Ihsan Karakurt

Mechanical Plant and Machinery Designer

Cologne, Germany

Experience

Oct 2023 - Jul 2024
10 months
Hanover, Germany

Mechanical Plant and Machinery Designer

  • Design of a test rig for compressors based on specifications and P&ID.
  • Design of operational equipment such as clamping fixtures and special tools.
  • Design of a 3-axis travel table and its steel frame.
  • Preparation of complete technical documentation for the compressor test rig.
  • Creation of all assembly and part drawings from 3D models.
  • Consideration of purchase documents, customer specifications, internal plant standards, and quality requirements in new product development.
  • Compliance with requirements and specifications documents and the product development process.
  • Coordinate design implementation, define solutions, and agree on deadlines.
  • Monitor design progress, check design solutions for feasibility, and define and agree on next steps as needed.
  • Perform strength calculations.
  • Work with AutoCAD Inventor 2021, MS Office, SAP.
Nov 2021 - May 2023
1 year 7 months
Lingen, Germany

Piping Planner

BP

  • Planning piping systems and supporting installation.
  • Verifying and aligning tie-in concepts and pipe routes on site against P&ID, as-built surveys, and documentation.
  • Processing piping documentation, as-built surveys, and isometrics.
  • Handling isometrics, material take-offs, and P&ID.
  • Interface management, coordination with other disciplines in the project.
  • Modifying and designing pressure vessels and pipelines.
  • Sizing mechanical components.
  • On-site coordination and clarification with the team.
  • Defining pipe system planning in MicroStation.
  • Creating isometrics including bill of materials.
  • Drafting support structure drawings with secondary steelwork.
  • Preparing specifications.
  • Technical coordination with clients, suppliers, and installation teams.
  • Implementing process concepts in piping planning.
  • Producing 2D detail drawings with MicroStation and AutoCAD Inventor.
  • Serving as Piping Lead for TAR 2023.
  • Site inspections and support for safety during plant shutdowns.
  • Processing change requests and documenting deviations for a shutdown project.
May 2021 - Oct 2021
6 months
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AEG Power Solutions

  • Implementing customer change requests.
  • Carrying out revisions.
  • Creating 2D detail drawings.
  • Compiling documentation and protocols.
  • Using Solid Edge V10.
Jun 2020 - Oct 2020
5 months
Wiesmoor, Germany

Gas Piping Construction

GDRM-Anlagenbau

  • Defining equipment placement and piping routes.
  • Planning and CAD design of pipe routes based on P&ID.
  • Creating individual subassemblies: flanges, supports, etc.
  • Designing pressure vessels and pipelines.
  • Producing part drawings.
  • Generating bills of materials and quantity lists.
  • Adding supports and creating related drawings.
  • Verifying and coordinating piping routes with involved interfaces.
  • Using AutoCAD Inventor 2014.
Sep 2019 - Apr 2020
8 months
Wesseling, Germany

Piping Planner

Shell

  • Planning piping systems.
  • Verifying and aligning tie-in concepts and pipe routes on site against P&ID.
  • Processing piping documentation, as-built surveys, and isometrics.
  • Handling isometrics, material take-offs, and P&ID.
  • Modifying and designing pressure vessels and pipelines.
  • Interface management and coordination with other disciplines.
  • Sizing mechanical components.
  • On-site coordination and clarification with the team.
  • Defining pipe system planning in AVEVA E3D.
  • Creating isometrics including bill of materials.
  • Drafting support structure drawings with secondary steelwork.
  • Producing 2D detail drawings with AutoCAD.
Feb 2019 - Aug 2019
7 months
Oldenburg, Germany

CAD Designer

RMT

  • Project Nord Stream, natural gas receiving station.
  • Surveying pipe routes with various nominal diameters and fittings.
  • Surveying pipe supports and clamps.
  • Sizing mechanical components.
  • Creating isometric drawings and material take-offs.
  • Comparing as-built site conditions with isometrics.
  • Adjusting isometrics.
  • Compiling documentation and drawings.
  • Using AutoCAD 2019 Inventor.
Jan 2018 - Dec 2019
1 year
Minden, Germany

Project Designer

DB Cargo

  • Developing new chassis and wagons per specifications.
  • Project support, interface management, and CAD with Inventor.
  • Implementing customer requirements according to specs.
  • Creating concepts and drafts based on specifications.
  • Proposing design solutions for a modular wagon and chassis concept.
  • Assembling units, subassemblies, and components.
  • Designing mobile wagons and chassis.
  • Sizing mechanical components.
  • Creating a support concept for piping under the chassis.
  • Routing pipes beneath the chassis.
  • Designing safety railings.
  • Preparing presentations.
  • Defining procedures and presenting design solutions.
  • Selecting manufacturing materials.
  • Compiling documentation and protocols.
  • Using AutoCAD/Inventor 2018, SAP, Vault.
Jul 2016 - Dec 2017
1 year 6 months
Düsseldorf, Germany

Mechanical Design Engineer

Harsco Rail Europe

  • Designing with Solid Edge and managing interfaces.
  • Contributing to project requirements and implementation per specifications.
  • Creating concepts, drafts, and design proposals.
  • Assembling units, subassemblies, and parts.
  • Performing fit studies on different wagon areas.
  • Reconciling designs with production and models, plus PDM.
  • Checking parts for assembly suitability.
  • Coordinating with suppliers for part integration.
  • Producing part and detail drawings plus bills of materials.
  • Acting as primary interface during engineering phase.
  • Setting design tolerances and aligning data with production.
  • Routing piping under the vehicle.
  • Designing HVAC ducting and connecting the AC.
  • Running ducts from the ceiling into the vehicle interior.
  • Designing roof-mounted maintenance platforms.
  • Designing safety railings for roof platforms.
  • Managing data in PDM with Teamcenter.
  • Holding meetings to discuss issues.
  • Collaborating with integration, homologation, and purchasing teams.
  • Compiling documentation and protocols.
  • Site inspection at Talbot Aachen.
Jun 2015 - May 2016
1 year
Cologne, Germany

Resident Integration Engineer

Harman

  • Supporting project requirement implementation.
  • Integrating subwoofers, amplifiers, and speakers.
  • Checking fit in tight spaces.
  • Coordinating design reviews with client and Harman.
  • Verifying data in Teamcenter and vismockup.
  • Aligning with clients on part integration.
  • Performing space studies with Teamcenter and vismockup.
  • Testing plastic connectors and interfaces.
  • Setting design tolerances and aligning with production.
  • Compiling documentation and protocols.
  • Conducting issue resolution meetings.
  • Using CATIA V5, NX Unigraphics, and Teamcenter PDM.
May 2014 - May 2015
1 year 1 month
Ludwigsburg, Germany

CAD Designer

BorgWarner

  • Implementing electronic control housing project requirements.
  • R&D support for a novel eBooster per specs.
  • Designing and adapting ECU boxes for customers.
  • Creating selection lists to evaluate sealing concepts.
  • Considering manufacturing options for 1K and 2K processes.
  • Selecting adhesives per 1K or 2-component specs.
  • Designing seals and PCB mounts.
  • Conducting adhesive and sealing tests for usability and performance.
  • Choosing material combinations: silicone or resin, 1K or 2K.
  • Testing housings for heat buildup and dissipation.
  • Designing plastic connectors with interfaces.
  • Producing part drawings and bills of materials.
  • Creating 3D models and drawings.
  • Leading supplier discussions and presentations.
  • Performing tolerance and sealing analyses.
  • Sending data to overseas manufacturing.
  • Using PDM with SAP and Enovia Smarteam.
  • Holding issue resolution and solution presentation meetings.
  • Evaluating solutions in the context of the overall concept.
  • Using CATIA V5 and SolidWorks PDM Smarteam.
Jan 2011 - Apr 2014
2 years 4 months
Görlitz, Germany

CAD Designer / PDM Specialist

Bombardier

  • Team leader for CAD design.
  • Supporting PDM with Enovia and Smaragd.
  • Developing schedules for delivery dates.
  • Assigning tasks to designers.
  • Monitoring design progress and deadlines.
  • Coordinating with suppliers and interface departments.
  • Leading escalation meetings.
  • Compiling documentation and protocols.
  • Reviewing delivered parts, logging defects, and reporting to clients.
  • Managing CAD data.
  • Checking designers’ 2D drawings.
  • Routing brake and pipe lines with supports to pressure vessels.
  • Initiating and preparing release processes.
  • Designing brake line routing inside vehicles.
  • Positioning and connecting bioreactor pipes.
  • Checking for collisions with pipe runs and wiring harnesses.
  • Designing HVAC ducting and connecting AC.
  • Routing ducts from front to rear.
  • Creating individual and assembly drawings.
  • Preparing assembly drawings.
  • Producing test and production drawings.
  • Developing functional design solutions.
  • Selecting materials and alloys.
  • Using CATIA V5 R19, 3DCom, SAP.
Jun 2011 - Dec 2011
7 months
Bamberg, Germany

CAD Designer

Wieland

  • Developing new industrial connectors per specs.
  • Designing and calculating new connector types.
  • Creating concepts and drafts for operational equipment.
  • Producing all test and production drawings.
  • Conducting space studies in very tight zones.
  • EMC-compliant design and IP69 sealing.
  • Calculating and sizing mechanical components.
  • Presenting solutions and defining procedures.
  • Designing, calculating, and drafting key parts.
  • Developing assembly techniques and proposals.
  • Selecting manufacturing materials: aluminum die-cast, plastic.
  • Using AutoCAD Inventor 2011 and SolidWorks.
Dec 2010 - Jun 2011
7 months
Marl, Germany

CAD Designer

Ebert+Hera

  • Translating P&ID into piping construction plans.
  • Designing the complete system with fluid circuits.
  • Creating layout plans with equipment and diesel generators.
  • Routing piping across floors.
  • Calculating and sizing mechanical components.
  • Designing pipe supports and clamps.
  • Designing manifolds at pump stations and their connections.
  • Support design for piping in individual rooms.
  • Routing pipe runs with various nominal diameters.
  • On-site surveying and checking of buried pipes.
  • Verifying and coordinating pipe routes with interfaces.
  • Creating isometric drawings and material take-offs.
  • Compiling documentation, drawings, and materials lists.
  • Using AutoCAD/Inventor 2011.
Mar 2010 - Dec 2010
10 months

CAD Designer

Burgess Manning GmbH

  • Layout planning for a gas power plant exhaust side.
  • Project assistance and design in plant, equipment, and filtration.
  • Coordination with suppliers and clients.
  • Developing schedules for delivery dates.
  • Monitoring design progress and deadlines.
  • Synchronizing with suppliers and interface teams.
  • Translating P&ID into piping plans.
  • Connecting silencers and detailing them.
  • Creating drafts and required drawings.
  • Detailing pipes, flanges, and vessels.
  • Layout for silencers and approx. 46 m exhaust stacks.
  • Verifying pipe routes with interfaces.
  • Designing pipe supports.
  • Producing detail drawings and bills of materials.
  • Using SolidWorks and AutoCAD Inventor.
Mar 2009 - Feb 2010
1 year

CAD Designer

  • Building a CAD database with SolidWorks.
  • 3D modeling from samples for a database setup.
  • Creating assemblies and detail drawings with bills of materials.
  • Drafting universal joint drawings for ELBE.
  • Producing detail drawings and bills of materials.
Sep 2006 - Jan 2009
2 years 5 months
Cologne, Germany

CAD Designer

Ford Werke

  • Designer in the infotainment department.
  • Using NX Unigraphics, CATIA V5 EHI, I-DEAS Harness, Teamcenter, DMU.
  • Project 3:
  • Fit study and positioning of rearview camera for multiple vehicles.
  • Using CATIA V5 EHI, I-DEAS Harness, Teamcenter, DMU.
  • Fit study and positioning of electronic housings.
  • Routing wiring from tailgate to fuse box.
  • Project 2:
  • Replacing and positioning antenna cables.
  • Space study and routing antenna cables for multiple platforms.
  • Reducing cable lengths to cut costs.
  • Producing detail drawings with I-DEAS NX and CATIA V5.
  • Project 1:
  • Designing and calculating switching operations.
  • Managing cable changes with I-DEAS Harness and Teamcenter.
  • Conducting feasibility studies of installation spaces.
Jan 2005 - Sep 2006
9 months
Aachen, Germany

CAD Designer

FEV Motorentechnik

  • Creating 3D models of a 4-cylinder engine.
  • Modeling internal engine parts in 3D.
  • Crankshaft, connecting rod, cylinder, valve, bearing shell, etc.
  • Adapting various components.
  • Generating detail drawings.
  • Defining oil passage drillings.
  • Producing necessary drawings.
  • Using SolidWorks and I-DEAS V10.
May 2005 - Dec 2005
8 months
Oberhausen, Germany

CAD Designer

MAN

  • Designing cooling for turbine housings.
  • Designing gas-steam turbines.
  • Producing all drawings of turbine housings and blades.
  • From concept sketches to production drawings.
  • Sheet metal development for housings.
  • Developing cooling circuits for turbine housings.
  • Designing hot piping routes, supports, and nozzle connections for cooling.
  • Selecting nozzles and sizing pipe cross-sections.
  • Drawing with NX Unigraphics.
  • Using SAP for BOM entry and data management.

Languages

German
Native
Turkish
Native
English
Advanced

Education

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State-Certified Mechanical Engineering Technician · Mechanical Engineering Technology

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State-Certified Business Economist (Chamber of Crafts) · Business Administration

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Apprenticeship: Technical Draftsperson · Technical Draftsperson

Certifications & licenses

State-Certified Business Economist

Chamber of Crafts

State-Certified Mechanical Engineering Technician