Mechanical & Electrical Engineer Designer
Resume:
Pamala Wishard
*************@*****.***
Summary
Committed to providing work with a strong sense of integrity utilizing my diverse engineering design background & 17yrs+ overall experience as a designer within engineering.
• Comprehensive understanding of mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, process control, civil, structural & architectural design engineering
• Managed product design & product improvement, skilled at R&D engineering
• Ability to create, modify & work with
• 2D drawings using AutoCAD
• 3D parts & assemblies using Solidworks
• Microsoft (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Adobe (Acrobat, Photoshop)
• Ability to create construction packages & detailed drawings
• Electrical & Instrument plans, junction boxes, control panel layouts, loop & wiring diagrams, electrical power distribution single lines, schematic & elementary diagrams
• Piping plans, working knowledge of ASME B31, including P&IDs
• Detail drawings utilizing ASME Y14, GD&T
• Quality control including documentation per client standards
• Designed & tested products for UL, ETL, CE, CSA certification
• Procedures & policies for ISO9001 certification
• Oil & Gas industry documentation standards
• Working knowledge of design and engineering with manufactures & suppliers
• Part material (plastics & metals), tooling, casting, molding, manufacturing, & assemblies
• 3D prototype & production printing
• Problem solving & thinking outside the box for effective solutions
• Effective communication skills, organized, ability to multi-task
• Strong desire & curiosity to learn
Pamala Wishard - page 2
Experience
Designer & Project Manager
Omni-Engineering Design
Oct 2022 - Present (6 months)
• Product Design working with Solidworks
• Custom Lighting Fixtures, Medical Devices, Beauty Accessories, Automotive Accessories, Hospitality Accessories, Movie Props
Sr. Designer
Xenon, Inc
Oct 2018 - Oct 2022 (4 years 1 month)
• Electrical, Instrumentation & Controls Designer for Oil & Gas Industry
• Created & modified instrument location plans, loops, wiring diagrams, junction boxes & control panel layouts, including electrical power distribution single lines
• Created P&IDs (Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams)
• Familiarity with UL 508A panel design, PLC integration & testing Product Manager
Focus Industries Inc
Jun 2018 - Oct 2018 (5 months)
• Managed product design & product improvement for outdoor lighting fixture manufacture.
• Engineering R&D for new & existing products working with Solidworks
• Lighting low voltage, power supply, transformer, PCBA, controls design Mechanical Engineer
Tempo LLC
Feb 2017 - Feb 2018 (1 year 1 month)
• Exterior & interior light fixture design
• Engineering R&D for new & existing products working with Solidworks
• Lighting low voltage, power supply, PCBA, controls, & optics design
• Working knowledge of design for 3D production & prototype printing
• Designed parts for injection molding plastics & casting metals
• Light Fixtures for Movie Theaters, Commercial, & Exterior Applications Engineering Designer/ Drafter
Komax Systems, Inc.
Jul 2014 - Feb 2017 (2 years 8 months)
• Designed vessels for food, water, chemical, oil, & gas working with AutoCAD & Solidworks
• Created & detailed full fabrication sets
• Material knowledge for each unique application
• Fluid Static Mixers, Heat Exchangers, & Injection Systems Pamala Wishard - page 3
Engineering Designer
Griswold Controls, Inc./ Cla-Val
Jun 2012 - Jul 2014 (2 years 2 months)
• Designed & created detailed machined parts, cast parts, & valve assemblies using Solidworks, utilizing ASME Y14 GD&T, & PDM
• Designed control valve assemblies & pneumatic pilot systems.
• Created department procedures & policies for ISO9001 certification
• Designed & tested products for UL certification
• Control Valves for Water, Gas, & Aviation Fuel
Piping Design/Engineering Tech
SPEC Services, Inc - Engineering
Aug 2007 - Sep 2010 (3 years 2 months)
• Created 2D & 3D CAD drawings using AutoCAD & Plant4D
• Created P&IDs (Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams) including PFDs process flow for the oil & gas transfer & process industry, Piping & Construction plans
• Worked closely with other chemical, mechanical, electrical, & civil engineers as a team Lighting Design & Mechanical Part Design
Troy-CSL Lighting Inc
2007 - 2007 (contract)
• Designer for custom lighting fixtures & parts
Architectural Drafter
Mountain Sun Architecture - Residential & Commercial Architecture Jun 2004 - Mar 2022 (17 years 10 months)
• Contract drafter for commercial & residential architectural projects working with AutoCAD. Other Experience
• Civil Engineering & Residential Architectural Design (Ruidoso Land Survey)
• Architectural Lighting Design (Insight Lighting)
• Product Management & Marketing (Phat Frames)
• Jewelry Manufacturing & Design (T.W. Goldsmith)
Education
Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell
Obtained an Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.), Engineering Design & Technology 2002
- Studies focused on Mechanical Engineering, Architectural & Civil Design
- Computer Aided Design using Pro-E & AutoCAD
- Internship in Civil Engineering (Wagner Engineering) University of New Mexico
Schoolcraft College
Golden West College
online correspondence and skills courses.
- Architectural, Engineering, & Graphic Design Studies
- Continuing education
Electrical, Instrumentation and Controls Designer
• Comprehensive understanding of I&E or E&C design electrical, instrumentation & controls
• Ability to create construction plans, instrument loops, wiring diagrams, junction boxes and control panel layouts, including electrical power distribution single lines, elementary diagrams and wiring schematics.
• Familiarity with UL 508A panel design, worked for a 508A panel shop as a designer & integrator.
• Designed relay & junction Boxes, power/ lighting distribution panels, marshaling panels, & control Panels (PLCs).
• Allen-Bradly & Triconex wiring design and integration experience.
• Phoenix Contact product line familiarity (Power supplies, Terminal Blocks & Relays)
• Experience with High, Med, Low voltage applications.
• Communication design with Cisco products (Routers/Modems, Coax, Fiber other cables, including wireless applications)
Lighting Designer
• Created and designed fixtures with LED PCBAs & including material selection for indoor and outdoor installation.
• Produced prototypes & sales submittals.
• Using AutoCAD for construction packages (conduit routing & wiring details), machine shop details, manufacturing, & integration design.
Mechanical Manufacturing Designer
• Experience with valve manufacturing (Cast & machined parts with pneumatic controls), vessel manufacturing (cast, welded & machined parts), & electronic fixture manufacturing (Cast, molded, machined & 3D printed)
• Using Solidworks & AutoCAD for product design, material selection & testing, assemblies & bills of materials.
• Materials specification depending on applications and manufacturing process that fit best with each individual part, and it's intended applications, for casting, molding, 3D printing parts & fixtures, specifying finishes and coatings.
• Engineering documentation utilizing GD&T (ASME Y14 and Y14.5) and product quality control of new and existing products.
• Including designing new tooling, modifying existing tooling and patterns, 1st articles reviews and supplier selection.
• Over 6 years work experience with Solidworks (Mechanical Product Design)
• Over 14 years work experience with AutoCAD
• Work experience with Adobe Creative Suite (Focused on Photoshop & Acrobat)
• Work experience with Microsoft Product (Work, Excel, PowerPoint) Education:
• Associate in Applied Science (A.A.S.) (Architectural & Mechanical Design) o Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell
• Certificated in CAD design (AutoCAD)
o Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell
• Certificated in Web Design (Adobe Creative Suite) o Goldenwest College
Other Education obtained thru University of New Mexico, Schoolcraft College, & Goldenwest college.
(College credit hours completed: 120+)
Currently working on obtaining Certificate for Solidworks (CSWA & CSWP)
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