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Mechanical Engineering / CAD Designer

Location:
New Plymouth, TKI, 4130, New Zealand
Posted:
July 27, 2013

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Resume:

Terry Carson

** ********* **,

RD*, Te Awamutu

Ph (07)871 6312 Cell no: (027-*******

E-mail: ***********@*******.***

Career Objectives:

I am looking for a career opportunity in Mechanical Engineering / Design to

apply my expertise in CAD programs by utilizing my varied skills and work

experience.

Professional Profile:

V Over ten years of work experience in CAD design using SolidWorks

including simulation for stress and flow, sheet metal and limited

use for injection molding.

V Dedicated engineering career to working for EPCM companies in the

food, energy

generation and mining industries.

V Close attention to details and takes pride in collating and

verifying data to ensure plant

design is correct down to each nut and bolt, tolerance and

specification.

V Supervised staff in a manufacturing environment for BBC Technologies,

Tyco

Flow Control and Tyco Tamar.

V Excellent procurement and project management skills.

V Trained and mentored staff on new 3D-design software at BBC Technologies

and Tyco Tamar.

V Able to meet deadlines and deliver quality work.

V Able to work independently or in a team environment.

V Excellent customer service skills.

1 Skills:

Non-Technical Skills: Team player with emphasis on total quality

management. Works well under pressure and

good multi-tasking skills.

Computer Skills: Over 9 years of SolidWorks; 2 years SolidEdge and

intermediate level AutoCAD, Revit and Inventor;

Microsoft Word, Excel and

Windows.

Other: Licensed to operate a car, special

wheeled vehicle up to 18 tons, 15 ton trucks and

Dangerous Good certificate.

Employment History:

Greymouth Petroleum - New Plymouth NZ

March 2013 - Present Piping Designer/Drafter.

Main duties: Designing piping

layouts for new production facilities.

Produce drawings for

certification purposes.

Responsible for all control

documents.

Collating all documents to

close out projects.

Pump Technologies - Rockingham

Oct 2012 - January 2013 Mechanical Designer/Draftsman

Main duties :

designing/drafting new and existing pump components.

Updating drawing database

Using latest 3D scanning

technology to evaluate everything from rough

castings to finished machined

cases.

Problem solving.

Critiquing new and existing

pump/pump assembly designs.

ProMet Engineers - Perth

Aug 2011 - Sept 2012 Mechanical Designer/Draftsman

Main duties include designing/drafting buildings,

pipelines, conveyors, etc. for new and existing

processing facilities locally and international. I

was a designer on a 12Mtpa Magnetite processing plant

a Synthetic Rutile plant and a Magnetite recovery

plant.

Some of the projects I was involved in were Cape

Lambert (MCC), Balmoral South, Tiwest, Tucano, Deep

Yellow and Mt. Ida.

My past experience in EPCM helped me find and correct

many design errors and oversights by others both

internal and external.

Tyco Flow Control (New Zealand) / Tyco Tamar (Australia)

Aug 2006 - Dec 2010 Mechanical Designer/Draftsman

Initially employed in New Zealand then transferred to Australia in May

2008.

New Zealand Duties: Designed industrial valves, injection molded plastic

handle and maintained drawing database.

Australian Duties: Designed Turgo and Francis turbines for hydro power

generation.

I was responsible for turbine design, drawing production and procurement of

materials. Most parts were made in-house and monitored all aspects of

project assembly. Limited on-site installation experience.

Achievements: Small and Large Projects Completed

June 2010- Dec 2010 Adelaide Desalination Plant, 2 x 1.5MW Francis

Turbines. Collaborated on

design (Adelaide, Australia).

June 2009 - June 2010 Lower Lake Margaret 3MW 3 Jet Vertical Turgo

Turbine.

Collaborated on design (Tasmania, Australia).

March 2009 - June 2010 Sugarloaf 4.2MW 3 Jet Vertical Turgo Turbine.

Sole designer, largest turbine in companies history

(Melbourne Australia).

Nov 2008 - Mar 2009 Upper Yarra 850kW Horizontal Francis Turbine.

Sole designer (Melbourne, Australia).

June 2008 - Nov 2008 Pine Gully 600kW 2 Jet Horizontal Turgo

Turbine.

Sole designer (State of Victoria, Australia).

BBC Technologies (New Zealand)

Mar 2003 - Aug 2006 CAD Designer

New machinery designs in horticulture industry from weighing/packing

machines to self-propelled harvester. Delivered high

quality design drawings for product development

projects in a high-pressured environment.

2 Achievements: Product Development Projects - exported internationally

Fill by Weight Machine: 6 lane fully automatic small goods

weighting/packaging machine Colour Sorta Machine:

Advanced small goods sorting using colour sensors

Soft Sorta Machine: High-speed in-line sort and removal of

soft fruit. It is the first of its

kind and named one of the Top Ten New Products at the

2005 World

Agricultural Expo in Tulare,

California USA.

RD1 (subsidiary of Fonterra New Zealand)

Jan 2000 - Jan 2001 Inventory Clerk / Site Safety Officer/

Collective Wage Negotiator / Fire Fighter

Inventory and distribution control, order filling,

forklift driving, Site

Safety Officer, Collective

Wage Negotiator.

National Certified courses: Dangerous Goods

Certificate, Forklift operating, and Fire Fighter.

Shoof International (New Zealand)

Feb 1998 - Jan 2000 Store man

Inventory and distribution control, order filling,

forklift driving, and

customer relations.

Mokoia Stud Dairy Farm (New Zealand)

Jun 1989 - Feb 1998 Contract Milker

All farming activities including, harvesting, animal

health, milking,

cropping, etc.

Saunders Contracting Ltd (England)

Sept 1993 - Feb 1994 Agricultural Contractor

Contract work around Oxfordshire, England.

Education:

Waikato Institute of Technology (New Zealand)

Jan 2001 - Dec 2002 Diploma of Mechanical Engineering

Massey University (New Zealand)

May 1988 - Jun 1989 Diploma of Agriculture

Interest:

Travelling, rugby, cricket, sailing, fishing, camping, history, cars and

motorbikes.

References:

1

2 Graham Warren Tyco Tamar (Tasmania, Australia). Tel. No.

+61 3 63940300

Head of CAD Design

3 Gareth Blakey ProMet Engineers.

Tel. No. +61 8 9476 5700

Head of Engineering Dept.

4 Malcolm Cook ProMet Engineers.

Tel. No. +61 8 9476 5700

Head of Design



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