Derek Cobb

972-***-**** acqmxa@r.postjobfree.com www.linkedin.com/in/derekcobb1

Summary

A detail oriented Design Draftsman / CAD Technician with extensive experience creating structural, electrical, piping and regulatory composite drawings. Has strong process evaluation skills and desire to reduce production time, develop standards, improving communication and product quality.

Selected Accomplishments

Increased reliability of drawings by developing procedures to create smart drawing models of drilling rigs substantially reducing layout time for structural designers.

Automated 90% of the regulatory drawing process by linking the smart drawing models to fire control/life saving plans, hazardous area plans, and marine operating manuals.

Reduced resubmission costs and time by 50% by developing checklist for reviewing fire control/life saving plans to meet regulatory requirements.

Identified design flaws and areas for improvement in structures by creating 3D models using AutoCAD.

Improved reliability of drawings by standardizing drawing numbering and drafting procedures company-wide in order to maintain consistency, improve reliability and reduce the learning curve for shared drawings.

Standardized fire control/life saving plan symbols fleet wide and created comprehensive check sheets reducing class approval rate by half.

Saved the company thousands of man hours by creating a drawing database replacing individual paper drawing lists with one searchable database file for the entire rig fleet using Microsoft Access.

Expanded database file usage throughout the entire company by recommending and assisting in the implementation of BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise importing data from Microsoft Access to securing drawings and documents into one location for ease of use and document retention.

Saved the company the cost of outsourcing office modifications to architectural firms by assisting in office design modifications.

Reduced duplication of effort and improved quality of drawings by creating AutoCAD libraries of symbols, standard shared print files and script files for large project conversions.

Employment History

Ensco plc, Dallas/Houston, TX 1995-2015

CAD Technician

ExxonMobil, Midland, TX 1984-1994

CAD Technician

Education and Certification

Associate in Applied Science, Drafting Technology - Odessa College, Odessa, TX

AutoCAD 3D Drawing and Modeling

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