PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

AutoCAD Engineer with proven experience in the areas of Drafting/Design, Customer Satisfaction and Leadership.  Excellent transferrable knowledge within the design/drafting industry utilizing qualified experience for the following disciplines but not limited to, Electrical, Security and Architectural.  Proven ability to perform under tight deadlines and influence team building both as group lead and individual contributor.

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Southern California Edison

TECHNICAL/DESIGN SPECIALIST Corporate Security & Real Properties               2013 – Present

Led a team of CAD Engineers as well as provided Technical Drafting and designing services at Headquarters within one of SCE’s 50,000 sq. mile territories.

·               Increased department production by 45% by creating Mapping documents for internal use on program safety

·               Inventoried hundreds of Corporate Security Physical Devices critical for the Security Systems accuracy and functionality as well as protecting Cyber Assets utilizing Autodesk, Microsoft and NICE Vision software packages.

·               Generated Information critical to the design, development and deployment of multiple Security Systems

o       Plans, diagrams and layouts; riser diagrams, system layouts, wiring diagrams, floor plans, etc.

·               Created a framework as Safety Team Lead within Corporate Security by successfully completing safety goals as well as creating initiatives set by Executive sponsors and updating internal customers by coordinating with vendors, management and stake holders

·               Reduced a 24 month project deadline to 18 months by assigning and delegating task to other CAD Engineers

 

07/20151 of 6 awards; awarded out of 6000+ employee contributers

o     Received  a Honarary Safety Hero Award for contributing to employees safety and using behaviors and practices that uncompromisingly protect the safty of others

 

Potomac Electric Power Company/Pepco Control Center

ENGINEER CAD DESIGNER/ SYSTEMS ARCHITECT      2009 – 2012

Contributed to critical electrical operations for this prestigious Utility serving the Maryland, Virginia and White house in Washington D.C areas

·               Supplied approximately 3,000 redline drawings for an Energy Mgmt. System all within Budget

o       Substation Maps, system 1-lines, GIS Feeder Prints

·               Collaborated hand-in-hand with Engineers, System Architects and Dispatchers to develop visual displays of dynamic data, coordinate-based drawings, real-time equipment readings, etc.

·               Edited Esri software displays by developing information to transfer data from Arc Map3D to AutoCAD for further analysis which led to better work performance within the group

·               A 20% Increase of productivity within the Databases system by populating data utilizing new SQL software along with Microsoft access

·               General UNIX syntax commands and protocol training support on the organization’s (LAN) for continued educational purposes

 

FREELANCE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL

DESIGN/DRAFTING       2008 – 2009             

Arranged approved commercial building drafts by conducting research and field measurements for proposed office areas reducing As-Built Survey cost significantly licensed Architects

 

 

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA (UNC)

ENGINEER CAD TECHNICIAN        2007 – 2008

Prioritizing daily workload capitalizing on department goals at the oldest Public University in the Nation UNC Tar heels.

·               Completed and packaged electrical serviced drawings including system alarms utilizing current software and emphasized safety throughout 500 drawings within estimated budget

·               Learned managerial responsibilities and skills working with crews totaling 20 field crews

 

PHR+A

AUTOCAD/ SURVEY TECHNICIAN       2006 – 2007             

Lowered company backlog drawings by providing immediate temporary relief on projects for this North Eastern Survey company

·               Clarified and drafted engineering plans for proposed fieldwork using various slope and distance mathematical formulas that facilitated insight into terrain, quadrants and the environment

·               Retrieved 3D images and visual references from eight clients which aligned project priorities

·               Designed easement plats for three subdivisions in the Shenandoah Valley area

·               Provided research for 90 land records which were used to transfer data used to for production of drawings

 

Snyder/Egbue Design Group

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN       2006 – 2007

Provided cost effective drafting/design services for now known Architectural Firm Egbue/Hobbie Design group

·               Drafted low voltage home Electrical systems for subdivisions and following up on clients remarks

·               Presented ideas on 2D and 3D renderings of residential homes for clients by scheduling meeting with the CEO

·               Processed various documents relating to building codes and subdivision filing while gaining valuable knowledge that transferred into the completion of 100 architectural mid-level Inventory drawings

 

Department of Motor Vehicles

CUSTOMER CARE AND SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE       2004– 2006

Created a healthy environment of safe practices associated with customer care by using effective communication skills; which reduced time waits by 45% and increased revenue by 35% capitalizing on revenue from $3,500 to $10,000 weekly and increased customer satisfaction daily.

 

FORMAL EDUCATION

School of Communication Arts, Raleigh, NC

Certification Program 3D Animation & Digital Media Design

 

NCCU, Durham, NC

Art Education

 

Walter Hines Page Senior High, Greensboro, NC

General Studies focus on Design                                       

            

TECHNICAL/COMPUTER SKILLS

·               Microsoft Office 365 Suite, Access, Snag It Printing Software                                        

·               Adobe Creative Suite

·               AutoCAD packages version 2006 – 2016 Electrical, Architectural, Civil

·               Macromedia Suite, Alias Maya,3D Studio Max

·               NICE Vision, Rapid Eye camera software and NICE Situator

·               FERC/NERC Security certified