Student Engineers Assistant
Lindsay
• Heavily involved in a 4 million dollar retro-fit of a 40,000 square foot manufacturing facilityo On-site duties included: site inspection, producing “as-built” drawings, liaising with the contract manager as well as all sub-contractors, coordination the efforts of several contractorso Involved in the Design and finalization of the retro-fit plans for a warehouse into a food grade cheese production facility• Developed excellent written and oral communication skills from constant interactions with contractors, supervisors, and managers• Conducted studies which were essential in determining the requirements for the design and construction of the new manufacturing facility on the topics of:o Optimal temperatures and time to freeze and thaw goat cheeseo Optimal conditions for mold growth for artisan cheeseso Determining HVAC system requirements• Produced a technical catalogue of the companies equipment which included, technical drawings, specifications and manuals using MS Excel and Word• Researched, independently, to aid in the development of a manufacturing prototype• Extensive work using AutoCad, Solidworks and TruView Design softwares• Design and Construction of a range of new and existing equipment and prototypes including:o Goat Cheese Coatings Applicatoro Mag cart lifting apparatuso Mag cart sealing lidso Goat cheese isolation cellso Goat cheese portioning machineo Various conveyors for in-plant transportationo Artisan cheese brining bins