Thakor Patel

acpdjv@r.postjobfree.com **** Manor Court Macedonia, Ohio 44056 330-***-****

PROJECT MANAGER/ENGINEERING MANAGER CANDIDATE

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Design/ Data Modeling Tools: PRO/ENGINEER/CREO 2 3D Design, PRO/Mechanica, Auto CAD,

CNC programing, iPrism

Platforms: Microsoft Windows, 2000, XP, Vista 7, MAC OS X, SUN Solaris 2.5 Unix System

Standards: ASTM, ASME, AISI, ANSI, API, PIPING Code and MIL specifications

PROFESSIONAL AFFLICATION

o ASME SC SVR: Safety Valve Requirement, Committee Member

o ASME PTC 25: Performance Test Code, Committee Member

o NBIC SC PRD: Pressure Relief Device, Committee Member

o API 520,521, 526 & 527: Pressure Relieving System, Committee Member

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Curtiss Wright Flow Corporation, Senior Project Engineer April 1990 Present

Project Management Responsibilities:

Team leader for implementation of Infor Product Lifecycle Management Software company

wide for controlling the item, document and business process

System Administrator for CAD software, Pro/Engineer, AutoCAD, Product Center, and PLM

Authorized observer for conducting National Board Certification test for preliminary and

production of Safety relief Valves in a NB Approved Lab

Responsible for the training project/application engineers,. product development.

Attend ASME, NBIC and API standards conferences with participation on code revisions

Manage drafting department to ensure drawings are per ANSI and ASME Standards

Interact with vendors to coordinate the production of castings, hardware and prototype

Co ordinate with sales and Manufacturing for their input at design stage of the new product.

Support manufacturer licensing of safety relief valves internationally

Engineering Responsibilities

Design and testing safety relief/ pilot operated safety valves used on pressure vessels, piping,

boilers, equipments and machines as per the API 526 standard, ASME I/VIII code, ASTM F 1508

by using 3D Pro/Engineer wildfire 5.0/Creo 2. Sizes of pressure relief valves ranges from ” to

12” inlet / outlet with threaded, flanged, Union ends connections

Create layout drawings of safety relief valves/pilot operated valves consisting of different

orifices

Design and testing safety relief valves for US Navy per ASTM F 1508; test prototypes to achieve

ASME section VIII/I code performance

Design fabrication of cryogenic and high pressure test stand with its accessories for testing

pressure relief valves.

Continuously improve the existing safety relief valve products by refining the design of

components and manufacturing technique

Utilize MathCAD to calculate the stress level of individual valve components

Prepare of pool sheet, bill of materials, spring charts and maintenance manual of products

Sizing of pressure relief valves using iPrism

Thakor Patel

acpdjv@r.postjobfree.com 8598 Manor Court Macedonia, Ohio 44056 330-***-****

Service Metal Fabricating Inc., Mechanical Engineer May 1986 March 1990

Designed mechanical parts, layouts of sheet metal parts, punches and dies

CNC Programming of sheet metal parts on CAM System for STRIPPIT NC and laser machines

Designed tooling, jigs, fixtures templates for jobs

Gujarat State Fertilizers Company Ltd., Mechanical Engineer September 1976 May 1985

Supervised and responsible for mechanical staff of twenty five people

Planned, coordinated and executed maintenance jobs of rotary and reciprocating machines,

pressure vessels piping, heat exchangers and coolers

Installed and commissioned of equipment’s, piping and machines

Performed troubleshooting of rotary and reciprocating machines

Engineering design of pressure vessels and piping

EDUCATION

New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) May 1989

Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Maharaja Sayajirao University May 1976

Bachelor of Science Mechanical Engineering

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