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.• Successfully designed and created station equipment drawings and bills of material to be utilized by the customer.• Implemented engineer markups onto digital drawings using CAD as part of the design process for drawing creation for the customer.• Worked on projects for AEP, NIPSCO, MDU, ATC, ITC, Ameren, Consumer’s Energy, and Southern Company as well as other companies.

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 to better serve the company.• 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.