RDM Consulting
Robert D. McAdam EDUCATION: B.S. Mechanical Engineering Washington State University - 1974 EXPERIENCE: 2002 - Present Principal RDM Consulting 2003 - 2007 Site Manager O'Neil & Associates Site Manager for Technical Publications group developing Operating, Parts, and Service manuals for Powered Industrial Trucks 1996 - 2002 Group Engineering Manager Product Assurance & Test: Responsible for Product Testing, Reliability, Product literature, and Product Assurance activities for Class I , Class II , and Class III Industrial Trucks. Responsible for product Warnings and Instruction labels, Codes & Standards compliance. 1994 - 1996 Chief Engineer Responsible for technical literature, product warnings, computer graphics, and product codes and standards compliance for Class I, Class IV, and Class V Sit-down Rider Counterbalanced internal combustion engine Industrial Trucks. 1990 - 1994 Supervising Engineer Provided design solutions to field service issues involving Class I, IV, and V Industrial trucks 1987 - 1990 Senior Engineer Head of design team to introduce new Man-up turret truck into U.S. production. Provided Engineering solutions to design, field, and manufacturing problems on Class II Reach and Order picking trucks. 1984- 1987 Resident Engineer Led Aftermarket Engineering group developing parts and sourcing for competitive products. Responsible for liaison between Corporate Engineering and plant manufacturing on design related issues. 1980- 1984 Project Engineer Integrated European product design for domestic manufacture. Position required interface with European manufacturers. Insured product compliance with U.S. Codes and standards. Major project resulted in the release of man-up turret truck for sale in the U.S. 1977 -1980 Design Engineer II Design projects involving all areas of mechanical design. Projects resulted in release of new Narrow Aisle and Order picker products. 1974 - 1977 Design Engineer I Various design projects involving hydraulics, structures fabrication, castings, machining, and electrical controls areas of lift truck design. Major project resulted in a retractable overhead guard for electric and internal combustion powered lift trucks. |
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