Benjamin Cole

Engineering Manager in R&D at SEL

Pullman, Washington, United States

About

My foundational skills in leadership, finance, and process improvement were born in the aerospace industry and have a strong influence in my approach to problem solving, decision-making, and project execution. I am passionate about investing in people, unleashing talent in teams, and delivering on promises. After supporting two serious industries (aerospace and electric power), I have an eye for quality, experience in product design, support, and manufacturing.

Experience

  • Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) (Pullman, Washington, United States)
    • Engineering Manager I
      Apr 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 3 mos

    • Lead Product Engineer
      Sep 2023 - Apr 2024 · 8 mos

    • Product Engineer
      May 2021 - Sep 2023 · 2 yrs 5 mos

      Blend of management, research and development, application engineering, product regulatory compliance, and testing. Served as project owner on 30+ development projects annually. Prioritized and led execution of numerous design projects to reduce the impact of the global supply chain crisis through continual risk assessment, troubleshooting, planning, and communication. Developed and executed strategy to expand regulatory compliance/certifications for a communication multiplexer product line. This included gap analysis, de-risking the platform through exploratory evaluations of existing designs, consideration of impacts from draft standards and leveraging roadmap projects to incrementally increase regulatory certifications to expand to new markets.

  • Children's Director at Blue Sky Church
    May 2011 - May 2013 · 2 yrs 1 mo

  • Business Professional at Boeing
    Jan 2007 - Apr 2011 · 4 yrs 4 mos

    Roles and disciplines included contracts, business management, business operations analyst, project manager, estimating and pricing, supplier management and procurement, technical accounting, manufacturing cost management, financial planning, and Lean+ manufacturing/office continuous improvement.