Mechanical Designer Resume

Desired Industry: CAD/Drafting	SpiderID: 21589
Desired Job Location: Chicago, Illinois	Date Posted: 7/9/2008
Type of Position: Contractor	Availability Date: Immediate
Desired Wage: 60000
	U.S. Work Authorization: Yes
Job Level: Experienced with over 2 years experience	Willing to Travel: Yes, Less Than 25%
Highest Degree Attained: Other	Willing to Relocate: Yes

Experience:
ERICH PEARMAN
2933 169th St., Hammond, IN 46323
219.797.3307 * epearman1@yahoo.com
Cellular: 219.393.0753

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Mechanical Design Professional with experience in equipment, plant, and component design in a fast paced manufacturing environment. Responsibilities include equipment layout, CAD administration, heavy rail, press, steel mill, as well as engineering recruiting and sales. Experience and knowledge has led to the understanding of RoHS Databases, AutoCAD, SolidWorks, Solid Edge and Inventor.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Jan 2008 – June 2008
Superior Engineering - Hammond, IN
Mechanical Design (Contract)
•P&ID, spool, and general piping drawings for BP Whiting refinery upgrade.
•Field walk-down to ensure demolition drawing accuracy.
•Design and implementation of new 18” lake cooling water for Mittal IHE 80” hot strip mill.

June 2007 – September 2007
Capital Engineering - Hammond, IN
Mechanical Design (Contract)
* Engineering drawings for USS Plate Mill #5 restart; these included machining and layout drawings using Inventor 11 and AutoCAD 2007

JNE Consulting US – Dyer, IN
HVAC Design (contract)
* Concept HVAC design for British Petroleum laboratory produced with Inventor Series 11 software.
* Instructed Inventor tutorials to 4 individuals.

June 2006 to March 2007
MCDANIEL FIRE PROTECTION – Valparaiso, IN
Piping Designer (contract)
* Production of detailed equipment specification drawings, Preparation of Equipment layouts & Piping Rack layout(s).
* Review of architectural drawings and resubmit with fire system design.
* Detailed piping drawings including plans and sections area-wise, indicating details pertaining to piping supports, preparation of drawings for piping supports, line-wise isometrics for total piping systems. Overall activity required initial site visit for lines to be route within restricted route & measurements of space availability at existing site(s).
* CAD Administration: plan, develop, install, test, troubleshoot, monitor, and maintain the CAD system to ensure that access into and revision of all Engineering Design records.

October 2005 to June 2006
WMS INDUSTRIES, INC. - Chicago, IL
Mechanical Engineer (contract)
* Direct Contract for engineering drawing conversion from AutoCAD and SolidWorks to Solid Edge Version 18 and Inventor.
* Create new Solid Edge background sheets to update old drawings; create new models - sheet metal parts and assemblies; machine design.
* RoHS materials database creation/management.
* Product data management
* Share-Point server implementation
* Aid in CAD administration
* Excel, MS Word, Outlook and PowerPoint.

1999 to October 2005 (Varied timeline)
CASTLE ENGINEERING - Chicago, IL
Mechanical Designer
Engineering Drawings using:

* SolidWorks: 2D to 3D file conversions from AutoCAD: Store Fixtures, POP.
* Engineering of sheet metal assemblies using Solid Edge V-8 through V -15, SolidWorks ’99 & 2003, and AutoCAD
* CAD system management, Network management; network troubleshooting, desktop repair, Microsoft server implementation.
* Develop new client roster and maintain existing.
* Aided with Kraft packaging machine redesign (9 months)

2003
DESERT FIRE PROTECTION- Las Vegas, NV
Piping Designer
* Pipe routing and design.
* Calculations for sprinkler systems coverage area.
* Training of new designers to use new software.
* Piping layout in AutoCAD for riser/supply systems.
* Locations assessment for water ‘risers’ to supply systems.
* On-Site evaluation to be certain the locations of key items were correct so the system could be prefabricated by shop personnel as a pre-fit package.
* Software: AutoSprink and AutoCAD 2002

MOTIVE POWER - Boise ID
Manufacturing Engineer for Locomotive Manufacturer (Wabtec)
* Files that were originally designed by various companies were converted from formats: Pro-Engineer, SolidWorks, and AutoCAD into workable three-dimensional Solid Edge parts, assemblies and weldments.
* Aided in design of the Rear Endbody of the latest Metra MPX-Express locomotive.
* Aided with air and hydraulic piping of under frame systems.
* Aided in development of the underframe of a new production locomotive using Solid Edge.
* Design of new jigs and fixtures, customer support.
* Project management and design improvement, Quality performance Systems.
* Software: Solid Edge V10-V12, AutoCAD 2003, SolidWorks 2003, JD Edwards, and Insight Product Data Management.

EDUCATION

Associates Applied Sciences, Purdue University - 1994
Boise State University – 2002/2003

References shall be furnished upon request.

Skills:
AutoCAD
Inventor
Solid Edge
SolidWorks

Candidate Contact Information:

Name: Erich Pearman
Street: -	Phone: (219)797-3307
City: Hammond	Fax: -
State: -
Zip: -
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