Lead Civil/Structural Designer Resume

Title
Lead Civil/Structural Designer

Primary Skills
civil/structural design, Autocad, Bentley 3d, Microstation, Frameworks3d

Location
US-LA-Baton Rouge (will consider relocating)

Posted
Sep-22-09

Currently pursuing a Project Management Certification (PMP), Ms. Leigh has over sixteen years of experience as a civil/structural designer in the petro-chemical, exploration/production, pulp & paper and Industrial. Responsibilities have included research, design and drafting as well as creating material and weight take-offs; contacting clients and vendors for information; approving custom vendor products and field work including climbing and surveying. She has experience with foundations, structures, stairs, pipe racks, pipe bridges, roads, railroads, docks, pop-up vehicle barriers, security fencing, dirt work, underground, weirs, catch basins, paving, architectural detailing, HVAC, logistics, Fire Marshal submittals, checking drawings, inter-departmental drawing checks (MEP). Professional experience with many softwares including: Autocad/Bentley 3d, Intergraph-Microstation/Frameworks 3d, Laserscan, Smartplant Review and Office. Also have some familiarity with Autocad 2009, Inroads, Revit, Solidworks, Inventor, Corel Illustrator, Photoshop, Maya and 3d Studio Max. Have TWIC.

Employment History:

Wink Companies, LLC -- March 2007 to March 2009
Lead Senior Civil/Structural Designer
Softwares: Autocad 2005, Bentley 2004

• Marathon Garyville - GME
Supervisory position over as many as ten people. Cladding under-strength pipe bridges, adding tall supports in areas with minimal clearance between pipes on an existing pipe rack, adding bracing and new columns/beams in an already over-stressed rack. New pipe racks tying into existing fire-proofed pipe racks in an area with complex undergrounds and minimal clearances using angled pilings when required. Re-routing firewater as required. Checking.

• Shell Convent / Shell Norco
Many miscellaneous projects from thirty-five feet tall t-supports to analyzer buildings with slabs well above grade and tank ring walls with wick drain systems.

Arctic Slope Regional Corp -- March 2006 to March 2007
Senior Civil/Structural Designer
Softwares: Autocad 2005, Bentley 2004

• Pioneer Natural Resources-Oooguruk Production and Drilling Facilities
Designing Truckable building modules for shipment to the Alaskan North Slope. Structural steel and architectural design with detailing for arctic conditions. Fiberglass hanging Drill Rig Building. Light supervisory duties.

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. -- September 2004 to March 2006
Civil/Structural Designer
Softwares: Microstation J, Frameworks, Laserscan, Smartplant Review

• Georgia Pacific Paper Mill -- Emergency Shutdown
Reworking old foundations, adding new foundations, designing cable tray/pipe rack structure to tie into existing Switchgear Building structure. Paving and drainage development.

• Chevron Pascagoula -- RNMCUP
Foundations, pipe supports, integration of new and existing underground drainage, seal boxes, Hubs.

• Shell Geismar / Shell Norco / Shell Mobile -- SVA
Eliminate potential terrorist entrances into the plant by upgrading fencing, installing extra strength barriers around perimeter and pop-up bollards at drive through access points. Find and eliminate other potential furtive entry points. Security background checks required for this work.

Ford, Bacon & Davis -- September 1999 to January 2004
Civil/Structural Designer
Softwares: Autocad 1998, 2000

• Murphy Oil, -- Rose Reconstruction Project
Total reconstruction of fire damaged unit.
Pipe racks, Process Structures, Foundations, trenches and paving .

• W.R. Grace & Co, Lake Charles, LA
New structure placed between two buildings and over a roadway with tight constraints
Process Structure, walkways connecting to existing structures, stairs, foundations, site work and roadways.

• Shell Geismar - Goal Venture
A conglomeration of small upgrades throughout the plant.

• Shell Geismar - K5 Upgrade/ OIU
Steel platforms, stairs, supports.

• C.S. Metals of Louisiana, Convent, LA --Catalyst & Metals Recovery Plant (grass-roots)
Catalyst Storage Building, Process Structures and Foundations, Pipe Racks, Sewers and Roads.

F.C. Schaffer & Associates -- April 1993 to November 1998
Civil/Structural Drafter
Softwares: Autocad Ver. 10, Ver. 12

• Finchaa Sugar Factory, Finchaa Valley, Ethiopia
Grass Roots Sugar processing Factory.
Multiple Process Structures, buildings, foundations, roads, trenches, paving, weirs and site work.


Education:

Two years Architecture -- Louisiana State University
Associates Degree in Design -- Wade's Design School, Dallas, TX -- Graduated August 1991


References provided upon request.
Additional Career Highlights

• Took over design team that was fractured, providing cohesion and goal orientation.

• Instituted internal library to minimize future field trips for research.

• Discovered errors in completed Front End Design that required re-locating columns, saving potential embarrassment to the company.

• Discovered and helped to correct errors and out of scope issues found through inter-departmental drawing checks.

• Building designed to fit between two existing buildings with minimal clearance was installed with ease.

• Designed many instances of retrofits with canted piles and other foundations and structures with extremely complex existing above and underground interferences.

• Plenty of field work, from surveying to climbing to searching for potential construction conflicts.

• Worked with vendors to ensure sub-contracted products met with expectations and trouble-shooting potential problems.

• Provided layouts and details for shipping building modules by ship.

• Calculated weight take-offs and material take-offs.

• Built wood-frame homes for Habitat For Humanity.

Certifications
See above


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