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CAD Design Drafter

Location:
Little Rock, AR
Posted:
August 28, 2013

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Frank L.V. Stiefel

**** ******* ***.

Alexander, AR 72002

Phone: 501-***-****

email: ***********@*********.***

Work Experience

URS Corporation at

Pine Bluff Chemical agent Disposal Facility (PBCDF) - Pine Bluff, AR

May 2010 to December 2012

Configuration Management Technician

PBCDF provided safe and environmentally compliant chemical agent disposal

operations of approximately 3,850 tons of the nation's original chemical

agent stockpile. That stockpile included 90,409 M55 GB rockets, 19,608 M55

VX rockets, 9,378 M23 VX landmines and 3,703 mustard ton containers.

The project has been completed successfully and is in the final closure

phases.

My responsibilities in the "End State" phase of the site were to:

. Ensure change documents were incorporated into the baseline design

instruments as specified in project procedures and distributed to

appropriate personnel in a timely manner. Drawings updated with

Microstation V7 (J) CAD.

. Coordinate, assist, and maintain configuration or project data

including equipment, instruments, piping, electrical, cable and other

databases.

. Review CAD drawings and other engineering documents for quality and

completeness.

. Perform quality checks on documents and drawings.

Dassault Falcon Jet Corp. - Little Rock, AR

March 1997 to June 2009

Electrical Engineering Support / SENIOR CAD Designer

During this twelve-year period, took part in the production and successful

delivery of approximately 700+ business jets. Produced avionics and

electrical engineering drawings and documents necessary for manufacturing,

certification, creation of engineering files, databases, and customer

books.

Organizational, planning, and supervisory skills were also developed and

utilized.

Electrical Engineering Support / CAD Designer (2003 - 2009)

. Organized, planned, and scheduled electrical wiring drawings and

documentation activities.

. Coordinated with the Wire Harness Shop and provided wire cut sheets

and plug sheets.

. Developed and maintained electrical engineering department process and

progress chart.

. Prioritized tasks to maintain a smooth and efficient work flow, often

with many schedule changes.

. Tracked the progress of 30 to 60 aircraft on a weekly basis to

determine when electrical drawing packages were to be updated and

released for Initial Redline, Paint, Flight line, and Final releases.

. Worked with mechanical engineers, assemblers, and cabinet shops when

necessary to insure acceptable wire routing and mounting of electrical

components or equipment.

. Made modifications to incorporate FAA Supplemental Type Certificates

(STC's).

Worked with Designated Engineering Representatives (DER's) for FAA on

Certification.

Senior CAD Drafter (1997 - 2003)

. Used Catia Acsel Electrical

. Updated engineering drawings and documents using various proprietary

software programs.

. Taught new engineers Catia electrical drafting program and standards.

. Checked drawing packages for accuracy, completeness, and quality of

readability/reproduction.

. Produced and updated Electrical Load Analyses (ELA's) to include all

systems and flight phases.

CAD Drafter (1997)

. Updated aircraft electrical engineering wiring diagrams for an average

of 60 to 70 aircraft per year with approximately 50 system drawings

per aircraft. (Three person drafting team).

. Electronically checked wiring diagrams for errors and corrected as

necessary with Catia Acsel.

. Extracted data from drawings for creation of various document

databases for each aircraft.

. Plotted drawings, checked for errors, and obtained necessary approval

signatures.

. Released approved drawings and other documents to the Reproduction

Department for distribution to Planning, Purchasing, Manufacturing,

and any other necessary departments.

H.H. Robertson - Sheridan, AR

September 1995 to August 1996

Architectural Designer

Steel clad, foam wall panel manufacturer. H.H. Robertson merged with two

competitors and became Centria. The engineering department in Sheridan,

Arkansas was discontinued and all engineering transferred to Moon Township,

Pennsylvania.

Process Engineer and Architectural Designer

Used AutoCAD 12, Microstation CAD, Paradox relational database and Quattro

Pro spreadsheets.

. Architectural projects completed: Bayer Pharmaceuticals, Clayton,

North Carolina.

McCarran International Airport, Las Vegas, Nevada. National Guard

Headquarters, New Jersey. As projects above were completed

successfully, assisted other designers in ongoing projects.

. Design and Drafting

. Incorporated Architectural wall panels and glass curtain wall into

various architects' designs.

. Applied various window manufacturers' instructions and details.

. Designed customized details and applied company standards for panel

joints, windows, doors, inside and outside corners, extrusions,

reveals, column covers, longitudinal curved panels, parapets,

scuppers, and flashing with all necessary clips, fasteners, backer

rod, sealants, and gaskets.

. Produced numerous steel details by working with Robertson's mechanical

/ steel engineer.

. Coordinated with manufacturing on special panel designs.

. Support of construction project managers and builders with scheduling

and any additional building details, building material / supplies, and

shipping schedules.

Arkansas Nuclear One (ANO) - Russellville, AR

July 1993 to May 1995

CAD Designer, 3D Piping and Electrical

. Brand/Rust Industrial Services contracts for 3D Piping drawings using

Microstation CAD,

Work consisted of walk-down and mark-up (by others) and converting

hundreds of manual drawings to true 3D CAD drawings. This Isometric

Update Project (IUP) included all piping, steel details of hangers,

supports, and snubbers. ANO standard piping symbology and notes were

applied.

. Some Civil, Architectural, and HVAC drawings were also updated.

Contracts for Electrical Drawing Upgrade Project (EDUP) were to

produce Electrical schematics for control of Motor Operated Valves

(MOV's) and Solenoid Operated Valves (SOV's) used in piping flow

control.

Fluor Daniel and Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) - San Francisco, Irvine,

Sacramento, CA

August 1987 to December 1992

Telecommunications Design Drafter / CAD Operator

. Fluor Daniel, Irvine, CA contracts allowed for the completion of

approximately twenty-five telecommunication projects in northern

California for Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E). Some of these projects

included up to thirty sites including main offices, substations,

service centers, repeater stations, passive reflectors, etc.

. Responsibilities included coordination with engineers, designers, and

contractors to complete detailed design and drafting.

. Field trips to survey and mark up existing equipment drawings,

creation of new drawings, making field changes, and completing as-

built drawings.

. Update of Banyan Vines database for circuit information. Microstation

CAD and manual drafting were used to accomplish the work.

. Projects added or updated many systems used in a private statewide

telecommunications network in support of utilities.

. The largest telecomm project worked on for Fluor Daniel was the design

of the IBM Token-Ring LAN and Transport for over eight hundred

branches of Bank of America throughout California. Upon completion of

the LAN projects, was assigned to one of the bank's data centers in

Concord, CA to work as a design engineer. Added, changed, or deleted

data network circuitry and equipment.

Silicon Valley, CA

1982 to 1987

ELECTROMECHANICAL DESIGN SKILLS

ELECTRICAL / ELECTRONIC

. Schematic diagrams

. System and block diagrams

. Wire/cable/connector drawings

. Printed Circuit Board (PCB) design

100+ PCB Designs, analog and digital

High voltage (6000+ VDC) and high current

. PCB Fabrication and Assembly drawings

. Prototype assembly, soldering, and testing

. Troubleshooting (Electrical and Mechanical)

MECHANICAL

. Sheet metal fabrication drawings

. Milled Aluminum design & extrusions

. Some plastic design

. Component part drawings and specifications

. Encapsulation for High Voltage designs

. Rack, Panel, and Shelf design/layout

. Details, Sectional, and Isometric views

. Assembly drawings, instructions, and photos

. Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T) - ASME Y14.5M (school

only)

. Used calipers and micrometers for design and checking.

Other responsibilities include Documentation Control, involvement in

Engineering Change Request/Order/Notice (ECR/ECO/ECN) write-up,

implementation, and follow-up. Producing Bills of material and purchasing

material.

Education

. University of Arkansas at Little Rock

55+ hours with transferred credits from other schools.

. De Anza College Cupertino, California

. University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) Omaha, Nebraska

Major: Electronic Engineering Technology (E.E.T.)

. Telecommunications and Teletype Maintenance and Troubleshooting (three

schools) - Naval Schools Command, Norfolk, VA.

. Career Counselor School, New Orleans, LA Career Counselor for

approximately seventy personnel in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Summary of Skills

. Proficient with MICROSOFT Windows XP, Word, Excel, Outlook, and

Access.

. Experience using PC's, workstations, digitizers, printers, plotters,

faxes, and scanners.

. AutoCAD, Microstation V7, and Catia. Specializing in Catia Acsel, an

intelligent electrical program.

. Have used VOMs/DVOMs, Oscilloscopes and other specialized test bench

equipment for troubleshooting.

. Digital Photography including macro and super macro used in support of

engineering.

Additional Qualifications

MILITARY: U.S. Navy - Telecommunications

Last responsibilities and duty station:

. Supervisor of Special Folders Communications Center at the Pentagon.

. Top Secret clearance (not active).

. Honorable discharge.



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