Electrical Designer

Objective

Continue career in a successful organization, which will give me the opportunity to grow and challenge me by utilizing my education, qualifications, and experience to become a permanent part of a thriving team.

Experience

Tex-Power Conservation January 2009 to Present Houston, Texas

Project Manager/Coordinator/Energy Rater

Project Sponsor for Texas Weatherization (Standard Offer Program) for the following utility companies: AEP Central/AEP North/Entergy. Diagnose homes by running Blower Door and Duct Blaster tests. Implement Energy Efficient measures. Manage project schedules, materials and personnel (8-12 employees) for projects that include residential homes and City Housing Authorities Complexes throughout Central Texas. Train new employees as required. File all invoices upon project completion. Completed 1300 units (homes/duplexes/townhomes) for 2009. Total revenue of projects estimated at $750K. Energy Rater/Inspector for new home constructions throughout Texas for various Texas Home Builders. HERS Rater Certification & HERO Whole House Diagnostics Certification

Stewart and Stevenson LLC March 2007 to January 2009 Houston, Texas

Electrical /Control & Instrumentation Designer

Create generator control drawing packages for Power Generation Sets (MTU Detroit Diesel Engines) Review BOM’s, Installation Details, Power Distribution in Power Control Buildings, Conduit & Cable Schedules. Utilize Customer's Spec's, One-line Diagrams, Plot Dwgs, Hazardous Area Classification Dwgs. along with industry standards (NEC, NEMA, ANSI) Interface with Customers throughout Project. Spearheaded AutoCAD Electric Software implementation for Drafting Dept.

SNC Lavalin-GDS August 2006 to March 2007 Houston, Texas

Contract Electrical Designer

Review and create drawing packages per customer's scope with lead Electrical Engineer. Including Demolition Drawings, Instrument Installation Details, Field Interconnections, Power Distribution in Power Control Buildings, Conduit & Cable Schedules. Utilize Customer's Spec's, One-line Diagrams, Plot Dwgs, Hazardous Area Classification Dwgs. along with industry standards (NEC, NEMA, ANSI) Research vendor websites for equipment specifications. Interface with Customers throughout Project.

MECO INC. May 2006 to August 2006 Sugarland, Texas

Contract Electrical Designer

Work on Water Purification Systems for Marine Oil & Gas, Biopharmaceutical & Military Industries. Utilize Piping & Instrument Drawings to create Pneumatic Panels, Instrument Panels & Motor Control Centers. Create Wiring & Loop Diagrams from Control Ckt. which include PLC’s, VFD’s & 3 Phase for MCC Wiring. Verify accuracy of parts & qty. of BOM’s. Create Eng. Change Orders (ECO’s) for any changes necessary to drawing packages and BOM’S using Manfact Software. Create any panel or brackets as needed.

Automatic Power Inc. February 2004 to May 2006 Houston, Texas

Electrical and Mechanical Designer

Create assembly drawings, wiring diagrams, bills of materials, and fabrication drawings from engineer design sketches, customer specifications and internal job write up. Interface with lead Mechanical and Electrical Engineers, Sales, and Manufacturing Personnel throughout all phases of projects. Research company archives for product systems included marine lanterns, beacon assemblies, industrial solar arrays, and support structures. Large projects included customers such as Exxon Mobil, BP, and Mustang Engineering. Help create and maintain drafting department project schedule to meet customer’s demanding deadlines.

Powell Electrical Manufacturing Co. May 1998 to February 2004 Houston, Texas

Electrical & Instrumentation/Control Designer

Responsible for designing wiring diagrams from Electrical Engineer’s Specification Sheet, 3-Line Drawings, Control Schemes Drawings, and Bill of Materials for specific work orders utilizing AutoCAD. Solely responsible for meeting shop date of wiring and panel layout drawing packages to Manufacturing Department. Gained experience in small and large scale projects in various Powell Products including: 5KV, 15KV Metal Clad Switchgear/5KV, 15KV Arc-Resistant Switchgear/5KV Narrow Design/*KV Motor Controls. Designed an average of 30 plus projects per year of various sizes.

Toshiba International Corporation November 1995 to May 1998 Houston, Texas

Electrical Drafter/Designer

Created wiring diagrams from Engineer’s Electrical Schematics for Low Voltage, Medium Voltage and High Voltage Switchgear and Motor Control Panels. Layout interior devices for manufacturing and harnessing department and finish As-Built drawing for projects.

Education

ITT Technical Institute December 1993 Houston, Texas

Received Associates Degree of Applied Sciences

Professional Knowledge

AutoCAD ELECTRIC 2008, ISO Procedures, MS Access, MS Word, MS Excel

Fluent in Spanish. Read, write, and communicate the language extremely well.

Octavio J. Valdez

6403 Cordona Drive 281-***-****

Katy, Texas 77449 ***************@*****.***

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