Richard Vaughan, PMP

4587 Tanner Peak Trail, Brighton, CO 80601

R.vaughan1978@gmail.com | 720-253-3121 | www.linkedin.com/in/rvaughan1/

·         Certified Project Management Professional, Certified Scrum Master

·         15 years experience in project driven engineering departments, including ISO-9000 environments. Expert level CAD skills.

·         Proficient at coordinating vendors, manufacturing assets, design teams, and virtual teams across multiple projects.

·         Extensive change control experience including REV control, ECR management, drawing releases and internal change management.

·         Adept at problem solving, requirement writing, organization, and communication management.

·         Experienced with Microsoft Project, Word, Excel, Visual Manufacturing, and web based document management such as Google docs. Experience guiding projects from conception to shipment. Including ECR, RFI, as-built documentation, and OEM manuals

Bachelor of Science in Business and Project Management,

University of Phoenix: 2013 with Honors

·         Completed courses in risk management, portfolio management, PMI standards and PMBOK integration, procurement, project planning and earned value management, project estimating and control.

Associates of Applied science degree in Mechanical Drafting,

Westwood College: 1997

·         Received training in Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (ANSI/ASME Y14.5 1994), and AutoCad.

Material Handling Designer

Steel Storage Systems Inc.: March 2011-December 2012, September 2005-June 2008. Designed and detailed material handling equipment, including conveyor systems, and rack storage units. All products were made from structural steel elements.

·         Lead designer for 140+ projects and served as project head for most system designs.

·         Coordinated with the shop, sales team, and engineering elements to design, and deliver projects on time.

·         Crated BOM’s and material takeoff estimates.

·         Tracked project’s progress through fabrication, delivery and installation.

·         Trained new employees in general project flow, drawing standards, design requirements, document control, bill of material creation and company practices.

·         Reviewed designs to meet OSHA and other safety requirements.

·         Routed projects through manufacturing and inventory control using the Visual Manufacturing ERP system.

·         Performed QA checks on equipment and parts as needed.

·         Created approval drawings and participated in quote process to establish project guidelines and requirements.

 

Document Control Drafter

Mark VII: Nov 2008–July 2009, July 2010-November 2010. Created design documentation and release drawings for new carwash designs.

·         Assisted engineers in drawing state of the art proto-type car wash equipment.

·         Certified drawings as completed and ready for release as part of the project release process.

·         Created a new digital drawing distribution and control process.

·         Created bills of materials and entered them into the BPCS material planning system.

·         Managed drawing distribution to appropriate departments as new drawings were updated and released.

 

Commercial Railcar Designer

Colorado Railcar: June 2008 – November 2008. Designed and detailed parts and components for commercial railcar project.

·         Created design and layout of key steel railcar components

·         Evaluated manufacturing processes and detailing of all parts.

·         Delegated drawing and design responsibilities according to ability and project needs.

·         Performed material planning for assigned sections of railcar including steel and trim components.

·         Led drawing release and revision control in an ISO-9000 environment.

 

Project Manager/Drafter

Denver Water; Property Management group: June 2004-September 2005. Led a project to document and register all easement agreements that had been lost or misfiled.

·         Managed all program assets including project timeline and resources.

·         Created filing and documentation processes for easement drawings and pertinent contract information.

·         Entered all easements into GIS ArcMap system and properly filed associated documentation.