I report to the Operations Manager. Commercial Roller Door (2nd hand production line) ◦ Designed new components, calculated spring combinations, and developed a complete Bill Of Materials. This assignment included all Project Scope Planning, CAD, drawing management, component testing, FEA analysis, and supplier consultations. ◦ Designed tooling for main press – a $40k 6.2m long tool. Tool negotiation, design and validation, commissioning. The panel I invented is widely agreed to be the flattest, strongest, and most cost-effective on the market. ◦ Design tasks required knowledge of multiple disciplines (eg roll-forming, injection moulding, surface coating, press-tooling, aluminium extrusion) – designed for manufacture, cost minimisation and functional performance. ◦ Oversaw toolmaker, contractor and fitter activities related to installation and commissioning of plant. ◦ Risk assessment of plant and hazard management plan. Kit-box upgrade ◦ Worked with Supply Chain Officer to develop the overseas supply of accessory boxes. This involved full component specification, off-tool-sample inspection and revision management, final testing and engineering approval of approximately 50 components. ◦ The goal of the project was to improve product quality but the project saved $350k/yr. Wind testing to Australian Standards. ◦ Designed two wind-rated roller door systems, achieving AS/NZS4505:2012 compliance via a full scale interstate testing regime. The modular design I proposed and implemented introduced a $200k/yr cost-down, reduced installation time and removed a hazardous welding operation. ◦ Co-ordinated with Stramit Sydney R&D business unit to conduct tests on entire roller door range to comply with Standards for cyclonic regions of Australia. ◦ Designed 4-hole pneumatic hand-held hole-punch for attaching wind-clips to door- curtains and had tools made and commissioned. Guide Track with Safety Edge ◦ Listed as co-inventor on patented guide track with safety edge. Worked with external roll- former company to introduce new automated production line. Replacement Sectional Door Line (2015) ◦ Oversaw safe decommissioning and cleanout of obsolete shutter production line, and delivery of new production line. ◦ New component design and sourcing, BOM and spring chart development. ◦ Oversight of installation, commissioning and testing product to Australian requirements. 2nd hand Sectional Door Line (2012)
- 2. ◦ Design (CAD and drawings) of some components, both plastic and steel. Sourcing of off- the-shelf parts from Chinese suppliers. ◦ Testing and approval of components. Australian Standards compliance. ◦ Factory layout and manufacturing flow. ◦ All technical information and instructions ◦ Detailed optimised calculation of all spring requirements. Reduced yearly cost of holding by $20k. ◦ Project had $50k budget and increased company revenue by 15% Non-project Engineering Duties: ◦ As a part of Fletcher Building, Taurean has a heavy focus on industrial health and safety. Safety observations, risk assessments, JSA's, Hazardous Work Permits, Incident Investigation, safety upgrades, inductions etc. ◦ I co-ordinate on-site contractors for plant and factory upgrades. Eg I have overseen the installation of high-voltage cabling the length of the factory ceiling, which involved working at heights and crane isolation in a production area. ◦ I direct and monitor maintenance fitters and report on their activities and progress to senior management. ◦ I provide engineering support to frontline customer service on technical or product-related issues, and also support ongoing factory and process improvements. ◦ Working with local toolmakers for fabrication of custom spare parts (guillotine blades, replacement rollers, punch maintenance etc). ◦ Project Management assistance and support to colleagues as required. ◦ Assessment of production and process quality problems and inefficiencies on an ongoing basis, with normal manufacturing experience (work flow, Lean Principles, plant layout, operator utilisation, work-station design), analysis of competing hypotheses and root- cause analysis skills required. ◦ Have a current First Aid certificate and am on the company Safety Committee. AWMA Water Management – DESIGNER 2009-2011 AWMA is an ISO9001 manufacturing facility in Northern Victoria; designing, fabricating and installing aluminium and stainless steel water control gates. Drafting: Produced all the detailed drawings for AWMA's largest contract – a 2 year program to install water gates across northern QLD for Sunwater. Developed large and detailed CAD models, using design tables and equations, to reduce the drawing turnaround time from 8 hours to 2 hours per site. Working with drafters to improve drafting system and mentor them on ways to improve their efficiency. Included writing and customising Visual Basic macros. Product Development: Redesigned the company's largest selling line of gates Reduced labour time by 25% and materials by 20%. Managed project through scoping, FMEA, budgeting, and prototyping through to production drawings and work instructions. Use of CosmosWorks FEA simulation software Fallshaw Wheels and Castors – SENIOR PROJECT ENGINEER 2007 - 2009 Fallshaw Wheels & Castors designs and manufactures injection moulded and pressed metal products. They are certified to ISO9001. New product design and development CAD design, eg. 6 year’s SolidWorks experience – All stages of Product Development life-cycle: initial product development, design tables, prototyping, design validation, BOMs, drawings Designed and patented revolutionary patented plastic castor – 42 components, 16 tools, $250k investment with 30% ROI
- 3. Designed full range of 400kg heavy duty castors– 19 tool program, $120k investment 25% ROI This was a senior role working on the company's largest projects in which I was expected to plan and act independently under management guidance, use my own judgement and take responsibility. Sourced tooling locally and overseas (China). Including CAPEX, tool design approval, ISIR, functional testing, detailed drawings. Project Planning Specification / Scope of work: Developing project specifications based on customer requirements and target costing. Leading cross-functional discussions to establish assumptions / risks / impact of project. CAD design and development: Costing: Detailed financial CAPEX financial justification of project based on known costs. Prototyping: DVP&R and DMFEA, validating the product design concept before committing to tooling costs. Toolmaking: Liaising with either internal, external or even international toolmakers for tool quoting, designing, approving, sample inspection and tool sign-off Commissioning: Releasing the product to production with full work instructions, BOM’s, and detailed engineering drawings. Fallshaw Wheels and Castors PRODUCT DESIGN ENGINEER 2004 - 2006 New product design and development Design improvements to production parts and processes Tooling design in pressed steel and injection moulded parts Mechanical Engineering skills and processes CAD modelling, detailed drawings, tolerancing, tooling inserts, CAD database management, document control process, FMEA, CapEx, CMM measurement. Education Swinburne University, Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (with Honours) 1999 – 2003 Winner of the Best Managed Final Year Project 12 month IBL industry placement at Smorgon Steel Mill, Laverton Software & IT Skills: SolidWorks 2015 CAD – expert user, constant use Visual Basic – beginner user, but learning fast Solidwork Simulation FEA (Finite Element Analysis) – intermediate user PhotoWorks – intermediate user AutoCAD and Ideas – some experience SVN file versioning system – intermediate user MS Office packages (Excel, Word, etc) – expert user, constant use Interests Guitar, basketball, camping, volunteering (I'm the President of Montrose Vikings Basketball Club, coach my daughter's U12 team and am the OHS Officer for the Celebrate Mooroolbark Festival.) Referees Brett Kelly Mob. 0407 534 277 Work 03 5456 3331 AWMA General Manager Ross Coates Mob. 0429 312 875 TDS Operations Manager Karen Weil Mob. 0409 132 730 TDS Supply Chain Officer