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Mechanical Engineering

Location:
Elliot Lake, ON, Canada
Posted:
April 17, 2015

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Karl Lahti

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Home & Fax: 705-***-****

aco8o6@r.postjobfree.com

PROFILE:

• 40 PLUS years in the engineering field: sound engineering practices in design/drafting for

mechanical/structural disciplines completed projects on schedule and within budget. Create

specifications, standards and tender documents for project completion and provide field

assistance when required for construction projects (construction coordinator)

• Draft and draw using CAD (Microstation and autocad 11 ) with 25 plus years experience in

Microstation drawing plus AutoCAD drawing

• Strong experience in mine ventilation, HVAC, dust collection and vacuum system design,

pipe design/detailing and structural & mechanical layouts/detailing and design

• Conveyor design and detailing

• Structural design/detailing

• Concrete design/detailing

• HVAC/mine ventilation & dust collection design/detailing

WORK EXPERIENCE:

31/10/13 to Present

Structural/Mechanical Senior Designer /Project Specialist

Doing Small contract Engineering Projects Mining, Smelting, Refinery,

Mills, Commercial, Industrial & Government Agencies for various

Engineering Firms in Sudbury. Various Disciplines Mechanical,

Structural, Civil, Electrical & architectural.

8/04/13 to 31/10/13 Present

Structural/Mechanical Senior Designer /Project Specialist

On contract for Lycopodium Engineering in Toronto on Ghana Gold Mine,

Africa, for new Mill Complex. Lead Designer for Structural Steel,

Concrete and Buried mine services.

05/07/12 to 05/04/13

Structural/Mechanical Senior Designer /Project Specialist

On contract for SNC Lavalin Engineering in Toronto on Agrium Potash, Saskatchewan, Agrium

new Mill Complex for HVAC, dust collection, launders, chutes and distributors.

01/04/12 to 25/06/12

Structural/Mechanical Senior Designer /Project Specialist

On contract for Amec, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Engineering, on Mosaic new Mill Complex for

HVAC, dust collection, etc.

06/01/11 to 30/03/12

Structural/Mechanical Senior Designer /Project Specialist

On contract for Stantec Engineering, Sudbury, Ontario on Mining/Smelting and Refinery in HVAC,

mechanical, piping, dust collection, underground developments (crusher stations, ore loadout

bins, shaft steel and conveyors) and structural designs as well as field coordination.

31/11/10 to 04/01/11

Structural/Mechanical Designer and Layouts/Construction Coordinator

On contract (work at home) for JRHamalainen Eng’g, Edward Eng’g, CDCD Eng’g and others on

mining, institutional and government projects in HVAC, mechanical and structural designs as well

as field coordination.

01/01/10 to 31/10/10

Senior Structural/Mechanical Designer and Construction Superintendant

AMC Mining, Regina, Saskatchewan.

Engineering for Headframe and associated buildings for PCS Potash Corporation,

Saskatchewan, Scissors Creek doing Structural/Mechanical Detailing, Design, Plant Layouts and

piping design/detailing.

06/24/09 to 31/01/10

Senior Structural/Mechanical Designer

Hamalainen Eng’g, Edward Eng, CDCD Eng, Anmar Mechanical/Structural Fabricators and

various other outfits.

At present I work from my home doing Structural/Mechanical Detailing, Design, Plant Layouts. On

Vale Inco, Xstrata and other projects for the above listed Company’s in Sudbury, Ontario.

08/2006 TO 06/24/09

Senior Structural/Mechanical Designer, Sudbury

WorleyParsons/HGE Engineering in Toronto & Sudbury on various large projects,

Mechanical/Structural/Concrete and HVAC/Dust Collection layouts and Details.(for Mines,

Smelters and Refinery’s)

05/2005 – 07/2006

Anmar Mechanical & Structural Ltd. Sudbury, Ontario,

Senior Mechanical / Structural Designer

Structural layouts/details and estimating for their fabrication shop on various mining projects for

Inco Ltd & Falconbridge ltd, chutes, grizzlies, crushing stations etc., precipitators, spray

chambres, platforms, etc.

12/2004 - 04/2005

Nickel City Steel Sudbury, Ontario

Senior Mechanical / Structural Designer

Structural layouts/details and estimating for their fabrication shop on various mining projects for

Inco Ltd & Falconbridge ltd, chutes, grizzlies, crushing stations etc.

04/2004 - 11/2004

Cementation Skanska North Bay, Ontario

Senior Mechanical / Structural Designer

Mechanical & Structural layouts & details for Falconbridge new nickel rim mine vent shaft

headframe and complex facilities.

10/2003 - 03/2004

CDCD Engineering ltd. & J. Hamalainen Engineering Sudbury, Ontario

Senior Mechanical / Structural Designer

Structural / Mechanical layouts/details for various clients.

01/2003 - 09/2003

Nickel City Steel Sudbury, Ontario

Senior Mechanical / Structural Designer

Structural layouts/details and estimating for their fabrication shop on new Toronto airport

expansion, Sudbury Laurentian hospital expansion

01/2002 - 12/2002

Hatch Associates, Sudbury, Ontaro

Senior Mechanical / Structural Designer

Mechanical & structural layouts & details for Inco Ltd/Falconbridge new nickel unloading facilities

08/2001 - 11/2001

CDCD Engineering ltd.Sudbury, Ontario

Senior Mechanical / Structural Designer

Structural layouts & details for Inco Ltd/Falconbridge and various other clients

04/2001 - 07/2001

J. Hamalainen Engineering Sudbury, Ontario

Senior Mechanical / Structural Designer

Mechanical/electrical layouts & details for Inco Ltd. Ontario realty co. (gov't buildings) and various

other clients

01/2001 - 03/2001

Ionic Engineering Sudbury, Ontario

Senior Mechanical / Structural Designer

Mechanical & structural layouts for new nickel pellet canning conveyor system for copper cliff

nickel refinery complex, piping & ventilation layouts

06/2000 - 12/2000

Hatch Associates Sudbury, Ontario

Senior Mechanical / Structural Designer

Mechanical layouts & details for Inco Ltd. new anode furnaces and casting wheel, piping and

HVAC for new copper facility.

01/2000 - 05/2000

Medd Inc, Sudbury, Ontario Design drafting on various projects

Senior Mechanical / Structural Designer

11/1969 - 12/1999

Inco ltd. Sudbury, Ontario

Draftsman to Senior Mechanical / Structural Designer

Began September 1969 in field exploration as Field Technician conducting claim staking and

geophysical field work, drafting field data on mylar and linen in ink.

Transferred to Inco Mines Engineering in July 1972 as a property surveyor & draftsman

Transferred to Inco General Engineering in July 1974 as a Mechanical Draftsman

Progressed over the years to a Senior Draftsman, to Mechanical Designer to Senior Mechanical

Designer: My duties were to provide engineering drawings, layouts, detailed specifications and

contract documents for major mechanical/structural projects.

EDUCATION:

Commercial heat loss certificate for buildings as given by HRAI (Heating, Refrigeration and Air

conditioning Institute of Canada)

Various credited night courses at Cambrian College, Sudbury, Ontario.

Mine ventilation 1 & 2, (credit course) for mine surface and underground areas.

Hydraulics 1 & 2 Cambrian College, Sudbury, Ontario.

Michigan State University Industrial Hygienists course - Michigan State University-Lansing

Michigan Certification Industrial Dust collection and Vacuum System Design

Cambrian College Mechanical Drafting Technician, Sudbury, Ontario

College Diploma Mechanical Drafting

Lo-ellen park secondary school 4yr science technology and trades, Sudbury, Ontario

Certification in Mechanical Drafting



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