Construction Manager/Mechanical Superintendent
Leidos/Benham Constructors/Haskell company
Total years of experience :44 years, 10 Months
- Ammonia plant disassembly, transportation and reassembly of all useful existing equipment and material to new location.
- Integration of ammonia plant, nitric acid plant and NACSAC concentrator, including all OSBL systems and balance of plant.
- Engineering included ammonia ISBL; ammonia BFW system, including deaerator and pumps; ammonia EDI package skids, ammonia demin water storage tanks; potable water system to safety showers and plant consumables, atmospheric ammonia storage with flare and refrigeration system and ammonia line heater and pumps.
- Replacement of existing Monsanto Hydrogen recovery system with an Air Product Hydrogen recovery system.
- Replacement of the molecular sieve dryer system with the Casale ammonia wash system.
- Project value- 1.02 billion. (Construction Superintendent/Site Mechanical Superintendent/Field Engineer).
- Superintendent for construction and field operations for several large plant repair and expansion projects for Nestle, Frito-Lay, and E&J Gallo, and MAAS aviation.
• Projects value to 3 million
• Performed wireless microwave radio installations for WA state - K-20 education state wide.
• Managed procurement and execution of data center equipment/HVAC/server clusters installations, and managing hard copper network and fiber optic technicians and system administrators.
• Performed line and pair terminations for T-1, DS3, OC-48, in multiple “meet-me” floors and CLEC, ILEC centers.
• Managed deployment of site communications and radio towers, 3 data centers, etc.
• Managed and Performed microwave radio tuning and repairs and alignments for long haul, and B2B, and last mile deployments.
• Hobby Business specializing in CHP, ORC prototyping and development of micro CHP/ORC systems and turbines
• R&D prototyping projects valued - 1 to 5 million.
• Machine and piping and fabrication shop
• PLC controls programming and OEM electrician and electronics repair
• Grid-tie systems programming and integration
• OMAX waterjet certified operator
• HAAS VSST CNC vertical mill operator and G code programmer
• Welder/fitter/Machinist/ Supervisor and owner manager
•Project lead and site manager on projects valued 200K to 57 million
•Performed assembly and installation, troubleshooting, repair and operation of the following: Ship Shock Test Systems, Shipboard Vibration Systems, Transportation Systems, and Underwing Testing Systems. Installation and limited assembly of team “Cube” Model 4.
•Installed, configured and operated all industry standard Shaker Controller Systems and software (i.e. Data Physics Signal CALC System, Vibration Research’s 8000-9000 Series Controllers, Team Analyzer, LDS Dactron Laser System).
•Interpreted data derived from testing via: Program Logic Control, thermal couplers, force transduction, accelerometers, charge amplification, to “dial in” testing equipment.
•Gathered and interpreted data; adjusted hardware and software configurations to achieve exacting results both in installation phases and dynamic test cycles.
•As Contractor and OEM, supervised 13 lower tier subcontractors during installation and testing of major contract milestones; leadership role in all aspects of processes listed above, i.e. NASA -Glenn Research Center Project Manager and Field Safety Supervisor at Space Power/Plum Brook Station, U.S. Navy NAVAIR weapons station and U.S. Army REDSTONE arsenal support, various.
• QA/QC oversight and field management.
• Diagnosed repair/maintenance needs on existing systems and failure analysis.
• MIS and network support and system administrator for 7 years offline support, 2007 thru 2012.
• Programed several management systems and performed DBA items, in VB, VBA, COBOL, AWK, C
• Performed PLC logic programming and system verification in vibration systems.
•Systems analyst on all network systems, including fiber and Telco demarks.
•Database Administrator for college admissions and registrars/grants office.
•Managed, 1 subordinate and supported 328 students, and 128 staff and faculty members.
•Senior Systems administrator
•Network Engineer
•Project manager, Systems Analyst. Built, configured and installed Enterprise level servers, Windows NT 2K-Server 2005 server, including Exchange server, SQL server and RAS server with IPSEC tunneling to corporate systems. Administer and design corporate trouble ticket Databases Administer all Network monitoring software and RADIUS database configuration and reporting.
•Built and managed 2 Data centers for field operations and services.
•Installed 89 WIFI hotspot locations in 67 marinas and Port of calls in 2 states and British Columbia, Canada.
•Responsible for 1587 users in network support.
•Manually built, configured, installed and Administered 3 Enterprise level servers, an IBM RS/6000 HA-50, and 2 other RS/6000 test beds for Syspro system along with 18 Windows NT 4.0/ 2K servers as well; including Exchange server, SQL server 7, and RAS server with direct modem dial up to corporate systems, and system backup routines for all to mirrored Servers, and tape systems.
•Managed 4 subordinates, and a $35K+ a year IT budget.
•Saved company over $100K a year in phone tie lines and long distance with successful roll out of VOIP/VOFR phone system.
•IT support all phases of accounting department, reports and corporate reporting, ERP, MRP, Cashbook, AR, AP, load balancing of inventory and turnover, report builder, and DBA.
•Terminal over TCP/IP, MUX and serial tie administrator.
•Designed and setup PLC manufacturing integration with ISO 9007 systems and standards.
•WWW programmer and DNS server admin for Samson domain.
•Programmer - ColdFusion, SQL, VB, C, AWK,
•Supported and migrated IBM 360 mainframe rope manufacturing program to VB, MS windows wireframe, including math transposition, etc.
•Managed support and overhead for 248 users in 2 states and British Columbia, Canada
•Worked on many civil and structural engineering projects, ranging from pulp mills to tilt-up site work.
•Diver/tender on underwater piping and distribution systems inspection and repairs.
•Sewer treatment facilities design and retrofit.
•AutoCAD 4 copy 11, 3D entry and object programming, AutoLISP.
Hobby business consisting of:
•Dialup ISP in Bellingham Washington, 36 nodes, 800+ customers at peak of business.
•First on west coast to deploy wireless point-to-point IP Transport, last mile, 1994.
•Systems admin with 6 servers, UseNet, Gopher, POP, WWW, RSS feed, and BBS system
•Operating systems used and administered BSD, HPUX, AT&T System V, AIX, Windows NT
•Responsible for developing most weld procedures and testing criteria for incoming welders on various projects for QA/QC.
•Installed and fabricated manufacturing equipment and piping and filtration systems, including food processing plants and their process lines and repair, Petroleum refineries and Aluminum smelters.
•Worked as lead on several shop projects valued 100K to 7 million.
•industrial fabrication and fitting.
•Was a part of the fabrication team responsible for building all the Stainless steel and mild steel structures and architectural art and fabrication for Bill and Melinda Gate’s residence.
• Held 1st Mate, 3rd Mate, Chief Boatswain, Deck Boss and Chief Engineer positions on 3 vessels from 45 to 250 tons over 3 years.
•3 years equivalent sea time logged in Alaskan waters and inland rivers and waterways.
•Port Engineer on fleet of 26 vessels, and 2 utility barges, managed most refits and repairs on all, in conjunction and cooperation with Captain and Engineer’s needs on all vessels.
•Refits included manufacturing and installation of food processing equipment and the conveyor lines supporting floating fish and food processing.
•Retro-fit vessels for tender to crab fishing operations.
•Fish tender/fish buyer Trident seafood’s and cook inlet processors.
•Fish and Crab Net weights - 500, 000 lbs to 3 million lbs per season - value 700K to 12 million.
•Ship superintendent, worked on oversight and maintenance of Ships Magazine systems, piping and engine room equipment/engine replacement or repair.
•Most security clearances were compartmentalized or limited access.
•Most work was done on Navy/Coast Guard vessels.
•Processor refits included manufacturing and installation of food processing equipment and the conveyor lines supporting floating fish and food processing.
•Contract values - 1.2 to 55 million.
•Ships mechanic, worked on maintenance of processing ship food process lines and systems, piping and engine room equipment/engine replacement or repair.
•American bureau of shipping (ABS) certified hull technician.
• Welder
• Pile buck
• Dock carpenter
• Laborer
•Shop equipment technician
•Diver/Tender with over 5000 hours logged in water.
•Chamber Operator.
•Welder/Fitter/Fabricator on small projects.
•Worked with, and for, Army Corps of Engineers on bridges, dams, and pier’s, water treatments facilities, etc., most security clearances were limited access.
•DOE Level 100 clearance obtained in summer 1985 for Hanford nuclear site diving contract work.
•Underwater jetting (dredging/cutting).
•Underwater welder/fitter.
•Heavy underwater construction and supervision.
• Laborer/cement finisher/form builder, etc.
• Framer/Carpenter
Certificate of completion, 2745 hrs , welding technology and metallurgy