Phuong Diep-Lam
Hatboro
Summary
- Energetic and highly motivated with ability to oversee the direction of overall project plan with other management team members and leverage strong training and experience while excelling in a Project Engineer or Design Engineer.
- Solid background, education, and project management encompassing mechanical design, medical device design, project, product research and development engineer.
- Direct and coordinate production, operations, quality assurance, testing, or maintenance in industrial plants. Discuss and work with engineer managers, plant managers, global sale managers, production managers and senior project managers to prepare functional design specifications, project schedule and production schedule.
- Establish and monitor plant performance goals for production, quality and safety and allocate resources appropriately.
- Ensure the health and safety of all production personnel by providing and monitoring procedures and policies.
- Oversee facility and equipment maintenance, schedule repairs, recommend replacement of additional equipment purchases as required.
- Interface with other company departments to troubleshoot project related issues.
- Improve shop floor organization, safety and cleanliness for all production operations.
- Research, develop new solutions, test, evaluate, analysis results, prepare lab and manufacturing procedures to increase profit, and reduce costs. Review, approve, and modify product designs base on customer request and change orders.
- Capable of supporting quality of manufacturing, assembly, fabrication, and machine areas.
- Expertise in collecting, reviewing, organizing and check technical accuracy of work.
- History of ensuring compliance with Good Manufacturing Procedure (GMP), Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and regulatory requirements.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Design Engineer
PFLAUMER BROTHERS INC.
07.2023 - 11.2023
- Utilized AutoCAD software to develop detailed piping designs, layouts, and 2D/3D models based on project requirements, engineering calculations, and specifications
- Drafting and Documentation: Created, modified, and maintained technical drawings, blueprints, and schematics related to piping systems using AutoCAD, ensuring accuracy, clarity, and adherence to applicable standards
- Worked with purchasing, sharing the BOM- Bill of Materials needed to complete each projects you design with the proper materials list
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams, including process engineers, project managers, and designers, to gather design requirements, resolve technical issues, and incorporate feedback into the piping design process
- Ensured that all piping designs and drawings comply with relevant industry codes, standards, and regulations, such as ASME, ANSI, and specific client requirements
- Conducted thorough reviews and verifications of piping designs to identify and rectify potential errors, conflicts, and inconsistencies before finalizing and submitting drawings for approval
- Maintained an organized system for storing and retrieving engineering drawings, specifications, and related documentation, ensuring proper version control and accessibility for future reference
- Basic to advanced understanding of piping system design principles, including materials selection, routing, sizing, stress analysis, and specifications
- Cared to detail and accuracy in creating and reviewing technical drawings, ensuring compliance with engineering standards, and identifying potential design issues or clashes.
Project Manager
BOSCH REXROTH
10.2019 - 08.2020
- Planned, managed, and worked with project team members from all departments such as Mechanical Design Engineers, Electrical Design Engineers, Control Engineers, System Engineers, Application Engineers, Production managers, Quality Managers, and Manufacturing group to develop Hydraulic Drive and Control components for offshore Oil Tower System cost over 6 million US dollars from beginning to end
- Also managed one of the government contract projects called Jacobs Technology to provide a chemical particle testing system to use in the military
- Generated internal kick-off meetings with the project team to collect all information related to the project for developing the Project Management Plan and Project Schedule by using MS Office Project
- Organized project kick-off meetings to specific customer specifications and requirements
- Created and sent project Acknowledgment and Project Invoice based on a percentage of completion
- Weekly Tracked project budget by using master cost analysis documents to ensure that projects were within the project budget without any cost risks based on project team working performance
- Notified the project team of any risks of deliveries based on working results and developed possible solutions
- Organized weekly internal and external meetings with customers, vendors, and internal project teams to ensure that the project stayed on track and met the customer delivery schedule
- Used SAP, SETI, and MS projects to develop sale orders, billing plans, order structures, project schedules, and budgets
- Current experience in developing 2D and 3D product models and sketches by using SolidWorks, Solid Modelling, Drawing, and Assembly modules
- Experience in Electro-Mechanical design of parts and assemblies
- Strong knowledge of casting, forgings, sheet metal part design, DFM, and GD & T analysis
- Managed system, control, and electrical engineering team as well as a system design team to develop machine program instrument diagram (P& ID), general arrangement sketches (GA), and design details sketches to submit to customer for approval
- Resolved and escalated project risks and issues daily to ensure that projects were within the project budget based on project cost analysis
- Ensured that the system, electrical, and control engineering team worked well with the manufacturing team and third-party vendors to understand project requirements and specifications to develop control systems that can provide test and FAT test results based on customer specifications
- Managed cross-functional project teams using standard project processes, methodologies, and tools
- Developed and maintained customer, vendor, and internal relationships
- Leaded negotiation and dispute resolution activities with customers and vendors
- Prepared reports to board management regarding project status
- Provided overall project leadership.
Project Manager
SCHRAMM INC.
01.2018 - 06.2018
- Managed multiple capital equipment design projects
- Oversaw and managed projects to ensure on-time, on-budget, and quality completion
- Oversaw all aspects of the product development projects and proposed replacing any discontinued production of any machine-related component from suppliers or vendors
- Managed vendors or suppliers to meet business needs
- Managed budgets or created departments’ financial plans
- Developed a new hydraulic system of rig series to replace all old version components with currently available commercial parts such as main hydraulic valves, hydraulic pumps, compressors, etc
- Worked with electrical, mechanical, design, and manufacturing engineering to develop project P&ID, GA, and design details of the hydraulic system
- Current experience in developing 2D and 3D product models and sketches by using SolidWorks, Solid Modelling, Drawing, and Assembly modules
- Experience in Electro-Mechanical design of parts and assemblies
- Strong knowledge of casting, forgings, sheet metal part design, DFM, and GD & T analysis
- Coordinated with the senior system, electrical, and control engineers to redesign and develop new electrical and control systems that could be replaced by currently available commercial parts
- Proposed and managed vendors or suppliers that could provide fire suppression systems to be able to detect the changing of heat and stop the fire whenever fire/explosion is present and to allow all working people around or near that risk area can escape safely
- Managed vendors or suppliers that could provide hydraulic tubing assemblies and sheet metal weldment assemblies for new product prototypes to increase product profit and reduce production costs
- Prepared product development folder and initiated kick-off meeting as well as organized project plan and product design state gates
- Prepared project budgets to get project approval from the management team
- Continued to track project status and submitted weekly project status to the management team
- Identified all long lead items and tried to get them in order per the planned project schedule.
Mechanical Lead Engineer
SP SCIENTIFIC
10.2016 - 09.2017
- Directed and advised to ensure that manufacturing, construction, installation, and operational testing conform to functional design specifications and customer requirements
- Oversaw creating and designing Program Instrument Diagrams (P&ID), equipment drawings, specifications Bills of material for equipment called Freeze Dryers/Liophilizers
- The machine was developed to be utilized in pharmaceutical, food, and laboratory industries to remove free water content from frozen materials such as Antibiotics, Food (fruits, vegetables, meats) vaccines, vitamins, cartilages, plants/plant tissues from the solid phase directly to vapor phase without material becoming liquid to limit biological and chemical reactions at the designated storage temperature
- This machine was a custom design, so each machine supports different applications and functions based on customer specifications and requirements
- It could be divided into multiple parts for installation and consisted of 7 main systems Chamber and Condenser, Refrigeration, circulation, vacuum, hydraulic, control, clean in place, and steam in place system
- Below are additional responsibilities during the project development processes
- Participated in engineer meetings, and production meetings daily or per project with electrical engineers, control engineers, sales, project managers, purchasing managers, quality managers, vice president of operation, and production manager to discuss plans of how to build the machine unit or the status of building phases
- Current experience in developing 2D and 3D product models and sketches by using Solid Works, Solid Modelling, Drawing, and Assembly modules
- Experience in Electro-Mechanical design of parts and assemblies
- Strong knowledge of casting, forgings, sheet metal part design, DFM, and GD & T analysis
- Provided information to drafters by performing a master calculation to select appropriate machine components such as materials, refrigeration system, heat transfer system, vacuum system, hydraulic cylinder, expansion tanks, etc
- Used Omnify and IERP systems to create Top Level Machine BOM and Sub BOM for each component to release to the production process
- Checked and approved details drawings before they were submitted to metal vendors
- Checked the machine general arrangement drawings (GA), sketches, all assembly drawings, and details drawings of the machine components to submit to customers or for production processes
- Coordinated with the engineer manager, and productions manager to develop a project schedule to ensure that the unit was completed on time or delivery dates per customer’s requests
- Coordinated as a technical lead to other departments to ensure products and systems conform to engineering design and customer requirements
- Oversaw all aspects of designing, developing, constructing, and testing processes
- Also, directed and coordinated activities involved in the fabrication, operation, application, installation, and repair of mechanical products and systems
- Interacting with floor personnel to note what is complete, what is being worked on, and what is next to be built
- Verified the unit is being built correctly by addressing the issue immediately and communicating the issues with production engineers, production managers, project managers, quality managers, and other applicable engineers on the project
- Escalated the issues that will affect the project schedule.
Technical Project Lead Engineer plus R&D Engineer
EDLON FLUOROPOLYMER
08.2014 - 08.2016
- Oversaw end-to-end project stages to meet client and company specifications
- Managed design, drafting, and requirements for procuring and manufacturing equipment and supplies
- Coordinated documentation and logs, billing, routing, reviews, approvals, and change orders on designs/fabrications
- Collaborated with colleagues, vendors, and managers to communicate with customer representatives on quality issues, fabrication methods, materials, and additional adaptations, as well as managing delivery schedules
- Developed standard operating procedures
- Managed plant maintenance projects including equipment calibrations, vendor relations, MSDS data management, safety oversight, and training of new engineers and shop technicians
- Oversaw maintenance of regulatory compliance with the U.S
- Department of Transportation (DOT) and international transportation regulations
- Governed the safe transport of dangerous goods and hazardous materials
- As R&D Engineer, completed projects to develop a new coating system; completed design, testing, and data analysis, and reported for developing a coating system to meet customer requirements; handled failure reporting
- Certified qualifications for Air Welders; performed mechanical analysis (stress, load, strain, load at break, strain at break, weld factor)
- Developed training system Air Welder in China-located plants
- Developed new film adhesive sustaining up to 250F, while avoiding corrosion through permeation of service medium inside fluoropolymer lining parts of pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and energy
- Designed new fluoropolymer lining film adhesive sustaining up to 250F application to glass back liner to metal steel.
Mechanical Design Engineer
SCHUF FETTEROLF
05.2012 - 02.2014
- Generated valve manufacturing design processes and full lifecycle projects based on customer specifications and requirements
- Performed wall thickness, air cylinder, spin, and stem calculations
- Conducted Finite Element Analysis (FEA) to define mechanical parts displacement, stress, and strain
- Evaluated maximum design pressure and temperature base in compliance with boiler and vessel codes
- Prepared final drawings, figures, and other materials for valves by using AutoCAD and SolidWorks programs
- Continually promoted and supported the quality of manufacturing, assembly, fabrication, and machining operations
- Ensured consistent compliance with ASME B31.1, B31.3, B16.5, B16.9, B16.10, B16.11, B16.47, and B16.48 requirements for power and process piping, fittings, welding, flanges, and line blanks
- Maintained strict adherence to ISO 2768, 4755, and 8015 standards for threads, tolerances, dimensioning, and technical drawings
- Contributed to the design of more than 200 valves used as safety equipment in worldwide Petrochemical, Steel Pulp and Paper, Maritime, and Oil & Refinery industries
- Participated in the design of cleaning devices for Biochemical, Refinery, Fine Chemicals, Plastics, Polymer, and pharmaceutical industries.
Seed Planter Engineer
APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY DESIGN FOR FARMERS OF BO KLUA
09.2010 - 05.2012
- Served on a team of five members researching, developing, and designing seed planter products to assist farmers in growing rice
- Ensured quality of product design, manufacturing, and assembly
- Played a key role in designing and developing new products enabling higher rice crop yields while reducing cases of muscular-skeletal disorders in farmers
- Contributed to the achievement of objectives by creating, fabricating, and manufacturing prototypes for new devices and designs
- Generated new testing plans to check the safety of mechanical devices for the human body.
Biomedical Engineering Student
DREXEL UNIVERSITY
09.2007 - 06.2011
- Completed multiple design projects with other team members, conducted extensive research, and prepared and presented findings to professors, other students, and industry professionals
- Developed current knowledge and skills in computational bioengineering, biomedical ethics, biodynamics, bio-measurements, biomechanics, Chrono engineering, and mechanics of materials
- Proposed Knee Prosthesis product to assist persons with above-knee amputations in extending legs and improving quality of life
- Suggested ICP Pump product with an extra-ventricular drainage system to pump elevated intracranial pressure to rescue patients with severe traumatic brain injury
- Participated in the design of Light Therapy to Treat Late Night Insomnia; developed a light system to change the sleep-wake cycle of individuals with late-night insomnia disorder
- Worked with other team members in completing the Parallel Plate Flow Chamber Design Project; designed a chamber to detect the production of nitric oxide by endothelial cells
- Served on a team of five members delivering a six-month Windmill Design Project; developed a new windmill to enhance wind energy efficiency, improve energy output, increase overall profit, reduce production costs, and enhance durability; identified and resolved safety and security concerns.
Clinical Trials Associate (Co-Op)
INOVIO PHARMACEUTICALS
09.2008 - 03.2010
- Supported and assisted the Clinical Research team in achieving all department and project goals
- Coordinated in preparing pre-clinical animal tests to show the safety of a clinical vaccine
- Prepared IND application to get FDA approval which includes Protocol, Informed Consent Form, and Investigator’s Brochure
- Developed, wrote, and edited protocols, consent forms, and clinical study reports
- Observed, monitored, and reported AEs
- Entrusted to serve as iDataFax trainer for new employees
- Successfully managed and monitored study data by creating new CRFs
- Worked with the scientist team to find sponsor sites to test new vaccines and participated in the selection of the right site for running new vaccine trials
- Ensured that the selected research site met all study supply requirements and regulations
- Also worked with the research scientist group to prepare documents to submit to IRB to get approval before the study could be started
- Performed in initiating kick-off meetings with research sites to ensure proper implementation of project plans
- Monitored each testing group after they had been provided test products/vaccines and collected clinical data from the research site such as CRFs and then used this result to enter them into the company system database
- Tracked all documents and data and contacted clinical sites for incomplete or missing documents
- Prepared clinical monitoring reports to the management team and clinical scientist group regarding the status of clinical trials
- Actively participated in Project Team, Sponsor, and Investigator meetings
- Wrote, reviewed, and edited protocols, consent forms, and clinical study reports
- Continually monitored clinical trial progress and verified compliance with Good Clinical Practice (GCP), Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and regulatory requirements.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering - Biomechanics and Human Performance -
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA01.2011
Skills
- 2D and 3D modeling
- CAD Software
- Creative Thinking
- 3D Modeling Expertise
- Solidworks
- Mechanical Drawing
- Design development
- Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing
- Project Management
- Mechanical engineering knowledge
- Engineering drafting techniques
- Stress analysis
Coretechnologies
SolidWorks, AutoCAD, MathCAD, Smart, MatLab, iDataFax, Maple, LabView, SAP, SETI, EPDM, Oracle, SDMS, Omnify, M3, IERP, Microsoft Office Suite (Microsoft Project, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Timeline
Design Engineer
PFLAUMER BROTHERS INC.
07.2023 - 11.2023
Project Manager
BOSCH REXROTH
10.2019 - 08.2020
Project Manager
SCHRAMM INC.
01.2018 - 06.2018
Mechanical Lead Engineer
SP SCIENTIFIC
10.2016 - 09.2017
Technical Project Lead Engineer plus R&D Engineer
EDLON FLUOROPOLYMER
08.2014 - 08.2016
Mechanical Design Engineer
SCHUF FETTEROLF
05.2012 - 02.2014
Seed Planter Engineer
APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY DESIGN FOR FARMERS OF BO KLUA
09.2010 - 05.2012
Clinical Trials Associate (Co-Op)
INOVIO PHARMACEUTICALS
09.2008 - 03.2010
Biomedical Engineering Student
DREXEL UNIVERSITY
09.2007 - 06.2011
Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering - Biomechanics and Human Performance -
Drexel University
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