GARY MELINO
Simpsonville SC 29681
abkq09@r.postjobfree.com
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SUMMARY OF
QUALIFICATIONS
Mid-Level Electrical and mechanical Designer combined with the experience
of a Senior Cad Drafter with over twenty four years of experience using
Autocad and Microstation. Proficient with PDS Equipment Modeling as well as
EE Raceway and Smartplant Review. Created opportunities to work for some of
the best companies in the engineering business. Experience to make
immediate contributions using technical software in the following areas:
?Autocad (23 yrs.) ?Autoplant 3D (1 yr.) ?EE
Raceway (3 yrs.) ?Microstation (19 yrs.)
?PDS Modeling (2 yrs.) ?PTS (Project Tracking) ?Scribe (11
yrs.) ?Smartplant Review (3 yrs.)
WORK HISTORY
DUKE ENERGY (Contract) Charlotte, NC May-2009 to Present
. Designer/Microstation/Scribe/PTS
Working as an electrical and mechanical designer/detailer in the Hydro
group. Involved with the design and details of multiple small projects in
the mechanical, piping, structural and electrical areas within the hydro
group under the direction and supervision of the lead engineers in each
group.
URS - Washington Group (Contract) Denver, CO Sept-2008 to Mar-2009
. Electrical Designer/AutoCad/Autoplant/PDS EE Raceway/Smartplant Review
Junior electrical designer for new Oil Sands project in Canada. From the
direction of engineers, responsibilities included the sizing of cable tray
from cable data received from senior designers and routing the tray using
Autoplant 3D software. Interface with disciplines to insure accurate design
and implementation as well as correcting interferences. Complete low
voltage cable tray runs with a lead designer and engineer as well as
performing multiple Cad tasks to issue the drawings that were cut from the
model in PDS.
FLUOR (Contract) Greenville, SC from Jul-2006 to Jul-2008
. Electrical Designer/AutoCad/Microstation/PDS Equipment Modeling/EE
Raceway/Smartplant Review.
Electrical designer for new Life Science and Solar Panel Manufacturing
Projects. Responsible for the preliminary physical layout of cable tray,
Motor Control Centers, emergency electrical panels and control panels. Cad
drafting of various electrical plans and details. Layout lightning
protection and grounding on electrical plans as needed and other various
tasks on both projects. Model equipment with PDS. Model cable tray with EE
Raceway. Identify interferences in the model using Smartplant Review.
Interface with other disciplines to solve interferences and plan other
possible locations for equipment and raceways if needed. Attend model
review meetings between disciplines throughout the course of both projects.
DUKE ENERGY (Contract) Oconee Nuclear Station, Seneca, SC Feb-2004 to
June-2006
. Bill of Material Specialist/Electrical Designer/Cad Operator
(Microstation)
Cad Designer to layout and draft electrical power and controls updates for
OAC project which involved the redesign of the computer systems for all
three units. As-built all field complete drawings. Completed Unit 3
electronic conversion from previous contract involving bills of materials.
Transfer manual stand alone drawing data to Duke Energy Design Equipment
Database. All equipment entered into the database was QA1verified by
tracing the wiring on electrical diagrams in order to satisfy NRC standards
and regulations.
AUTOMATION ENGINEERING (Contract to Hire) Greenville, SC Jun-2003 to Feb-
2004
. Electrical/Mechanical Designer/Cad Operator (Autocad 2004)
Layout devices, relays, servo drives, dinrail, wireway, etc. in panel
enclosures from Excel spread sheets provided by engineers. Draft various
wiring diagrams and mechanical details as needed. Operator for SEE
Electrical program used in the implementation of electrical design by
Engineers. Verify device layouts in panels on shop floor. Create and Print
out labels for devices added to panels.
O'NEAL (Contract) Greenville, SC Mar-2002 to Jun-2003
. Mechanical Designer/Cad Detailer (Autocad)
Design and draft machine layouts for new fiber glass Plant. Various design
input as well as interface with vendors involving specifications for final
product decisions used in the design process. Draft general arrangement
details and layout various steel supports for equipment. Draft and layout
assembly and sub-assembly drawings and complex sections and details. Design
and layout various sheet metal used in the plant design and dimension for
accurate fabrication. Occasional field analysis.
DUKE ENERGY (Contract) Oconee Nuclear Station, Seneca, SC Sep-1998 to Jan-
2002
. Bill of Material Specialist/Electrical Designer/Cad Operator
(Microstation)
Convert hard copy information for UNIT 1, 2 & 3 bills of materials to the
Duke/Oconee electronic database. All equipment entered into the database
was QA1 verified by means of tracing the wiring on all affected electrical
outline diagrams to satisfy NRC Standards and regulations.
DUKE ENERGY (Contract) Catawba Nuclear Station, York, SC May-1995 to Sep-
1998
. Electrical-Mechanical Designer/Cad Detailer (Microstation)
Cad Detailer to help reduce drawing backlog. Revise as-built drawings from
engineering modification packages.
VERSATILITY & ACCOMPLISHMENTS
. Resolved production issues by correcting the utilization of a program
that was not being used to its full potential.
. Reduce man hours by having the experience and Cad skills needed to
efficiently perform assigned duties.
. Confident team player able to make contributions demanded at any given
time within a project.
. Implement equipment and cable tray in models with minimal training well
within budget.
. Field experience to verify design and or evaluate other options in the
design process.
. Mechanical and Electrical experience a plus when working on diversified
projects.
. Versatile as a Cad Detailer, modeler and designer.
EDUCATION
Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA
?Certificate in mechanical drafting/140 hours of instruction
?Certificate in mechanical design/140 hours of instruction
Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC
?Electrical Circuits & Controls courses . Electrical Mechanical
Technology credits
Formal Training; Fluor electrical code classes/training - weekly . PDS
Equipment Modeling & EE Raceway training 80 hours