Chandra Shekhar Kumar Email & Phone Number

Elk Grove Village, IL, US

Work on design of Mechanical HVAC systems predominantly for buildings in the K-12 school sectors in addition to other commercial and retail sectors using AutoCAD and Revit.

Work on design of Mechanical, Plumbing and Fire Protection systems for buildings in the residential, senior living, commercial, retail and education market sectors using AutoCAD and Revit.

Schaumburg, IL, US

• Designed and developed Mechanical systems (HVAC, Plumbing and Fire Protection) for projects in healthcare, residential, retail, senior living, industrial, education, and commercial facilities using Revit and AutoCAD.
• Worked on multiple projects of varied scopes and sizes from small scale to large scale, low rise to high rise, new design to renovation.
• Predominantly designed mechanical ductwork, plumbing piping, and fire protection sprinklers for many large projects using various state and local codes, and software like Ductolator.
• Performed ventilation load calculations for an array of projects with different conditions using Trane Trace 700.
• Have sized and selected various mechanical and plumbing systems components using System Syzer, and eCAPS.
• Performed site surveys and inspections, to determine the scope of the new design, and make note of the existing design conditions.

Schaumburg, IL, US

• Performed ventilation load calculations for small projects using Trane Trace 700.
• Drew mechanical ductwork, plumbing piping, and fire protection sprinklers using AutoCAD and Revit for minor projects with minimal scope of work. Also, sized and selected diffusers and pipes.
• Accompanied engineers on their site visits and got a practical understanding of the various systems and equipment.
• Got a basic understanding of the various local and state codes and how to use them.

Chicago, IL, US

• Analysis of all University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) utilities data and creating localized utility analysis maps for potential building sites from archive drawings.
• Drawing Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) lines including HVAC lines, using AutoCAD, to update the utilities map when new drawings are received from contractors.
• Have knowledge of all the Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Architectural, Structural CAD standards, drawing symbols, units, scales and abbreviations used in the drawings.
• Collaborating with the GIS Program Assistant to transfer University Utilities data from AutoCAD to ArcGIS format, to create a GIS-based map of all UIC utilities, a resource that will aid in future University.
• Ensuring that proper CAD standards are maintained throughout the digital archives.
• Identifying and correcting problematic CAD files and processing and archiving newly submitted record drawings.

• Primarily designed refrigerator compressor bodies, master cylinders and turbine housings using AutoCAD and Creo 2.0 in the design department.
• In addition, performed energy analysis of the whole factory in the project and utilities department
• Visited each department including permanent mold factory, core shop, pattern and die shop, product testing, and ISO for 1-2 days, and at the same time interacted with highly experienced workers, engineers, supervisors.
• Familiar with many important machines essential for foundry operation such as the cupola furnace, CNC machines, CMM machines, Shot Blasting machine etc. Also have a good understanding of the quality assurance policy of.
• Learned complete systems, processes, engineering, and applications in the foundry set-up. Learnt plethora of details regarding the usage of MEP and cooling systems in a casting and manufacturing industry

Masters Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Executive Mba, Project Management

Bachelors Degree, Mechanical Engineering