Resume’ for Marco Minardo

Summary

Associate’s Degree in Drafting and Design Technology from Southwest State Technical College

(currently Bishop State Southwest Campus) Class of 1980. Over 30 years experience in

Mechanical Design. Three years as a Layout Specialist in Equipment Arrangements and fifteen

years dedicated to Mechanical/ Machine/Structural Design all in the Pulp and Paper Industry.

Also three years in Manufactured Products, one year in Equipment Manufacturing including

R&D, three years in Plastic Extrusions, two years in Structural Detailing, two years in Port

Facilities, Cranes and Heavy Equipment, one year in Molecular Sieve and Adsorbents

Manufacturing. Also six years as part-time Drafting Instructor for two different Institutions of

Higher Learning.

Experience

Mechanical Design

Machine Design

Fabrication Design

Equipment Layout

Chutes & Ductwork

Light HVAC

Utilities Piping

Structural Design

Stairs, Catwalks, Platforms & Ladders, Structural Detailing

Pump & Motor Bases

Concrete (Footings, Machine Baseplate Foundations, Crane Rails, Piers, Moors)

Computer Skills

Autocad 12- 4 yrs.

Autocad 13- 2 yrs.

Autocad 14- 3 yrs.

Autocad 00- 1 yr.

Autocad 02- 1 yr.

Autocad 04- 4 yrs.

Autocad 08- 1 yr.

Microstation- 6 mos.

Windows File Management, Bid Packages and Specifications,

Word, Excel, Power Point.

Experience – cont’d

Part-Time Teaching Experience

Night Instructor for Adult Course in Drafting Technology which consisted of

Board Drafting Skills, Basic and Descriptive Geometry, Orthographic Projection

and Isometric Layouts, Two and Three Point Perspectives, Dimensioning

(including Geometric Tolerance and ANSI), Lettering, Inking, Architectural,

Mechanical, Piping, Structural Project Skills, Basic Algebraic Formulae and

Trigonometry.

Personal Data

Current Residence: 134 Oak Hollow Apt. 56D, Mobile AL. 36608

Cell Number: 251-***-****

Language Abilities: English-Fluent; Italian-Fluent; Spanish-Proficient

French-Very Basic and general knowledge

Citizenship: US

Employment History

Current History

Self Employed May 09 – Present

Recent History

Sirius Technical Services Feb 08 – May 09 (Laid-off)

Shaw GBB Jan 06 – Feb 08

Accustaff Sep 04 – Dec 05

Projects from home Dec 03 – Sep 04

Mid-Career History

CDI Corporation Mar 00 – Dec 03

B.E.&K. Engineering Sep 98 – Feb 00

Beloit Millpro Services Nov 97 – Aug 98

B.E.&K. Engineering 1992 – 1997

Bishop State Jr. College 1991 – 1992 (Drafting Evening Instructor)

Early Career History

Brown & Root Engineering 1988 – 1992

B.E.&K. Engineering 1985 – 1988

Coastal Training Institute 1985 - 1990 (Drafting Evening Instructor)

Lamb Inc. 1984 – 1985

Lamb Grays Harbor 1981 – 1983

Detailed Employment History

Lamb, Inc., Mobile, AL. (81-83) Drafting, Equipment Layout Specialist.

Lamb Grays Harbor, Mobile, AL. (84-85) Drafting, Equipment Layout Specialist.

B.E.&K. Engineering, Mobile, AL. (85-88)

As Junior Designer, I completed over 40 projects from concept to installation, mainly on

Paper Machine improvements and Converting rework including a number of Conveying

Systems.

Brown & Root Engineering, Mobile, AL. (88-92)

As Staff Mechanical Designer Supervisor for many different Projects from a varying list

of Clients, some of which were very high profile:

Armstrong World Industries, Pensacola, FL ; UOP, Chickasaw, AL ; Ciba-Geigy Corp.,

McIntosh, AL; UOP, Shreveport, LA; Westvaco Corp., Charleston, SC; Courtaulds

Fibers, Inc., Axis, AL; Masonite Corp., Laurel MS; American Melamine, Westwego,

LA; Nutrasweet, Augusta, GA; Packaging Corporation of America, Valdosta, GA. It is

worth noting that the Armstrong work was completely custom-designed and included 20

conveyors and five custom-designed 90 degree pneumatic jump sections, and gave the

customer a brand changeover of less than 10 minutes from the original costly 80 minutes.

B.E.&K. Engineering, Mobile, AL. (92-97)

Mechanical Senior Design Lead and Field Installation support at Scott Paper Co. under

Client Supervision in the Capital Improvement Projects Group with completion of over

20 Projects.

Beloit Millpro Services, Hattiesburg, MS. (Nov 97-Aug 98)

I worked as Machine Designer responsible for development of new machinery design and

Special Projects. These Projects included a Backstand Belt Drive Winder, a Core Plugger

for Hard Roll Towels, a conceptual Adjustable Bale Conveyor Belt Scraper, Machine

Safety Guards for 10 Perini Wrappers, a Specialized Poly Roll Wrapper Cart with self

contained Air Bag Lift and Discharge Cradle.

Detailed Employment History- cont’d

B.E&K. Engineering, Mobile, AL. (Sep 98-Feb 01)

Mechanical Senior Design Leader for SAPPI Mobile, AL Mill and Muskegon MI Mill

(formerly Scott Paper Co. S.D. Warren Fine Papers Division). Projects were mostly

Maintenance and Safety with a few Capital Improvements. The largest Safety Project

worthy of note and completely of my Design (Mechanical and Structural only) was the

Guarding of a Jagenberg Sheeter in the Muskegon Plant, following a large fine to the

Plant by OSHA, for a failed guard and interlock of the original factory design which

resulted in the death of a mechanic in the Mobile Plant. Due to its nature, the Project

received much scrutiny by Company officials and it resulted in the successful re-start-up

of the Sheeter (granted by OSHA) and at a net saving of a quarter of a million dollars,

from the quote by the manufacturer for the modifications recommended on the existing

one.

CDI Corp., Mobile, AL. (Mar 01-Dec 03)

On site Mechanical Designer at Advanced Elastomer Systems (a subsidiary of Exxon –

Mobile) in Pensacola FL. specializing in Extruded Polymers for the Automotive and

Medical Industry. I worked in the capacity of Mechanical/Machine and Structural

Designer and Installation Field Support on several pieces of specialized equipment, such

as six Rollo Mixers complete structural re-supporting, each with varying inter-connecting

chutes and utility feed and discharge lines; two tandem monorail cranes and custom

design of belt and roller conveyors for their Extruders Shaft Handling and Tooling, and

an Automated Canopy Trolley System for a Railway Access Draw-Bridge.

Accustaff, Mobile, AL. (Sep 04-Dec 05)

On site Contract Detailer for Wiltew, LLC, Contractor / Fabricator. Work included both

Industrial and Commercial Projects. I Detailed Structural Members for the Shop

Fabrication as well as Erection Plans and Details along with very detailed Parts Lists

which were used in conjunction with billing, material orders and stocking. Of

mentionable note, the design of 30 Mud Tanks, installed on Motor Vessels and used by

the Oil Industry for off-shore drilling. I also worked on post-Katrina reconstruction and

repairs in the Commercial sector on buildings such as Schools, Churches and the

University of South Alabama.

Detailed Employment History- cont’d

Shaw GBB, Mobile, AL. (Jan 06-Feb 08)

I Worked as Lead Mechanical and Structural / Concrete Designer on various Marine and

Container Crane re-furbishing projects, among them, South Carolina State Port

Authorities, Kodiak Island Terminals, Honolulu Port Facilities and Port of New Orleans.

On port of New Orleans I also worked on a post Katrina Project to de-commission two

cranes and a Rail Loading System for a Motor Vessel sold to the Alabama State Port

Authorities, moved and re-commissioned in the Port of Mobile. The second year I was

the Lead and only Mechanical Designer on the Coal Handling State Project for the Port

of Mobile’s McDuffie Island. I worked for nine months on the design and installation of

nine 6-foot wide bulk belt conveyors (one of which was half mile long and reversing with

a double rise and a 68,000lbs. gravity take-up), all the chutes and diverter flop gates (one

of which was custom designed to discharge side to side perpendicular to flow) and two

specialized re-distributing coal ‘rail mules’ being fed from Stacker/Re-claimers along the

twelve tower bins and conveyor head pulley and drive housings (with design and

construction of five new ones). The completion of this Project made the Port of Mobile

the largest Coal Handling Marine Facility in the Northern Hemisphere to date.

Sirius Technical Services, Mobile, AL. (Feb 08-May 09)

I worked on site at Honeywell UOP in Chickasaw as Designer for the Capman Group

under direct Client’s supervision. I worked on a number of Mechanical and Structural

Projects, including a Centrifuge Drive Conversion/Replacement, a Dust Abatement

Installation Revamp, a Hot Water Tank Replacement, complete redesign of a Vibratory

Conveyor and Support System and a Mill-wide safety Project to replace all non-OSHA

conforming Ladders, Catwalks and Platforms.

Self-Employed, Mobile, AL. (May 09-Present) After the Economic downturn I was laid-

off by Sirius due to reduction of Project Funding at UOP. I am currently working as a

freelance Designer from home, on mostly shop details for commercial structural steel

fabrication packages, supplemented by my own Courier business for Medical facilities

and Pharmaceutical Companies.

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