Christophere W. Burmahl

Christophere W. Burmahl
2119 North Salem Drive  Independence, MO 64058  Phone: [phone]  [e-mail]

Project Manager & Machine Safety Electrical Automation Design Engineer

Self-Motivation / High Work Ethic / Persuasion / Attention to Detail / Strong Engineering Support

Problem Solving / Deadline Orientation / In-Depth Technical Knowledge / Quick Thinking

With over 20 years of Engineering Design experience – 9 of which as a Senior/Lead Designer and Project Manager and over 10 years in 3D Design – I have built the reputation of being able to take very general direction and run with it, managing design projects to completion within tight deadlines. I have extensive experience with market leaders, such as Black & Veatch, Progress Energy, General Electric, Allen Bradley, Science Application International, ATK and Kiewit Power. This experience has taught me how to quickly affect a company’s bottom line, and the achievements below document my consistent success; my ideas have led to continuous process improvement. I am adept at building relationships with all project team members, from Mechanical and Electrical Engineers to Project Managers and Construction Contractors.

I’m your dependable, problem-solving “go-to” guy in every design situation.

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  Both Desktop Design and In-Plant Experience
  
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  Quickly Contributes to Company’s Bottom Line
  
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  Consistent High Productivity with Impeccable Quality
  

Core Skills: Strong autonomy  Analyzes situations rapidly  Able to communicate technical information to non-technical people  Exceptional team player  Precise and logical thinker  Remains calm under pressure and creates order out of chaos  Resourceful problem solver  Open to diverse ideas in design  Quickly fits into a variety of corporate cultures.

Competencies/Training: AutoDesk Revit 2015 to present Auto-cad MEP & Auto-cad Electrical to present  Energy Pro V7 Title 24 Micro-station (through version XM)  Plant4D  Navisworks  Solid-works 2000 to present  Newforma 2015 to Present  Cadworx - Caesar II - Navis Works- OSHA Safety training (20 hr.)  Solid-works User Group Member Former Instructor and Certified Auto-cad Operator  Former Forklift Operator  Former Union Line Supervisor  Former Press Operator  Former and Current Drafting Instructor

Selected Accomplishments

Complementary Experience – Broad Spectrum Project Leadership from my experience designing behind the desk and working effectively in the field, spanning the gap between computer design and real world construction application. Expert in all aspects of design. From bid development to as-building design drawings. Known for taking specific design issues from both inside and outside project scopes, fixing problems and improving processes. Communicates and wins cooperation at all levels; effectively mediated between project team groups. Handpicked to handle difficult assignment because of the ability to communicate with engineers, and averted several millions in rebuild costs. 10 plus years of successful vendor management experience. Working on-site directly with construction contractors for projects up to $250M. Experience leading up to 8 designers, Mentored 23 team members to top performance.

Bottom Line Contribution – Extremely short learning curve, and can get up to speed and be productive within 1 week. Discovered design flaw, saving up to $350K. Re-engineered processes, resulting in a 20%+ increase in efficiency and saving 20% in construction time. Have Brought 300 Million Dollar Project $20 Million Under budget.

Productivity & Quality – Unique characteristic of being highly productive while still being a perfectionist. Have worked up to 500+ hours of overtime in 1 year. Named Lead Designer on more than one project, I have completed 170+ isometrics on time and under budget. $20M completion bonus. Duct Bank and Cable Tray to be 18% more efficient and 20% cheaper to build. Also suggested changes to 3D software, increasing turnaround time by 15%. Optimized design of under-capitalized facilities and equipment, resulting in an increase in production and capacity by 50%.

RELEVANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS

11/2016 to Present

Senior Electrical Design Engineer/ Project Owner @ TK Architects International (Salary)

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  Commercial High End Movie Theater Design, Design Incoming Power Feeds, Panel Riser Schedules, and Panelboard Schedules, Sizing Loads & Wire, Conduit Lengths and Sizes along with Schematics from Pad to interior panel enclosures and IT and Media Room and Sound racks.
  
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  Arcade and Digital Media Layout and Designs, Bowling Lane, Pinsetter and Control Layout and design.
  
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  Proper Utilization of Local and States Engineering and Building Codes to meet both NFPA(NEC) codes.
  
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  Setting up contact with local utilities and proper coordination with all MEP, Civil Engineering from Pad location to incoming services to Final Testing of system.
  

02/2016 to 10/2016

Lead Safety & Automation Controls Design Engineer at STS Technical Services (Contract)

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  Responsible for upgrading Manufacturing Equipment to current ISO 12100,13849-1/2 & 14121, ANSI B11.TR3 and OSHA Guidelines and Codes.
  
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  Robotic work cells high speed cutting and milling. Multi Axis Lathes and CNC Machines. Safety Interlocks and Circuits and Relays integration of Light Curtains and Area Scanners and other electrical devices and PLC systems to protect and decrease the risk of injury and down time.
  
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  Setting up work orders and Designing new mechanical hard guarding in 80/20 and Fence and Custom Sheet Metal and Welded assemblies.
  
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  Establishing Hierarchy of Control within the Machine Guarding Process and Implement Risk Reduction and Verify Proper Function and Validate Effectiveness and working alongside Safety manager to set up Documentation and Training for continues upgrade and productive advancement.
  

12/2011 to 02/2016

Aerotek Engineering Services

Senior/Lead electrical and Controls Designer, Machine Safety Design (Contract)

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  Electrical MEP Designer Lighting, Fire, Power, Panel Loads, Photometric, Title 24 Complaisance and Green Energy
  
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  Electrical Designer for Master Control and Drive panel design with PLC Automation to help Modern existing equipment for the Department of Defense in Manufacturing Environment.
  
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  Communication Architecture, system interconnect, 480VAC Power wiring, 24VDC & 120VAC Power Schematics, Panel Enclosure layout and design, Panel Interconnect, Relay Output Modules
  
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  New Drawing creation and updating format for consistence and to meet standards as set by the D.O.D
  
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  Solar Designer for PV systems sizing systems and proper layouts Inverter Calculations and System integration to existing Location System.
  
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  Power Transmission and Sub Station Design and Telecommunication design.
  
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  Heat Trace/Freeze Protection Calculations and Design for mechanical piping and tank farms and chemical plant infrastructure.
  
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  Electrical Designer for Master Control and Drive panel design with PLC Automation to help Modern existing equipment for the Department of Defense in Manufacturing Environment.
  
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  Communication Architecture, system interconnect, 480VAC Power wiring, 24VDC & 120VAC Power Schematics, Panel Enclosure layout and design, Panel Interconnect, Relay Output Modules
  
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  New Drawing creation and updating format for consistence and to meet standards as set by the D.O.D
  
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  Solar Designer for PV systems sizing systems and proper layouts Inverter Calculations and System integration to existing Location System.
  
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  Power Transmission and Sub Station Design and Telecommunication design.
  
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  Steam & Chill Water Piping and Plant HVAC and Chemical Transfer and Anneal System Upgrades and Design
  

03/2009 to Feb 2017

Stateline Design/Zeffern Designs

Machine Safety Design, CADD Design 3D Modeling

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  Preparing new issued drawings, technical writing, Utilized Auto-cad Electrical/MEP and Auto-Cad and Solid-works, Revit, Navis Works to create new construction drawings and Documentation as needed for the Job Scope entails for clients on a per project bases.
  
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  Setting up drawing numbers and access drives on via web and internal company servers for project team and Help with design changes in a team setting for clients
  
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  Using my Skills in Auto-cad and Solid works to get the assigned task at hand done in an effective manner.
  
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  Project Estimating, RFi and Change Order Request Construction Trades Management.
  

12/2007 to 04/2009

Kiewit Power Engineers (Formerly Bibb and Assoc.) Lenexa Kansas

Senior Electrical Power / Lighting Designer (Contract to Hire)

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  Preparing new issued drawings, technical writing, vendor contacting and inner department design reviews and team meetings
  
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  Designed duct bank, raceway, ISO Phase bus duct, grounding layouts, lighting protection, lighting designs and layouts power transmission, equipment room layouts and spec equipment. Transformer layout and design
  
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  Utilized Micro-Station V8 XM & Plant 4D to create drawings for the Power and Energy Sector ( Mainly Coal Fired Power Plants and Power Transmission)
  
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  Generated Plant 4D Models of Equipment layouts and Power Transmission runs of Duct Bank, Cable tray and Roadway and Equipment area lighting layouts.
  
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  Estimating Time and Materials and Sizing Conduit and Wire and Equipment Sizing and Vendor Submittals.
  

02/2006 to 11/2007

SYS-TEK – Blue Springs Missouri

CAD Support Manager- Electrical & Mechanical Design (Contract)

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  Project setup, technical writing, vendor contacting and inner department design reviews and team meetings.
  
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  Setting up drawing numbers and access drives on company servers for project team and Help with design changes in a team setting
  
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  Using my Skills in Auto-cad and Solid works to get the assigned task at hand done in an effective manner.
  
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  Setting up CUI and Lisp Routines (dynamic blocks) and configuring the User Interface within Auto-cad to meet company standards.
  
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  Creation of New Cad Standards and update of existing Cad Standards
  
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  Creation of New Cad Standards Manual and Auto-cad Presets within the Office.
  
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  Update from Auto-cad 2000 to 2007 and Autodesk Building Systems throughout the office.
  

04/2005 to /12/2005

Balance Point Staffing (Contractor)

Mechanical Designer/Electrical Designer

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  Using Auto-Cad I created Truss and Steel Beams and Stringer Layouts
  
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  Using Solid works to create Mechanical Weldment's and Steel Equipment for the Automotive Assembly field and OEM Suppliers and Car Manufactures.
  

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  Electrical Designer and Engineering Tech. Security and Automated Building access controlled drawings and Fire access and Alarm layout drawings. Estimating Time and Material and Vendor Submittals.
  
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  HVAC design and setup for remote access and building maintenance.
  

11/2004 to 2/2005

SAIC Science Applications International Corp. Abingdon Maryland

Electrical Designer and Drafter, Mechanical Drafting and Civil layouts and floor-plan detailing Fire Plum and Chemical Hazard Projection detailing (Contract)

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  Preparing new issued drawings, technical writing
  
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  Set up and issue of new drawing numbers and creation of new title blocks
  
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  Fire Plum and Chemical fire pattern drawings
  
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  Working for the United States Government and Military ( Army)
  

11/2002 to 9/2004

Prostar Strength Equipment Inc. - Kansas City, MO

Mechanical Engineering & Design Lead and Assistant Plant Manager (Contract)

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  Designed new equipment from client request and on-site meetings to meet customers’ needs/ demands.
  
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  Maintaining & updating drawings technical writing, creation of assembly manuals and specs for fabrication & outsourcing to suppliers.
  
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  Rendering detailed models in 3D environments for company websites and catalogs and for assembly and weldment drawings.
  
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  Purchase of all supplies and hand tools & Machines needed for fabrication.
  
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  Cost adjusting and evaluations of production totals and other duties.
  
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  Recording Time and Production Totals, Interviewing and Hiring of Plant Staff.
  
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  Cost Estimating, Budget and Time and Material and Scheduling.
  

10/2001 to /10/2002
Cad Consulting Contractor – St. Charles, MO

Mechanical Drafter/Designer – Sheet metal /Stainless Steel

PC Technician & EPA Permit reviewer

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  PC Installations & Hook-ups.
  
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  EPA permit reviewer for state client. Reviewed water damage and drain issued through the state and farmer and waste water trash issued related to streams and ponds and lakes.
  
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  Responsible for sales duties including the identification of prospects, cold calls as well as presentation and closing of sales for engineering software products.
  
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  Mechanical software setup and installations reverse engineering, finite element analysis and technical writing.
  
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  Responsible for sales duties including the identification of prospects, cold calls as well as presentation and closing of sales for engineering software products.
  
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  Mechanical software setup and installations reverse engineering, finite element analysis and technical writing.
  

6/2000 to 9/2001

Black & Veatch- Overland Park KS

Entry Level Drafter to Engineering Tech Power Division (Direct Hire)

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  Rendering electrical drawings, schematics, diagrams, logic control and raceway composite, one line & two line diagrams, tray and panel relay drawings. PLC drawings ( Conversion to CRMS)
  
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  Conduit and Raceway Sizing and Esitmating
  

8/1996 to 6/2000

Burd & Fletcher- Independence, MO

Line Production Worker to Production Supervisor Assistant (Direct Hire)

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  Operation of Forklifts, shipping & receiving, calculations of Production totals,
  
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  Assembly line work, use of heavy tools and machinery for production in Union Shop while in a team environment.
  
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  Supervised 15-25 co-workers in a flex/ rotating shift environment in a Union setting.
  

EDUCATION:
Truman High School- Independence, MO Diploma 1995

Basic Studies, Advanced Metals, Drafting

Vatterott Tech College- Kansas City Missouri Diploma November 2000: Assoc. in 3D modeling and Engineering and Drafting design and Construction Management.

University of Missouri Kansas City- Electrical Engineering

Current Continuing Education: Night Classes and Online: Western Governs University-Online-Business Management (Pending)
Awards: Perfect Attendance Award-Vatterott Tech College: Art & Design Awards High School & College