Job De ions:



Electrical and Hydraulic Designer

Marine Project / Marine Service Manager

Heavy Lift Specialist

Crane Mechanic

Autocad ( Have Loaded Laptop!)




RELEVANT SKILLS:

Software:

Cad/Cam: Autocad, ShipConstructor, AutoShip, AutoLoad, AutoHydro, AutoPower.

Web Hosting/Development: Apache, RedHat Linux, Frontpage.

Programmable Controls: Concept, Proworx.

Electrical Design: Autocad, RS Wire.

General Documents: Word, Excel, Access, Adobe.

Image Video and Sound: Adobe, Soundtools, Sound Studio.

Networking: Linux, Cisco Systems.




Mechanical Skills:


Wood Carving/Cabinetry, Fiberglass, Welding Processes: Mig, Tig, Stick, Automatic. General Machine Shop Skills, Ship Fitting,
Portable Machining, Capable Crane Mechanic, Capable Diesel Mechanic




Accomplishments:

Salvage of a regulation deck barge at Brown Marine, Pensacola, Florida. The barge had been used for many years as a mooring barge. It had extensive damage to of its tanks and was rendered un floatable. I assisted the salvage efforts by pulling it up onto the beach with a 1,000,000 LB Bollard pull twin Block and Tackle powered by a 100,000 lb line pull Double Drum Winch.

Fully automating a triple engine single screw 3000 KW diesel electric tug built in 1939. The automation was so comprehensive I could single handedly control the vessel. This was accomplished with a Modicon 984 PLC, Simrad Kongsberg instruments & autopilot, Murphy Engine Instruments, and various electric valves. The Vessel was operated by remote control if required. The control was of my own design and fully interfaced to all ships functions with the exception of the coffee pot in the galley.


Re manufacturing a Manitowoc 3600W in situ at Steiner Shipyards, Inc. Bayou La Batre, AL. This crane had to be repaired where it stopped crawling, the work area underneath was sunken 3 feet into the sand. The crane had a broken stump which had caused the large bevel pinion to climb the teeth on the bevel gear breaking the main caps on the horizontal travel shaft. New main caps were installed as well as line boring of both the horizontal shaft way and the stump, which had to be rebuilt and machined to fit on site. The turntable and swing ring also had to be re machined on site as well.


Conversion of a 20'x 80' planer for Southeastern Frog and Switch, Inc. Bessemer, AL. The planer was built in the 1940's and the ways and controls were worn out with no supply for replacement parts. I had to convert it to modern ball screw drive and nylon ways, more challenging though was the control of the massive table. I had to retrofit the existing DC controls to AC powered CNC controls by Allen Bradley. The weight of the Table was 55 tons creating a very difficult drive situation which I corrected with a linear encoder providing a real time position, direction, and speed feedback loop to an acceleration/deceleration routine in the ladder. This coupled with deceleration a regenerative drive package I designed and ordered built by Southern Power in Pelham, AL resulted in better production times and accuracy from this old cast iron monster than would be expected by a three to five axis CNC mill of the same size (the current industry standard).

Currently Employed Jr's Auto Diesel


Employment History:



Foster Marine/Hyrdaquick, Crestview, FL

Marine & diesel mechanic/ hydraulic spec , July 2005 - Jan This Year

Design and Installation of Hydraulic and electro hydraulic systems.




St. Augustine marine, St. Augustine, FL

Boat mechanic/machinist , April 2005 To July 2005

Mechanical and machinery related repairs to mega yachts.




American ghost tour, St. Augustine, FL

Marketing/content , September 2004 To April 2005

Assist and later spearhead marketing campaign, write advertisements and setup ticket s. I also wrote for the ghost tours for New Orleans, Key West, and St. Augustine.




Oswald's, New Orleans, LA

Job foreman/building supervisor , February 2004 To September 2004

Design of Structural steel and plate for tie backs and machinery supports on a brick building, built in the 1700's, for Harry Anderson in the French Quarter of New Orleans.




Liberty Maritime Terminals, Theodore, AL

Terminal manager , October 2002 To January 2003

Terminal Operations and Maintainer, Cargo handling; including Customs and Coast Guard relations.




Self, New Orleans, LA

Cad designer, automation system programmer , January 2002 To January 2003

Design and Installation of electrical and hydraulic systems for work boats




Foster marine & mechanical, Mobile, AL

Marine designer/marine operations manager , January 1999 To January 2002

Maintenance and repair/re power of Tug Fleets.




Dixie diesel & crane, Pensacola, FL

Estimator & marine operations manager , January 1998 To January 1999

Estimating and planning of heavy lifts.




Emma brown/cotton state, Pensacola, FL

1st mate , January 1997 To January 2002

1st Mate on the Coast wise Hawser Tugs "Cotton State" and "Emma Brown". Responsibilities included crewing and maintenance




Paradygm automation, Huntsville, AL

Shipboard automation systems integrater/programmer , January 1997 To January 1998

Designed and built an entire assembly line and machining centers to manufacture constant velocity joints for a plant in Athens.




F&F parts & machine, Birmingham, AL

Machine tool systems integrator/programmer , January 1993 To February 1995

Programming of machine tools operating software (ladder or C), programming machine product program ( G code or DXF), CAD drafting.




F&F parts & machine, Birmingham, AL

Marine engine control systems integrator and programmer , January 1993 To January 1995

Design and installation of Drives and Servos for machine tools.




F&M Mafco, Birmingham, AL

Welding machine/electric crane repair tech , January 1992 To January 1993

Side Frame Rebuilds Car Body Rebuilds on Manitowoc, P&H and American Cranes. Including Re machining Large Bores for Bearings. Some welding machine repair as well.




Dixie Diesel & crane, Pensacola, FL

Marine crane automation tech , January 1990 To January 1992

Design, Build, and install remote controls (Air, Electric, and Hydraulic) for all types of Cranes.




F&F parts & machine, New Orleans, LA

Machine tool designer , January 1988 To January 1990

Design Drive Systems for Machine Tools In the shipyards.




F&F parts & machine, Birmingham, AL

Inside machinist , January 1985 To January 1988

Machine Tool Fabrication & Repair




Education




Passport marine, Pensacola

Certification, STCW /OS/AB,


Autocad: Austin Community College, Austin Texas

Alabama school of trades, Gadsden

Electricity /Electronics

Pneumatics/Hydraulics

Motor Controls/Automation