Jason Mevius, Mechanical Design / Project Engineer
SUMMARY / CAREER OBJECTIVE
Versatile design engineer with experience developing new products from concept sketches to production launch looking to use my skills with a dynamic company.
Effective communicator and team leader, quick to understand processes and synthesize new solutions. Specific expertise includes:
- International Team Leadership
- Lean Manufacturing Methods
- Platform / Modular Design
- Finite Element Analysis
- Rapid Prototyping Environment
- Intellectual Property / Patentability
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Emerson Process Management
- McKinney, TX
- 2003 — 2007
Implemented aggressive pressure regulator designs for a Fortune 500 company in the Oil and Gas industry. Design lead for a global platform project team (4 direct reports), consolidating products obtained through acquisitions with legacy products to form company’s primary commercial line.
- Responsible for coordinating and evaluating the activities and deliverables of domestic and international team members.
- Replaced low-margin regional products with modular, cost-conscious international platform.
- Performed complex finite element analysis to gauge strength of pressure vessel components and structural stampings.
- Managed on-site Natural Gas beta installations requiring extensive coordination with end customers, distributors, and installers.
- Pursued trade dress protection for aesthetic design protection and multiple patents for both product and process improvements (under review).
- Developed aluminum die castings, steel and iron sand castings, plastic injection moldings, rubber moldings, springs, and diaphragms with third-party vendors.
- Member of a “rapid response” team to correct a potential launch-delay error discovered in final product validation, efforts directly avoided a potential loss of $120K/month.
- Molex HPC
- Little Rock, AR
- 2002 — 2003
Developed innovative methods of manufacturing cable assemblies, documented internal processes with emphasis on international outsourcing, and investigated automation of flagship products.
- Outsourced several major product lines to off-shore assembly houses to reduce costs and increase stateside profits. Responsible for transfer of materials, tooling, intellectual property, and on-site qualification of all processes.
- Technical expert on final assembly manufacturing capabilities, conducted design reviews and failure analysis to focus resources on crucial process and design changes.
- Alcatel USA (Co-Op Engineer)
- Plano, TX
- 1999 — 2002
Responsible for designing assembly tooling for circuit boards, reduced cycletime and handling defects, and eliminating end-shift downtime.
- Independent Website Design
- McKinney, TX
- 1999 — 2007
Designed and implemented efficient and compliant designs for clients on a contractual basis. Demonstrated exceptional client-relations skills, creativity, entrepreneurship, and inherent aptitude for design cycle.
EDUCATION
- Southern Methodist University
- Dallas, TX
- 1997 — 2002
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering / Computer Science
- Completed design project for Kent Waldrep National Paralysis Foundation.
TECHNICAL SKILLS / PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- Project Management Training
- Finite Element Analysis — ANSYS
- FMEA — Design / Process Improvements
- Economics and Finance
- 3D Design / 2D Drafting — ProEngineer, SolidDesigner, Annotator, ME10, AutoCAD
- GD&T — Geometrical Dimensioning and Tolerancing
AWARDS / RECOGNITIONS
- Eagle Scout — Boy Scouts of America
