Matthew Heckroth is a senior mechanical design engineer with over 20 years of experience designing machines and products for manufacturing companies. He has extensive experience using CAD software like SolidWorks and AutoCAD to design custom machinery. He also has strong project management skills, having supervised over 10 designers and engineers on projects. Currently, he works as a Mechanical Design Engineer where he is responsible for 3D modeling, drawings, and collaborating with other engineers.

1. Matthew D. Heckroth
6363 S. Walker Rd.
Fruitport, MI 49415
mheckroth@aol.com
(231) 343-2528
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Senior Mechanical Design Engineer with proven experience assessing and analyzing customer
needs and designing innovative solutions that drive profitability. Disciplined and focused
production leader who maximizes performance and outcomes. Excels in collaborative and
individual projects that increase efficiencies. Leverages projects by aligning organization's
missions with key leadership’s goals and objectives. Coaches and mentors high potentials to
exceed performance goals. Mastery in SolidWorks, AutoCAD, Microsoft Office, COSMOS
(FEA). Experience with Pro/Engineer.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Fogg Filler Company, Holland, MI 2010-Present
Fogg is a world leader in the design and manufacture of rotary filling , rinsing, capping and
enclosure systems.
Mechanical Design Engineer
• Design and build custom machines per customer specifications.
• Create 3D solid models and 2D drawings using SolidWorks.
• Responsible for 3D model and layout drawings, interacting with Process Engineers,
suppliers, and fabricators.
• Collaborate with other Engineers & designers on overall integration.
• Support on-site customer visits, representing Engineering for data gathering and
installations.
Yale Lift-Tech, Muskegon, MI 1994-2010
Division of Columbus McKinnon an international manufacturer of material handling systems
with $606.7 M in annual revenues.
Mechanical Design Engineer
• Supervising: Coached, trained and supervised over 10 different designers, engineering
support personnel and contracted draftsmen on special projects. Increased proficiencies
and awareness of organizational culture. Assisted in training over 15 new hires in
Engineering Department.
• Redesigned product line of bridge crane components during four separate projects using
SolidWorks and AutoCAD.
• Designed proprietary spur gear reducer for use with multiple crane end trucks.
• Developed, Tested and Launched new machinery using Stage-Gate Product Innovation
process.
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2. • Collaborated with a cross-divisional concurrent engineering team to design the
company's first global wire rope hoist line. Surveyed and assessed customers’ needs,
developed and tested prototypes, launched production of global wire rope hoist line to
supplement and replace portions of existing hoist product lines.
• Configured new and existing products in MRP business system to reduce engineering
time required on customer orders by 50%.
• Collaborated with marketing manager to determine criteria to streamline and increase
production while decreasing cost by 15% and reducing number of operations and
components by 20%.
• Customized standard wire rope hoists and crane components to meet customers' special
requirements.
• Assessed production cost ratios and developed procedures and redesigned product to
reduce costs by 10% utilizing Kaizen/Lean events.
• Analyzed customer needs and created feasibility studies to establish production criteria
and metrics.
• Assessed product archives to ascertain contemporary use of customers' existing crane
bridges, hoists and trolley hoists that increased sustainability and cost savings through re-
use.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
• SolidWorks World 2016. Attended numerous seminars sharpening software skills.
• Pro/Engineer Wildfire 2.0 on-line training including Fast Track Fundamentals and
Productivity Tools.
• Gear Design 3-course seminar at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee including
Fundamentals of Gear Design, Advanced Gear Design, and Parallel Axis Gear Analysis;
2007-2009.
• Society of Manufacturing Engineers educational programs on "Understanding Gear
Metrology & Inspection" and "Effective Heat Treating and Hardening of Gears." Detroit,
MI 2005.
• COSMOS finite element analysis (FEA) software training. Farmington Hills, MI
• SolidWorks 3-D solid modeling training classes. Responsible for training the software to
co-workers. Grand Rapids, MI.
• "Employees Institute for Professional Leadership" seminar conducted by the Employees
Association of West Michigan. Muskegon, MI.
EDUCATION
CALVIN COLLEGE: Grand Rapids, MI. Bachelor of Science in Engineering - Concentration
in Mechanical.
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