Steven Parker
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Gulf Breeze, Florida 32563
E-MAIL: ****************@*****.***
HM: 850-***-****
CELL: 850-***-****
OBJECTIVE Senior Mechanical and/or Electro-Mechanical Engineer, Designer, and Drafter utilizing my 30+ years’ experience and expertise in engineering, drafting, design skills, technical knowledge, Advanced GD&T, Configuration Management, Business Management, etc.
SUMMARY 30+ years experience as CAD/CAM specialist skilled in Electro-mechanical engineering, drafting/design, delivery of Technical Drawing Packages, writing of Technical Orders, Training Manuals; utilizing various Microsoft Office programs and CAD applications for 2D, 3D, Solid Modeling and/or Wireframe pictorial views using: Autodesk products: AutoCAD (2D), Inventor Series (3D), Vault (PDM), Finite Element Analysis (FEA); Configuration Management, Advance usage of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T), BOM’s, Parts list; Business Management using Deltek Costpoint software; etc.
EXPERIENCE Background in the design, redesign, and development of military hardware, parts, testing equipment, gears, electro-mechanical equipment, RF enclosures, mechanical machinery parts, weldments, and castings. Including cabling and cabling management, and configuration. Work includes: 3-D designs in solid modeling, assemblies, exploded assemblies, parts lists, pictorial drawings, details, threads & fasteners, the application of advance geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, interconnect diagrams, electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, circuit board assemblies, printed wiring boards, parts list, BOM’s, Vendor Item Drawings (formally Specification Control Drawings), Source Control Drawings; Army, Navy, Air Force formats; Technical Order’s, Training Manuals, Army Aviation and missile defense testing equipment and facility (Test Area) development, Aircraft mod packages, Tank simulation equipment (COFT), Air Force and Navy fight line test equipment, Military Radar Stations, 19 inch rack equipment, documentation of firmware, web searching for Commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) parts, ECN's, ECO's, NOR’s, ERR’s, Deviations, Waiver’s, rackmount computer systems, parts verifier, drawing checker, setup of configuration, setup of CAD systems, optimize computer hardware configurations to maximize software efficiency, drafting and design department head, Senior Designer, drafting trainer, writing corporate drafting procedures, Configuration Management, adobe redline process, hand ink mylars, Business Management and Technical Writing.
TDP Experience 30+ years’ experience in the delivery of Level III technical drawing packages (TDP) per ISO, MIL, DOD, ANSI, ASME, ASTM, and FED Standards & the use of Advanced GD&T, including TDP checking and reviewing. Utilizing expert knowledge in the past and present Military Standards such as ASME-Y14.100 - Engineering Drawing Practices, EIA-649 - Configuration Management Standard, MIL-HDBK-61 - Configuration Management Guide, MIL-STD-973 - Configuration Management Standard, MIL-STD-31000 - Technical Data Packages, including ASME/ANSI Y14.5 & Y14.41. Knowledge of IPC standards: J-STD-001 and IPC-A-610 for PWBs and CCAs.
EDUCATION A.S. Degree - Drafting & Design Technology (CAD/CAM) May 1992 – GPA: 3.7
Okaloosa-Walton Community College Niceville, FL
Includes: 1yr/3 semesters of Advanced GD&T and College Trigonometry
Oil Field Schools & Courses 1979 - 1981
Johnson Macco Schlumberger New Iberia, LA
Merchant Mariners Document/Master License 100 Ton vessels
Z-Card Mobile, Alabama
T2 Production Safety Services Training (Offshore Oil Field) July 2011
Falck Alford Houma, LA
Autodesk Inventor 2012 October 2011
ECAD Inc. New Orleans, LA
SolidWorks Essentials 2018 August 2018
Trimech Huntsville, AL
SECURITY
CLEARANCE SECRET - ACTIVE from October 2011 - October 2022
WORK HISTORY Manager
05/2023-08/2024 Allstaff Payroll, Inc. - (Provides payroll for KC's LLC in Fort Walton Beach, FL)
2101 N 9TH Ave
Pensacola, FL 32503
My W2 states my employer is Allstaff Payroll, Inc., but my actual employer is KC's LLC, and I am the Manager of all 3 restaurants under KC's LLC umbrella: KC's Sandbar and Grill, Tap Works, and Taste Tapas & Wine Bar, including the MIS for all 3 restaurants. All three restaurants are located in downtown Fort Walton Beach, FL, at the addresses of 190-196 Miracle Strip Parkway SE, Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548.
The Business Address is:
KC's Sandbar and Grille
190 Miracle Strip Pkwy SE
Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548
Owner & Supervisor: Beverly Parker
Owner’s Cell Phone: 850-***-****
01/2014-08/2022 SENIOR DESIGNER
AI Signal Research, Inc. (ASRI) - (Provides contractors for the US Army)
2001 Nichols Drive, SW, Suite 300, Huntsville, AL 35802-4717
Designing military testing equipment using Autodesk Inventor, AutoCAD, and Vault (PDM) 2012-2018. Complete Technical Drawing Packages and Designs.
Job Site: Redstone Test Center, Redstone Arsenal, US Army Post, Huntsville, AL 35898
Duties include the following:
Geometric dimensioning and design tolerances, manufacturing processes including metal cutting, machining, metal forming, fastening, and assembly techniques. Mechanical engineer designing with high precision tolerance cast and machined components, fixture design, sheet metal & testing facility design. Responsible for design, engineering, redesign, checking, and development of military hardware, parts, testing equipment, gears, and electro-mechanical equipment in the testing of various Army missile and aviation systems and missile inert training systems. Designing Missile test facilities, 19” rackmount test sets, and instrumentation. Responsible for assisting engineering staff in the creation and maintenance of technical design documentation, such as engineering drawings, three-dimensional computer-aided design (CAD) solid models at both component and assembly levels, engineering change notices, bills of material, configuration management, etc. All aspects of the design process, engineering, configuration management, knowledge of material sciences, fabrication techniques, machinery design, and mechanical design engineering practices to convert sketches and engineering functional or conceptual descriptions into technical specification packages ready for machining and fabrication. All designs are produced using three-dimensional solid modeling software applications. Designs include but are not limited to, Army aviation and missile system hardware using advanced knowledge of the Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerance Standard per ASME Y14.5 applied to component and assembly level designs. Generating technical documentation compliant with MIL-STD-100 and/or ASME Y14.100, MIL-STD-31000, etc. Including cabling, cabling management, and configuration.
Reason for Leaving: layoff
Salary: $46.22 per hour, including time and a half for overtime
Supervisor: Jerry Hardin, Senior Designer, 256-***-****
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10/2011-01/2014 MECHANICAL DESIGNER
TECHNI-CORE - Contract-to-Hire for AI Signal Research, Inc
4681 Research Park Blvd., Huntsville, AL 35806
Designing military testing equipment using Autodesk Inventor 2012 & AutoCAD 2012. Complete Technical Drawing Packages and designs.
Job Site: Redstone Test Center, Redstone Arsenal, US Army Post, Huntsville, AL 35898
Duties include the following:
Geometric dimensioning and design tolerances, manufacturing processes including metal cutting, machining, metal forming, fastening, and assembly techniques. Mechanical designing with high precision tolerance cast and machined components, fixture design, & sheet metal. Responsible for designing and detailing mechanical test fixtures for testing various Army missile and aviation systems. Responsible for assisting engineering staff in the creation and maintenance of technical design documentation, such as engineering drawings, three-dimensional computer-aided design (CAD) solid models at both component and assembly levels, engineering change notices, and bills of material. All aspects of the design process and knowledge of material sciences, fabrication techniques, machinery design, and mechanical design engineering practices to convert sketches and engineering functional or conceptual descriptions into technical specification packages ready for machining and fabrication. Designs are produced using three-dimensional solid modeling software applications. Designs include but are not limited to, Army aviation or missile system hardware using advanced knowledge of the Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerance Standard per ASME Y14.5 applied to component and assembly level designs. Generating technical documentation compliant with MIL-STD-100 and/or ASME Y14.1, etc. Including cabling, cabling management, and configuration.
Reason for Leaving: Direct hire for AI Signal Research, Inc.
Salary: $35.00 per hour, including time and a half for overtime
Supervisor: Michelle (Griffin) Watters, HR Manager/FSO, 256-***-****
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09/2006-11/2010 DESIGNER II
BAE SYSTEMS
715 Hollywood Blvd W
Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548
Designed and drafted Radar Systems using 3D software (AutoCAD) and developed 2D drawings for production including Engineering Change Orders, testing equipment, gears, electro-mechanical equipment, RF enclosures, mechanical machinery parts, weldments, castings, assemblies, exploded assemblies, parts lists, pictorial drawings, details, threads & fasteners, the application of geometric dimensioning and tolerance, interconnect diagrams, electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, circuit board assemblies, printed wiring boards, parts list, BOM’s, rackmount computer systems, parts verifier, drawing checker, drafting trainer, writing corporate drafting procedures, use of Cadence Allegro for PWB and schematics; etc. Including cabling, cabling management, and configuration.
Reason for Leaving: Reduction In Force (RIF) - Layoff with severance pay
Salary: $25.16 per hour, including time and a half for overtime
Supervisor: Jeff Brown, Director of Engineering, BAE Systems, 850-***-****
https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-jeffery-brown-a6085115/
02/2006-09/2006 MECHANICAL DESIGNER
Kelly Services - Contract-to-Hire for BAE Systems – Fort Walton Beach, FL
1500 Freedom Self Storage Rd
Fort Walton Beach, FL 32547
Contractor-to-Hire for BAE Systems, Radar Engineering Department.
Duties; designing and drafting Radar Systems using 3D software (AutoCAD) and developing 2D drawings for production including Engineering Change Orders, testing equipment, gears, electro-mechanical equipment, RF enclosures, mechanical machinery parts, weldments, castings, assemblies, exploded assemblies, parts lists, pictorial drawings, details, threads & fasteners, the application of geometric dimensioning and tolerance, interconnect diagrams, electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, circuit board assemblies, printed wiring boards, parts list, BOM’s, rackmount computer systems, parts verifier, drawing checker, drafting trainer, writing corporate drafting procedures, use of Cadence Allegro for PWB and schematics; etc. Including cabling, cabling management, and configuration.
Reason for Leaving: Direct hire for BAE Systems
Salary: $20.00 per hour, including time and a half for overtime
Supervisor: Jeff Brown, Director of Engineering, BAE Systems, 850-***-****
10/1992-11/2005 SENIOR ELECTRO-MECHANICAL DESIGNER III
Manufacturing Technology, Incorporated (MTI – A Division of BAE Systems)
70 Ready Ave
Fort Walton Beach, Florida 32548-3857
Formally MTI and now owned by BAE Systems
Engineer, designed, drafted 2D and 3D, managed contract drafters and drafting department, set up configuration, interpreted the Statement-of-Work (SOW) and Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL) for design requirements, coordinated departmental production with project managers, project engineers, manufacturing, QA, and customers. Sell-off of Technical Drawing Package (TDP) from start to finish, use of Vendor Item Drawings/Source Control Drawings versed Mil-spec part requirements dealing with the obsolesces of parts, manage the flow of Engineering Change Notices/Orders (ECN/EO); in the design/fabrication of Military Equipment and Military Standards of numerous technical drawing packages, Technical Orders/Training Manuals, upgrades, parts, in-house testing equipment, flight line testing equipment for the F-15, F/A-18, and F-35 aircraft; Updates on the M2A2/M3A2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle - Conduct of Fire Trainer (COFT) Unit for Operation Desert Storm Enhancement Program, Updates on the M1A1 ABRAMS - COFT Unit for Optical Improvement Program, and the Rehost for the M1A1 ABRAMS - COFT Unit, Translate and customize various CAD software packages including scanning and rastering images to a vector format in and out of AutoCAD. 3D Solid Modeling in AutoCAD, Mechanical Desktop, Inventor, Solid Edge, and SolidWorks. Finite Element Analysis using Algor. OrCAD or Cadence for PWB and schematic design. Maintained complete configuration and development of drawing packages of all drafting and design projects from the start of MTI's Research and Development (engineering) department until 2005. Including cabling, cabling management, configuration management, and technical writing.
Reason for Leaving: Sick Leave - layoff
Salary: $19.85 per hour, including time and a half for overtime
Supervisor: George Jolly, Director of Engineering, MTI, 850-***-****
01/1989-05/1992 Full-Time Student - Drafting & Design Technology (CAD/CAM),
AutoCAD, Mathematics, and
Advance Geometrical Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T)
Okaloosa-Walton Community College (OWCC)
Niceville, FL
Formally OWCC and now owned by Northwest Florida State College
PREVIOUS Effectively functioned as a Heavy Equipment Operator, Sales Representative, Wireline Operator (Drilling and Production of Oil), Wireline Helper, Tugboat Operator, Wheelhand, and Deckhand for various employers.
Additional information and excellent references are available.
REFERRALS: Supervisor: Michelle (Griffin) Watters, HR Manager/FSO, 256-***-****
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Supervisor: Jerry Hardin, Senior Designer, 256-***-****
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Supervisor: Beverly Parker, Owner of KC’s LLC, 850-***-****