Colleen F. Thom

St. Peters, MO

952-***-****

acxvve@r.postjobfree.com

Summary

Mechanical Engineer with experience balancing multiple projects on a variety of platforms. Looking for a job that involves product development, teamwork, and taking on new opportunities. Experience with client interface and individual project management.

Professional Experience

Assistant Fire Protection Engineer

July 2013 to August 2016

Burns & McDonnell

Primary responsibilities included creating contract drawings, specifications, basis of design summaries, and test procedures for fire suppression and fire alarm systems as well as life safety review.

Typical projects ranged from aviation and federal hangars, process and industrial refineries, energy plants, and private facilities. Other projects were commercial airports, government training buildings, government hangars, power plant transformers, and medical testing facilities.

Roles included being the lead on projects, working with CAD drafters to create contract drawings, shop drawing reviews, discussing issues with contractors, answering client questions, and managing the budgeted hours.

Mechanical Engineer and Designer Intern

June to August 2012

Datacard Group

Keystone project was developing an input hopper for a metal credit card printer. The project included modeling a hopper in CAD, machining a prototype, and testing the hopper.

Roles included developing custom solutions for individual client needs and modeling custom printer components.

Additional projects included completing two cost reduction projects that resulted in annual savings for the company.

STEPS Instructor

Summer of 2010 & 2011

University of St. Thomas

Taught a SolidWorks class to 7th- 8th grade girls. The girls learned the basic functions of SolidWorks and were given a project to create chairs, which could be assembled without adhesives.

Assisted in the airplane lab helping 6th grade girls build remote control planes. The girls learned the basics of the Engineering process as well as using a variety of machines and tools.

Education

University of St. Thomas

Fall 2009 to Spring 2013

Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering GPA: 3.74 St. Paul, Minnesota

Senior Design Project: Ottobock specializes in customized wheelchair seating for disabled individuals. The custom wheelchairs help the customers have a higher quality of life and comfort. Our goal was to improve the process of capturing of the patients’ contours, which would result in a reduction of capture complexity, human error, production time, and cost.

Coursework: Statics; Dynamics; Chemistry, Physics; Calculus; Machine Design; Manufacturing; Materials; Thermodynamics; Heat Transfer; Fluids Mechanics

Skills, Leadership, Activities, & Hobbies

●Skills: SolidWorks, Bluebeam, Microsoft Word, Navisworks, Excel

●leadership: President of BMcD MSP Office Committee (2014-2015); Vice President of Society of Women Engineers (Sept. 2012-May 2013), President of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (Dec. 2010- May 2012), Service Chair of Society of Women Engineers (Spring 2012)

●Activities: Society of Fire Protection Engineers (2013- 2015), Member of BMcD MSP Office Committee (2013-2015); American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2010-2015), Society of Women Engineers (2009-2014), Engineering Advisory Board Student Representative(Spring 2011-2013), Alpha Sigma Chapter of Delta Epsilon Sigma (Spring 2011-present)

●Hobbies: Ski Challenge- Downhill Racing, ARLE- Teaching Adaptive Downhill Skiing, Choral Singing, Running, Hiking, Swimming

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