Anthony Viviani

I am a highly motivated engineering professional with 15 years experience. who seeks to collaborate across a company to achieve optimum solutions. I always strive to use my initiative to problem solve and manage risk. I am highly motivated to work hard, learn new skills and welcome new challenges.

R&D Manager at AEM Cores (2022-08 – Present)

Reporting to: Michael Matarazzo (Engineering Manager)

• Design & develop new machinery and productivity improvement.
• Detailed drawings and manufacturing processes
• Analyse performance improvements with new transformer cores
• Managing staff and resources to ensure milestones are met.
• Preparing monthly progress reports on R&D and their progress.
• Establish test methods, evaluate engineering test results
• New equipment development including: Design, Quotations, Manufacture, New product OEM selections, Robot programming, Managing comms between PLC and Robot
• Assist in the creation of product manuals and marketing materials
• Mentoring and training of engineering team members
• Management of engineering projects including problem solving and resource allocation
• Co-ordinate project flow, monitor costs and schedules of engineering project

Manufacturing Support Engineer at PMB Defence (Pacific Marine Batteries) (2019-01 – 2022-08)

Reporting to: Colin Jeremy (Operations Manager)

• Managing new equipment installation
• Verification and Validation of equipment
• Ensuring product from machine is meeting specification
• Managing budgets
• Organising contractors
• Troubleshooting machine issues with overseas and local suppliers
• Training operators and maintenance personnel on how to use new equipment
• Comparing previous machine results to new machine results
• Submitting Capex to aid and/or improve machine installation ensuring to compliance with payback period requirements
• Managing pre-production trials for initial machine runs and commissioning
• Validating new equipment and producing all documentation including IQ,OQ & PQ.
• Adapting from a planned face to face installation to remote installation and commissioning of equipment to the value of $5million.
• Coordinating installations via MS Teams / Team Viewer with machine integrators based overseas due to COVID-19.
• Project managing installations to meet required milestones
• Managed the installation, commissioning and pre-production of many pieces of equipment including but not limited to: Curing Ovens, lead Oxide Mixers and pasters as well as a waste water treatment plant.

Materials Handling Project Engineer at Electrolux Home Products (2017-05 – 2019-01)

• Project Engineering
• Investment Requests / Budgeting
• Mechanical Design using CAD software
• Liaising with clients / co-workers
• Small PLC / Pneumatic Systems
• Conducting hazard and risk assessments
• Planning logistics and material movement around the factory
• Removal of forklifts from assembly areas
• Managing AGV installation into the factory
• Planning the project: Create scope documents and Gantt charts, Organise quotations and comparisons of companies, Investment requests to meet a payback period, Ensuring key milestones were met on time & within budget, Commissioning, Hazard and Risk Assessments
• Production support
• Various other installations include jigs, fixtures and other productivity improvements

Bachelor in Mechanical & Mechatronic Engineering – University of South Australia (2011)

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt in Lean Six Sigma – University of South Australia (2021)

Certification in PLC Troubleshooting and Maintenance – NHP Training Centre Rockwell Automation (2021)

Certification in Robot Training Stages 1 & 2 – Kuka robotics (2025)