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Paul Penning (M.Eng. UP)
Project Engineer (Dipl.-Ing. auf Deutch) Dutch and South African National.
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Summary
An experienced project manager and master of engineering with a diverse skill set.

Areas of Expertise
Project Management. Maintenance Management. Administration System Development. Product Research, Design and Development.	Software Design and Development. Data Acquisition. Automotive Aerodynamics. Automotive Restraints & Body Structures.

Key Skills

Holistic system management, optimisation and design by effectively integrating and aligning sub-components to increase return without complex upgrades or replacements requiring additional resources.
Incorporating production constraints at project development definition phase.
Creation, execution and control of regular resource, management and technical reviews to ensure compliance with internal and external objectives.
Leadership through strategic proactive excellence.
Paradigm Shift approach to problem solving.

Employment History
Present – 2020	:	Project Engineer. P3Projects, Erfurt, Germany. Private-Law Firm. Erfurt, Germany. Re-evaluation and optimisation of administrative practices. Horne Conveyance Safety, Canada. Remote Office. Supplier quotation and purchase process automation.
2020 - 2015	:	Recovery from Paragliding Accident. Relocation to Europe.
2015 – 2003	:	Owner, Managing Director, Project Manager, Principal Software Developer. P3Projects, Cape Town, South Africa. Management. P3Projects as company. Hydraulic mine conveyance-equipment company. Johannesburg, South Africa. Staff working practice and process definition, re-organisation and optimisation. Development and implementation of technical standards. Product development. Barrie, Ontario, Canada. OEM Software Management and Development. Tour operator operating system. Itinerary planning, construction and procurement. Quoting, invoicing, purchasing, detailed documentation, supplier booking requests, financial accounting integration, profitability analysis and management control. Task management system Task and timing management, creation, deployment, control and feedback. Software Development. Automotive stock branch allocation for a nationwide distribution system. Creditor, debtor, stock and raw material control system for a clothing manufacturer. Stock allocation and control system for a civil roofing contractor. Data upload automation for accounting systems. Website Development. Management, layout, structuring and construction. Technical application development. On-line visibility.
2003 - 1997	:	Principal Engineer, Product Engineer, Design Engineer, Aerodynamicist. DAEWOO Automotive, Worthing Technical Centre, England, United Kingdom. Principal Engineer. Development and control of drawing office working practices. Flat file architectural design and implementation including user training for design-in-content and digital mock-up capabilities. Development and implementation of a Bill-of-Materials management system. Managing the development of restraint and steering wheel systems. Cost tracking of body panels. Crewe, North England. Product Engineer. Creation and management of a team to modernise and align engineering drawings with manufacturing processes and procedures. Leamington Spa, Midlands, England. Design Engineer. Door trim design. Wolfsburg, Germany. Detail structural design. Aerodynamicist. Rolling and static road wind tunnel test management and execution.
1997 - 1995	:	Junior Aerodynamicist, Software Developer. Fouché Aero Design, Pretoria, South Africa. Wind Tunnel Testing. Race cars. CSIR, Pretoria, South Africa. Jordan Grand Prix, Silverstone, England. Computational Fluid Dynamic Simulations. Race cars. Software Development.
1995	:	Project Engineer. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. To determine the influence of indirect maintenance costs on the replacement strategy for the 2000 ground-based vehicle fleet.
1995 - 1991	:	Maintenance Manager, Maintenance Engineer, Engineer in Training. Iron and Steel Industrial Corporation Ltd., South Africa. Mill Safety Officer under the South African Health and Safety Act and ISO9002. Management of 8 foremen, 10 planners and a workforce of 200 to achieve maintenance objectives of the 2000 ton per hour hot-rolled steel mill operating continuously on a 3 shift basis. Breakdown, frequency, reactive and pro-active maintenance. Weekly 2 shift maintenance shutdown. Annual 6-week plant-wide maintenance shutdown.

Education and Training
Masters Degree	:	M. Eng. University of Pretoria, South Africa.
1999		Experimental and Computational Investigation into Race Car Aerodynamics.
Honours Degree	:	B. Hons. Eng. University of Pretoria, South Africa.
1993		Computer Aided Analysis of Mechanical Systems, Design, Laser Materials Processing, Numerical Methods, Aircraft Aerodynamics, Aircraft Design, Vehicle Aerodynamics, Vehicle Propulsion.
Bachelors Degree	:	B. Eng. Mechanical. University of Pretoria, South Africa.
1990		Standard curriculum. Final year design project: Exterior design of a 25-seater, 12th scale touring bus.
Other Courses	:	Software: CATIA, 4D Navigator, CDP.
2003 to 1991	:	Various management courses including Maintenance Systems, Business Simulation, Juran Quality Improvement.

Publications and Presentations
1999	:	Experimental and Numerical Investigation into Race Car Aerodynamics. Thesis.
1996	:	Using Computational Fluid Dynamics to Investigate the Air Flow Beneath a Formula One Racing Car. Presented at the annual South African Conference on Applied Mechanics.

Paul Penning (M.Eng. UP)