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CONSULTING RESUME
Crane Engineer J.D. Mitchell, P.E.
CONSULTING RESUME FOR J.D. MITCHELL, P.E.: QUALIFICATIONS Engineering Expert Witness Forty years experience in design and analysis. Strong skills in mechanical engineering design, structures, manufacturing methods, computer aided drafting, vendor specifications/negotiations, and oral/written presentation. Direct industry experience with most aspects of overhead cranes, gantry cranes, jib cranes, wall cranes, crane runways, monorails and patented track, slings, hooks and rigging, mobile cranes and attachments, container cranes, derricks, positioning equipment and logging machinery. EXPERIENCE Principal consultant for Crane and Hoist Engineering, January of 2002 to the present: Management of consulting firm with overall responsibility for marketing, contract negotiation, and general administration. Engineering consulting in the area of cranes, runways, lifting devices and other material handling machinery, including design and analysis. DIRECT POSITIONS Aluminum Company of America, Vancouver, WA, Plant Engineer, March of 1967 to July of 1969. Responsible for mechanical engineering for Rod, Wire and Cable and Extrusion Mills. MAR Hook & Equipment, Inc., Aberdeen, WA and Sandy, OR, Chief Engineer and President, August of 1969 through December of 1999. Responsible for engineering, production, administration and sales. Products designed, manufactured and marketed included overhead, gantry and jib cranes; crane runway systems, patented track systems and monorails; log truck trailer loaders; boat hoists; below-the-hook lifting devices; logging booms, carriages and grapples; hydraulic and pnuematic attachments for mobile cranes; production jigs and fixtures. Northwest Crane Service, Portland, OR, Sales Engineer, January of 2000 to April of 2002. Responsible for sales of all products and services. Responsible for design of overhead cranes, crane runways, spreader beams, crane modernization, retrofits and upgrades EDUCATION University of Washington, Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, 1967. Numerous lifelong continuing education classes in engineering, business and sales disciplines, 1968 to present. Partial Listing of Engineering Post Graduate Studies:
Design of Steel Weldments, Lincoln Electric, Cleveland, OH. Hydraulics for Mobile Equipment, Clark College, Vancouver, WA. Lubrication for Industry, SWEPCO, Ft. Worth, TX. OSHA: General and Construction, Auburn University College of Engineering. Failure Analysis, American Society for Metals, University of Portland, Portland, OR. Soils Basics for Engineers, Auburn University College of Engineering. Behavior and Design of Structural Steel Members-LRFD, Auburn University College of Engineering. Maintenance Solutions for Cranes, Association of Iron & Steel Engineers, Pittsburg, PA. Rigging Product Capacities & Application, Crosby Group, Portland, OR. Fall Protection, OR-OSHA, Portland, OR. Technical Specifications Writing, RedVector.com, Internet. Welded Connection Design, American Institute of Steel Construction, Portland, OR. High-Strength Bolting, American Institute of Steel Construction, Portland, OR. Nanotechnology for Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Portland, OR. Introduction to Finite Element Analysis, ANSYS, Online Course ASME. Wind Power and Turbine Technology, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Portland, OR. Local Weather Back to top |
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