Randal Brinks, Eit Email & Phone Number

Iron Mountain, Michigan, United States

• Responsible for preparing bills of materials and production drawing packages for the efficient manufacture of protection and control panels and electrical enclosures.
• Specked out, prepared, and ordered project materials that fulfilled the customer’s needs and ensured compliance with project specifications.
• Routinely reviewed customer spec sheets and implemented solutions on the production floor that met spec for overall customer satisfaction.
• Performed full yellow line and point-to-point checks and created markups on drawings that ensured product’s electrical soundness as well as overall neatness and quality of production.
• Performed continuity tests and energized tests on control panels and electrical enclosures (on floor and in field) for proper functionality that ensured quality of the product.
• Accurately designed wire diagram drawings based on schematics to be utilized by the customer.

Houghton, Michigan, United States

• Responsible for repairing computer systems with hardware and/or software issues.
• Learned hands-on how a large university network operates for a better understanding of network design.
• Troubleshooted computer systems on-site for robust and timely service of customers.

• Hosted several workshops teaching basic and intermediate electronics to students

Novi, Michigan, United States

• Responsible for gaining an in-depth knowledge of transmission grid and protection systems to better serve the power industry and learning first-hand about the company’s policies, procedures, and professionalism values.
• Updated substation data by simulating one lines in CAPE for more informed substation control.
• Tested leakage current across the contacts of an SEL relay before implementing in the field creating more potential for in depth problem solving by engineers.
• Performed continuity tests on a new panel installation that ensured proper construction and function of equipment.
• Wrote a macro that compares and consolidates data from multiple sources which further streamlined the protection system design process.

Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, Graduate

Activities and Societies: Secretary at His House Christian Fellowship Operations Technician in Michigan Tech IT Teaching Assistant at SYP

Electrical Engineering, Project Work, Graduate

Activities and Societies: Worked on HackAir - Social Awareness Platform Project Part-time electronics workshop host at the college's.