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Christopher M Crawford

Sr. Mechanical Designer, CSWP-CPPA

SolidWorks / PDM / Creo / Windchill

Work Experience

Senior Mechanical Designer - CSWP

Oak Ridge National Laboratory -

Oak Ridge, TN

June 2019 to Present

(3 years 8 months)

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

JR Automation -

Nashville, TN

October 2017 to June 2019

(1 year 9 months)

Principal Designer

Merrick & Company -

Oak Ridge, TN

March 2009 to October 2017

(8 years 8 months) 
Pro/ENGINEER - Creo, Windchill Librarian 
Nuclear Glovebox design. Knowledge of government nuclear standards, extensive glovebox weldments, procedures, ISO & ANSI standards. Pro/ENGINEER-CREO Librarian / Standards Keeper / Mentor. 
Currently working on the UPF Project.

Sr. Mechanical Designer

SHAW, Savannah River Site -

Aiken, SC

February 2007 to March 2009

(2 years 2 months) 
SolidWorks & PDMWorks Lead 
Nuclear Glovebox design, including; hatch motorizations, transfer and lifting grippers; timing belt driven, and ball screw type, transfer trolleys; rack and pinion driven. Complete HEPA filtration systems, conveyors, Automated and manual vibrating tilters and conveyors. Workholding devices, fire doors, air tight doors, ballscrew driven elevator design. Complete elevated mid-level room platform with stairwells. 
Lid-cutting machines, unscrewing machines, waste storage turntables, scales, punching machines. 
Knowledge of government nuclear standards, extensive glovebox weldments, procedures, ISO & ANSI standards. 
SolidWorks administrator, PDMWorks administrator, testing and teaching of SolidWorks and 
PDMWorks 2006 - 2009. Pushing and tackling SolidWorks to its limits, 750,000+ part assemblies, multiple configurations, weldments, sheetmetal, explosions, flexible assemblies and mates. Interviewing possible SolidWorks employees.

Mechanical Designer/Fabricator

Precision Tool & Engineering -

Gainesville, FL

January 2004 to February 2007

(3 years 2 months) 
Automation Machines, Heat sealers, die presses, automation conveyors, Working with 80/20 to build safety enclosures, Pick and place robot automation controls, gearbox design, Encapsulation machines, 
Indexing conveyors, Pneumatics/Hydraulics, Documentation manuals for customers. SolidWorks 2003, 
AutoCAD 2000i. +3500 hours of SolidWorks 2003, Haas CNC training, 80/20 Safety Enclosures.

Mechanical Designer

FMC Airport Systems Division -

Orlando, FL

June 2001 to September 2001

(4 months) 
Design and Maintenance on Aircraft tow tractors, AutoCAD 14, 2001, Unigraphics V16.0.1. Microsoft office 2000. Working close with engineers and manufacturing problems. Transmission mount fixtures. 
Solutions to size variation design problems. Details of cross-sections in three-dimensional space. Sheet metal construction and modification with Unigraphics.

Mechanical Designer

Driltech Mission LLC -

Alachua, FL

June 2000 to June 2001

(1 year 1 month) 
Design and Maintenance on mobile high power drills; blast hole, tap, torsion, Unigraphics V18.0.1. 
Microsoft Office 2000. Working close with engineers and manufacturing problems. Details of cross- sections in three-dimensional space. Sheet metal construction and modification with Unigraphics. 
Further knowledge of hydraulics; fittings, hoses, flanges, flow, PSI... Further learning in welding, brazing. Gearing and gear design. Knowledge of Cat crawler tracks. Hydraulic tank design, Air separators/receivers, planetary rotary gearing. IMAN, Able to achieve wanted results with Unigraphics using my experience, Training Engineers in Unigraphics. Unigraphics Modeling, Advanced Assemblies. 
Advanced Drafting, Sheet Metal Design, Link Bodies, Interpart Expressions, Advanced Sketcher, +5500 
Hours Professional Work Hours of Unigraphics.

Mechanical Drafter

Affiliated Engineers, Inc. -

Gainesville, FL

June 1999 to June 2000

(1 year 1 month) 
Creation of HVAC drawings from as-built plans. Electrical schematics. Piping flow calculations and drawings. Zoning of HVAC locations of supply, return, and exhaust registers. AutoCAD.

Biomedical Drafter/Designer

Exactech -

Gainesville, FL

January 2000 to January 2000

(1 month) 
Artificial Knee and Hip Prosthesis Design. Material studies using stainless steels, plastics, and titanium. 
Creation of gauges for implants and instrumentation. Document control. Unigraphics file control. 
Experience may reflect entire career history 
May 2010 
Employee Revised on

Education

Associate of Applied Science in Computer Aided Design Technology

ITT Technical Institute -

Orange Park, FL

1997 to 1999

Skills

  • CAD

  • Engineering

  • Solidworks

  • SOLIDWORKS

  • Mechanical Design

  • Drafting

  • CATIA

  • Mechanical Knowledge

  • CNC

  • Manufacturing

  • Hydraulics

  • Mechanical Engineering

  • Document Management

  • Library Services