Drafter with Multiple Years of Experience

Mark Alan Gick

**** ***** ***** ****.

Plainfield, IN. 46168

Cell: 765-***-****

Email: admqv4@r.postjobfree.com

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Dear Sir or Madam:

I am writing you today to seek employment with your company as a CAD Drafter.

I started my career as a Drafter at Ross Gear, a Division of TRW where, along with my drafting skills, I also acquired strong knowledge and skills designing steering gears, hydrostatic steering, and hydraulic motors for semi-trucks, farming, construction, and off-road use. While at Ross Gear I became familiar with the use of the CADAM System and possess strong skills in its use.

When that job moved out of state, I next hired on at Fairfield Manufacturing, where I continued enhancing my knowledge and skills; this time designing planetary gearboxes and brake assembly for construction, agriculture, marine drilling platforms, and off-road use. While at Fairfield I was introduced to other CAD platforms, including Applicon, Solidworks, Pro-E, and some use of Vellum and AutoCAD LT.

After being laid off at Fairfield, I was hired by Butler International, where I continued enhancing my knowledge and skills; this time creating Installation drawings for Caterpillar’s large 3600 Engines for power generation & marine propulsion. While at Butler I was introduced to AutoCAD 2004.

In 2009, Butler lost its contract with Caterpillar. However, I was hired by Belcan Corporation, (who had won the contract) to continue working on Caterpillar's Engines. There, I also gained a further understanding of Pro Engineering (Pro-E), Wildfire 4 which aided in acquiring graphic details of part groups for use in the AutoCAD Installation drawing that we sent out to our customers.

Unfortunately, in August of 2013, due to a economic downturn in our market, I was laid off from Belcan.

In mid-December of 2013, I was hired on by URS Corporation as a Designer II. My primary task was working on and checking conversions of existing Cadra drawing into AutoCAD drawings for Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center. I also help in producing Pro-E (now known as Creo) Models and drawing of other Crane NSWC projects. Unfortunately, in mid-2014, URS lost the contract that I was working on, and I had to hunt for new employment.

I was soon hired on by Aerotek to work as a Pro-E (Creo) contract worker at Parker-Hannifin Corporation/Electronic Control Division in Mishawaka, Indiana. Unfortunately, due to another downturn in business, I was laid off at the end of November 2014.

After several months of job hunting, I was finally hired in May 2015 by Koontz-Wagner Custom Controls Holdings LLC in South Bend, Indiana as a Mechanical Drafter for the update of parts and assemblies of their main product line, Electronic Controls Rooms, and components using AutoCAD. As with other businesses, the economy for Koontz-Wagner took a downturn in late 2015 and I was laid-off.

In early 2016 I was finial hired by Business Control Systems (BCS) to work as a contract Microstation Drafter at Duke Energy, working on electrical schematic and topographic maps of sites that they operated. Then, unfortunately in early 2021, I was let go from BCS & Duke Energy, forced once more to brave the world of unemployment, to hunt for a new job,

My salary requirements would be in the $15.00 to $25.00 an hour range. I am willing to move almost anywhere and fully understand that relocation compensation may not possible. I am a hard worker and a team player, have high standards of integrity and have demonstrated a strong attendance record. I am quite sure that you will find my talents beneficial to your company so please feel free to telephone or e-mail me at your conveyance. I may also try contacting you to set up an interview soon. Enclosed you will find my resume listing my job history and references.

Sincerely,

Mark Alan Gick

Drafter with Multiple Years of Experience

Mark Alan Gick

2435 Crown Plaza Blvd.

Plainfield, IN. 46168

Cell: 765-***-****

Email: admqv4@r.postjobfree.com

Objectives: Continuing my career as a CAD Draftsman in either a Detailing, Product Designer, or Manufacturing position. My salary requirements would be in the $15.00 to $25.00 an hour range. I am willing to move almost anywhere and understand that relocation compensation may not possible. I am a hard worker and a team player with a strong attendance record.

Job Skills:

Certificate of Recognition-Rand 3D Technical Training Services: CATIA V5: Introduction to Modeling training

AutoCAD 2009-2018 (2D & 3D) (18 yr)

Pro-E Wildfire 4 (3 yr) (now known as Creo)

Solidworks 2013 (1 Month Trial)

Solidworks 2001 (2 yr)

Applicon Bravo Designer (12 yr)

CADAM (5 yr)

Ashlar-Vellum (1 yr)

Microsoft Office Pro (Word, Excel & Access) (10 Plus yr)

Creating Production, Manufacturing & Installation Drawings

Knowledge of Caterpillar 3600 Engines for power generating, marine propulsion & auxiliary power

Converting multiple type CAD Drawing into various Graphic types (dwg, dxf, pdf, etc.)

Processing of engineering change orders.

Entering new assembly order data into AS400 Business System

Creating stack-ups on assemblies for studies of possible assembly problems & to supply mounting dimensions for installations.

Creating bill of materials for possible new assemblies or conversions

Knowledge of rack & pinion steering gears, hydraulic motors & hydrostatic steering units.

Creating layouts of assemblies for studies of possible assembly problems.

ISO Training

Geometric Dimension and Tolerance Training

Database Management Programs: Teamcenter, DDM (DesignDataManager), and briefly introduced to Windchill

Experience:

2016 - 2021 Business Control Systems 16415 Addison Rd, Suite 150, Addison, Texas 75001 / Phone: 972-***-**** / http://www.bcsmis.com

@ Duke Energy 1000 E Main St, Plainfield, IN 46168 / Phone: 800-***-**** / duke-energy.com

Microstation Drafter

Supervisor: Willie Jacqueline Hillard

Making & updating Drawing of electronic schematics & topographic maps for all of Duke Energy plants.

Operation both AutoCAD and Microstation CAD software.

2015 - 2016 Koontz-Wagner Custom Controls Holdings LLC / Suite A, 3801 Voorde Dr, South Bend, IN 46628 / Phone: 713-***-****

Mechanical Drafter

Supervisor: Donald DeMeyer-Engineering Lead, Phone: 574-***-****

Making & updating Drawing of Electronic Controls Rooms for the Engineering Department using AutoCAD 2016.

Creating 2D & 3D drawings and Assemblies of Electronic Controls Rooms using AutoCAD 2016 for use out on the plant floor.

Keeping records of all jobs, dates, and information worked on.

2014 Aerotek Engineering, on-site at Parker-Hannifin Corporation / 56641 Twin Branch Dr., Mishawaka, IN 46545 / P/N: 574-***-****

Mechanical Designer

Supervisor: Gregory Trim - Engineering Manager / P/N: 574-***-****

Aerotek Contact: Tyler Keck / P/N: 574-***-****

Creating Pro-E (Creo) Parts (Models), Assemblies and Drawings of Electronic controls, such as Joysticks and sensors for construction and agriculture projects.

Also, once the Parts (Models), Assemblies, and Drawings are complete, reserving them into the DDM (DesignDataManager) used by Parker-Hannifin.

2013-2014 URS Corporation (renamed AECOM) / 13923 East Captain WJ Nelson Drive / Odon, IN, 47562 /

P/N: 812-***-****

Designer II.

Supervisor: Barbara Lam-Project Manager (Please contact thru Sandy Hughes- PHR, HR, Systems Engineering & Information Solutions / P/N: 1-812-***-****) / P/N: 812-***-**** x 5301

Helping to convert and to check drawings from Cadra into AutoCAD for Crane NSWC(Naval Surface Warfare Center) (Classified).

Also producing Pro-E (Creo) Models and drawing of other Crane NSWC projects.

Briefly introduced to Windchill for compiling of BOM's

2009-2013 Belcan Engineering Group, Inc, on-site at Caterpillar Lafayette Engine Center / 3701 Indiana 26, Lafayette, IN 47905 / P/N: 765-***-****

AutoCAD Tech

Supervisor: Tim Mundell-Engineering Supervisor-2 / P/N: 765-***-****

Creating & updating Installation drawings of Caterpillar large engine for power generating, marine propulsion & auxiliary power using AutoCAD.

Converting Pro-E Drawing Graphics into DWG Graphics for use in AutoCAD installation drawings.

Retrieving said Pro-E drawing using TeamCenter.

Also creating Bill of Material worksheets, as well as checking and updating Bill of Materials thru out the job progress.

Also visiting the assembly floor so that the drawings match what was being sent to the customer.

2003-2009 Butler International (renamed Butler America) / 3495 Kent Avenue, West Lafayette, IN, 47906 / P/N: 765-***-****

AutoCAD Tech

Supervisor: Brett Owlsey / P/N: 765-***-**** (ask for Brett)

Creating & updating Installation drawings of Caterpillar large engine for power generating, marine propulsion & auxiliary power using AutoCAD.

Also creating Bill of Material worksheets, as well as checking and updating Bill of Materials thru out the job progress.

Also visiting the assembly floor so that the drawings match what was being sent to the customer.

1990-2003 Fairfield Manufacturing Co., Inc. (renamed Dana Incorporated) / US 52 South / PO Box 7940 / Lafayette, IN. 47903-7940 / P/N: 765-***-****

Product Designer

Supervisor: Dennis Buuck - Director of Product Engineering (ret.)

Design & update parts, assembly, drawings, and installations drawings of planetary gearboxes for construction, agriculture, marine drilling platforms, and off-road use (starting 1st with Applicon, then in 2000-2001 with Solidworks & Pro-E).

Converting CAD Drawings (Solidworks, Pro-E, Applicon, etc.) into DXF formats for E-mailing to customers.

Processing of engineering change orders.

Entering new assembly order data into the AS400 Business System

Creating stack-ups on assemblies for studies of possible assembly problems & to supply mounting dimensions for installations.

Creating bill of materials for possible new assemblies or conversions.

1978–1990 Ross Gear, A Division of TRW (renamed ZF) / 800 Heath St / Lafayette, IN 47904.

P/N: 765-***-****

Designer I

Supervisor: Sam Johnson

Design & update of detail parts drawings, assembly drawings for rack & pinion steering gears, hydraulic motors & hydrostatic steering units (starting off 1st on drafting boards, then around 1985, using CADAM)

Creating layouts of assemblies for studies of possible assembly problems.

Processing of engineering change orders.

Entering new assembly order data into the Business System

Creating stack-ups on assemblies for studies of possible assembly problems & to supply mounting dimensions for installations.

Creating bill of materials for possible new assemblies or conversions.

Education:

2013 Rand Worldwide / 4445 Wilson Ave SW / Grandville, MI 49418 / P/N: 616-***-****

Certificate of Recognition-Rand 3D Technical Training Services: CATIA V5: Introduction to Modeling training

1997 Ray Drago Gear Design (1-2 weeks course)

1976–1978 Ivy Tech State College / 3101 South Creasy Lane, Lafayette, IN 47905 / 765-***-****

Associate Degree, Industrial Drafting Technology.

References: Available on request

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