Brad Kiefer

Mechanical Engineer – HVAC & Plumbing
• Familiar with IMC, IBC, IECC, codes, and ASHRAE standards.
• Performed LEED Energy modeling using Carrier HAP.
• Designed new-construction projects; Multi-family, Mixed use, Hotels, LEED-NC
• Tenant-finish projects: Offices, Restaurants, LEED-CI
• Construction Administration duties such as: field observation reports, RFIs, and submittal reviews.
• Tenant finish recon work such as site surveys and as-built drawings.
• Contributed to Company Drafting Standards, and excel calculation forms.
• Work primarily done with AutoCAD, Excel, and Revit.
• Other software: Acrobat, Navisworks, Word, COMcheck, Sketchup, Photoshop, GoTo Meeting, Powerpoint

Ceric was a turnkey design-build firm for brick manufacturing plants.
* Created estimates for components of brick manufacturing plants.
* Analyzed historic cost information to incorporate into future bids
* Built new calculation spreadsheets to aid in estimating process.

NW Pipe is a manufacturer of large diameter welded steel pipe for use in municipal water pipelines. Projects range from 40 feet to several miles long. ($20K to $6M)
* Confer with customer, discuss deadlines, possible RFI’s, and review scope of the project.
* Propose time-saving or money-saving design options to the customer.
* Design Calculations, identify and order critical lead-time items.
* Produce Construction Documents for manufacture and installation.
* Submittals including pipeline layout, details, calculations, and material specifications.
* Customer support upon delivery of product.
* Maintain records for billing and if necessary, issue change orders.
* Created spreadsheets for saving time on routine procedures.
* Trained new employees.
Returned September 2007 through December 2007

Performed foundation work, framing, masonry, tiling, painting, and light carpentry. rockhillandassociates.com

Taught Senior-level Engineering Lab
* Organized and directed student experiments.
* Graded student homework and lab reports, analyzing their knowledge of the process as well as their results.

* Drafted new layout and controller termination drawings for HVAC systems to be used in construction documents.
* Drafted AutoCAD layouts HVAC systems after inspecting them first-hand on site.
* Created a manual illustrating air-handler layouts and coverage zones of over 80 campus buildings. This enabled technicians to quickly address after-hours service calls.