NEIL PETERS

 

La Mesa, CA  91942                                                                              (619) 697-7280    (619) 850-1703

 

SUMMARY

 

Highly motivated CADD Design/Drafter with extensive experience in a wide range of engineering disciplines (telecommunications, DoD, electrical/electro-mechanical, civil). Keen ability to manage multiple design projects successfully. Committed to continuous learning and able to adapt quickly to new challenges and technologies.

·         Generates details through field notes, narrative and sketches

·         Skilled at standardizing diverse drafting practices

·         Translates maps from various programs into CADD

·         Skilled eye for attention to detail and produces high quality work

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

COX COMMUNICATIONS, San Diego, CA              2006 – 2012

Telecommunications provider for voice, video and data services

CADD Network Support Designer/Drafter

·         Designed physical network infrastructure for fiber optics through a GIS system for commercial and residential properties and buildings.

·         Created routing in multiple dwelling units and floor plans.

·         Generated building access reports for potential customers.

·         Created/edited drawings for Planning and Right of Way departments.

·         Translated map information and plotted routing for overhead, underground for coax and fiber optics for construction department.

·         Created details and base maps through redlines and aerial photos.

·         Received all facility requests, determined distribution to team members and monitored progress.

·         Developed methods and procedures for implementing paperless program within the department and ultimately across the company increasing productivity and lowering costs.

·         Initiated standardization for drafting practices and templates that effectively improved efficiency and reduced redundancy.

·         High success rate in meeting customer’s deadlines and demands.

·         Trained and implemented GE Small world GNIS (a geospatial system that delivers network design documentation and planning, field automation and workforce management) as well as filtered mapping of complex data into the spatial model and integration of key data streams.

 

GENERAL SCIENTIFIC CORP, San Diego, CA              1997 – 2006

Advance science and system consultants

Senior CADD Designer/Drafter

·         Design/drafted installation design packages for Naval Space and Warfare Systems (SPAWAR).

·         Design/drafted inter-facility voice, video and data by information transfer networks and fiber optic backbones.

·         Designed structural equipment for installations.

·         Created/compiled graphic representation of base electronic system engineering plan (BESEPS).

·         Revised shipboard (NSIPS) drawings.

·         Created floor plans, equipment elevations and construction details from site surveys, field notes and sketches.

·         Field checked, edit, located and collected information from naval ships, buildings and other existing utilities for pre-design.

·         Document controller in accordance with ISO 9001:2000.

·         U.S. Government / Homeland Security status: TOP SECRET.

 

CUBIC CORP. San Diego, CA              1996 – 1997

Transportation Systems Division / Automated revenue collection toll/fare systems

Electrical-Mechanical CADD Designer/Draftsman

·         Designed/drafted machine part assemblies.

·         Collaborated the design of enclosures, turnstiles, gate mechanisms, die cast parts, sheet metal and injection molded/vacuum formed plastic parts.

·         Researched and procured special hardware for prototype models.

·         Drafted details, layouts, assemblies, block diagrams, schematics, cable and circuit board assemblies.

·         Applied engineer change orders (ECN’s).

·         Conformed to ISO 9001 and ASME Y14.5M-1994.

 

AIRLINE INTERIORS, San Diego, CA              1995 – 1996

Certified FAA repair station and manufacturing

Electro-Mechanical CADD Designer/Draftsman

·         Design/Modified/Drafted airline seat components with audio/video/telephone components, sheet metal, and vacuum formed and injected molded plastic parts.

·         Controlled, updated and maintained all engineering drawings.

·         Updated component maintenance manuals.

·         Customized AutoCAD menus, macros and lisp programs suiting the needs of the engineering department.

 

              ENGINEERING PARTNERS INC., San Diego, CA                                                                   Prior  1995

Electrical CADD Draftsman

·         Interpreted electrical wiring and fixtures from architectural drawings into building plans.

·         Standardized drafting practices through customizing AutoCAD menus, lisps and macros.

 

ALMGREN & KOPTIONAK, San Diego, CA

B&M ASSOCIATES, San Diego, CA

ENGTEL, INC.  San Diego, CA

Civil CADD Draftsman

·        Created details, cross-sections and profiles

·        Plotted utilities from third party maps

·         Set-up back site and served as a rod man for surveying team

·         Transferred data points into AutoCAD Field checked, edit, located and collected

        information from existing utilities

·         Created details, cross-sections and profiles

·         Transferred data points into AutoCAD

·         Field checked, edit, located and collected information from existing utilities

·         Digitized topographic maps into engineering drawing packages

·         Transferred data points into AutoCAD

 

QUIKCAD, Poway CA

Electro-Mechanical CADD Draftsman

·         Drafted assembly and fabrication drawings for printed circuit boards.

 

COMPUTER SKILLS

 

AutoCAD 2010, GNIS (Geo-Spatial Network Inventory System), MS Office, Outlook, BID, Acrobat Adobe, OrCAD, Visio and trained in Solid works.