Paula McKaig

Rutherfordton, NC

ad2t70@r.postjobfree.com

864-***-****

More than thirty years experience using AutoCAD & associated equipment. Fourteen plus years experience in Structural and Architectural design. Experience in the following fields: Electrical, Mechanical, Land Surveying, HVAC, Structural, and Architectural. One year secretarial, customer service and / or receptionist. Willing to relocate: Anywhere

Authorized to work in the US for any employer

Work Experience

Project Designer

Peacock Architects - Hendersonville, NC

August 2022 to April 2023

Generate construction drawings for renovations, additions, and new construction for residential, commercial, and medical facilities. Design conceptual plans with clients adhering to code requirements using Revit software. Site visits during construction to oversee progress and ensure schedule adherence.

Project Designer

Blue Ridge Building Components - Dana, NC

October 2020 to July 2022

Generate 3D residential wood truss design plans, sections and details. Coordinate with woodshop and steel shop for production of standard and custom pieces. Keep up with materials needed and materials ordered, calculate weight loads for LVL construction. Communicate with clients and contractors on an as needed basis for any situations that may arise during production and erection. Work daily hand in hand with planning and scheduling for most efficient production of projects. Project Designer

Tindall Corporation - Spartanburg, SC

October 2018 to October 2020

Generate plans, sections and detail for prestress concrete projects, ranging from parking decks to warehouse panels. Coordinate with woodshop and steel shop for production of standard and custom pieces. Keep up with materials needed and materials ordered. Communicate with plant on an as needed basis for any situations that may arise during production. Work daily hand in hand with planning/ scheduling for most efficient production of projects. Drafter/Designer

LightSett - Hendersonville, NC

June 2018 to October 2018

Generate underground and aerial layouts for proposed fiber optics. Including all existing lines such as sewer, electrical and runoff using current restrictions and standards for all disciplines in the underground environment. Load power poles with existing and proposed lines for primar, secondary and neutral power. Also any communication lines such as fiber, phone, and CATV. Constant communication with on site surveyors. All underground work using AutoCad, importings other files including excel spreadsheets. All aerial using Ike and Ocalc software.

Precast designer

PRC Precast - Taylors, SC

September 2015 to June 2018

Created architectural precast erection drawings, shop tickets and machined part drawings as needed, from client contract drawings. Types of projects included; bridges, cornices for buildings, wall panels, spandrel and caps. Worked daily with shop production, plant manager, and engineer to keep project on track and within quality requirements. Slight management duties of very small Engineering dept. Machine Designer

Upstate Machine and Tool - Campobello, SC

January 2014 to February 2015

Created detail drawings of parts to be machined. Involved with redesign of two product lines from initial idea to complete operation. Assisted with issuing shop packets to the floor for assembly and production. Occasionally helped with inventory control, ordering of materials and regular office duties as needed. Precast Detailer

Ambassador Staffing - Spartanburg, SC

January 2011 to April 2011

Assigned to Tindall Corporation, Spartanburg, S.C. Duties included precast concrete design, detailed product design drawings on time sensitive pour schedule, overall proud decks and cooling towers. Generated drawings for misc. steel items needed for pours. Also prepared drawings for project bids, projects awarded, and any meetings where needed.

Structural/Architectural Designer

Southern Design - Spartanburg, SC

October 2007 to December 2010

Assigned Milliken and Company, Spartanburg, S.C.

Duties included structural design for concrete floor replacements, platforms, stairs, catwalks, driveways and small misc. projects like pump pads. Assisted with P&ID's as needed. Designed architectural drawings for remodeling of different areas of Milliken offices, lobbies and cafeteria.

Precast Detailer

Southern Design - Spartanburg, SC

September 2005 to October 2007

Assigned to Tindall Corporation, Spartanburg, S.C. Duties included precast concrete design, detailed product design drawings on time sensitive pour schedule, overall project layouts. Detail design of precast columns, double T's, wall panels, and cornices of manufacturing buildings, schools, parking decks. Also responsible for ordering materials used in product line for production and erection at job site. Generated drawings for steel shop for items needed in product pour. Administrative Assistant

Bommer Industries - Landrum, SC

August 2005 to September 2005

crediting and minor accounting using Microsoft Word and Excel along with other company software. Daily customer order entry, and shipment information along with tracking of orders. Photographed product line and entered product line data for use on company website.

Architectural Designer

H K A & Associates, Inc - Greer, SC

December 1997 to March 2004

Assigned to Milliken & Company, Spartanburg, S.C.

Duties included structural design in compliance with International Code, Architectural design and drafting as needed. All for industrial projects ranging from concrete with reinforcement and steel framing for plant additions to catwalks to steel and concrete support for new machinery, including stairs and stair towers. Projects were completed within time restraints. Occasionally required to do field work, such as retrieving existing conditions and dimensions. Assisted in Civil, HVAC, Electrical disciplines as needed.

Structural Designer

H K A & Associates, Inc - Greer, SC

October 1997 to November 1997

Assigned to HOK, Inc., Greenville, S.C.

Duties included Structural drafting with minor design. Created Structural layouts as well as details with assistance of Structural Engineer. Very short term assignment. Architectural Designer/Drafter

H K A & Associates, Inc - Greer, SC

August 1997 to August 1997

Assigned to Lemforder Corporation, Spartanburg, S.C. Duties included Architectural floor plans, machinery layout, and all associated drawings for an addition to the manufacturing plant. Short term assignment. Drafter

Bommer Industries - Landrum, SC

December 1993 to July 1997

Duties included generating installation drawings for company's apartment complex style mailboxes. Created detail instructional drawings for customer. Initiated complete set of new warehouse plans including topographic information, site plan, and elevations. Ocasionally assisted with quality assurance of production line as needed. Artist

Carolina Emblem Co - Campobello, SC

November 1990 to March 1992

Duties included designing and preparing enlarged logos for patch patterns. Freehand sketched designs for customer approval and machine programming for pattern designs.

Drafter

Michelin Tire Corp - Spartanburg, SC

May 1990 to November 1990

Duties included preparing and updating ladder diagrams using AutoCAD. Created flow diagrams using Flow Chart 2 software.

Drafter

Piedmont Design Group - Greenville, SC

February 1990 to April 1990

Duties included creating working piping and isometric layouts as well using AutoCAD. Prepared detail drawings for Mechanical and HVAC disciplines as needed. Drafter

Michelin Tire Corp - Spartanburg, SC

November 1988 to January 1990

Duties included creating Electrical drawings using AutoCAD. Revised drawings manually using drafting table.

Education

Mechanical Engineering Technology

Technical College - Spartanburg, SC

1987 to 1988

Certificate

H.B. Swofford Vocation Technical Center - Inman, SC 1985 to 1987

Skills

• AutoCAD

• Drafting

• CAD

• Logo Design

• Manufacturing

• Revit

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