Charles L. West

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Union, KY 41091 859-***-****

Education:

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Pinellas Vocational Technical Institute, Clearwater, Florida

Graduate of Mechanical Drafting and Machine Design with AutoCad

01/78 to 12/79

Northern Kentucky University, Cold Springs, Kentucky

Majored in Electronics with Honors in circuit and system design.

8/73 to 6/76

Simon Kenton High School, Independence, Kentucky

Experience:

12/10 to Present

Ellis & Watts Batavia, Oh.

CAD/ Design Manager

Managed the CAD Design department and support manufacturing of shelters and trailers,

mobile medical vans and trailers for MRI’s, CT’s, pressure vessels, HVAC units and other

types of process equipment. Duties include design review of all equipment, Checking all

drawing to ensure all drawing meet specification, standards, codes and integration of electrical

and mechanical packages into build packages for manufacturing. All designs created using

AutoCAD & Inventor.

11/07 to 12/10

Ellis & Watts Batavia, Oh.

Electrical Project Engineer

Managed the electrical construction of mobile Military shelters and trailers,

mobile medical vans and trailers for MRI’s, CT’s, designed controls and instrumentation

for Electric heaters, HVAC units and other types of process equipment. Duties included

electrical design, drafting of schematics, specification of parts and equipment, costing and

tracking delivery of all electrical components. Assisted in the start up, trouble shooting, testing of

equipment and customer support.

12/04 to 11/07

Lasco Panel Products Florence, Ky.

Electrical/Mechanical Plant Engineer / Process Controls

Design machinery and their controls for continuous fiberglass panel lines.

Duties include electrical and mechanical drawing preparation using Autocad.

Also developed PLC, touch screens, data Logging and HMI programs and setup

of their networks. Other duties include project management, training

technicians and production personal in the use of new equipment.

01/00 to 12/04

Cinergy Corp. (Contract Position) Cinti., Oh

Electrical/Mechanical Power Plant Designer

Electrical design of instrumentation, controls, MCC’s, switchgear and lighting for

electrical power generation plants. Duties included design and generation of wiring

diagrams, schematics, ladder logic drawings and equipment and panel layout using

Microstation and Autocad,. Other duties included piping and equipment demolition and

integration of new equipment and construction. Checked drawing, equipment

specification and support of plant technicians and contractors.

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12/97 to 12/99

Lasco Panel Products (Contract Position) Florence, Ky.

Electrical Plant Engineer / Process Controls

Designed plant chemical batch and mixing process and controls. Specified all parts

and supervised installation of conduit, panels, piping and equipment to insure

that all work conformed to code. Start up and debugging of new equipment.

After reviewing systems chemical process requirements, developed and wrote

system HMI and PLC program operational specifications. Worked closely with

programmer on HMI and PLC programs for the system development.

10/91 to 10/97

Stelter & Brinck, Inc. Harrison, Ohio

Senior Designer

Duties included all aspects of mechanical, electrical, structural and P & ID

design for this O.E.M. manufacturer of industrial heat process equipment

electrical design, circuit layout and component specification. My customer and

supplier interfacing skills have proven crucial in day to day operations. In

addition to concept-to-installation design, I managed the design/drafting

department which consisted of four draftspersons, and specify fabrication

processes, electrical, mechanical, steel and piping components. I also

supervised the panel shop which constructed and wired all control panels, ranging

from simple 120 Volt panels to large process control rooms, all work to

to conform to NEC, UL and CSA standards.

3/90 to 6/91

Kemco Systems St. Petersburg, Florida

Designer/Drafter

Duties included mechanical and electrical design of water filtration

equipment and heating systems for a manufacturer of energy and waste

water treatment equipment. Developed piping layouts, details, assemblies,

sheetmetal layouts, wiring schematics and shop layouts completed using Autocad .

12/88 to 3/90

Florida Metal Stamping St. Petersburg, Florida

Sheetmetal Mechanic

Duties included setup of CNC brakes, presses, mills, grinders and spot

welders to manufacture custom sheetmetal parts and prototypes.

7/87 to 10/88

Osborne Coinage Cincinnati, Ohio

Setup Leadperson

Duties included setup and repair of automated coin presses for the

manufacture of tokens and currency.

6/79 to 7/87

Hunt Lit-Ning Florence, Kentucky

Machine Setup Person

Duties included setup of NC brakes, punch presses, draw presses,

automated presses and rollformers. Other duties included setup of welders,

woodworking equipment and building of sheetmetal prototypes for engineering.

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