GRETCHEN L STEPHENS

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Baton Rouge, LA 70809

abofbn@r.postjobfree.com

225-***-**** (cell)

Career Summary

I have over 20 years’ experience in the Engineering/Business field which includes Domestic and International Projects. My work

experience includes Industrial Refineries, Paper Mills and Offshore in the Gulf of Mexico. My experience also consists of working on

International Projects in Bagram, Afghanistan and Baghdad, Iraq with the US Military as Technical Assistant, Document Control and

Technical Writer. I also have training and experience utilizing AutoCAD and Microstation.

EDUCATION

Bachelor: Applied Science/Business Communication, Major Courses: Management, Industrial Engineering

University of Louisiana Lafayette, Lafayette, LA

TWIC Card

Current US Passport

Experience

20 years Engineering /Project Management/Process

Project Administration (Domestic and International)

Project Reporter for Domestic and International Projects

Document Control Management

Management of Change (MOC)

Lotus Notes

Technical Writer

MicroStation/AutoCad

Developing and Editing P&ID’s

MicroStation Isometric Drawings

Trainer for AutoCAD and Microsoft Excel and Word

Develop Excel Spreadsheets

Type 40 Words Per Minute

EXPERIENCE:

Document Control/P&ID Support

Jacobs Engineering

Baton Rouge, LA

4/12 to Present

Exxon Eagle Project

• Utilized Lotus Notes to track all P&ID’s and Logs

• Maintain data of project documents, such as number, title, revision, status

• Submitted and tracked project documentation to customers

• Work alongside project managers and assisted with other duties as required

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• Checking/validation/verification of all documentation

• Prepared all Log Sheets and Index manuals for Master Mark-up meetings

Technical Writer/AutoCAD/Document Control

BP Lubricants, Port Allen, LA

2/2011-12/2011

Duties included researching and writing operating procedures for the chemical plant operations. Documents included the scope

of the operation, operating process, initial startup, normal operations, shutdown and safety procedures associated with the

operation.

Duties also included updating AutoCAD P&ID’s as needed.

Tracked Documents and stored in the Data Base and logged all documents on an Excel Database

Quality Management/Administrator/Technical Writer/Document Control

Teng & Associates, Chicago, IL, Bagram, Afghanistan

2/10 to 8/10

Tracked and stored all Military all Military correspondence in an Excel spreadsheet

Duties included working with teams of electrical inspectors in Bagram to review inspection reports and detail all the actions

taken by the company to explain and resolve all the issues stated in the reports.

Wrote daily reports to the military the status of the inspections and describe any Flashes or serious issues found by the up by the

inspectors.

Worked with the military, the company and the inspectors to ensure that all the contract agreement are met by all parties

involved.

Also performed Human Resource duties such as Timesheet collection, correspondence to the company and the military and

postal duties for the company.

Engineering Assistant/Document Control

ECI Engineering, Baton Rouge, LA, Monsanto Chemical Plant, Luling, LA

7/08 to 5/09

Updating and creating Mechanical Detail, Piping and Structural/Civil Layout drawings utilizing Microstation Software to

resolve Management of Changes (MOC’s). Tracked all Piping drawing updates, checked for signatures and ensured all

revisions are completed by the Engineering Department.

Technical Writing duties summarizing all completed work and status of current Projects.

Engineering Assistant

URS Engineering, ConocoPhillips, New Orleans, LA

12/07 to 7/08

Dedicated to researching and resolving Management of Changes (MOC’s), updating P&ID’s, and electrical drawings to meet

OSHA standards.

Tracked all Piping drawing updates, checked for signatures and ensured all revisions are completed by the Engineering

Department.

Project Assistant

CDI Engineering, Baton Rouge, LA, Syngenta Chemical Plant, Chemtura Chemical Plant, Geismar, LA

10/06 to 12/07

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Duties include drawing ISO’s and updating P&IDs as required. Tagging Tie Points on Excel Photo drawings. Dedicated to

resolving all Management of Changes (MOC’s) which were not resolved during installation.

Duties also included investigating all listed modifications made within the plant, locating equipment, P&ID’s and all

Electrical/Loop drawings to ensure that all modifications have been completed. Editing all drawings which were not updated

and included MOC package utilizing AutoCad.

Also, having all modifications updated signed off by Managers and preparing packages for final approval for Start-up

Signatures.

Tracked all Piping drawing updates and correspondence and checked for signatures and ensured all revisions are completed by

the Engineering Department.

AutoCAD Design

Englobal Engineering, Baton Rouge, LA, BASF Chemical, Geismar, LA

02/06 to 10/06

Created and updated Piping and Instrument Drawings (P&ID’s) utilizing Microstation.

Tracked all Piping drawing updates and correspondence and checked for signatures and ensured all revisions are completed by

the Engineering Department.

Administrative Assistant

Parson Engineering, Pasadena, CA

Project Contractor Office – Water Sector, Baghdad, Iraq

04/05 to 11/05

AutoCad Software Trainer

Technical Writer

Assistant to the Manager of the Transition Management/Capacity Development Initiative Team in Baghdad Iraq. Duties include

assisting in preparations of training workshops and seminars in Baghdad, Iraq, Amman Jordan and Cairo, Egypt. Writing Data

Reports summarizing in detail the workshops and progress made toward training the Iraqi Engineers. Also, technical writing

duties including writing procedures to create Power Point Presentations of the workshops and tracking progress made toward

the training workshops. Planning and designing AutoCad Training procedures to conduct classes to teach local Iraqis to operate

AutoCad 2005 Software. Tracking all documents by means of a Document Control System. General duties included creating

and editing Excel spreadsheets, Microsoft Word documents and assisting the Human Resource department as needed.

Operations Manager Assistant on Holstein Oil Rig

Baker Energy, Holstein Oil Rig, Gulf of Mexico

8/04 to 03/05

Assisted the Operations Manager in the daily operations, produced daily reports, tracked the people on board, updated Excel

spreadsheets, edited and updated P&ID drawings.

Engineering Design

CDI Engineering Corp., Baton Rouge, LA

3/02 to 7/04

Contracted to ExxonMobil to develop and create Electrical, Structural, Mechanical and Detail Drawings for major projects

using MicroStation and AutoCad Software. Created Mechanical detail blocks for Piping projects. Also worked on AtoFina

Modernization Project. Assistant to Project Manager, working on Document Control, Tracked drawings using Excel

Spreadsheet, Developed and Edited mechanical and equipment drawings using AutoCad 2000.

Data Surface Log Engineer

Halliburton Sperry Sun, Lafayette, LA

5/01 to 2/02

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Worked Offshore in Gulf of Mexico monitoring Equipment, taking Samples and Logging Data from Drilling Controls.

AutoCAD Designer

Jacobs Engineering, Baton Rouge, LA

8/98 to 4/01

Created and edited drawings on Electrical. Mechanical, Piping and Instrument Diagrams using AutoCad, Microstation, Rebis,

and PDS. Generated Drawing and Mechanical List using Excel. Developed Drawing list using Excel for clients such as BASF,

ExxonMobil and Georgia Pacific. Assisted Project Lead on major projects such as Exxon, BASF, Kaiser and Laroche

Industries. Updated Field maps of Plant Layouts.

Project Assistant/Document Control

Laroche Industries, Gramercy, LA

7/97 to 8/98

Produced Daily Production Reports to show report on Chemicals produced, losses and energy used during the month. Also

produced Mechanical and Equipment detail drawings using AutoCad 14. Field walkdowns, Mapping and assisted surveyor.

Project Reporter/Document Control

Schaffer and Associates

Baton Rouge, LA

1/93 to 6/96

• Duties included Document Control Manager for Finchaa Sugar Mill Project in Ethiopia.

• Oversaw the flow of documents to the local office and international companies in India, Egypt, England and Ethiopia.

• Project Reporter for Finchaa Sugar Mill Project,

• Hiring/estimating and tracking man-hours in each discipline using Excel Spreadsheet.

• Used AutoCAD to generate Mechanical Detail Drawings. Created and edited P&ID’s for the Piping Group, Assisted Cost

Engineer.

• Trained Engineers from Ethiopia on AutoCAD and Microsoft Excel and MS Word through the International Training Service.

• Assisted Project Manager on Proposals, Weekly Meetings, Public Relations and General Office duties.

• Conducted Safety Meeting.

ECI Engineering Group

Avondale Shipyard, Gulfport, Mississippi

AutoCAD designer

6/91 to 12/92

• Duties included creating Electrical Schematics for LCAC Navy Tech Manuals using AutoCAD.

Paper Mills

James River, St. Francisville, La.

Georgia Pacific, Zachary, La.

6/86 to 5/91

Assistant to Project Manager

• Duties included producing daily production reports with Louts Graphics

• Conducting Safety Meetings for Process Engineering Group.

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