Parker Will

About Parker Will

Engineering Leadership | Coaching & Development | Project ManagementAccomplished, influential and results driven Engineering Leader offering 20+ years of experience in leading high-performance teams, project management and new product development. Engineering leader with deep electro/mechanical understanding, who brings a clear sense of organizational impact and clearly communicates and implements vision and strategy. Demonstrated ability to train and develop junior engineers to increase quality & reliability while reducing costs & lead-time. Skilled at process improvement, cost reduction, innovation, and strategic planning. Accountable to executives and CEOs for profitability and achieving long-term objectives.Areas of Excellence:Project Management • Electrical & Mechanical Engineering • Continuous Improvement • Strategic Planning • Communication • Design Engineering • New Product Development • Talent Development & Management • Custom Engineering • Financing • Decision Making • Innovation • Manufacturing & Resource Planning • Budgeting • Sanitary Design • Portfolio ManagementCareer Achievements:• Project Management: Led 12,200-hour engineering project for the largest order in Hart’s history. Utilized latest controls and programming tools to reduce changeover time from 8 hours to 1 hour.• Design Engineering and installation: Saved customer over $2.5 million in the first year after installation of new aluminum melting furnace product lines, utilizing industry leading digital controls.• Mechanical Design Leadership: Supervised over $25 million in mechanical design work per year at QuadTEch.• Engineering Talent Development: Hired and trained the right talent and grew team from 9 to 16 people.• Process Improvement: Implemented new invoicing system to standardize international invoicing and reduce multiple systems to one.

Experience

1. Engineering Excellence Leader

   BW Converting

   Apr 2024 — Present · Green Bay, WI, US

   Lead the advancement of an Engineering Excellence culture across a global footprint—including teams in Europe, India, and the United States. The position is responsible for driving the implementation of continuous improvement initiatives, engineering best practices, and innovative processes across diverse engineering teams and product lines. By deploying world-class tools, standardized processes, and engineering benchmarks, this role fosters a mindset of continuous improvement and operational excellence to deliver sustained value to the business.

Education

• University of Wisconsin-Platteville

  BSME, Mechanical Engineering/Computer Science

• Milwaukee School of Engineering

  MSEM, Engineering Management

  2004 — 2009

Skills

• Project Management
• Solidworks
• Machine Vision
• Troubleshooting
• Ifs Erp
• Root Cause Analysis
• Electricians
• Autocad
• Automation
• Iso
• Pdm
• Process Engineering
• Continuous Improvement
• Mechanical Engineering
• Product Development
• Lean Manufacturing
• Pro/Engineer Mechanica
• Finite Element Analysis
• Pro/Mechanica
• 5s
• Pro/Engineer
• Product Design
• Six Sigma
• Manufacturing
• Mechanica
• Ms Project
• Cad
• Fmea
• Project Engineering
• Design Engineering
• Value Stream Mapping
• Process Improvement
• Kaizen
• Engineering
• Electronics
• Industrial Engineering
• Engineering Management
• Configure to Order
• Design for Manufacturing
• Sharepoint