Pamala Wishard

advtu9@r.postjobfree.com

714-***-****

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

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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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