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Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Greater Pittsburgh Region

Assist architects and engineers with preparation of proposal drawings, construction documents, 3D models and renderings. Promote interdisciplinary collaboration, coordination and quality as BIM (Building Information Modeling) leader for Architecture group.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Collaborate with architects, engineers and designers in creating 3D models, presentation drawings, design drawings and details for new or modified structures. Work from sketches, models and verbal information to complete projects in accordance with CADD standards set by internal and external clients. Utilize BIM software for coordination of projects with other disciplines such as HVAC, plumbing, fire protection, electrical, structural and interior design.Remain cognizant of budget and time constrains in order to meet or exceed requirements of client on all assigned tasks.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Generate technical drawings from 3D design models or in a 2D environment based on mark-ups or other instructions provided by engineering.Interface with engineering and/or other design drafters in effort to fully understand information related to project scope, schedule and design requirements.Apply Westinghouse and industry drafting codes, standards, policies and procedures to ensure consistent preparation, revision, review, approval and control of drawings in order to minimize the need for interpretation of drawing information and to facilitate flawless design process execution.Multi-task between projects while providing timely, accurate support to engineering customers, meeting or exceeding completion date commitments and project budgets while maintaining quality of drawings and proactively recommending process improvements.Own and ensure the legibility and accuracy of completed drawings through utilization of pre-job briefs, effective communication, questioning attitude, self-checking and additional human performance tools as necessary.Develop basic 3D models, parts and assemblies, customize I-properties, create drawings and demonstrate proper use of files through Vault under the technical guidance of higher coded design drafters.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Generated drawings based on mark-ups and/or other instructions provided by senior design drafters and engineers.Applied Westinghouse drafting codes, standards, policies and procedures to ensure quality and consistency. Employed self-checking for legibility and accuracy of completed drawings while adhering to allocated schedules.Communicated effectively to obtain and fully understand information related to project scope and requirements.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Served as Training Coordinator for Quality Initiatives Team, communicating group training requirements and qualifications as well as providing ongoing status reports to managers, employees and auditors.Acted as Open Item Lead for the Civil Structural Design and Analysis group; assisted with the AP1000 engineering open items database by entering and retrieving data, problem solving and interfacing with engineers and other group leads to resolve emergent issues.Supported design change proposal process by identifying impacts to civil structures in SmartPlant database and gathering pertinent information from engineers in response to proposed changes, meeting or exceeding impact deadlines.Collected AP1000 core engineering metrics, maintaining an ongoing dashboard representation of trending data as part of an initiative to continuously improve operations and project execution.Participated effectively in preparation, review and archival of deliverables, engineering and design coordination reports, calculation notes, deviation notices and transmittals, exchanging information according to export controls and compliance regulations.Prepared mark-ups for documents and drawings impacted by engineering and design coordination reports or design change proposals.Formatted reports, calculation notes, drawings, presentations and correspondence ensuring proper use of templates and standards.Applied basic formulas and formats to create tables, graphs, figures and metrics.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Generated drawings based on mark-ups and/or other instructions provided by senior design drafters and engineers.Applied Westinghouse drafting codes, standards, policies and procedures to ensure quality and consistency. Employed self-checking for legibility and accuracy of completed drawings while adhering to allocated schedules.Communicated effectively to obtain and fully understand information related to project scope and requirements.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Participated effectively in preparation, review and archival of deliverables, engineering and design coordination reports, calculation notes, deviation notices and transmittals, exchanging information according to export controls and compliance regulations.Prepared mark-ups for documents and drawings impacted by engineering and design coordination reports or design change proposals.Formatted reports, calculation notes, drawings, presentations and correspondence ensuring proper use of templates and standards.Applied basic formulas and formats to create tables, graphs, figures and metrics.Employed knowledge of basic ANSYS commands to select and plot elements in a 3D model and extract data for use in technical documents and presentations.Provided support with post-processing work in SASSI to generate stresses, forces, response spectra and transfer functions. Under the direction of a senior engineer, made changes to GTSTRUDL model in accordance with Obayashi’s turbine building design and performed steel design/code check to ensure its integrity.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Served as a design consultant for clients such as Carnegie Mellon University, True Commerce, Emory Day, and American Greetings by rendering artwork, typographical solutions, finishing guides and production-ready files for successful promotion of business objectives.Conceptualized various forms of media including web pages and graphics, HTML email, brochures, postcards, logos, signage, invitations and social expressions.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Created annual reports, business cards, letterheads, logos, posters and way-finding systems for American Greetings world headquarters as well as point-of-purchase signage and packaging for Target, Wal-Mart, CVS and other national retail accounts.Acted as the primary point-of-purchase designer for Target, using their store themes to create a cohesive signage package for all card departments.Worked with planning, editorial, product management and other necessary departments to coordinate art for all programs, handling each job from initial concept to final production stages and maintaining archival files.Researched and forecasted corporate color palettes, themes and trends to ensure cohesiveness in the retail environment.Designed, published and maintained Color Source Group Intranet site as a studio resource.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Updated graphic and editorial content on various clients' Web sites.Photographed and manipulated digital art for Internet use.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Developed web advertisements and graphics for use on cleveland.com as well as print ads for the Plain Dealer. Collaborated with sales and marketing to derive appropriate solutions for external clients.

Associate In Science, Computer Aided Drafting, 4.0

Bachelor Of Arts, Visual Communication Design, Art History, 3.32

Activities and Societies: Golden Key National Honor Society, Sigma Sigma Sigma