Jose L. Gonzalez

***** ******* ****** ***, *******, TX 77084

321-***-**** aczaeo@r.postjobfree.com

Summary: Twenty-seven years of experience with 2D/3D CAD Design in Structural, Civil, Architectural and Mechanical disciplines; Client, vendor & interdisciplinary coordination; Checking & approving documents; Document control project interface; Design Lead & CAD management

Education: AS in Drafting & Design Technology at Eastern Florida State College; Drafting & AutoCAD certificates; General studies; 3 years total College

Experience:

Commercial Siding & Maintenance, Houston, TX, 02/16 to Present

Structural Design Consultant (Industrial) - Operating AutoCAD 2015, MicroStation V8i & Smart Plant Review

My responsibilities included Structural steel, secondary steel & Architectural design, checking, creating various material lists, BOMs & schedules, producing fabrication drawings, reviewing 3D models, coordinating with involved disciplines, as well as suppliers, manufacturers, subcontractors & clients. The projects I’ve worked on for CSM comprise of large industrial facilities such as a nuclear power plant and polyethylene plants for Chevron Phillips Chemical Company & ExxonMobil.

Technip USA, Inc., Houston, TX, 03/14 to 02/16

Senior Principal Designer - Operating MicroStation V8i, AutoCAD 2015, Smart Plant Review

Lead Designer for Structural & Architectural CAD operations. My responsibilities span from creating concept drawings to contract management, detailing, 3D modeling, coordinating with involved disciplines, answering RFIs, driving the model & recording comments made in the model reviews, interim checking of the master Smart Plant model, liaising with project managers, clients & subcontractors and the checking of over a thousand vendor & in house CSA documents through final IFC. One large scale project I was involved with was a 6-billion-dollar grass root expansion project, which is an addition to existing polyethylene facilities for Chevron Phillips Chemical company. The model & documents within my scope to oversee the design of and check included, primary steel, piperacks, secondary steel & 500,000 sq/ft of cladding for 9 high rise steel fabricated process structures, as well as structural steel, architectural, MEP & foundation drawings for a 12,000 sq/ft blast resistant control building, a 9,500 sq/ft laboratory, 5 large shop fabricated blast resistant buildings, a 20,000 sq/ft hazardous material storage building and a 65,000 sq/ft maintenance warehouse/shop & office. Also, I assisted the Civil & Electrical departments in resolving design & layout issues involving foundations, various underground Civil utilities, electrical duct bank, grading & drainage, which in many instances were issues I had identified & relayed to the team. As a side note, I had saved Technip hundreds of thousands of dollars on vendor change orders, which I was assigned to review.

Mastec, Houston, TX, 07/13 to 03/14

Civil / Structural Designer & CAD Coordinator - MicroStation V8i, AutoCAD 2014, Autodesk Infrastructure

Generated 3D models, civil backgrounds, plans, elevations & details for foundations and structural layouts, grounding plans & details, power conduit duct bank routing layouts, section & details, schedules, material takeoffs, BOMs, equipment placement & details, for jobs & proposals involving new & existing substations ranging from 69kV to 500kV. Initial creation of company drawing templates, company attributed border and logo, standard layer names and linetypes, pen tables, color schemes & CAD assessment tests. Set up training for CAD personnel to learn AutoCAD & MicroStation. Trained CAD users on AutoCAD & MicroStation. Contributed to drafting process standard procedure manual & assisted in the creation of company standard forms, schedules & documentation.

Pegasus TSI, Tampa, FL, 03/13 to 06/13

Structural Designer - MicroStation J, V8i, Frameworks & AutoCAD

Creation of steel and concrete plans, elevations, sections and details for chemical processing plants. Work involved high rise industrial steel structures, which support various types of equipment and piping. These structures consisted of steel section columns, beams, bracing, elevated slabs, girts, purlins and siding along with grade beam, pile and pier style foundations.

Hatch, Tampa, FL, 05/11 to 03/13

Structural Designer - MicroStation V8 XM, Bentley Structural, Triforma & Acad

Creation of steel models, concrete models & extracted structural drawings for large scale steel structures on various chemical processing and granulation plants. These models and drawings included the design of primary & secondary steel members, piperacks, suspended concrete platforms, grade beam, pile, spread footing and pier style foundations, as well as the mapping of existing underground civil utilities from as-built drawings in conjunction with ongoing site survey data. In addition, I assisted mechanical designers with Smart Plant designed mechanical equipment and piping routes. The work involved coordination with various disciplines on projects having new construction, as well as some aspect of existing structures, including, reaction, filtration, evaporation and clarification facilities, which housed reactors, coolers, dryers, heat exchangers, elevators, pressure vessels, conveyors and intricate piping arrangements.

Bowman A&E, Merritt Is., FL, 03/07 to 05/11

Civil / Structural & Architectural Designer – AutoCAD and Revit

Involved independently and as a team member on numerous, commercial, industrial, municipal, multi-level and high rise construction projects creating plans, elevations, sections and details, of CSA, electrical, plumbing, H.V.A.C, ceiling and lighting, compilations. Acquired field experience, recording data and creating sketches of the site, or the work in progress, then converted the data/sketches into CAD based drawings, in order to progress the work at hand and/or resolve whatever issues may be in need of attention. Experience applying code and corresponding with code enforcement agencies to resolve issues implicated by various departments.

Independent Contractor, Houston, TX, 10/05 to 03/07

Offshore Structural Designer - AutoCAD, Unigraphics & Solidworks

Creation of concept and construction drawings, for fixed platforms and semi-submersible oilrigs ranging from general assembly to details and B.O.M.s. Also, spent some time working on a team, digitizing archived designs and adding new design, for the restoration drill ships.

Bowman A&E, Merritt Is., FL, 08/04 to 10/05

Civil / Structural & Architectural Designer - AutoCAD

Involved independently and as a team member on numerous, commercial, industrial, municipal, multi-level and high rise construction projects creating plans, elevations, sections and details, of CSA, electrical, plumbing, H.V.A.C, ceiling and lighting, compilations. Acquired field experience, recording data and creating sketches of the site, or the work in progress, then converted the data/sketches into CAD based drawings, in order to progress the work at hand and/or resolve whatever issues may be in need of attention. Experience applying code and corresponding with code enforcement agencies to resolve issues implicated by various departments.

Independent Contractor, Southeast MI, 01/00 to 08/04

Civil Designer - AutoCAD and Land Desktop Development

Created 3D surface models, topographical and boundary surveys, plot plans, grading, utility, drainage and soil erosion plans, obscured scale utility profiles, location maps and parking layouts for many commercial and industrial properties. Sole designer for a complete set of civil drawings on a 128 acre, 600 lot subdivision, surrounded by wetlands. Managed a small group of designers while working for an Environmental Engineering company, out of Ann Arbor, MI. Design work for landfills, 3D mapping the change of volumes from survey data and recording the remaining available space. Understanding of survey work and some experience assisting survey crews in the field.

Sverdrup CRSS, Orlando, FL, 09/98 to 12/99

Structural Designer, AutoCAD and MicroStation

Structural steel drawings for commercial projects including Shopping Centers, various high rise construction and Walt Disney World theme park attractions in Orlando, FL.

B.R.P.H., Melbourne, FL, 08/97 to 09/98

Structural & Mechanical Designer, AutoCAD

Worked on a team making modifications to stationary and mobile launch towers, for N.A.S.A.’s Delta program. The structural redesign involved retractable hydraulic platforms, new mechanical equipment and complete structural upgrade of the towers. H.V.A.C. dwgs. for commercial projects, such as Universal Studios, Island of Adventure facilities and municipal projects such as Brevard county public schools. Also, piping work on the water tunnel and filtration/sanitization system for the Universal Studios theme park attraction, Poseidon’s Fury. Piping, plumbing and fire protection drawings for commercial and industrial projects.

Brevard Truss, Melbourne, FL, 03/94 to 08/97

Structural Designer – Operating Truswal & AutoCAD

Created Complete 3D layouts of elaborate residential homes and commercial buildings; formed itemized estimates; collaborated with owners, builders and engineers; converted 3D generated truss profiles into scaled construction drawings, using industry specific analytic software and converted the plan into AutoCAD drawings to annotate the overall layout, special connections, high reactions, wind design criteria, and general notes. Also, specified, anchors, hangers, fasteners, laminated beams etc., according to use and capacity.

Atlas Truss, Cocoa, FL, 01/89 to 03/94

Structural Designer – Operating Aces, Mitek & AutoCAD

Created Complete 3D layouts of elaborate residential homes and commercial buildings; formed itemized estimates; collaborated with owners, builders and engineers; converted 3D generated truss profiles into scaled construction drawings, using industry specific analytic software and converted the plan into AutoCAD drawings to annotate the overall layout, special connections, high reactions, wind design criteria, and general notes. Also, specified, anchors, hangers, fasteners, laminated beams, etc., according to use and capacity.

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