Design Designer

William Schulting

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CAREER SUMMARY

Highly creative Design Specialist with over forty years of shipbuilding experience. Provides effective communications skills, and able to work independently as well as leading a team. Serves as a detail-oriented problem solver with solid organizational and planning skills. Provides a solid record as a dedicated and dependable professional, eager to accept new challenge.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Huntington Ingalls Industries, New Orleans, La

Senior Designer

• Structural design and revision of foundation drawings of LPD. Nov. 2011-present

LoneStar marine shelters, Galveston, Texas

Structural Designer

• Design of blast proof shelters for Shell offshore drilling rigs. August 2011

Special requirement of high strength steel. (AutoCad 2008)

Marinette Marine, Marinette, Wisconsin Feb 2011/May 2011

Senior Designer

• Structural design of Littoral Combat Ship for US Navy.

• Structure and foundations, using AutoCad 2008 and Shipconstructor.

Waller Marine, Houston, Texas Jan 2009/Aug 2010

Senior Designer

Structural design of lift ship for the oil industry

Ship alteration for offshore supply vessel. Added thruster in stem.

Conversion of pipe-laying barge. (AutoCad 2007)

McClure, Houston, Texas Nov 2007/Dec 2008

Senior Designer

Conversion of offshore supply vessel.

Designed structure for drill ship.

Designed foundations and structure for drilling rigs. (AutoCad 2006)

North American Shipbuilding, Larose, Louisiana Aug-Oct 2007

Structural Designer

Structural design of offshore supply vessel. (AutoCad 2006)

Gusto, Houston, Texas Jan-July 2007

Consultant

Designed foundations and moon pool structure for drill ships.

Designed structure for derricks. (AutoCad 2004)

Exmar, Houston, Texas March-Dec 2006

Senior Designer

Designed pontoon addition for offshore drilling rig.

Designed mast to nest the boom of a crane for a drill ship.

Drafted miscellaneous foundations. (AutoCad 2004)

Ingalls, Pascagoula, Mississippi 1988-2005

Design Specialist

Designed combat ships for the US Navy; DD, CG and LHD.

Drafted ship structures as well as alteration plans for CG and DD.

Invented a sliding radar platform on the mast of a combat ship.

Designed foundations for equipment, machinery and panels, using AutoCad.

Formulated plans for the stem of the CG52.

Converted the Metric System into the English System, estimate for Israeli Navy contract.

Material take-off for drill ships and offshore platforms, numerical control and weight control.

Estimated supplies for commercial contracts.

Bender, Mobile, Alabama 1987

Lead Designer

Converted offshore supply vessels into factory fishing trawlers.

Supervised draftsmen.

Ingalls, Pascagoula, Mississippi 1982-87

Senior Designer

Other Firms 1966-82

Career in Shipbuilding began in 1966, with most of this time spent working at National Steel and Shipbuilding. Much of this time was spent designing cargo ships and naval ships. Unique projects involved converting the Queen Mary into a hotel/museum, and designing ferries for the state of Washington.

OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Knowledge of ABS and US Navy Specifications, and ASTM, ANSI and SAE standards

Worked at shipyards in Holland as ship fitter/layout man, both new and repair

Proficient in AutoCAD, Microsoft Word and Wordperfect

Author of Planets, Ages, and Empires, Authorhouse, May 2009

EDUCATION

Graduate PBNA (Polytechnic), the Netherlands, equivalent Technical College

Major in Naval Architecture

Continuing Education: AutoCAD, Gulf Coast Community College, Gautier, Mississippi

Presently using Autocad 2010 2D, 3D

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Fluent in Dutch

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