Title:SENIOR STAFF ENGINEER
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NAME: James PE
ADDRESS: **** ******* *****
CITY: McKeesport
STATE/PROVINCE: PA
ZIP/POSTAL CODE: 151332212
COUNTRY: USA
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CANDIDATE ID: 184938
CITIZENSHIP: US
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EDUCATION: Undergraduate Work
EXPERIENCE: 47
WILL RELOCATE: Open
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JOB WANTED: Any
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HOTSKILLS: PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER: Mechanical; Machine Design
ESUME
PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER: Mechanical; Machine Design; Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania,
1980
EXPERIENCE
Retired Officially November 1, 1998 at age 62
Learning Visual Basic programming to convert and converting my engineering
programs from Basic.
Tippins, Incorporated, Pittsburgh, PA
SENIOR STAFF ENGINEER
February 1997 - January 1998
Calculations of Steckel mill components, table line shafts, spray headers, bar
mills, etc. Used Microstation 95 to recommend better, safer design methods.
Davy International, Pittsburgh, PA
LEAD ENGINEER
February 1991 -
February 1997
Design, calculations, and/or project follow of scrap platform, belt wrapper for
aluminum mill; service access on continuous annealing line; run out table
cooling for a hot strip mill; walking beam charging table for slab reheat
furnace. Used Microstation 95 on design and proposal drawings.
Integrated Engineering Resources International, Pittsburgh, PA
CHIEF ENGINEER
November 1989 - January 1991
Wrote specifications for hot mill products, determined mill equipment
configurations, created computer programs and office systems for in-house use,
supervised drafting room. Used AutoCAD 10 to present concepts.
Davy McKee, Pittsburgh, PA
SENIOR DESIGN ENGINEER
May 1988 - November 1989
Design calculations/project engineer for automatic gauge control, belt
wrappers, spray systems, etc.
Clifton Johnson Associates, Pittsburgh, Pa subcontracted to Davy McKee,
Pittsburgh, PA
PROPOSAL ENGINEER
January 1988 - May 1988
Made proposal drawings and wrote specifications of aluminum mill equipment for
price quotation.
Yablonsky, Liberty Borough, PA subcontracted to Munroe, Pittsburgh, PA
CONSULTANT
July 1987 - January 1988
Interpret OEM drawings, design missing components, and make shop fabrication
drawings to ASME Boiler Code.
United Engineering, Pittsburgh, PA (formerly Wean United)
SALES ENGINEER
April 1986 - July 1987
Sales of rolling mills equipment and software
ENGINEERING SUPERVISOR
June 1981 - April 1986
Supervised designers and detailers, aided in the design and development of
laminar flow cooling and de-scaling headers. Did stress calculations using
ASME Code and finite element stress analysis on the main frame computer.
DESIGNER
November 1978 - May 1981
Designed clamping system for existing tables and saws holding one or two bars
horizontally and vertically during hot sawing. To permit a pack of bars to
pass through, clamping mechanism dropped beneath the table rollers. A dropping
apron permitted end crops to fall into the crop chute.
Blaw-Knox Foundry and Machinery, Pittsburgh, PA
DESIGNER
September 1978 -
October 1978
Attempted to develop bar straighteners which met OSHA noise and safety
standards when recalled from layoff.
Matrix Technical Services, Pittsburgh, PA subcontracted to R. Munroe & Sons,
Pittsburgh, PA
DESIGNER
September 1977 - August
1978
Designed replacement basic oxygen furnace waste gas hoods. Designed a fire
tube boiler to power a cog railway engine for an amusement park and several
pressure vessels.
Lehigh Design, Pittsburgh, PA subcontracted to Lee Norse, Robinson Township, PA
DESIGNER
April 1977 - July 1977
Layout and detail of steering mechanism of a new product line of roof bolters
(mining equipment).
Wean United, Pittsburgh, PA
DESIGNER
June 1973 - March 1977
Designed a walking beam table, pinch rolls, pipe gripping machine, adjustable
side guards, and spray cooling systems. Mechanical drawings of machinery
piping for cooling and/or lubrication.
Lehigh Design, Dravosburg, PA
DESIGNER
May 1969 - June 1973
Aided in the development of a fission neutron gauge, radioactive water disposal
system, test fixtures, inspection devices, and installation equipment for
nuclear reactors. Designed automatic device to photograph a 360 cylindrical
surface, 17" from eachend and a scale on one frame of film recording
identification and cylinder length.
Lehigh Design, Dravosburg, PA subcontracted to Koppers, Pittsburgh, PA
LAYOUT DRAFTSMAN
April 1968 - May 1969
Sized equipment for continuous casting machines and coke oven equipment.
Swindell-Dressler, Pittsburgh, PA
SENIOR DRAFTSMAN
August 1967 - April 1968
Made layout concepts to determine feasibility or operation, economy of
construction, and operator safety.
Lehigh Design, Dravosburg, PA subcontracted to Koppers, Pittsburgh, PA
DRAFTSMAN
September 1966 - August
1967
Calculated stress of welds, fastener, plates, and shafts employed in continuous
casting and coke oven machinery.
Mesta Machine, West Homestead, PA
DRAFTSMAN
June 1964 - September
1966
Detailed housings, castings, motor bases, spray systems, chutes, scrap
conveyors, and other mill machinery.
Westinghouse Electric
(BAPL), West Mifflin, PA
ENGINEERING ASSISTANT
September 1955 - May 1964
Designed test fixtures, performed statistical calculations, estimated costs,
and supervised welding experiments.
LABORATORY TECHNICIAN
Operated a corrosion test system: maintained pumps, water de-ionizers, water de-
gassers, etc.
EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Pennsylvania State university,
McKeesport Campus
Course work in Machine & Tool Design
PE and EIT review
Point Park College,
Pittsburgh
Course work in computer languages
University of Pittsburgh,
Pittsburgh
Course work in Electrical Engineering
Community College of Allegheny County
Course work in computer languages
Association of Iron and Steel Engineers
Pennsylvania Society of Professional Engineers