Craig Mizer

About Craig Mizer

The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.\"- Harvey S. FirestoneI am an engineering leader passionate about making a difference in the world and people\'s lives through my work. I try to think on a grander scale, taking what happens within a company\'s walls and translating to industry and our society. That is why I have dedicated much of my career to support the manufacturing and nuclear power sectors as a Registered Professional Engineer in engineering management roles. I have a passion for developing people to the best of their abilities. We all deserve the opportunity to learn and grow in the areas we choose, and I strive to help people do that through my work.I am an Engineering Manager with a critical mindset to design and develop products and processes that help companies compete in their market space; whether producing nuclear power or in another industry. I use my expertise of industry codes and standards to design products that are safe, reliable, and compliant. I use my leadership and communication skills to motivate and inspire my teams to solve our customer\'s most frustrating problems. I have a quality focus and am dedicated to educating company personnel and customers on ways to solve their design and organizational challenges. I strive to help suppliers and utilities deliver on the nuclear promise by driving continuous improvement of their products and processes for greater effectiveness, increased safety, and reduced cost. Specialties: technical leadership and team development, mechanical design and development of fluid system components for critical applications, working knowledge of ASME nuclear codes and standards (ASME NQA-1), nuclear quality auditing, project management, continuous improvement, customer focus

Experience

1. Engineering Manager

   AUMA Actuators, Inc. - USA

   Jan 2019 — Present · Pittsburgh, PA, US

   As the Engineering Manager, I am responsible for leading AUMA-USA’s engineering team in the technical support of its manufacturing and sales operations in North America. The engineering team is responsible for designing solutions that enhance AUMA’s electro-mechanical valve actuator products developed both in Pittsburgh and at AUMA’s German design center. I lead AUMA\'s engineering team in creating customer engineering drawings for submittal packages, answering technical product questions, as well as supporting manufacturing through creation of Bills of Materials, wiring diagrams and work instructions. I am also responsible for obtaining and maintaining 3rd party certification product approvals, such as FM and CSA.

Education

• Ohio University

  Bachelors of Science, Mechanical Engineering

  1988 — 1993

• The University of Akron

  Masters of Science - Engineering, Engineering Management, Computer Aided Engineering

  1997 — 2002

Skills

• Product Marketing
• Design of Experiments
• Manufacturing
• Finite Element Analysis
• Asme Bpv Iii Code
• Instrumentation
• Engineering
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Asme
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Pro Engineer
• Leadership
• Mechanical Engineering
• Engineering Management
• Welding
• Product Design
• Lean Manufacturing
• Creative Solutions
• Valves
• Root Cause Analysis
• Customer Product Training
• Program Management
• Project Management
• Fmea
• Continuous Improvement
• Nuclear Quality
• Process Improvement
• Product Development
• Nuclear