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12/2007 - 12/2008

Industry: Telecommunications Services

Drafter

Worked for a nationwide company responsible for designing fiber optic layouts for cities and counties using AutoCAD Map 2006 & 2009. Created layouts using GIS data supplied by the city, using Arc Map, by physical field inspection or by purchasing data from a GIS data website. Prepared bid presentations and feasibility studies for customers. Created final construction packages including conduit drawings, splicing diagrams, fiber optic layouts with handhole locations, design typicals and equipment rack layouts. Communicated with field workers. Updated redline drawings with changes from field notes. Maintained cad standards and organized new metric standards. Participated in weekly project reviews. Assisted technology and security groups with plotting and contracts administrator with filing. Company cut backs created additional responsibilities as an administrative assistant. Responsibilities included; answering phones, distributing and sending mail, maintaining customer and vendor invoice logs, created and logged employee expense reports, made travel arrangements, ordered office supplies and verified credit card statements.

3/2007 - 8/2007

Industry: Architectural and Design Services

Plan Drafter

Worked for a leading home builder in the Treasure Valley area. Created new plot plan drawings from surveyor plat maps while adhering to city and community requirements. Updated current plans and established a design change notification procedure. Implemented a base drawing system using the block features of AutoCAD 2007. Cross communicated with sales and marketing. Participated in design review meetings. Maintained contact with offsite builders.

3/2005 - 3/2007

Industry: Architectural and Design Services

Mechanical Engineer

Perform offsite contract work for a leading seating manufacturer. Create seating layout print packages for customer approval, based on quoted product and customer specifications. Generate sales drawings to support literature. Research and design new products for advertising opportunities using AutoCAD 2002. Establish contacts of manufacturing sources to quote new designs locally for client. Maintain communication with client by phone and e-mail.

9/2002 - 3/2005

Project Engineer

Worked for a leading manufacturing company specializing in fixed seating and folding chairs. Duties were divided between divisions. Duties under the fixed seating division consisted of processing requests for quotes, creating preliminary seating layouts following job and IBC2003 accessibility and egress requirements, and quoting specific products. After PO was received, created final layouts based on customer supplied sketch or architectural drawings using AutoCAD 2000. Maintained contact with customer until product was installed. Created and maintained product specifications, including sales literature and drawings. Arranged documentation packages for jobs shipped. Trained new employees of product specifications and drawing practices. Folding chair division responsibilities included participating in design review meetings, creating new component drawings ranging from machined components to formed sheet metal and plastic parts, updating prints to conform to manufacturing and quality control procedures, detailed new parts and assembly drawings using AutoCAD 2000. Assisted accounting department to verify accurate material usages to update part yields. Assigned leader of the Value Engineering Team. Team was established to explore savings ideas for products and assembly methods. Worked closely with manufacturing and assembly departments. Ideas implemented produced a saving over $5,000 per years. Ideas still being investigated could result in a savings of over $175,000 per year. Responsible for creating and maintaining BOM’s. In charge of maintaining database of Entela tests (ANSI) performed over several years.

12/2001 - 4/2002

Mechanical Engineer

Designed and detailed custom automation equipment and machines using AutoCAD 2000. Involved in all aspects of a job: quoting the system from customer supplied specifications, creating concept drawings, holding meetings with customer and supplying meeting minutes and notes, designed and detailed equipment and machines, ordering material and products, assisted machinists when needed.

8/2001 - 11/2001

Contract Drafter / Design Engineer

Worked with liquid solid seperation equipement. Detailed manufactured parts for production. Created new assemblies from customer specifications and plan drawings.

12/2000 - 5/2001

Mechanical Design Engineer

Member of the Linear Mechatronics Group. Designed new products for new product release using AutoDesk Inventor Version 4. Work was primarily performed with the metric measurements. Worked on custom applications using linear motors for precision assembly units and the semiconductor industry. Developed new software skills and learned principles of servomotors and controllers. Developed communication skills by talking with vendors.

6/1999 - 12/2000

Mechanical Engineer/Designer

Designed stations from customer specifications and presented concepts to customer using AutoCAD R14. Created details of custom manufactured parts from system assemblies, ranging from angle brackets to timing diagrams and cams. Participated in 6-month training program - explored all fields of assembly from applications to manufacturing. Member of the AutoCAD improvement team. Trained new and contract engineers on engineering release/change system.

EDUCATION:

5/1999

Bachelor's Degree

BSMEEngineering GPA 3.55 / Overall 3.03 4.0 scale.

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ASME, American Society of Mechanical Engineers

President, Student Chapter

SAE - Society of Automotive Engineers

Secretary, Student Chapter

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