AL FIKE, P.E. SENIOR MECHANICAL ENGINEER / PROJECT MANAGER

**** ******** ****, *********, **** 45429 Mobile – 937-***-**** Email: abxkar@r.postjobfree.com

PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS

Results oriented team player, works well in dynamic environments. Innovative problem solver with analytic, decision making and interpersonal skills.

SKILLS OVERVIEW

• Uncommon mix of experience in heavy industry and commercial project work.

• Inclusive in concept and scope, detail design, flow diagramming, engineering planning, specification and contract writing, procedure writing, sizing and selection of equipment, estimating and composing a budget, scheduling and procurement, manage and supervise installations through construction and successful start-up.

• Manufacturing and facilities layout with an eye for efficient production and maintenance.

• Direct Management of Union and Non-Union Plant Labor Groups.

• Mechanical Engineering Design, Facilities Engineering or Design-Build, Project Management covering a range of turn key projects including process and facilities individual equipment detail design to process and utilities piping systems, plumbing systems, fire protection, materials handling, structural steel design, exhaust and ventilation, and HVAC systems.

• Knowledge of equipment includes water treatment (softeners & deionizers), cooling water and machining coolant systems, parts washers, chemical processing and storage tanks, pumps, filters, lined concrete pits, pressure vessels, heat exchangers, hydraulic equipment, materials handling equipment, conveyors, removing underground tanks and associated soil remediation projects.

COMPUTER SKILLS

AutoCad 2011, Solid Works, Pipe-Flo Program, HVAC Design Software, MS Project, MS Office Suite.

INDUSTRIES OF EXPERIENCE COMPANY

Wastewater Treatment Plants Pepsi Co

Plumbing Engineering Commercial & Fire Protection Helmig-Lienesch Engineers LLC

Automotive Assembly and Component Manufacture General Motors Inc.

Steel (Strand and Slab Casting and Structural Shape AK Steel, NUCOR, ALCOA,

Rolling) & Aluminum Burns & McDonnell Engineers & Architects

Explosives (Nitro Guanidine) Manufacture Hercules Powder Co.

Silicone Crystal (Growing and Wafer Cutting) Monsanto Electronic Materials Co.

Chemical Processing (Agricultural and Pharmaceutical) Behr Chemicals & Eli Lilly Co.

Aluminum Concrete Forms Fabrication Western Forms, Inc.

Auditorium Furniture Manufacture Fixtures Co.

Plate and Float Glass and Glass Containers (Includes Pittsburgh Plate Glass Ind.

container materials handling) Owens Illinois, Inc.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

• Devised sequence & plan to keep plant process operating while installing & transitioning to the new process.

• Designed ventilation, trays, canals & green building for growing organisms to be converted to bio-fuel.

• Retrofit type projects in plants operating 24 hour, 7 day/week, 52 week/year.

• Owner’s Representative and liaison for project engineering and construction a $1.2 billion project.

• Worked on Pilot Plant proving the manufacture of Nitro-Guanidine (a component of gun powder for battle ships).

• Worked on design and installation of first Electro-Galvanizing coating both sides of the steel in one pass.

• Worked with manufacturing organizations, stream lining their organization and modes of operation to increase their raw materials usage (materials in the door to finished goods out the door) from 68% to 92%.

• Conversion to lean manufacturing of Air Conditioning Compressor parts machining line.

• Conversion to lean manufacturing arrangement of Crystal Growing and Wafer Cutting line.

• The first Plate-Glass Edge Roll Forming Device.

• The first 90 degree sweep-out materials handling for the Individual Section Glass Forming Machine.

AL FIKE, P.E. MECHANICAL ENGINEER / PLANT ENGINEER

4825 Ackerman Blvd, Kettering, Ohio 45429 Mobile – 937-***-**** Email: abxkar@r.postjobfree.com

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE (CONTRACT)

September 2011 to Crown Solutions, Inc.

July 2012 Vandalia, Ohio

Senior Mechanical Engineer. Write QC Testing Procedures and O&M Manuals for custom design water treatment equipment.

September 2010 to Htec Systems, Inc.

June 2011 Centerville, Ohio

Project Manager & Senior Mechanical Engineer. Retrofit Design Engineering, piping drawings & startup work on existing Pepsi Company Wastewater Treatment Plant, located in Pennsauken, New Jersey.

April 2010 to Crown Solutions, Inc.

September 2010 Vandalia, Ohio

Senior Mechanical Engineer. Design engineering work on custom carbon filters and CIP system equipment. Follow up trips to audit fabricators.

December 2008 to Htec Systems, Inc.

March 2010 Centerville, Ohio

Project Manager & Senior Mechanical Engineer. Design engineering, piping drawings & startup work on new Waste Water Treatment Plant, located in Bucharest, Romania.

June 2007 to New Steel International, Inc.

December 2008 Franklin, Ohio

Senior Mechanical Engineer. Design engineering work on Cooling Water Systems, Water Treatment, and Process Gases & Acid Piping for Steel Mill. Retrofit design of exhaust hood & ducting system for Aluminum Mills.

March 2001 to Helmig-Lienesch Engineers LLC

June 2007 Dayton, Ohio

Senior Mechanical Engineer. Plumbing Design, HVAC, Fire Protection, Ventilation Systems and Heating Systems for warehouses, manufacturing areas, offices, condominium buildings. This work was in new construction, retrofit & startup work as well.

June 1998 to General Motors Truck Group, Assembly Plant

February 2001 Moraine, Ohio

Project Manager (Owners Representative). GMT 360 Program. Installation of equipment & piping to increase the capacity of the Plant Water Treatment System. Retrofit Facilities Engineering & Liaison Engineer on Welder Water, Industrial Waste, Steam & Condensate & Fire Protection piping, gathered & transmitted to the Consulting Engineering firms in Southfield, & Troy, Michigan, as well as installation & startup.

Sep 1991 to Delphi Harrison Thermal Systems

June 1998 Moraine, Ohio

Project Manager. Materials Handling, converting an Air Conditioning Compressor parts machining line to a “Lean Manufacturing Operation” Retrofit Design. Underground Tank Removal Project. Move Dayton Plant, Heat Treat Dept. to the Moraine Plant. $2.2 Mil. each project. Assigned to handle National Fire Code and IRI Loss Prevention Compliance.

EDUCATION, REGISTRATION

B. S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Missouri at Rolla, Missouri. Professional Engineer Registration in Ohio, 31184, and Missouri, E-12450. Numerous continuing education seminars and specialized schools. List furnished on request.

AFFILIATIONS & MILITARY SERVICE

ASME, NFPA, ASPE, NSPE, ASHRAE, AOPA, Toastmasters Int’l, Boy Scouts of America

Past President ASPE, Cincinnati-Dayton Chapter. U.S. Army, Captain

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