Facilities Space Planner and Facilities Coordinator in office and manufacturing environments. AutoCAD experience in developing complete office and plant layouts. Ability to establish rapport with individuals of diverse backgrounds and experience levels. Principle strengths include:

• Space Planning: Use of AutoCAD to produce layouts that utilize space efficiently. Extensive experience with modular furniture, lab and production layouts, architectural details. " Experienced in working with a Facilities Design & Engineering team and reviewing their prints prior to assembling issue-for-construction drawing packages.
• Maintain office standards --- finishes, hardware, chairs, cubicles, free-standing furniture. " Ergonomic and ADA expertise --- knowledgeable in ergonomic workstation accessories (keyboard trays, footrests, chairs), and the Texas Accessibility Standards as established by the Texas Dept. of Licensing and Regulation.
• Project Coordination: Coordinating and scheduling contractors and in-house maintenance personnel in the implementation of projects including construction, maintenance, and office relocation.

• Planned or Coordinated many major departmental renovations and office/cubicle modifications and relocations. Most projects were office construction, but also Planned or Coordinated several construction projects in Fab Support areas, and gained some experience in clean-room projects (in Austin, Texas and in Dresden, Germany).
• As Coordinator, developed bid packages and schedules, budget estimates, evaluated bids, material requisitions, approved invoices, and scheduled and managed contractors.
• In Planning and Coordination, was responsible for office furniture standards, evaluating ergonomic chairs and accessories, workbench standards, building code compliance, city permits, work request processing, managing budgets, and much interfacing with users on the design of their offices and cubicles, moving instructions, punch lists, and schedules.
• Integral member of the Fab 25 construction team, as a Coordinator, and then became the Planner for Fab 25 -- a fast-track project with an office building and semiconductor fabrication building.
• Received "Spotlight Award" from HR after planning large office consolidation project.

• Justified an AutoCAD system for generating plant and office layouts. Learned AutoCAD and used this system to make accurate layouts in half the time of manual drafting. Made "as-built" AutoCAD files of all offices and production areas. Continually maximized utilization of office and production space.
• Coordinated many production and office rearrangements during scheduled shut-downs and weekends.
• Established standard sizes for offices and cubicles in order to improve flexibility and employee morale, and to present a proper corporate image. Also established a standard production workbench as the factory standard.

PRIOR EXPERIENCE INCLUDES:
Industrial Engineer, Facilities Supervisor, Manufacturing Engineer, Maintenance Engineer
Managed building maintenance and construction projects, plant layout, capital expenditure justification, production time studies, managed installation of machine tools and equipment.

• Evaluated prototype pipe-handling equipment manufacturers, chose one, and worked with that company to improve their design before establishment as the factory standard.
  
• Coordinated installation of major machine-shop tools and equipment without disrupting production.
  
• Designed various manufacturing layouts for machine tools and production areas.
  
• Established time standards for manufacturing which were then used for accurate cost estimating.
  " Supervised forklift maintenance department.

• Texas music and Americana music
  
• Photography (especially musicians) including published posters, magazines, CD, and Internet
  
• Classic cars and sports cars
  
• Fishing
  
• Landscape gardening