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EDUCATION: University of California at Riverside
Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering - ABET Accredited
Graduation
Date: June 1998 GPA: 3.3/4.0 (cum.), 3.5/4.0 (engr.)
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Kennecott Utah Copper, Salt Lake City, UT, USA 08/05 – present
Project Engineer
Manage multiple capital projects throughout the company. Provide leadership and interfacing with the project sponsor at various plants. Responsibilities include working with project sponsors to develop detailed scopes of work to include costs, preparing bid documents, establishing job execution plans, and communicating project schedules, milestones, and progress to all relevant stakeholders. Select and oversee engineering and field contractors to complete the sponsored project.
Willbros Engineers, Salt Lake City, UT, USA 03/05 – 08/05
Mechanical Engineer
Provide engineering and technical assistance for projects in the gas and petroleum sector. Assistance includes specifying block, control valves, instrumentation, line pipe for gas, amine, glycol, and hot oil services at various pressure and temperature ratings (ASME B31.3 and B31.8). Create plant models in Triflex software to perform piping stress analysis. P&ID drafting/revision for client Issue For Construction.
ConocoPhillips, Santa Fe Springs, CA, USA 09/00 – 03/04
Project Engineer
Provide project
management and engineering assistance to ConocoPhillips Pipelines and Terminals,
West Coast Operations. Projects involve conceptual design, cost estimating,
project definition/scope of work, planning, permitting, procurement,
and execution. Capital improvement and non-routine maintenance projects
include, but are not limited to: pipeline protection and relocations,
automating pipeline and terminal manifolds, terminal transmix recovery,
installation of pipeline leak monitoring systems, pipeline connections
in private and public property, storage tank repairs and fire protection,
and hydraulic, feasibility, and economic studies. Gaining understanding
on issues involving management of construction, safety, and quality.
Everfilt Corporation, Mira Loma, CA, USA 02/99 – 09/00
Mechanical Engineer
Assisted in
the design of automated modular water filtration systems. Provided
clients with submittal packages containing CAD drawings for approval
and release for fabrication. Identified vendors and purchased components
to fill system specifications. Developed and maintained bills of materials,
and project schedules. Created Installation, Operation & Maintenance
manuals. Hands-on experience with various types of valves, and instrumentation
devices. Prepared piping and pressure vessel system layout. Assisted
in final assembly of systems. Gained knowleged of manufacturing principels
and practices. Provided field information and technical support to
engineering, sales and manufacturing. Presented company products to
vendors, engineers, and sales representatives. Provided clients with
proposals of custom filtration systems and equipment.
Shell Pipeline Corporation, Carson, CA, USA 06/97 - 09/97
Engineer Intern
Involved in
modeling and analyzing hydraulic surges of pipeline systems in the LA
basin. Field work requiring the revising of mechanical, control, and
protective instrumentation device drawings. Sized emergency venting
mechanisms and determined frangible joint requirements of various chemical
storage tanks.
University of California, Riverside, CA, USA 01/97 - 01/98
Research Assistant
Involved in
running experiments and analyzing data for a research group that is
developing an adaptive learning control system for particle flocculation
in water and wastewater.
HONORS, AWARDS & ACTIVITIES:
SPECIAL SKILLS:
Technical and sales support in English and Spanish. Intermediate knowledge of French.
Proficient in MS Office 2000, AutoCAD R2000, MS Project, and HTML web-page design.
Working knowledge
of ORACLE, SAP, UNIX, Visual Basic, and C++. Manufacturing shop experience.
REFERENCES & TRANSCRIPTS: Available upon request.