Designer Civil Engineering

Willie Douglas Owens, Jr.

*** ** ******* ***. **** St Lucie FL 34953

757-***-**** Mobile

Email: **********@*****.***

OBJECTIVE

Senior CAD Designer seeking a challenging position with opportunity for advancement and growth. EDUCATION

• Virginia State University (1982 – 1985) Commercial Art Petersburg, VA 23806

• Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (2017-Present) Professional Aeronautics Norfolk, VA 23511

• United States Navy Completed Aviation Electrician – AE (1) School, United States Navy Naval Air Technical Training Command, NAS Memphis, Millington TN. (10/93) EXPERIENCE

July 2019 – Present PROJECT/CAD DESIGNER

MBV Engineering, Vero Beach, FL

Developed civil site plan, paving/grading/drainage, water/sewer, and soil/erosion civil engineering designs utilizing Autodesk Civil 3D software.

Assist developers with conceptual studies and cost analysis for future development projects. Coordinate with survey, structural, and outside architect contractors for providing clients engineering plan sets

Responsible for civil design requirements, site data calculations for City, and County municipal codes. February 2019 – July 2019 SENIOR DESIGNER/LEAD (Government Contractor) Gibbs & Cox Newport News, VA

Produced lighting and power engineering design systems utilizing AUTOCAD R14 design software. Supervised ship-check teams during installation, modification and repair of Engineering Change Proposals (ECP) to support Department of Defense contracts. DOD Security Clearance.

Checker for proposed designs of power distributions, wiring diagrams, schematics, and calculations to support major overhaul support of U.S. Navy (Nimitz class) nuclear powered aircraft carriers. March 2018 – October 2018 SENIOR DESIGNER/LEAD

Bechtel, West Palm Beach, FL

Assigned to infrastructure team to support Overhead/Underground conversions for Florida Power & Light. Developed new design to support Storm hardening, Overhead an Underground upgrades utilizing Small World Design Manager & Auto Cad 2017. Perform field/survey inspections to verify existing conditions to support new design upgrades.

Worked on substation, power distribution and transmission voltage projects in which performed load studies on distribution transformers, investigate circuit overloads and voltage complaints to determine necessary corrective action. Task to include AFS, ALS, transformer design modification per system requirements.

Utilized electronic document management system (WMS) to organize and store different kinds of documents. Generate job cost estimates, material summary reports, structural analysis and load calculations to support design requirements. June 2017 – October 2017 SENIOR DESIGNER (Government Contractor) Bath Iron Works

(General Dynamics), Bath, ME

Assigned to the Electrical/Wireway support team. New construction department to support the U.S. Navy DDG Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer Surface Ships.

Developed detail electrical design packages to include system, equipment, wire/cableway design and routing. Autodesk Ship-Constructor.

Proficient with the following systems to include Fire Detection, AC Magnetic/Solid State Controllers, 400hz Control Panels, 60hsz Switchboards, Visual Landing Aids. January 2015 – May 2016 SENIOR DESIGNER BHI Energy, West Palm Beach, FL

Develop complex detailed design of overhead and /or underground electric distribution systems. Perform design services requiring a full understanding of drawings, specifications, and industry and client standards to support Florida Power & Lighting Storm Hardening Project.

Perform load studies on distribution transformers, investigate circuit overloads and voltage complaints to determine necessary corrective action. Direct, mentor, train, and quality check the work of less experienced. July 2014 – December 2014 SENIOR DESIGNER (Government Contractor) Bath Iron Works

(General Dynamics), Bath, ME

Assigned to the Design Moderations Team (86) Planning Yard electrical department to support the U.S. Navy DDG Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer Surface Ships.

Developed detail electrical design packages utilizing AUTOCAD R2015 and Oracle databases to support life cycle programs. Support change orders from the configuration department via on-site reps answering LARS/RLARS to support the fleet. Maintain an update wiring cable list per ship design package. August 2011 – May 2014 CAD MANAGER/DESIGNER

Ocean Specialists Inc., Stuart, FL

Design and modeled 3-D parts/components utilizing AUTOCAD R2014, Inventor Fusion 2014, and Solid Works 2014 supporting a global high availability network with terrestrial and sub-sea components.

Develop detailed design drawings and specification for electrical/mechanical equipment for sub-sea systems. Managed engineering change order process an assisted with the Configuration Management System. May 2006 – September 2008 PROJECT MANAGER/CAD DESIGNER Velcon Group, Inc., Port St. Lucie, FL

Developed site plan, paving/grading/drainage, water/sewer, and soil/erosion civil engineering designs. Assist developers with conceptual studies and cost analysis for future development projects. Utilized Auto-Cad Civil 3d to create surface models for cut-fill analysis.

Responsible for civil design requirements, site data calculations for City, and County municipal codes. June 2002 – May 2006 CAD DESIGNER (Government Contractor) Titan Corporation, Norfolk, VA

Assisted electrical, machinery, and HVAC departments in developing engineering arrangement drawing to support Department of Defense (United States Navy) shipbuilding contracts.

Produced detailed work assembly drawings for injection mold design, and composite drawings utilizing Mechanical Desktop 6.0 and AUTOCAD R2002 & R2004 design software. October 2000 – June 2002 AVIONICS ENGINEER TECHNICIAN Piedmont-Hawthorne Aviation, Norfolk VA

Developed installation and system engineering designs for avionics equipment utilizing AUTOCAD. Assist with the installation, modification, and repair of electrical equipment in general aviation aircraft. Responsible for design of distribution, wiring diagrams, and schematics of aircraft electrical system.

Completed certification courses in Autopilot, GPS, NAV/COM, IHAS, and TCAS avionics systems. December 1999 – October 2000 SENIOR ENGINEER TECHNICIAN (Contractor) CDI Marine Co., Portsmouth, VA

Produced lighting and power engineering design systems utilizing AUTOCAD R14 design software. Supervised ship-check teams during installation, modifications and repair of Engineering Change Proposals (ECP) to support Department of Defense contracts. DOD Security Clearance.

Checker for proposed designs of power distributions, wiring diagrams, schematics, and calculations to support major overhaul support of U.S. Navy (Nimitz class) nuclear powered aircraft carriers. September 1994 – November 1999 SENIOR DESIGNER (Government Contractor) Northrop Grumman., Newport News, VA

Served as power and lighting senior designer/liaison with the NAVSEA Command, NNS waterfront trades U.S. Navy, and S.O.S. (Supervisor of Shipbuilding). Assigned to the Carrier Engineering Team (E63) Planning Yard electrical department to support the U.S. Navy CVN 68 Nimitz Class Carrier Surface Ships.

AutoCAD Coordinator for Aircraft Carrier Engineering (Electrical) Department supervising design groups in implementation of techniques in two-dimensional and three-dimensional electrical design.

Coordinated ship checks to investigate design discrepancies in accordance with inspection reports, per Engineer Change Proposals provided by N.A.V.S.E.A.

SKILLS

Expertise with engineering drawings, related Bill of material, ASME Y14.5, and engineering drawing change processes. 95,000 + hour’s CAD/CAM professional experience.

Over (20) years CAD design experience utilizing Autodesk AUTOCAD R2007-R2020. Mechanical Desktop 2.0, & 3.0, Autodesk Inventor/Fusion/Ship Constructor 2019, Solid Works, and Catia V5.

Over (25) plus years supporting Department of Defense military contracts.

Familiar with CADAM Detail design for tooling, fixtures, MIL-SPEC Cable types, and assemblies with DOD.

STD 2013 design standards. Excellent communication, meeting, presentation and customer service skills.

Completed certification courses in Adobe CS6 (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver). Microsoft Office 2017.

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