BRIAN EDWARD CHERRY 5813 Quiet Pine Circle, Apt 103Chester, VA 23831Cell: 757-329-2395Brian_Cherry15@hotmail.com

SUMMARY:Mechanical Designer seeking to Transfer Broad Based Skill Set, 10+ Years of Engineering experience. As a results-focused, quality-driven professional with experience in project design; managing multiple projects creating drawings that support sales and manufacturing, following established CAD standards, interpreting customer requests and providing solutions, specializing in industrial and piping systems, over six years, from pumped systems to drains, able to create and edit P & ID, prepare Bill of Material, arrangement of piping systems, creating parts for steam turbines, to creating asbuilt drawings for telecommunication equipment followed by a long history of demonstrating consistent achievement of objectives, and dedication to organizational goals.

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE:Action Technology Inc.(Contract Employee at Alstom Power Inc.) Midlothian, VADocumentation Engineer 12/2014 to presentCreating an online Illustrated Parts Catalog for customers by extracting configuration data from APC-RPDM(Alstom Power Component - Life Cycle Management ) for Illustrated Parts Catalog implementation, building an Illustrated Parts Catalog bill of materials( list of parts and drawings), using excel spreadsheet and tiff images of parts for steam turbine units, once approved then moved to Oracle for online viewing, reading and interpreting technical drawings and assembly drawings. Creating 3D models and drawing documentation of oversized rings for manufacturing, using Catia V5, with established CAD standards, dimensioning, tolerances and surface finish.

Created unit of turbine with assembly of parts in Catia which included the turbine Support, HP Casing, Bearing Pedestal, IP Casing, and LP Casing, then converted to JPEG for image of unit to be posted in the database and online for the customer to view

Created HP and IP Valves in Catia then converted to JPEG for image of the part Created new part and drawing Seal Ring for part image Created Oversized part for steam turbine unit Verified needed angle and thread undercut for manufacturer to finish production of part Preparing a bill of Materials for parts Creating Tiff images of parts from Catia V5 drawings then converting them to Tiff images

CAD Designer 9/2013 to 11/2014Created complex sketches, 3D models, drawings using ISO standards, in first angle projection, with proper dimensioning, tolerances, geometric controls and documentation of replacement parts in a steam turbine, that meets appropriate specifications which powers the generator for electricity, using Catia V5 Release 19. Reworked existing 3D models to produce forging and machined drawings and working with other department to create a 3D model from an actual part to update the design of that part.

Created Fabrication drawings for turbine parts, such as seal carriers. Created Forging drawing for steam turbine shaft Creating Casting drawings for parts. Created machined parts drawing for steam seal housing. Prepared Parts list for model and drawing of a fabricated part

Performance-based Solutions(Contract with the U.S. Coast Guard) Norfolk, VAAutoCAD Specialist III 9/2011 to 8/2013Asset Enrollment for Coast Guard, AutoCAD support for plot plans and red lines on utility drawings. Conducting Site visits, measuring, inputting data into access program and updating official plot plans, using AutoCAD 2013 and AutoCAD 2013, after site visits.

Completed several Official Plot Plans and updated Civil drawings of sites Trained incoming employees and contact person for company to Coast Guard Used GPS equipment to locate buildings

Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, VADesigner II 3/2008 to 11/2010Developed and prepared 3D design of piping systems, working to ISO 9000 standards, with established CAD standards and bill of materials operating Catia Release 4, and 2D extraction for arrangement drawings, for installation on the ship.

Completed three 2D extraction drawings for arrangement of piping systems and modified arrangement drawings of piping systems

Completed several manufacturing drawings of drains

Associate Designer 6/2004 to 3/2008Designed piping systems, in 3D compartments of the ship, operating Catia V4, from Diagrams of piping systems and made changes to P & ID, operating AutoCAD 2010.

As lead contact for group, in design meetings, on various projects, coordinated with other design team members to achieve the best arrangement in the space of the ship.

Initiated several changes to piping diagrams, when a technical problem arose in the design of pipe run in the 3D model.

Designed numerous piping systems on the ship in 3D, using CATIA Release 4, from auxiliary systems, drain piping, deck drains, and the chilled water piping system.

Kelly Engineering Services(Contract with Newport News Shipbuilding) Newport News, VAAssociate Designer 1/2004 to 6/2004Designed auxiliary piping systems for the ship, such as fire main, sprinkler systems and foam, using Catia V4.

Designed numerous piping systems for firefighting systems on the ship Used P and ID to design piping systems

Cox Communications Chesapeake, VACADD Assistant 9/2000 to 9/2001Created Asbuilt drawings from changes made in field by contractors when power supply or generators could not be placed in the location designated by the drawing, then sent asbuilt to CADD Designers to verify that signal would not be lost with new location.

All of Peninsula Region was completed in Hampton Roads Created floor plan of room using AutoCAD 2000

Tek Systems(Contract with Cox Communications) Chesapeake, VACADD Assistant 3/1999 to 2/2000Created Asbuilt drawings from changes made in field by contractors when power supply or generators could not be placed in the location designated by the drawing, then sent asbuilt to CADD Designers to verify that signal would not be lost with new location.

INDEPENDENT CONTRACT WORK:Reproduction of floor plans for house to obtain Building permit on AutoCAD 2012

EDUCATION:ITT Technical InstituteAssociate of Applied Science in Computer Drafting and Design Graduated March 2005

Norfolk State UniversityBachelor of Science in Design Technology Graduated May 1998

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:Revit Architecture 2010, AutoCAD 2004 to 2013, Inventor Fusion 2012, Catia V5 and SolidEdge