Richard T. Raines CSWA
Nocona, TX 76255 US
Phone: +1-940-***-**** **********@*****.***
Employment History
Solidworks Designer/Drafter
Halliburton Company
June 2014 February 2016 (1 year 8 months)
Design sheet metal, machined parts, electrical, and piping
Perform engineering technician duties specifying and locating parts for the project at hand
Assist in planning meetings
Member of the plant wide safety team
Worked primarily with SolidWorks 2014, and Autocad 2010. (3646 hrs. approx.)
Solidworks Designer & contract design work from home
Raines Consulting http://www.google.com/search?q=Raines%20Consulting
June, 2003 June, 2014 (11 years)
Doing contract design work from home
Have performed various design contracts in the automotive, electronics, and plastics industries
Have designed products ranging from down hole pvc water well pumps to various machinery. All work done with Solidworks
(9500 hrs approx.)
Designer & CNC Programmer
Volt Industrial Plastics http://www.google.com/search?q=Volt%20Industrial%20Plastics
July, 2002 June, 2003 (11 months)
Job entails design in Solidworks, and program in Esprit, plastic injection mold tooling for the automotive and electronics industries
All molds were designed utilizing proper shrink allowances per manufacturers' specs. Developed and wrote Machine and Tooling Manual for the company (utilized Solidworks and Visio programs) All work performed using Solidworks and Esprit
(2800 hrs approx.)
Parts Designer
Poco Graphite Inc. http://www.google.com/search?q=Poco%20Graphite%20Inc.
April, 2000 August, 2001 (1 year 4 months)
Design parts in graphite from customer sketches, interface with customers to determine design needs
Also checked designs of all other members of the design group to ensure that all designs were fully defined and adequate for production. All work Performed using Solidworks (4100+ hrs.)
Utilized GD&T for most projects. Completed Solidworks advanced training course.
Autocad Designer & Drafter
Crestridge Manufactured Homes http://www.google.com/search?q=Crestridge%20Manufactured%20Homes
February, 1999 April, 2000 (1 year 2 months)
Duties include design of new homes (plumbing, water line, walls, cabinets, electrical wiring), and conversion of old drawings to new style format
Checked all drawings from the other members of the design group. Work performed using AutoCad R-14 (2000+ hrs.). Richard T
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Design Engineer
Illinois Precision Corp. http://www.google.com/search?q=Illinois%20Precision%20Corp.
February, 1993 February, 1999 (6 years)
Tasked with new product and tool design of customer parts, and engaged in plastic injection machine engineering and design including: hydraulic, mechanical, and electrical design and drafting.
Responsible for conceptualizing new products and equipment modifications and upgrades, performing stress calculations, and producing all necessary drawings for manufacture of products and tooling.
Machined and/or oversaw machining of prototype equipment, specify components, select and coordinate vendors.
Act as liaison with customers ensuring quality and satisfaction.
Tasked with developing and writing a training program and operation/maintenance manual (utilized Cadkey and Visio programs)
Inventor of record for Table Lift Mechanism.
Work performed using Cadkey 7.5 (15,000 + hrs.).
Machinist
T.S.T.I.
July, 1990 February, 1993 (2 years 7 months)
Various jobs in construction under direction of Program Chairman of T.S.T.I.
Work Study Program - machinist
Acquired approximately 1,800 hours experience on AutoCad R-11.
President of Student Chapter
S.M.E. http://www.google.com/search?q=S.M.E.
January, 1992 January, 1993 (1 year)
Life Time Member of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society
ORGANIZATIONS
Member Society of Plastic Engineers
Education
Texas State Technical College
Associate Degree in Manufacturing Engineering Technology
Degree date: 1993
U.S. NAVY
Associate Degree in Electronics
Degree date: 1974
Clearance: Secret (now inactive)