Kristin M. Nelson

CAD Technician

Summary:

A creative CAD Technician with years of experience and excellent 3D spatial skills. Performance-driven with the ability to quickly improve process workflow to meet goals efficiently. Strong working knowledge of AutoCAD with the ability to work in a team environment or independently.

Skills:

2D & 3D AutoCAD

Microsoft Office

Architectural drafting

Structural drafting

Site Measurement

Space Management

Geometry

Continuous Improvement Planning

Design Organizations & Developments

Problem Solving

Freehand Sketches

Blue Print Reading

Detail Orientation

Customer Service

Experience:

Emerson, Chanhassen, Eden Prairie, & Shakopee, MN May 2014 – Jan 2024

Senior Plant Engineering Technician

Created and maintained many different types of AutoCAD facility drawings for three separate manufacturing environments including Architectural layout plans, production layout plans, reflected ceiling plans, roof plans, cable tray plans, 3D HVAC drawings, 3D LN2 drawings, parking lot drawings, safety drawings, and more.

Created a system of CAD drawings and templates fot the Facility enineers to use.

Designed custom LN2 (Liquid Nitrogen) pipes and the CAD templates to use in pipe designing, which developed better efficiency.

Performed site measurements and verifications to accurately place future manufacturing equipment.

Supported maintenance team by transferring layouts in CAD to the production floor.

Developed multiple libraries of CAD blocks for repetitive usage in Facility Engineering.

3D CAD drawings of HVAC and LN2 systems.

3D mockup of utility sets (Electrical, Plumbing, HVAC, Network).

Developed and maintained office space drawings for efficient workflow.

Utilized laser distance equipment to measure a building and develop a CAD drawing from outdated hand-drafted drawings.

Create and maintain safety drawings specified by the EHS department.

Emerson Process Management/Rosemount, Chanhassen, MN Jan 2011 – May 2014

Facility CAD Technician (Contract) Aug 2007 – June 2009

Drafted the production space of a modern manufacturing environment.

Developed office space drawings to support facility management.

Created and updated Safety department drawings as needed.

Midland Glass Co., Inc., Hopkins, MN May 2007 – July 2007

CAD Technician (Contract)

Developed elevations and detailed drawings in AutoCAD for aluminum glass frame products.

Developed a library of detailed drawings to improve efficiency.

TreHus Builders, Inc., Minneapolis, MN April 2004 – Oct 2006

CAD Technician

Created residential architectural drawings in AutoCAD Architecture including floor plans, elevations, section drawings, detail drawings, and reflected ceiling plans.

Created a system of templates for repetitive use which improved project efficiency.

Acquired measurements of houses using standard measuring tapes & Class II laser product (PLS1).

Organized and archived brochures.

Education

Herzing College Minneapolis, MN

Certification in AutoCAD Architectural Desktop

Dakota County Technical College, Rosemount, MN

AAS Degree in Architectural Technology

Dakota County Technical College, Rosemount, MN

AAS Degree in Residential Interior Design- FIDER accredited

Dakota County Technical College, Rosemount, MN

Certificate in Commercial Interior Design

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