AutoCAD Designer

Eric H. Tran

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Humble, TX 77396

Phone: (281)703. 9221

Email: **********@*****.***

SUMMARY

Experienced computerized drafting professional with experience in the pipeline industry, with particular emphasis in mapping and design 30-42 in pipeline. Degreed in architecture and trained in AutoCAD with extensive experience as a project designer in the management and coordination of projects in the pipeline industry. Strong working experience with engineers, on-site including field measurements, hand sketching, and note recording. Strong technical knowledge that results in problem resolution. Possesses the ability to wear multiple hats on any project and do special assignments. Quick learner and always looking for new opportunities to learn, to challenge myself and grow. Works well in team environment, under pressure and quite adaptable to the needs of the project.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Amec Paragon Engineering Services, Inc., Houston, TX Sept. 2006 – Oct. 2009

Senior Mapper

Enbridge Southern Access Project, Wisconsin Stage: prepare alignment sheets, modify 42" and 20" pipe centerline incorporating waterbody crossings from 0.00 mp to 64 mp. Modify HDD drawings.

Palomar Project (2007 – 2008)

• Work with engineers and project managers to complete and execute the project under tied deadline and limited budget

• Work aspects of the project from delivery to contact with the clients…etc.

• Drafting, two people team to be completed all necessary drawings for FERC 7c submission.

• Exceed both expectations from the client’s and company’s

• Generate and prepare Alignment sheets in Blue Sky Database Application.

• Work on reroutes of the centerline & other changes on the alignment sheets

• Utilize LIDAR, DEM, TIN, and many other formats and survey data as well as Plans and Profiles (HDDs)

• Perform variety of Horizontal Directional Drill (HDD) designs for Site Specific Crossing Plans and Profiles in Oregon

• Work closely with engineers in developing drawings for hydrostatic test study

• Find low and high elevations for setting the types of construction methods used

• Extensively use ArcGIS 9.3 for querying in geographical features including such as land parcel owners, townships, ranges, and sections, road crossings

• Perform different types of analysis on the datasets

• Use calculating value fields and calculating geometry in ArcGIS to summarize all necessary extra work spaces, construction work corridor & HDD extra work space footprints

• Create different types of map studies including graduate color, density, dot gradual symbol maps

Bison/Pathfinder Project (2008 – 2010)

• Work with engineers on the design of the Horizontal and Directional Drilling for Site Specific Crossing Plans and Profiles.

• Perform Calculations using formulas given in the Microsoft Excel Sheet.

• Creating and modifying hundreds and thousands of permit drawings for FERC 7c Submission.

• Work on the facilities plans

• Develop drawings for plans and profiles for MLV (mainline valves) with available survey data such as survey points, contours, DEM, TIN, LiDARs

Enbridge Project (2006 – 2007)

• Prepare alignment sheets for IFC

• Modifying the engineering data bands on the alignment sheets…etc.

• Use ArcGIS 9.2 to QA/QC all of the survey data

• Update incoming survey data in ArcGIS/ CAD as project progress

PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ITT. Technical Institute Houston, Texas 2002 - 2007

CADD Instructor

• Teach technical drafting (includes Manual/ Computer Aided Design) for Associate Degree Program classes

• Responsible for high retention rate of students.

Lone Star College, Woodland, Texas 2002 - 2007

AutoCAD Instructor

Teach all levels (from beginning to advanced 3D) of AutoCAD for continue education classes

Texas Department of Transportation, Houston, Texas 2006

Designer III

• Work on the reconstruction of U. S. Highway South 59 project

• Preparing Plans and Profiles drawings

• Assistant to engineers with site survey of roadways and bridges.

• Develop typical drawings

Gensler Architecture & Design, Houston, Texas 1998 - 2001

Architecture Designer

• Preparing floor plans and site plans for buildings ranging from mid. rise to high-rise

• As-built projects including 1000 Main building, Downtown Houston; Anardako Building

• Work on some civil type of study includes the site plan for Reliant Center.

• Layout of about 25-35 thousand traffic parking spaces for the Reliant Project

• Design a preliminary study of the front water fountain on Main Street of the Reliant Center

• Assistant to designer in creating new brands, corporate logos, way-finding signage for City of Houston and Katy Mills Shopping Center, redesigning store fronts, refresh look with color decoration, innovative and creative design

EDUCATION

Rhode Island School of Design 1997

Bachelor of Architecture & Bachelor of Fine Arts,

CONTINUING EDUCATION

AVEVA, Houston TX

PDMS Certification Degree

Lone Star College, Houston TX

Geographical Information System, GIS analyst Certification Degree,

Completed piping 101 Certification Degree in 2008 (Society of Piping for Engineers & Designers);

Amec Paragon, Houston Texas

11 weeks In–House training Facilities Design

COMPUTER SKILLS

General

PDMS version 11.6, Autodesk Inventor 2010, AutoCAD Civil 3D 2009, AutoCAD Raster Design, Blue Sky Database Development, CADWorx Plant 2008, CADWorx Plant ISOGEN 2008, ArcGIS 9.3 with all extensions like Spatial Analyst, 3D Analyst. AutoCAD Land Desktop 2008, AutoCAD Mapping 2009, Bentley MicroStation v8, AutoCAD Architectural Desktop 2008 Good working knowledge with Point Cloud and LiDARs technology

Databases

Microsoft Access, Relational Database (SQL)

Programming software

Visual Basic 2008, AutoLISP

Microsoft Office software

Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint, Microsoft Outlook

Graphic Software

Adobe Photoshop CS4, Adobe Illustrator CS4, Illustrator CS4, Corel Draw 2008

Games/ 3D software

PDMS version 11.6, Autodesk Inventor 2010, 3D Studio Max 2008, 3D Studio Viz, Architectural Desktop 2008, Revit

INDUSTRY AFFILIATIONS AND AWARDS

Member, American Design Drafting Association (ADDA)

Member, Honor of Society of Lone Star College

Rhode Island School of Design Alumni

Employee of the Month (ITT Technical Institute)

Scholarship Student 1992-97 (Rhode Island School of Design)

Scholarship Student (Parsons School of Design)

National Scholastic Contest, First Place (gold medal)

* Working toward certification degrees from AVEVA in PDMS (Equipment, Piping, Structure, Draft)

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