Grant Alkire

Houston, Tx

832-***-****

ad1afh@r.postjobfree.com

Objective

Engineering Design professional with over 25 years of experience. An organized, detail-oriented, analytical self-starter, with extensive experience in multifaceted construction projects. Specializing in structural, mechanical, and electrical design.

Skills

3D Parametric Design, Project Management, Problem Solver

Software: Autodesk, Dassault, Hexagon, Siemens, Aveva, Trimble

MS, Office, SAP, SharePoint, PDM tools, etc.

Education

San Jacinto College

Engineering Design

4.0 GPA

Experience

Bechtel – Structural Design Engineer

04/2022– (Present)

Contract employee for Bechtel providing engineering design services for NASA’s Project Artemis new Mobile Launch Platform, ML2. Prepare early design concepts within a cross disciplinary team to reach final design review. Develop specifications, designs, and manufacturing requirements. (Tekla, Creo, AutoCAD, MicroStation)

Oceaneering Space Systems - Aerospace Design Engineer

09/2020– 04/2022

Contract employee for OSS, providing engineering design services for Project Artemis Human Landing System, focusing on thermal protection systems.

Prepare early design concepts and drive thermally related design trade-offs within a cross disciplinary team. Develop specifications, designs, and manufacturing requirements for lunar vehicle. (Solidworks, Autodesk, Catia, Creo)

NOV - National Oilwell Varco – Electro-Mechanical Designer

08/2019– 06/2020

Employee for NOV Tuboscope providing engineering design and automation for their specialty tubular and accessories products. Scope includes the latest technologies and services for Custom Coating, inspection, corrosion control, & asset management.

(AutoCAD, Inventor, Fusion, Solidworks, NX, Team Center)

Nanoracks - Aerospace Design Engineer

08/2017– 05/2019

Contract employee for Nanoracks, providing engineering design services for the first commercial Airlock Module (Bishop) onboard the ISS.

Responsibilities include mechanical, structural, avionics, power, PCB custom design and integration with multiple partners to complete CDR and move to fabrication.

(Solidworks, Altium, Autodesk)

Hagemeyer - Fire Protection Specialist

06/2016– 05/2017

Contract employee at Hagemeyer Life Safety Systems (LSS) which provides a one stop solution for all fire protection services. Experienced in industrial and commercial, with intelligent detection, alarm, and suppression. (Deluge, foam, dry chem, etc…)

(Tekla, Autodesk, Cadworx, MicroStation, Watergems)

Nalco - Sr. Plant Designer & Project Coordinator

12/2011– 05/2016

Contract employee for Nalco chemical company providing capital project design services for chemical production, and the treatment of process feed water.

Responsibilities include: 150 sites worldwide, Sr. Engineering Designer for Capital Projects Group, Admin for all CAD software, Admin/Designer for SharePoint sites, and company standards group lead.

(Plant 3D, Tekla, Inventor, Navisworks, E3D, PDMS, Leica Cyclone, and more)

Energy Management Systems - Sr. Project Designer

11/2010– 11/2011

Contract employee for Energy Management Systems, providing offshore equipment design, piping and instrumentation, sheet metal fabrication and design, as well as civil and structural design & layout services. (Autodesk, Cadworxs, SolidWorks)

ConocoPhillips – Specialty Products Designer

12/2009– 11/2010

Contract employee for ConocoPhillips Specialty product group. Provided all mechanical, electrical & instrumentation, design and layout services using AutoCAD & AutoCAD Electrical. Also maintained and was responsible for all document control.

Cameron - Designer IV

07/2007– 11/2009

Contract employee for Cameron Corp. providing offshore/subsea equipment design.

To include mechanical, structural, instrumentation & electrical, design and layout services using AutoCAD and Inventor. Also responsible for training all employees in the use of Workflow document control software and SAP/PLM Engineering modules.

ABB/Vetco Grey - Lead Designer

03/2005– 07/2007

Contract employee for ABB/Vetco Grey providing offshore/subsea mechanical design and layout services using AutoCAD and Pro-E. (IWOCS, HPU’s, BOP’s, ROV’s, subsea trees, manifolds, diverter panels, mud mat, umbilical interface systems, etc.…)

Raytheon Company - Principle Designer

03/2004– 02/2005

Contract employee for Raytheon Aerospace Engineering Services providing product design services.

My responsibilities include the creation, update, & transition of all engineering documentation from Raytheon to United Space Alliance. This includes all history files, as well as the latest electronic files, for this entire 10-year project.

Cooper Energy - Designer III

10/2003– 03/2004

Contract employee for Cooper Energy Services providing drafting/design services using AutoCAD and Unigraphics, also Bill of Materials accounting in SAP/PLM.

Responsible for developing systems to improve the Engineering Group workflow, and provide training for the Engineering Group in the use of SAP/PLM.

Cameron - Designer III

05/2002– 10/2003

Contract employee for Cameron Offshore Systems providing drafting and design of Cameron Subsea Trees & HPU system using AutoCAD/Inventor/Pro-E/SAP, skid mounted equipment, hydraulic power units, pump/motor assemblies, electro-hydraulic piping designs and packaging of electrical components and PLC modules. I perform as-builts and sight surveys, circuit design and implementation, maintain and redline drawings, as well as create Mechanical/Detail layouts. I assist software engineers on system I/O changes and loop checks. Also responsible for training all employee’s in the use of Workflow document control software and SAP/PLM Engineering modules.

TRC Industrial Design – Infrastructure security designer

02/2002– 05/2002

Contract employee for TRC providing drafting/design services.

The Security Group is part of the Homeland Security initiative, and provides infrastructure security solutions. We design and implement physical and architectural security tools and planning, operational counter-measures, integrated security systems, security management counseling, threat and vulnerability assessment, structural hardening, alarms, closed circuit video system, and access control.

Invensys/Foxboro – I & E Designer

09/2001– 02/2002

Contract Employee for Foxboro/Invensys for field design and installation of Foxboro I/A system. I perform as-builts and sight surveys, circuit design and implementation, and maintain redline drawings. I was also administrator for Intools/Smartplant.

Shell E & P - Document Control & drafting

04/2001– 09/2001

Contract employee for Shell Engineering and Production. Responsible for Engineering drawing database and maintenance, printing all engineering plans, and provided Piping and Instrumentation drafting services.

Brazos Contractors - Architectural Designer & IT Admin

08/1997– 04/2001

Created detailed construction drawings for a commercial developer.

Drawings include M.E.P. (Mechanical/Electrical/Plumbing) plans, Schematics, and Orthographic, as well as, Civil and Structural, layouts & details.

I also worked directly w/ the city of Houston Permitting department to apply and secure permits for all local construction. I also troubleshoot and maintain all computer hardware & software, including our company network.

Please, allow me to come in and discuss what I can offer your company.

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