Melodie Ballard-O'Bryan
Employment History - Page 2

February '96 - December '96
DuPont/John Brown Engg. Louisville, KY (contract), Electrical Designer for Power group at the Louisville Works Plant site.  Utilized MicroStation rel. 5.0 (Falcon), Access and All-in-One to produce project packages of design drawings consisting of Electrical and Instrument details, DCS loops, P&ID's, ICD's, plant power distribution, one-line wiring diagrams, schematics, equipment arrangements, lighting & grounding plans per DuPont standards, specifications and project scope of work.  Developed database to automate lists, transmittals, requisitions and input sheets (Microsoft Access).  Field data verification and as-built activities, piping and structural drafting work.

November '95 - February '96
Texaco/Huntsman Corp., Conroe, TX (contract),  On-site Electrical AutoCAD Drafter for Process Safety Management group responsible for updating all Electrical drawings for process hazards analysis.  Utilized AutoCAD rel. 12.0 via AutoManager Workflow to update plan drawings and generate new plans, arrangements and detail drawings, revised existing drawings per client standards and NEC guidelines.
May '95 - August '95

Stone & Webster Engineering, Houston, TX (contract), Assigned to Sr. Instrument Engineer in the Control Systems group on Saudi Aramco (Uthmaniyah) Gas Plant Project.  Provided Engineers with P&ID's, Logic and Loop diagrams, Plans and Equipment Arrangement drawings for systems supporting the additional plant facilities per Aramco specifications and Stone & Webster standards (ISO 9001) utilizing MicroStation release 5.0.

May '94 - January '95
Ameritex Design-Build, Houston, TX (direct), Designer and Administrator of construction projects for Texaco gas stations and other commercial Petroleum marketing facilities.  Bid package preparation per client plans and specifications.  Developed preliminary plans and estimates for independent marketers.  Performed material take-off for estimating and fabrication drawing review.  Redlined design & construction drawings, organized and coordinated subcontractors and vendors for proposals, negotiated job buy-out.  Selected subcontractors, initiated and expedited purchase orders and scheduling.  Involved in all phases of construction project execution.

April '94 - May '94
Joy Environmental, Houston, TX (contract), Electrical/Instrument board and CAD per engineers specifications, produce schematics, wiring diagrams, equipment arrangements, lighting and grounding plans and DCS loop diagrams.  Miscellaneous P&ID as-built work.  Utilized Intergraph MicroStation rel. 4.

November '93 - March '94
Technical Assistance Co. Inc., Houston, TX  Performed system conversion as computer technical assigned, from Basic to Symantec database.  Developed and customized software per specification.  Provided support to recruiters via resume screening, coding/classifying, data input/output and screening.

April '92 - June '92
B.A.S.F. Corp., Houston, TX (contract), CAD support assigned to Engineer on Freeport Waste Water Treatment, TDI Optimization and Giesmar THF Recovery projects.  Instrument location, lighting and grounding plan drawings, motor schematics, single-line and DCS loop diagrams.

September '85 - April '92
Allstates Design & Development Co. Inc., for DuPont, Houston, TX (direct), Electrical and Instrument designer/drafter on small fast track DuPont projects.  Developed detailed design and construction drawings.  Cable schedules, instrument indexes, field data development and as-built activities.  Dbase III & IV database development.  Intergraph MicroStation CAD Rel. 2.9.

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