Charles L. West
Union, Ky, 41091
Cell: 859-***-****
Education:
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 and Solidworks.
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.
Continued
Resume of Charles L. West Continued
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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