Thelma Horn

Houston, TX 77084, Cellular 832-741-7595, Thelma_H01@yahoo.com

 

PROFILE

Senior level Designer/Drafter with over 20 years experience in engineering, encompassing industries in oil and gas, telecommunications, civil, electrical and architectural engineering seeking a designer/draftsperson

•              Work with multidisciplinary teams to meet company goals

•              Professionally responsible (0 sick days in past 1.5 years).

·         Solid work history showing continued skill improvements and increased responsibilities.

•              Adaptable to emerging technologies through life-long learning. Beginning as an accomplished board drafter in the early 1990’s, I have since become proficient with Solidworks, Pro-Engineer (Creo 2.0), Pro-Pipe, Pro-Cable, Solidedge, Inventor and AutoCAD software. Proficient in Microsoft office suite.

•              Strengths: Performing detailed customer-responsive design from conception to project/task completion.  Skilled at adaptation of existing engineering designs to meet specific customer requirements and/or to adapt to changing design standards.  Able to understand and adapt to changing customer requirements and engineering specifications. 

 

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

 

Aerotek • Houston, TX              2013 to 2014

Designer/Drafter

Six month contract assignment working with company hardware team. Building computer assembly drawings including wiring and cabling via Pro-Cable (Pro-engineer 2.0):

•              Create CAD models and assemblies for cables, electrical components, PCBs, etc

 

Weatherford • Houston, TX              2010 to 2013

Senior Drafter Level III

Managed various legacy drilling and completion tools and technologies to become 3-D functional. Many parts arrived in various design formats. Average tooling consisted of approximately 350 to 500 parts and sub-assemblies:

•              Respond to 90% of all ECR routing request in no more than 10 days.

•              Release all ECN's on an average of no more than 15 days.

•              Revised models and drawings to company standards via engineering change request.

•              Utilized Pro-Engineer Wildfire 4.0 (3yrs) and Creo 2.0 (1yr)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enventure GT • Houston, TX              2005 to 2009

Senior Tool Designer / Drafter

Initially assisted in producing drawing packages for new products including for Expandable Casing product lines including adapting technologies and specifications per customer / engineer request.  Then created new tools to meet exact customer specifications as the company grew.

•              Attend engineer design reviews.

•              Attend / Participate in shop tool assembly of Solid Expandable Casing systems.

•              Prepared monthly departmental report for Engineering VP based on major design / drafting projects and progress.

•              Held senior drafting/design checker position.

•              Facilitated cross-functional meetings and reported suggestions and opportunities for improvement. Implemented approved solutions.

 

National Oilwell • Houston, TX              2005 to 2005

Mechanical Designer

Responsible for updating parts associated with mounting and enclosure of motors. Assisted in providing Drilling and Workover Rig equipment and solutions on a contract basis.

•              Modify and updated Drilling motor components. Such as, bearing caps, retainers, air deflector

•              Interfaced with shop personnel on specific needs requirements.

 

Goodman Mfg Co. • Houston, TX              2003 to 2005

Senior CAD Drafter

Revised and sustained HVAC product changes utilizing Solidedge software.

•              Prepared BOM in PDM system for routed coil tube piping in HVAC systems.

·         Left company to pursue better opportunities in the energy sector.

 

 

GEM Engineering • Houston, TX              2002 to 2003

CAD Technician

Prepared drawing sets for collocate and rooftop sites.   Drawings sets consists of A/E construction and antenna configuration for ground and roof top sites.

•              Demonstrated the ability to understand specific site data for collocate and rooftop sites.

•              Demonstrated adequate proficiency in AutoCAD. Worked with minimum supervision and errors / omissions.

 

Reliant Energy / Entex • Houston, TX              2001 to 2002

Drafter

Utilized computer aided drafting software to assist in drawing, updating and maintaining Reliant Energy's extensive computerized map database detailing its gas pipeline system in the Houston area. Contract Drafter.

•              Responsible for drawing and posting to the GIS system new individual gas pipeline services and new gas main pipeline routes. Utilized ArcView 8 software.

•              Researched, compared and corrected existing pipeline route maps.

 

Compaq Computer Corp. • Houston, TX              1994 to 2001

Drafter Level III

Supported all sections of Engineering Services and COMPAQ Engineering. Prepared all types of documentation for all of the product divisions.

•              Produced detailed and assembly drawings for fabrication and machine shop. Utilized AutoCAD software. Revised and updated drawings to project design and standards.

•              Produced PCA drawings using Gerber software

•              Safeguard and integrity responsibility for master document files and hard copy drawings. Workstation availability >90%.  Maintained high productivity rating throughout employment.

·         Left due to industry conditions after dot.com stock market downturn.

 

 

 

Gulf ElectroQuip • Houston, TX              1993 to 1993

Mechanical Drafter

Developed fabricated and machined drawings for AC/DC Drilling motors, blowers and fans.

Assisted in gathering physical dimensions to remanufacture and repair motors.

 

Texas Accelerator Center • Woodlands, TX              1993 to 1993

Mechanical Drafter

Developed drawings for UTMB super magnet. Special project - worked with researches to improve this technology in magnetic resonance imaging.

 

Stuart Marine Corp. • Houston, TX              1992 to 1993

Mechanical Drafter

Worked closely with engineers and international clientele in drafting dry bulk cargo barges. Provided structural layout arrangements, general equipment arrangement and sections. Utilized AutoCAD.

 

Ross Hill Controls • Houston, TX              1990 to 1992

Mechanical Drafter

Provided drafting expertise in oilfield lighting, power and controls industrial machinery and equipment customer equipment houses

•              Provided light design for packing of equipment for shipping

•              Drafted panel board connection layout for instrumentation controls

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

University of Houston, Central • Houston, TX              1987

Architecture major

Attended and completed 58 hrs undergraduate studies

Massy Business College • Houston, TX              1988

Certificate, Mechanical / Architectural Drafting

 

Texas Engineering System • Houston, TX              2005

Certificate, Solidwork 2006 Essentials Training

 

Alphaware Training Center • Houston, TX              2007

Certificate, Project Management Framework - Organizing, Planning and Controlling Projects

 

Impac Systems • Houston, TX              2010

Certificate, Pro-Engineering /Wildfire 4

 

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