Dennis Buor-Karikari
London
Summary
Offering strong foundation in mechanical engineering principles with hands-on project experience and keen understanding of design and analysis. Knowledgeable about teamwork, problem-solving, and time management with strong communication skills. Ready to use and develop technical expertise, analytical skills, and creativity in Mechanical design Engineer role.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
2
2
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Design Engineer
Rinnai UK
03.2023 - Current
- Completed 1 year and 7 months of work with Rinnai UK
- Carrying out sizing calculations and producing 2D schematics on DHW and space heat load systems for H1, H2 and H3 systems for over 20 projects including universities, sports clubs and hospitals
- Completed presentation on the importance of future renewable fuels in the building service industry such as R-DME for technical advisory team to present to clients
- Assisting qualified gas installation engineers on technical enquiries, servicing and commissioning on Rinnai water heaters
- Produced technical specification sheets on the newest Rinnai electrical storage cylinders and new water heater units for clients
- Approved ASHP sizing calculations and BOM for sales consultants to quote for clients
- Produced Heat pump enquiry process form to help improve communications between design team and the sales consultants team
- Produce CAPEX and OPEX comparisons on Heat pump, fully electric and gas systems for Sales consultants to give to clients
- Constructed a report to ICOM demonstrating the difficulty in using purely storage electric H3 systems for decarbonization using CAPEX and OPEX calcs
- Administered over 30 Rinnai heat pumps to be MCS accredited for government grants.
Technical Engineer
Fire protection Ltd
08.2021 - 11.2022
- Completed 1 year and 5 months of work with Fire Protection Ltd
- Carry out sizing and design on supports for over 50 buildings for smoke extract, kitchen extract, ventilation system ducts, dampers and fans
- Assisting R&D team checking support calculations to fit within BS EN or EN standards
- Produced various 2D and 3D CAD drawings for penetration seal guidance and duct work for clients
- Produced technical reports for clients
- Completed over 5 leakage tests for different clients
- Approved and produced technical submissions for clients
- Organize fire damper schedules for Hotchkiss projects
- Comply fully with the Quality Management system, the company’s Health and safety requirements and environmental management system
- Assisted a junior CAD engineer on a schematic drawing for Fulham gasworks.
FPL Construction Assistant Manager
Bond street station
01.2022 - 02.2022
- Completed 1 month of work site experience with TFL Crossrail
- Become FPL construction manager and led and supervised the laggers and duct fitters for 1 day when construction manager was off
- Demonstrated my teamwork skills by managing queries and issues related to laggers and duct fitters on Bond street station
- Collaborated with construction manager to sign off IRN (Inspection request forms) for WTH and ETH on Bond street station for sump extracts, chillers and attenuators
- Performed inspections in ETH and WTH for Bond street station for any duct installation requests
- Handled the responsibility of taking charge of scaffolding requests
- Arranging room permits for laggers and duct fitters
- Helped to insure dealing with MOM (Movement of materials) at WTH.
Education
Mechanical Engineering MEng (Hons) -
Kingston University
BTEC - Engineering
City and Islington
London 09.2014 - 07.2016
Skills
- CAD (AutoCAD electrical,3D AutoCAD, AutoCAD, SolidWorks) – (3 years experience)
- CFD on ANSYS Fluent and ANSYS CFX (including High Performance Computing HPC) – (2 years experience)
- Engie card – (1 years experience)
- CSCS Card – (1 years experience)
- Project management (1 year of experience)
- Technical drawing
- Conceptual design
Custom
- Public speaking Classes - Joined a public speaking class to develop my communication and team work skills
- Football – I played midfield for a local team who are called “how I met your Mata”. I have gained leadership skills from being made captain.
Affiliations
- Football
Timeline
Design Engineer
Rinnai UK
03.2023 - Current
FPL Construction Assistant Manager
Bond street station
01.2022 - 02.2022
Technical Engineer
Fire protection Ltd
08.2021 - 11.2022
BTEC - Engineering
City and Islington
09.2014 - 07.2016
Mechanical Engineering MEng (Hons) -
Kingston University
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