Stephen L. Dixon

314 Linklea Drive 

Duncanville, TX 75137 

(972) 800-9763 - home

sdixon73@yahoo.com

 

 

EMPLOYMENT GOALS

Seeking a position where I can put my past experiences to use, and make the company the strongest possible in the industry.  Would also like to continue my education, at the same time I help improve the company exposure and make myself the best person I can be.

 

 

KEY SKILLS SUMMARY

Project Management, Scheduling, Quality Control, Project Coordination, Budgeting, Customer Relations, Account Management, Contract Negotiations, Operation Supervision, Office Management, Facility Management, Plant Design and Construction, Employee Relations

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Williams Companies, Ft. Worth, TX 10/15 – 03/16

(Sr. Designer)

·   Work with the facilities group to bring out dated drawings of the Compressor Facilities up to current conditions.  At the same time work to establish an accurate and reliable system of tracking change orders on those facilities.  Maintain tracking spreadsheets of any and all survey/drafting work that is handled out of the Ft. Worth field office, which covers both the Barnett shale and the Permian Basin area.  Work up schedule and scope for any new work in the area that will have survey and or drafting work associated with it.  Support functional groups with any and all request for as-built of existing pipelines in the area and help with any easement or permitting need that may arise.

 

Williams Companies, Ft. Worth, TX 01/14 – 10/15

(Design Drafter)

·   Work with the facilities group to bring out dated drawings of the Compressor Facilities up to current conditions.  At the same time work to establish an accurate and reliable system of tracking change orders on those facilities.  Maintain tracking spreadsheets of any and all survey/drafting work that is handled out of the Ft. Worth field office, which covers both the Barnett shale and the Permian Basin area.  Work up schedule and scope for any new work in the area that will have survey and or drafting work associated with it.  Support functional groups with any and all request for as-built of existing pipelines in the area and help with any easement or permitting need that may arise.

 

Access Midstream Partners, Ft. Worth, TX 07/13 – 12/14

(Design Draftsman)

·   Help establish and maintain a set of drafting standards that are used throughout the company. Handel Quality control of pipeline construction drawing packages for the local Ft. Worth office as well as the As-Built drafting packages for the Marcellus, Haynesville, Utica and Barnett Shales. Also support the drafters in those areas.

 

Access Midstream Partners, Ft. Worth, TX 09/12 – 07/13

(Specialist – Survey)

·   Coordinator of Drawings for the leading producer of Natural gas in the Barnett Shale. The primary role of a Coordinator of Drawings is to provide support to the Project Coordinators in tracking drawings through the entire life cycle, from initial issuance to final approval. This role plays an integral part in implementing and maintaining the drawing workflow procedures that were set in place by the Mapping and Drafting group. Creating graphs and Matrix to relay quality and cycle time for the production of natural gas pipelines. Coordinate with Survey Companies to receive data collection for the production of topography, alignment sheets, permits, HDDs, and plats. Coordinate and act as a liaison between Survey Companies and Project Coordinators on all projects. Assist Project Coordinators, ROW agents, Permitting agents, Environmental agents, and Surveyors with all drawing and survey issues relate to the project. Work with Construction to finalize all drawings in the preparation to construct the pipeline and connect wells. Distribute workloads to other Designers assigned. Maintain a strong relationship with the survey firms, the ROW, Engineering and Permitting groups that are associated to Chesapeake. Apart from providing overall drawing coordination support, making sure the survey firms are meeting deadlines set forth by the Project Coordinators.

 

Chesapeake Energy, Ft. Worth, TX 07/09 – 09/12

(Coordinator – Survey / Drafting)

·   Coordinator of Drawings for the leading producer of Natural gas in the Barnett Shale.  The primary role of a Coordinator of Drawings is to provide support to the Project Coordinators in tracking drawings through the entire life cycle, from initial issuance to final approval. This role plays an integral part in implementing and maintaining the drawing workflow procedures that were set in place by the Mapping and Drafting group.  Creating graphs and Matrix to relay quality and cycle time for the production of natural gas pipelines. Coordinate with Survey Companies to receive data collection for the production of topography, alignment sheets, permits, HDDs, and plats. Coordinate and act as a liaison between Survey Companies and Project Coordinators on all projects. Assist Project Coordinators, ROW agents, Permitting agents, Environmental agents, and Surveyors with all drawing and survey issues relate to the project. Work with Construction to finalize all drawings in the preparation to construct the pipeline and connect wells. Distribute workloads to other Designers assigned. Maintain a strong relationship with the survey firms, the ROW, Engineering and Permitting groups that are associated to Chesapeake. Apart from providing overall drawing coordination support, making sure the survey firms are meeting deadlines set forth by the Project Coordinators.

 

DDSI, Ft. Worth, TX 09/08 – 07/09

(Sr. Document Specialist)

·   The primary role of the drawing lead is logging and keeping track of all drawings pertaining to the production of natural gas pipelines. Creating graphs and Matrix to relay quality and cycle time for the production of pipelines. Coordinate with Survey Companies to receive data collection for the production of alignment sheets, permits, HDDs, and plats. Coordinate and act as a liaison between Survey Companies, project coordinators, ROW personnel and permitting agents on all projects. Assist Project Coordinators, ROW agents, Permitting agents, Environmental agents, and Surveyors with all drawing and survey issues related to the project. Work with Construction to finalize all drawings in the preparation to construct the pipeline and connect wells. Distribute workloads to other Designers assigned.

 

H&K Dallas, Dallas, TX 10/07 – 09/08

(Drafter)

·         Led a team of Auto CAD drafters in the posting of As-Built drawings of McDonald stores across the country.  Was responsible for making sure the drawings were accurate to sketches and pictures that were taken in the field by survey teams.  Had to maintain a daily tracking log of what was handed out to the designers on my team as well as what other team leads had to hand out.  Had to make sure all files were properly filed and accounted for. Tracked the production of all team members that were on the As-Built team (weather they were a direct report or not). Reported directly to the manager of production and overall performance of the team.  Worked with Auto CAD 14 and 2002.

 

Nexlink Communications, Farmers Branch, TX 02/06 – 06/07

(QA / QC Manager)

·         I was responsible for all project management for a national engineering office for multiple clients.  Manage all deliverables to the clients within an agreed timeline and on budget.  I keep track of the project from start to finish and make sure it is invoiced correctly and promptly. Review all engineering and drafting of Telecommunication projects for a verity of clientele. Worked with all levels of management in the industry, as well as local in-house engineers and contractors.  Worked very closely with the construction department on locates and reading construction prints as well as making sure all proper permits were attained from city, state and local governments, for the AT&T fiber project.

 

Lloyd Design Resources, Rowlett, TX 10/05 – 02/06 

(Drafter)

·   Draft engineering changes for Light Rail expansions in the Dallas Ft.Worth Area.  Assist in updating prints to support the expansion of the DART (Dallas Area Rapid Transit) system. Draft placement of the signals, switches and other mechanical devices to keep the train running.  Also provide support to the engineering team to show the powering systems, communications systems and all other systems essential in making the train operate at it peak efficiency. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Link America, Rowlett, TX 8/05 – 10/05

(OSP Designer)

·   Draft engineering plans for the FTTP project with Verizon.  Assist in the processing of deliverables to the customer as well as permit drawing to be given to city, state and or local government.  Work with Microstation ver.7, Mapinfo, GIS Map

 

Ameriss, Dallas, TX 4/04 - 8/05

(Lead Drafting Supervisor)

·   Set up schedules of deliverables to the customer to ensure profitability to the company.  Reported the progress of each project on a weekly status report.  Did all the Project Management duties for the engineering department.  Scheduled the workload for several offices around the country using such software as Microsoft Projects and excel spreadsheets. Review engineering specifications and procedures to help more efficiently engineer projects in the Verizon FTTP project.  Assisted in setting up procedures and practices for the posting of engineering work orders into both Microstation Telco-J and into IDDS.  Was responsible for taking field engineering notes and sketches and inputting the data into the appropriate drafting software.  I was the only person at Ameriss at that time trained on the AT&T drafting software, OptiLite NT.  Draft plan and profile drawings to show utility crossings and conflicts.  Helped with the planning of new coverage areas for both Verizon and AT&T. Have used such software as Map Info, FME, and GeoCADD to help determine proposed routing for new utilities.  Have worked with city, state and local officials in the effort to obtain construction permits.  Supported engineers in offices across the country doing multiple projects.  Helped train less experienced persons on AutoCAD and IDDS. 

 

Kinetic Solutions, Van Alstyne, TX 4/03-9/03

(OSP Engineer)

·   Handle all engineering work for Charter Communications in their Ft. Worth engineering office. At this location I was responsible for the tracking and updating of all fiber optic cable in the field.  This included any and all leased fiber, as well as fiber used to feed the existing plant in the area.  Did cost analysis for new projects and extension of the existing facilities.  Also did engineering work of all types for MSO's around the country.

 

RFD Engineering, Duncanville, TX 4/99-11/02

(Vice President of Engineering)

·   Handled all the day-to-day operations of the company. Handle all sales of engineering work, along with Project Management of HFC (Hybrid Fiber Coax) upgrades and extensions as well as the QC of both the design and drafting of these projects. Did engineering of twisted pair copper and fiber optic systems as well.  Did engineering of projects ranging from 5MHz to 1GH using several different types of equipment (splitters, amplifiers, passive devices), also did the power calculations for those systems.  Did line of site engineering of microwave antennas for the cable company. Handled all aspects of the accounting for the company, to include input and pay Accounts Payable weekly, and followed those invoices through to collections. Input payment information and issue Accounts Receivable statements weekly, and handled all HR issues for the entire company.  Was responsible for as many as 30 in-house employees as well as contractors in multiple locations and multiple states.  Responsible for the ordering of supplies and maintaining the upkeep of all office machines. I ran all aspects of the business from start to finish.

 

Aerotek EF&I Services, Allen, TX 9/94-4/99

(CATV Engineering Manager)

·   Responsible for the project management of all cable TV projects from scheduling, tracking and QC. Worked with both cable TV companies as well as Telephone companies such as Verizon, AT&T, Ameritech and others.  Was trained and certified in Winstar installation (site to site networking).  Supervised as many as 15 - 20 employees at any given time, doing drafting and or engineering work. Handled all timesheets and tracked job cost for the department.  Handled all billing for the CATV department on a weekly basis, for as many as 4-5 vendors. Did the bidding on all new jobs coming in from the salesmen.

 

EDUCATION

        Associates of Applies Science in Computer Aided Drafting and Design - Tyler Junior College

        Tyler, TX 1986-1992

        General Studies - Cedar Hill High School

        Cedar Hill, TX 1982-1986

 

Additional information and references available upon request.