Sr. Designer
Resume:
Jeff McWhorter
Highlands, TX 77562
Email: ****.************@*****.***
QUALIFICATIONS
Pulse Training – Technip safety climate training (Certificate) Quartz Training – Technip quality, health, environment, safety & leadership training (Certificate) MLC Cad – SolidWorks Certificate in Advanced Part, Assembly Modeling and Productivity City of Houston Fire Dept. – Evacuation Training in High-Rise Buildings and Hotels Brazosport College – Certificate of Engineering Graphics and Design Total CAD Systems – Inventor Certificate
Womack-Certificate in Hydraulics and Troubleshooting Rochester Tooling and Machining Institute – Certificate in Tooling and Drafting Metils Inc. – Certificate in Plate and Pipe Welding and Welding Procedures and Codes SUMMARY EXPERIENCE
3D CAD Designer with an extensive background in the offshore construction and oilfield industry. Proactive and a team player.
TECHNIP UMBILICALS INC. - Umbilical Manufacturing Facility – Houston, TX September 2015 - January 2016
Senior Designer (Mechanical/Structural)
• Responsible for designing surface and sub-sea terminations for umbilicals (Inventor 3D).
• Responsible for designing retention collars & tube terminations for umbilical tubes (AutoCAD 3D/2D).
• Produced 2D/3D storyboards / subsea installation sequences using Inventor & AutoCad 2013 software.
• Other Duties include: Training, assisting and checking others work as well as putting together bills of materials, and performing calculations.
• Client base includes oil and gas companies such as: ExxonMobil, BP, J P Kenny, Shell, Chevron/Texaco, Petrobras, McMoran, Murphy and various others.
• Responsible for keeping signed hard-copy drawings in correct file locations. CAL DIVE INTERNATIONAL, INC. – Houston, TX
May 2009 –August 2015
Drafting Supervisor/Senior Designer
• Prepared pipeline installation/salvage and structural installation/salvage projects drawings.
• Produced detailed heavy lift rigging arrangements.
• Planned vessel deck layouts along with Project Engineers and Project Managers.
• Responsible for Drafting Dept. completing work in a timely manner according to deadlines.
• Checked work of Designers before submitting to Engineering.
• Assured organization of drawings, both electronically and hard copy.
• Produced 2D/3D storyboards / subsea installation sequences using Inventor & AutoCad 2013 software.
• Interviewed Designers and trained new hires in company standards.
• All work performed in AutoCAD 2D as well as 3D modeling.
• Upgraded equipment on vessels, and created drawings for as-built work on vessels. FORUM OILFIELD TECHNOLOGIES - Houston, TX /Lafayette, LA August 2007-February 2009
Project Designer
• Responsible for 3D Design of company products, (automated catwalk machines, and drill floor handling tools) using SolidWorks 3D Modeling software from conceptual planning to finished products.
• Modeled machined parts, weldments to final assemblies. From these models created machine, weldment and assembly detail drawings for production.
• Created weldment cut-list, and assembly Bill of Materials.
• Provided engineering support to machine and fabrication shops, and interacted with vendors for correct purchased parts selection.
• Trained other employees in the use of SolidWorks, and the company design policies. HORIZON OFFSHORE CONTRACTORS, INC. - Houston, TX
February 2007-August 2007
Senior Designer
• Responsible for pipeline installation projects.
• Entails starting with an engineering request order with client requirements, gathering data and producing drawings for lay/bury vessels, pipeline sizes and specifications, anchor plans, tie-in spool pieces, start up and laydown heads, installation procedures and structural drawings.
• Created heavy lift drawings that ensured successful crane capacities, clearances & rigging arrangements for offshore structural installations/salvages.
• All work was performed in AutoCAD 2D as well as 3D modeling (Inventor).
• Upgraded equipment, as-built work on vessels, filling in for the drafting supervisor and any field work on an as- needed basis.
DUCO INC. (A Division of Technip) Umbilical Manufacturing Facility – Houston, TX September 2001- February 2007
Hardware Design Specialist (Mechanical/Structural/Cross-Sectional)
• Responsible for designing surface and sub-sea terminations for umbilicals (SolidWorks 3D).
• Responsible for designing cross sections for umbilicals (AutoCAD 2D).
• Other Duties include: training, assisting and checking others work as well as putting together bills of materials, ordering parts, and performing calculations.
• Client base includes oil and gas companies such as: ExxonMobil, BP, Intec, J P Kenny, Shell, Chevron/Texaco, Petrobras and various others.
Tool and Die Apprentice - Rochester, NY (September 1990 - July 1992)
• Worked under the New York State Apprenticeship Program.
• Involved in setting up layouts, machine setup and operation procedures.
• Designed and tested parts prior to release for manufacturing.
• Measured and inspected parts for quality assurance, and inspected assemblies and components for delivery to clients. Welder, Fabricator and Shop Foreman (Process Piping and Structural Steel) – Texas (1974 – 1990)
• Certified in tungsten inert gas, metal inert gas, shielded metal arc and used plasma arc, oxygen acetylene and carbon arc processes.
• All welding and fabrication was done to ASME, AWS, GTAW, GMAW and ANSI standards and company work procedures.
• Worked at the following petroleum and chemical plants: BASF, Dow, DuPont, Amoco, Marathon Oil and various others.
JOB RELATED TRAINING AND SKILLS
Experienced in offshore industry. Experienced in subsea engineering environment and offshore operations. Experience in working with offshore field layouts, route planning, and vessel deck layouts. Experienced in the use of AutoCAD 2D 2013 software. Experienced in the use of Inventor 3D CAD 2015 software. Able to work in a multi discipline environment. Good communication skills in English, both verbally and written. REFERENCES
1.) Tyrone C. Hutton - Installation Engineer ******.******@*****.*** 504-***-**** 2.) Rusty L. Baldwin, P.E. – Director of Engineering **.*********@*****.*** 281-***-**** 3.) Travis Ginn – Project Engineer ******@*****.*** 979-***-**** 4.) Mary Hatcher – HR Coordinator ********@*******.*** 281-***-**** 5.) Sath Soupeau – Senior Design Supervisor ********@*******.*** 281-***-****
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