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Thomas Wright ( Available )
Loganville, GA - 30052 USA
Expertise :electrical design, autocad drafting-mech/electr, engineering support
Status :Citizen
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Objective

Dear Mr. Sir/ Madam:



Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Thomas Wright.



I am seeking a position as a Designer, Draftsman, or in engineering support, which allows use of my present skills with the opportunity to expand my skills and knowledge.

I am a team player who is goal oriented with proven skills and a productive track record.



I have a variety of experience and I am flexible in seeking employment opportunities and commensurate compensation.



I have practical experience in

Drafting:

    •    Electrical        15 Years

    •    Mechanical        6 Years

    •    Illustrations and Documentation         5 Years

    •    Facilities planning and Equipment general arrangement        3 Years

            

 

Electrical Design:

    •    Medium and low voltage Distribution        5 Years

    •    PLC I/O  assignment and schematic design        5 Years

    •    Wire selection and sizing        5 Years

    •    Cable and conduit runs and derations         2 Years

    •    Various calculations and equipment selection / specification.

•    Control Panel and Marshalling Panel Layout        5 Years



Engineering Support:

    •    Project Management and Scheduling-Product engineer-Husky plastic and TEL control cabinets- Siemens- 1997-1999        2 Years



•    Controls Engineering        2 Years

    •    3D Modeling-AutoCAD, Customization and Programming        14 Years

    •    HMI Development /  Visual Basic Programming         5 Years

    •    HTML Help system Development        5 Years



My management and engineering skills have lead to the successful completion of many projects while lending technical support to other projects. I am highly software/ programming literate and can adapt to learning various cad and cae packages in minimal time frame with minimal assistance.



With friendly regards,



Thomas Wright

706 Manor Ridge Drive

Loganville, GA 30052

Wrigtx@aol.com

404-791-5957

 



Summary

I often find recruiters and etc. –tending not to submit me for lower compensation and drafting jobs. Let me assure you I am interested and “would not be bored” (as I will find ways to implement software or automation to simplify my duties and I tend to have a loyalty to whomever I am employed by and attempt to finish all contracts unless a major significant offer is extended for permanent employment. This is why there are lots of contract positions on my resume although I am always seeking permanent / long term employment.






I am primarily seeking Perm or temp to perm opportunities in the Atlanta metro area.




I am open to short term contracts and temporary employment.




As far as commute is concerned, my previous position required a 1-1/2 to (worst case scenario 3 hr) 1 way commute to Marietta GA for the previous 2 years. Commute is not an issue for me if compensation and flex time allow for it.






My salary expectations are:




MIN- 18-19 per hr or 36k per year for Drafting (depending upon commute)




Typical- 20-21 per hr or 40-42k per annum




Design:




Min 41k per year or $20 per hr    Typical  45k per year or $22 per hr.




Last salary 52k per year $26 per hr.






Please feel free to contact me if you have any positions which match my background.




Unfortunately at present I am unable to relocate or take long term contracts away from the Atlanta area due to family issues.




 


 


 



Employment

February, 2006 -  September, 2008
Electrical Designer

Atlanta , GA
Duties include Switchboard and MCC design and layouts. Also responsible for duct bank design. marshalling panel design, control panel design, conductor and equipment sizing, voltage drops, conductor derations and grounding drawings. Created Pump station designs. Performed power and lighting design and equipment retrofits of commercial, municipal and industrial construction projects. Created panel schedules, cable schedules, cost estimates per RS means, controls schematics and installation details for commercial and municipal projects. Performed drafting and design of PLC I/O diagrams, riser diagrams, single lines, loop diagrams and general arrangement drawings.

November, 2005 -  January, 2006
Electrical Designer

Tucker , GA
Responsible for : Specification reviews, I/O list generation, PLC wiring diagrams, electrical schematic design, panel layouts, bills of materials and Motor Control Centers drawings.

March, 2005 -  October, 2005
Electrical Designer

Atlanta GA Tucker , GA
Responsible for the design of DCS station control logic drawings, conversion of documents from English to European standards. Database extraction and Spreadsheet document creation.

July, 2004 -  February, 2005
Project Engineer

Atlanta , GA
Responsible for layout and design of wastewater treatment controls : to include : Specification reviews, I/O list generation, PLC wiring diagrams, electrical schematic design, mechanical layouts, bills of materials and device specifications.

June, 2003 -  July, 2004
Design Consultant

Atlanta , GA
Responsible for the layout of machine and conveyor placement and installation. Performed layout of mechanical and schematics for : Conveyor systems, Motor Control Centers and device mounting details for parcel shipping systems and computer hardware.

February, 2003 -  June, 2003
Designer

Atlanta , GA Atlanta , GA
Performed layout and design of control panels, PLC wiring diagrams and electrical schematics.

January, 2002 -  February, 2003
Designer

Atlanta , GA
Design in various disciplines. Illustrations for web and paper manuals, 3D part drawings - Autodesk Inventor.

August, 1994 -  October, 2001
Systems-Design Engineer

Atlanta , GA
Responsible for creating 3D-Mechanical designs of power control cabinets and prototype units. Created a production package consisting of releases, nameplate info, schematics, assembly drawings, panel layouts, single lines and wire lists. Performed production and process quality control and design improvement during production phase. Documented ECN's, ECO's and special designs, custom parts and design solutions. Generated cost estimates and billing for each unit. Created location drawings for production floor equipment placement. Made mechanical layouts in AutoCAD for customer preliminary approval, production assembly drawings, panel layouts, special parts, special assembly instructions, manuals, illustrations and As-builts. Heavy customer contacts on design, production, quality and shipping issues. Attended production meetings to review and improve designs, procedures and manpower requirements. Set production and shipping schedules. Redesigned each customer schematics to company standards for use in production. Ordered all parts for each cabinet and long lead items through purchasing department 300+ parts per unit.
Design drafting performed using : AutoCAD, Visio, E-plan, Promis-E and some Acad-e.
Performed development in Visual Basic software : Guided commissioning tool for a medium voltage drive setup Responsible for full cycle development to include : specifications, design, coding debugging, implementation and troubleshooting. Also created an on-line Help system - HTML based for IGBT shovel controls systems. Performed HMI software troubleshooting, upgrades and programming in Wonderware and WINCC

May, 1992 -  August, 1994
PC Software/ Hardware Consultant

Dunwoody , GA

April, 1991 -  April, 1992
PC Software/ Hardware Consultant

Atlanta , GA
Help desk - PC setup, upgrade and maintenance, hardware and software configuration



Education

Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineering Technology May 1987
South Carolina State University
Orangeburg , SC



Training

Computer - Aided Design October 1988 Balin Institute Of Technology

Certificate Siemens STEP 2000

Certificate Microsoft NT core technologies

Certificate Mastering Visual Basic 5.0

Certificate S7 programming 1

Certificate Promis-e ADS

Certificate Wincc configuration

Certificate Wonderware 4.0

 



Skills

CAD

      Autodesk Inventor: 3D Parametric design

      Autocad : 2D design, 3D modeling, customization, data extraction

      Corel 8: Illustrations

      Visio: Technical illustrations ,flow charts and diagrams

      I.D.E.A.S: Drafting and Design

      Promis-e ads: Schematic generation and wire charts

      Micrographx: VRML generation



      MSOffice

      Excel: Spreadsheets, macros, VBA

      Powerpoint: Demonstrations and tutorials

      Access: Database creation and management

      Word: Technical writing, Correspondance

      Front page: Web development

      Hot metal: HTML development

      Robohtml: HTML based help sytem authoring



      PLC/ HMI

      Visual Basic V6.0: Office applications and HMI GUI development

      S7: PLC programming

      Wincc: HMI development

      Wonderware:HMI development