Ray Newcomb

Residential Drafter with extensive experience using AutoCAD, Revit, & MiTek to design everything from soldier barracks to multifamily homes. From site plans to panelized production drawings.

Drafter at Amwood homes (2016-10 – 2026-08)

• Produce drawings, using computer-assisted drafting systems (CAD).
• Analyze building codes, by-laws, space and site requirements, and other technical documents and reports to determine their effect on architectural designs.
• Train other drafters.
• Determine the order of work and method of presentation, such as orthographic or isometric drawing.
• Finish and duplicate drawings and documentation packages according to required mediums and specifications for reproduction, using blueprinting, photography, or other duplicating methods.
• Draw rough and detailed scale plans for foundations, buildings, and structures, based on preliminary concepts, sketches, engineering calculations, specification sheets, and other data.
• Check dimensions of materials to be used and assign numbers to lists of materials.
• Determine procedures and instructions to be followed, according to design specifications and quantity of required materials.
• Conduct technical investigations to obtain data required to revise construction drawings.
• Explain drawings to production or construction teams and provide adjustments as necessary.
• Obtain and assemble data to complete architectural designs, visiting job sites to compile measurements as necessary.
• Calculate weights, volumes, and stress factors and their implications for technical aspects of designs.
• Reproduce drawings on copy machines or trace copies of plans and drawings, using transparent paper or cloth, ink, pencil, and standard drafting instruments.
• Review rough sketches, drawings, specifications, and other engineering data to ensure that they conform to design concepts.

Technical Engineer Specialist at US ARMY (2003-05 – 2009-11)

• Produce drawings, using computer-assisted drafting systems (CAD) or drafting machines, or by hand, using compasses, dividers, protractors, triangles, and other drafting devices.
• Draw maps, diagrams, and profiles, using cross-sections and surveys, to represent elevations, topographical contours, subsurface formations, and structures.
• Supervise and train other technologists, technicians, and drafters.
• Determine the order of work and method of presentation, such as orthographic or isometric drawing.
• Finish and duplicate drawings and documentation packages according to required mediums and specifications for reproduction, using blueprinting, photography, or other duplicating methods.
• Draw rough and detailed scale plans for foundations, buildings, and structures, based on preliminary concepts, sketches, engineering calculations, specification sheets, and other data.
• Correlate, interpret, and modify data obtained from topographical surveys.
• Check dimensions of materials to be used and assign numbers to lists of materials.
• Determine procedures and instructions to be followed, according to design specifications and quantity of required materials.
• Supervise or conduct field surveys, inspections, or technical investigations to obtain data required to revise construction drawings.
• Explain drawings to production or construction teams and provide adjustments as necessary.
• Obtain and assemble data to complete architectural designs, visiting job sites to compile measurements as necessary.
• Determine quality, cost, strength, and quantity of required materials, and enter figures on materials lists.
• Create freehand drawings and lettering to accompany drawings.
• Calculate weights, volumes, and stress factors and their implications for technical aspects of designs.
• Reproduce drawings on copy machines or trace copies of plans and drawings, using transparent paper or cloth, ink, pencil, and standard drafting instruments.
• Review rough sketches, drawings, specifications, and other engineering data to ensure that they conform to design concepts.
• Construction Surveying, Soils analysis & Drafting for military buildings, roads, & runways; Both within US military bases & foreign field operations.

Associate of Science in Drafting and Design Technology – Herzing University (2011)

Bachelor of Science in Technology Management – Herzing University (2016)