Nevada Smith

913 - 165th Ave. SE

Bellevue, WA. 98008 USA

Home:(425) 643-4900 Cell:(206) 383-9793 / Cuzgo7@hotmail.com

CAREER OBJECTIVE:          (Engineering / Design / Construction)

EDUCATION:

High school - Newport High Bellevue / Otteson High school - Kirkland, WA. (Diploma 91')

Lake Washington Technical College -Structural Steel Detailing /Mechanical CAD/Blueprint reading.   

 (1yr / 1200 hr. course) certification complete in 91'.

Robert McNeel & Associates – Autodesk AutoCAD certified in 02'.

Bellevue Community College -Started an A.A. in engineering in 02'. Chemistry and math. (3.5 GPA).

Real Estate 240 - Urban planning and Development (05').

University of Washington -Transpeed courses: Hydrology/Surface water, Drainage Design and Roadway Design.

Northwest Environmental Training Center - (CESCL) Certified erosion and sediment control lead.

PC applications - PC workstations and networks. All types of hardware: printers, plotters, copiers, faxes ect.

Software - MS office: Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, ArcView, COGO, TOPO, IMAP, Maximo, AutoCAD, Inventor, eaglepoint basic training.

Survey – Topographic data interpretations and survey assistance (Total station or rod & level w/notes).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Centurylink Inc. Mountain LTD                                                                                             (Dec '15 to Feb 16')                           Facilities Engineer / Engineering assistant (Rapid Recovery / Held Orders)

·   I utilized software such as:  Armor, OSP-FM, LFACS, excel spread sheets to determine if CTL facilities are possible for future developments and existing customers looking to upgrade to high speed fiber service .

·   Also used all kinds of public for the research: County GIS systems, USPS, Google maps and earth.  

City of Bellevue (Utilities - Storm and surface water section).   (6 mon. Seasonal)                                                                                                     2901 115th Ave. NE.  Bellevue WA. 98004.                                                                                (April ' to Oct 15’)                                    Utilities Storm & surface water maintenance aide 

•         Assist the city of Bellevue with all types of storm and surface water maintenance & sediment control.

•         Vactor truck assistance: catch basins, culverts, dry and wet ponds, manholes and vaults.

•         Streams and ponds: inspection of OHWM's, control gates and box culverts. Fish exclusion with transfer counts by species for sediment control removal. Plus illicit discharge detection.

 

The Boeing Company - Everett WA. (Temp)                                                                       (Nov 'to Dec 14')                     Facility Administrator / Project Management Assistant 2/3  

•         Created AutoCAD drawings for proposed office space and equipment in facilities management. These requests were for existing and new projects on Boeing property.

•         Project tracking / data entry using maximo software and filled out facility repairs request forms.  

Centurylink Inc. Mountain LTD / (Temp)                                                                                    (Nov 'to Dec 12')                        Right of way Technician 

•         I gathered information concerning private properties and County rights of way for the installation of hardware for wireless networks.

•         Researched: Titles, property owners, tax land status, property researches, plat maps, deeds and any recorded documents that related to existing or proposed site locations

Tradesman International Inc. / Evergreen House Inc. (Temp)                                           (April 'to May 12')                                CAD Drafter

•         I was a structural AutoCAD drafter for shop built and field assembled canopies.

Ershigs Inc. 742 - Marine Drive Bellingham, WA. 98225                                                         (July 06' to July 08')                                                                           Senior Engineering Technical Designer

•         (FRP) Fiberglass Reinforced Plastics: Engineering department CAD for corrosion resistant products. Pressure rated effluent piping, various storage structures and chemical processing plant products. I also specified and detailed (FRP) laminate sequence charts for shop and field fabrication.

Smith Designs & Innovations Inc. - 913 - 165th Ave. SE. Bellevue, WA. 98008              (July 03' to July 06')                                                                                                                                                                        Engineering CAD services

•         CAD consulting services for commercial and private parties: civil, mechanical and structural.

King County D.O.T. (Roads Maintenance Design & Environmental Unit) - 155 Monroe Ave. Renton, WA. &                                                         C.I.P. (Capital Improvements Projects) -201 South Jackson St. Seattle, WA. (April 00' to June 03')               Engineering Technician / Engineer 1

•         I worked with King County engineers doing AutoCAD designs, survey’s and as built drawings. Concerning: ditch maintenance, emergency drainage repairs, erosion control plans, catch basins, vaults, storm water, surface water systems, Fish passage systems and maintenance: box / cross culverts, fish ladders, natural vegetation restoration, stream sediment control plans and roadway repair designs.

•         Project tracking using MS Access for site construction info, scheduling and permits.

Utilities Locates / Engineer 2 (Temp assignment)

•         Utility requests for project locates based on pre-engineered construction drawings, emergency repairs and property owner complaints or King County D.O.T in Roads.

•         Helped minimize project costs for roadway construction per existing conditions and new site construction.

Smith Designs & Innovations Inc.  - 913 - 165th Ave. SE. Bellevue, WA. 98008         (June 98' to April 00’)                                                                                                                                                          Engineering Consulting Services

•         AutoCAD consulting services for various engineering firms in relationship to their products.

AKB Engineers, Inc.- 875 - 140th Ave. NE., Suite 201 Bellevue, WA. 98005-3400       (March 97' to Aug. 97) Structural AutoCAD Drafter   (2nd job while working @ CC&E)

·  AutoCAD Construction drawings: Foundations, Elevations, details, sections of commercial structures.

(CC&E) Composite Construction & Engineering Inc.- 8331 - 154th Ave. NE., Bldg.G-2 Redmond, WA.98052                                                                               CAD manager / Drafter / Estimator  (Sept. 94' to June 98') (merged with Ershigs).

•         Assigned drafting tasks to drafters and worked with engineers to provide out for construction drawing sets for multiple projects.

•         CAD: pressure rated piping, water storage tanks, vessels, absorbers, stacks and chimney liners.

•         Designed complete systems utilizing other mfg.'s: pumps, valves, supports, parts, customer specifications   and industry standard fabrication specs.

Westec Industries Inc.                                                                                                                       (June 91' to Aug. 94')                                   8101 - 7th Ave. South Seattle, WA. 98108-4332                                                                                                                                              AutoCAD Drafter / Steel Detailer       

•         AutoCAD design drawings including bills of material. I also wrote purchase orders and did some shop quality control. All products were designed to meet OSHA safety standards.

Truss Joist McMillian - Redmond, WA.(former location) now Weyerhaeuser.

•         Blueprint /mail-room: part time while attending Lake Washington Voctec.

Relevant short term employment / experience:

Utility Vault Company - Auburn, WA. - CAD: Concrete form design.

Nucor steel / Vulcraft - Bellevue, WA. Steel Estimator: estimates for steel girders and trusses. (@ new location)

Interests:  Inventing, mechanics, Motocross, BMX, Snow sports, football, Basketball and Tennis.

Professional References:

Norm Gammel - King County D.O.T. - Engineer P.L.S. (206-296-8100).                                                                      Frank Oriel - City of Bellevue (Utilities) - Storm water Division Lead (425-452-7951).                                                     Jon Fobes - Tradesman International - Managing Recruiter (425-670-0544).                                                      Greg Birchall - Westec Industries Inc. - Retired - Project Manager (425-868-8196).                                                   Bob Burns - CC&E - Retired -General Manager (206-910-8487).                                                                                Steve Hettick - Ershigs - Operations manager (206-733-2620).