Pete Casarez

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Tomball, Texas 77377

281-***-****(cell)

yv47ye@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Resume

NACE Level 3 Certified Coatings Inspector with Peer Certification.

SSPC- C3 Supervisor/Competent Person Training for Deleading of Industrial Structures.

Industry Focus: Management & Business Job Title: NACE Senior Coatings

Inspector

Experience: 21 + Years Looking For: Long /Short Term Assignments

Visa Status: U.S. Citizen Salary: Hourly or Contract

Education: High School Diploma Travel: Nationwide With Per Diem

NACE & SSPC Training Relocation: No Relocation

“Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction, and skillful execution.” W.A Foster

Career Profile:

A highly accomplished, skilled, and talented Senior Coatings Inspector with proven track record of providing overall direction to project team and managing client relationship. Seeking a position as a NACE Senior Coatings Inspector to utilize my professional strengths and knowledge in a well established organization.

Professional Strengths:

• Possess over 25 years experience in the Coatings Industry having managed Coatings Projects in manufacturing plants, refineries and interstate painting projects.

• NACE Certified Coatings Inspector # 3323 with peer review.

• SSPC C-3 Supervisor/Competent Person Training for Deleading Industrial Structures.

• Bilingual in English and Spanish languages.

• Proficient in generating logical solutions to meet business challenges.

• Possess excellent meeting facilitation and public speaking skills.

• Team-oriented and excellent communicator

Professional Experience and Inspection History:

Brock Services

Exxon Mobil – Baytown, TX.

Jan.24, 2011 to Present

• Coating inspection on Thermal Spray Aluminum Project.

• Inspect surface profile and degree of cleanliness on pipe spool pieces, and vessels.

• Inspect application of TSA for dft readings and repairs.

• Coatings inspection of 3 coat epoxy systems.

• Inspect fiberglass lining systems.

HRV Conformance Verification Associates

Conti of New York Bridge Project 10002277

Williams Bridge Manufacturing Inc. – Richmond, VA.

Replacement of the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge Approach

June 2010 to Oct. 2010

• Handled the task of performing Coatings Inspection on 327 replacement bridge girders for the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge Approach.

• Inspect all girders for grinding, SP2 Solvent Cleaning, Chloride testing, and inspection of surface preparation to meet project,NACE and SSPC Standards.

• Inspect all hold points on the 3 coat paint system to verify stripe coats, and the required dry film thickness of the specification per coat following the SSPC PA2 format.

• Verify proper handling procedures to prevent damage of painted girders as transported from painting to staging area.

• Final touch up on bridge girders as needed prior to shipping.

• Verify proper handling procedures to prevent damage of bridge girders as loaded on transport trailers to final destination.

All Tech Inspection

Baytown, TX.

Lyondell Refinery – Houston TX.

June 2006 to June 2010

• NACE Senior Coatings Inspector for the Refinery overseeing all coatings projects on storage tanks, pipe racks, and production units thru out the Refinery.

• Write Paint Specifications for Storage Tanks, Pipe Racks, and Refinery Units implementing all NACE and SSPC standards, and compliance with State VOC regulations.

• Specify lining systems in accordance with products stored. Insure proper equipment is used such as Dehumidification Equipment, proper size compressors, explosion proof lightings, and blast media.

• Send out paint specification to Paint Contractors for invitation to bid and along with Project Manager Award contract to elected Contractor following review of all bids submitted.

• Inspect all blast and paint hold points thru out the project.

• Conduct chloride testing, low and high voltage testing, hardness testing, adhesion testing, and dft conformance to the specification.

• Maintain VOC log for all coatings and abrasive used thru out the Refinery as mandated by State law.

• Conduct coatings surveys thru out the plant and initiate maintenance painting program to determine the integrity of the coatings system.

KTA TATOR

Pittsburgh, PA.

April 1998 to May 2010

• NACE Coatings Inspector and SSPC C-3 Competent Person on lead bridge projects in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Tennessee, Georgia, Delaware, Mane, North and South Carolina, New York, and Virginia. (Complete work history available upon request.)

• Perform soil and water sampling, air sampling, enforce DOT road and lane closings regulations, maintain lead waste journal per State regulations. Oversee proper disposal of generated lead waste per State disposal regulations.

• Insure proper surface preparation and coatings application per Paint Specification.

• Inspection on lining projects in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Delaware, New York, and Virginia. Inspection hold points were verification of Dehumidification equipment, explosion proof lighting, chloride testing, inspection of blast, stripe coat, lining application, Barcol hardness testing, low and high voltage holiday testing.

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