Stephen P. Harris

** *. ********* **. ******, MI 49221

517-***-**** / ac0opt@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

Customer-focused CAD Technician with progressive technological skills and increasing responsibility seeking a career position with a company that supports long-term growth.

SKILLS

PC Survey / ACAD Civil 3D / Detailed-Oriented / Microsoft Office Suite / Computer Technology / Auto Mechanics

WORK EXPERIENCE

CMS Consumers Energy (via Randstad Engineering) Jackson, Michigan Feb. 2017-present

Gas Service Designer II – Substation Planning & Design

Responsible for gas service only projects associated with System Improvement work

Creating service cards and the use of Excel Macros in conjunction, and close collaboration, with the Distribution Pipeline Engineering Designer and Design Lead for seamless integration with associated project content, design template(s), and overall final product (namely shop papers)

Prioritize work by design deadlines

Manage multiple projects and maintain simultaneous deadlines

Support Distribution Pipeline Engineering Designers and be flexible enough to maintain support for emergent work

Spicer Group, Inc. Dundee, Michigan Jun.-Dec. 2015

AutoCAD Technician III - Water Resources Department

●Work closely with Designers and Project Managers to visualize and portray complex design features, and provide CAD drafting and design support for engineering projects within allocated budgets

●Recommend design changes requiring sound judgement and discretion

●Analyze, interpret, and apply archived descriptions & maps written by past county engineers to determine benchmarks to commence ACAD formatted drawings

●Utilize AutoCAD Civil 3D & AutoCAD Land Desktop software to draw drainage district boundaries and type descriptions of townships from surrounding counties

●Report hours/days per job for cost charged to client

●Participate in weekly meetings/video meetings with other branches, Dundee employees, project managers, engineers to determine time & cost of project

Bartolo Surveying, L.L.C. (Formerly Walter E. Frazier & Assoc.) Adrian, Michigan 1996-2015

Senior CAD Technician

●Use Survey CAD software to document property lines for residential, agricultural and commercial properties

●Consult with clients to assess their needs and plan projects accordingly

●Create Certified Boundary surveys, Mortgage surveys, Topographic and ALTA/ACSM surveys, Construction stakes, As-built surveys, Site Plans

●Work with surveyors and technicians to gather information for the drawings

●Utilize Data Collector to download information from the field instruments to the computer system.

●Research and collect property information to update for survey preparation

●Research, schedule and assist in the setup of a wireless network for the office

●Maintain/upgrade computer hardware/software infrastructure and coordinated external services when necessary

●Kept software programs up-to-date and performed monthly backups

●Format client programs from PC Survey CAD software into AutoCAD DWG/DXF format, and vice versa

Lenawee County Drain Commission Adrian, Michigan Aug.-Dec. 2007

Civil CAD Technician

●Utilize AutoCAD 2006 to draft drainage district maps, incorporating open and tiled drains with stationing from surrounding townships

●Interpret and work from archival drain maps from early 1900’s, converting to digital format

●Work with assessment books to draw drainage districts surrounding and following the drains to configure water flow and passage

●Insert layered aerial topography photos onto finished drainage district maps

EDUCATION

Associates of Applied Science Degree in Business Administration Jackson College

Graphic Design Curriculum Ferris State University

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