1. RICHARD G. MINTER, JR.
5877 HILLTOP LN. SEALY, TX. 77474
Cell: (713) 444-6715
Home: (979) 885-7830
64novaman@msn.com
SUMMARY
Highly detail oriented designer with extensive experience in the design of equipment and systems for
Commercial, Oil-&-Gas and Military use. Known for exceptional ability to conceptualize and design complex
spatial problems. Expertise includes design from General Arrangement through detail drawings, specializing
in the use of computer aided design. Expert in the Application of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing,
(GDT), in accordance with (IAW) ANSI Y14.5-1982 thru ASME Y14.5-2009.
EXPERIENCE:
FMC Technologies - Lead Designer Flow Treatment and Measurement Team. Feb, 2012 - Present
• Use Unigraphics NX-8.5 to layout and design oilfield equipment from Drillout to Production.
• Single handedly designed a 54' Water Treatment Trailer with a 5 stage system from layout to detail
drawings. (Included cyclonic desand and de-oilers, Electro Coagulation, CFUs and bag filters.)
• Design General layouts and vessels for flowback and drillout skids with cyclonic desanders and
deoilers.
• One-man Design department for this new growing and successful service department.
Thrustmaster of Texas - Checker/Graphics Technician - Houston, TX 2011 - 2012
• Use Solid Works, 2011 and AutoCAD, in drawing production for Marine Thrusters.
• Check Detail Drawings and Assemblies for tolerance use, accuracy, and completeness.
BAE Systems, TVS Div - Engineering Specialist II - Houston, TX 1996 – 2010
• Used Pro-E Wildfire, (Similar to Catia and Solid Works), in the Layout and Drawing production for the US
Army Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles, (FMTV).
• Received an Award for Excellence as a key member of a small elite team to design the next Generation
Army truck during the successful ‘Competitive Rebuy’ design and proposal effort in 2003 resulting in a 5
year, 2-Billion-dollar contract.
• Liaisoned between Reliability and Maintainability (RAM) group, engineering and the customer; tracking and
negotiating all required changes determined by testing of the newly designed truck.
• Promoted 4 times from Checker to Engineering Specialist II. Given responsibility to perform all the duties of
the Engineers I, II or III for the last 11 years.
• Member of Production Engineering where responsibilities were to investigate and determine best fix for
engineering design challenges as they arose in Production.
• Red Lined and Checked drawings IAW specifications and standards including ASME Y14.5-2000,
Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing and ASME Y14.100.
FMC Corp - Checker - Houston, TX 1995 – 1996
• Used Microstation Ver. 5 in the layout, checking and production of drawings of Land and Subsea oil well
Valve Tree Stacks.
• Wrote Drafting Manual incorporating ANSI Y14.5-1982 and ASME Y14.5-1994.
National Oilwell - Designer – Houston, TX 1993 - 1995
• Used Microstation Ver. 4 and 5 to layout and detail design improvements to oil well drilling equipment.
• Asked to serve as system administrator for a UNIX based network of Intergraph CAD terminals without

2. any prior UNIX experience after four to six months.

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Stewart and Stevenson-TVS Division - Checker – Houston, TX May- Oct, 1993
• Promoted to checker position from Senior Designer.
• Developed and checked drawings IAW ANSI Y14.5-1982, Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing and
DOD-100C for the FMTV line of Army 2.5 and 5 Ton Trucks.
Victoria Machine Works - Mechanical Designer – Victoria, TX 1992 - 1993
• Used AutoCAD version 11 in layout and drawing production.
• Part of two-man team to design a wire guided, remote and manually operated vehicle, receiving a ‘Letter of
Commendation’ from DOE for its flawless performance.
• Lead designer on a 'Telescoping Work Platform' for the Shell 'Auger' offshore oil rig.
Newport News Shipbuilding - Senior Designer – Newport News, VA 1987 - 1992
• One of only two designers to use new 3-D version of IBM CADAM.
• Lead designer, single handedly assigned conceptual design and arrangement of the rotary torpedo tubes'
shutter door system in the advanced submarine project SEAWOLF.
Dean Steel Buildings - CAD Department Supervisor – Fort Meyers, FL 1986 - 1987
• Supervised and performed drawing production on an IGS Calcomp CAD system.
• Scheduled jobs and personnel matters while assisting with design duties when needed to ensure
adherence to schedule.
• Assisted in the development of an automatic drawing and bill of material system.
Schlumberger Well Services Inc - Senior Drafting Technician – Houston, TX 1981 - 1985
• Operated Computervision CADDS IV-X on both the system and user levels in design of down hole
measuring instruments.
• Promoted to position and given System level duties for the CAD system.
• Performed system manager duties while maintaining a full drafting work load.
• Instrumental in the development of a paperless ECN (engineering change notice) system and the
production of an IBM COPICS system user manual.
Ashbrook-Simon-Hartley Co. - Design Draftsman - Houston, TX 1978 - 1981
• Member of a three-man team to design a new product line; a belt filter press to remove water from sludge in
sewage treatment plants.
O & M Manufacturing - Draftsman, Heat Exchangers - Houston, TX 1977 – 1978
QED Systems Inc. - Draftsman, Naval Ship Manuals - Virginia Beach, VA 1976 – 1977
William Freed, Architect - Draftsman, Architectural - Virginia Beach, VA 1972
NAS Oceana Public Works - Volunteer Drafting - Virginia Beach, VA 1970 – 1971
EDUCATION:
Received Associates of Science Degree from Houston Community College. Currently enrolled in UH studying
BSMET (Bachelors in Science, Mechanical Engineering Technology) degree at University of Houston.
Maintain a grade point average of 3.90.