Emily Vanadestine
Bristol,CT
Summary
Creative and technical Detailer/Designer with 15 years of drafting and design experience for specialty engineering firms. Excellent communicator with knack for understanding, visualizing and vividly drafting client needs at early project stages. Accomplished and valued resource to engineering, sales and customers in meshing needs with capabilities. Systematic and highly detailed mechanical drafting professional. Organized, diligent and responsive to criticism and changing designs. Advanced Solidworks expertise and manual drafting skills.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
4
4
Certification
Work History
Cad Detailer/Designer
Bauer inc.
Bristol, CT
04.2014 - Current
- 3D Modeling, in SolidWorks
- Part detailing in both SolidWorks and CadKey
- Structural Sheetmetal design
- Electrical & Hydraulic in CadKey
- Layout of components within the structure
- Structural room layout.
- Developed 3D models of components, assemblies and systems based on engineering specifications.
- Generated detailed technical drawings with dimensions, tolerances and surface finishes for manufacturing processes.
- Monitored progress of projects throughout the entire lifecycle from conception through completion.
- Analyzed existing designs to suggest cost-effective modifications or enhancements.
- Provided technical support related to CAD operations when needed by other personnel.
- Collaborated with design engineers in order to develop new products or improve existing ones.
- Identified discrepancies between actual parts and their corresponding CAD models.
- Produced highly accurate detail drawings including sections, details, orthographic views.
- Developed comprehensive bill of materials for complex assemblies.
- Worked closely with production personnel in order to ensure that manufactured parts match the required design specifications.
- Ensured that all product drawing requirements meet applicable standards and regulations.
- Assisted with the development of assembly instructions by creating visual aids using CAD software.
- Reviewed blueprints and other documentation to create detailed drawings of parts and assemblies for fabrication.
- Implemented revisions as required by engineering, customer or suppliers.
- Developed precise drawings from scratch based on written and verbal specifications supplied by customer, engineering or sales.
- Designed injection-molded plastic parts, machined parts and sheet metal parts in 3D CAD.
- Generated detailed 3D models and advanced assemblies, weldments and drawings ahead of schedule and according to department and company guidelines.
- Coordinated with project engineer on final as-built drawings so department and customer had accurate record of final design implemented on site.
- Mentored new drafters to maximize performance and accuracy.
- Built base drawing library for entire engineering department to use or customize in compliance with specific project requirements.
- Captured and reconfigured data from hard copy prints and markups for efficient use in modern electronic environment.
- Analyzed and selected vendor products based on required specifications, functionality, delivery and cost.
- Spearheaded development of modernized drafting standards, resulting in reduced drawing completion time.
- Added text instructions and comments to complete drawings and guide final production or installation.
- Created product designs in alignment with specifications.
- Participated in brainstorming sessions to generate new ideas for product features or improvements.
- Partnered across teams to improve accessibility and translatability of design content.
- Collaborated with team of designers to offer improvements and direction on others' projects.
- Thoroughly researched design topics and studied information pertaining to topics.
Quality Technician
Connecticut Spring & Stamping
Farmington, CT
03.2011 - 04.2014
- Review and Balloon Customer Prints
- Creating documents for inspection
- Creating and formatting new documents for Quality
- Co-lead and scribe meetings
- Co-lead Quality team.
Companion & Homemaker
A.L.L. Homemaker and Companion
Bristol, CT
05.2010 - 03.2011
CAD Draftsperson
QuEST
East Hartford, CT
07.2009 - 10.2009
- Creating model revisions on assemblies
- Creating PowerPoint presentations to provide information for customer
- Interfacing between customers to provide needed information.
CAD Draftsperson
Permisteelisa Cladding Tech.
S. Windsor, CT
04.2007 - 11.2008
- Interfaced with engineering and customers to generate CAD drawings for parts and assemblies
- Created detailed site drawings
- Made spread sheets for drawing registers.
CAD Draftsperson
Creed Monarch
New Britain, CT
06.2005 - 04.2007
- Interfaced with engineering and customers to generate CAD drawings for tooling, parts and assemblies
- Drawing conversions from Metric to American Standards
- Reverse engineering of assemblies to generate detailed assembly and component drawings in CAD
- Final 'As Built' drawings for customer manuals.
Education
Goodwin Technical School
01.2005
Continuing Adult Education
Skills
- Technical Drawing
- Design Development
- Design Background
- CAD Software Proficiency
- Team Collaboration
- Schematics Understanding
Related Program Experience
- AutoCad 13
- Cadkey R19, R20
- NX-3 Solid
- SolidWorks
- MS Programs Including Word, PowerPoint, Excel
- DISCUS
- VPSS3i Laser/Production Design
- VPSS3i Bend/Production Design
- PDM SolidWorks
Certification
- VPSS3i Laser/Production Designer Certified
- VPSS3i Bend/Production Designer Certified
- Solidworks Sheet metal Certified
- ITEM online Design tool Certified
- SolidWorks PDM use training
Timeline
Cad Detailer/Designer
Bauer inc.
04.2014 - Current
Quality Technician
Connecticut Spring & Stamping
03.2011 - 04.2014
Companion & Homemaker
A.L.L. Homemaker and Companion
05.2010 - 03.2011
CAD Draftsperson
QuEST
07.2009 - 10.2009
CAD Draftsperson
Permisteelisa Cladding Tech.
04.2007 - 11.2008
CAD Draftsperson
Creed Monarch
06.2005 - 04.2007
Goodwin Technical School
Continuing Adult Education
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