Franklin B. (Frank) Waller, PE

Permanent Residence: telephone: (850) 838-

1331

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Perry, FL 32347

Temporary Residence: telephone: (314) 222-

8219

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St Louis, MO 63132

e-mail: abhuql@r.postjobfree.com cellular: (423)

314-0811

Introducti 30+ years of broad-based experience in project & construction

on management, process and mechanical engineering design, scope

definition & cost estimating for feasibility studies and client

project development. Experience includes working for consulting

firms serving the power industry, pulp & paper, manufacturing,

forest products and other industries as well as independent

consulting assignments. Process flowsheet development & sizing

calculations for various processes. Steam & condensate, thermal

oil systems, heat exchangers, fuel oil, chilled water, cooling

water, pumping, hydraulics & pneumatics, compressed air, vacuum and

other balance of plant utilities required. Detail design

engineering including P&IDs, equipment specifications & layouts,

piping specifications, layouts & supports. Project engineering

work with strong emphasis on client-satisfaction based on schedule

and budget control and complete scope definition. Articulate with

excellent oral and written communications skills. Wide-ranged

skills base including technical and office software applications.

Education, University of Georgia, BSAE (Agricultural Engineering), 1980

Registrati University of Alabama, Birmingham - MBA Candidate, 1988/89

ons & Registered Professional Engineer (Mechanical): AL, TN & KY

Affiliatio NCEES Record No. 33128

ns Member Technical Association of the Pulp & Paper Industry (TAPPI)

Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

Software - MicroSoft Office Suite including Excel, Word, Access & PowerPoint

Proficienc applications

ies - MicroSoft Project, management & scheduling tool

- AutoCAD v.14 through v.2008 Professional

- Caesar II pipe stress analysis tool

- WINGEMS continuous process simulation tool (mass & energy

balances)

- Excel spreadsheet tools developed for calculations, project cost

estimating & tracking, construction punchlists, quantity take-offs

& other cost & schedule control objectives

- various commercially available engineering calculation packages

for HVAC, process fans, pumps, mechanical drives, shafts & gearing,

belts & sheaves, specialty calculations, etc.

Work June 2008 - Present URS/Washington Division, St Louis, MO

Experience Discipline Supervising Engineer, Mechanical & Piping

ConocoPhillips, Wood River Refinery:

- Lead Discipline Engineer for Catalytic Cracker 3 re-start

project, supervising engineering & design team for details required

for modernization upgrade for restart of existing gasoline

production facility in support of Canadian oil sands crude

processing.

- Lead Discipline Engineer for construction of new Sulfur Recovery

Unit designed by Chicago Bridge & Iron. Lead engineer for critical

lift plans required for erection of modules, towers and equipment

for modularized sulfur recovery process unit.

May 2005 - May 2008 Stantec Consulting Services, Inc. (formerly

Neill and Gunter) Chattanooga, TN

Manager, Mechanical-Process Engineering / Project Manager / Sr.

Mechanical-Process Engineer

Contract engineer to direct hire to department manager. Projects

included:

McKee Run Generating Station, Dover, DE: Study and cost estimate

for conversion from No. 6 to No. 2 fuel oil to assist in meeting

new Delaware air emissions requirements. Joint effort with burner

engineering consultant.

Stone-Smurfit Container Corp., Stevenson, AL: Process definition

study and installed cost estimate for process conversion for SO2

absorption in the sulfite bleaching chemical recovery cycle.

Energy conservation process change from chilled water absorption to

amine absorption using proprietary technology offered by Cansolv,

Inc.

Huber Engineered Woods, Spring City, TN: Detail design and

construction support for MACT compliance project for OSB

manufacturing mill.

Georgia-Pacific Corp, Cedar Springs, GA: Scope definition, cost

estimating and detail design for multiple projects in the

Powerhouse, Pulp Mill, Chemical Recovery, Cluster Rules Island,

De-ink Mill and Paper Machines areas

Bowater Newsprint, Calhoun, TN: Multiple capital expansion and

production enhancement projects in the Paper Machine room including

Winder Drive replacements on 2 machines, Line Shaft Drive

replacement on 1 machine and HVAC chiller & coils installation for

2 control room expansions. Hole detector installation on 3 paper

machines.. Raw water pumping station up-grade project. Kraft mill

knotter addition project. Mill water booster pump up-grade

project.

Jan 2004 - Mar 2005 Technical Associates of Georgia, Inc.

Cleveland, TN

Project Manager

Projects included:

Engelhard Corporation, Huntsville, AL: $4.8MM expansion and

production optimization project for specialty chemical automotive

catalyst production facility.

July 2003 - Oct 2003 Roger Wood Foods, Inc.

Savannah, GA

Independent project management & mechanical engineering design

services for smokehouse addition and capacity increase for sausage

production facility. Added new cook room structure and expanded

utilities including boiler, Motor Control Center equipment and

ammonia refrigeration system capacity.

Dec 2002 - July 2003 Crider, Inc.

Stillmore, GA

Project Engineering Manager

Management of capital expansion project work and management of

design personnel for poultry processing facility experiencing

extensive and rapid production growth expansion and infrastructure

up-grades. Utility system installation for ammonia-based

refrigeration system, thermal oil system for cooking plant, steam

system including package boiler and distribution system, water and

waste-water system modifications.

Aug 2001 - Dec 2002 Technical Associates of Georgia, Inc.

Macon, GA

Project Manager & Senior Mechanical Engineer

Contract project management & mechanical engineering services to

the Food & Beverage, Tobacco, Pulp & Paper and other industries.

Process definition and detail design for process systems and

balance of plant utility requirements including steam, compressed

air, chilled water, cooling water and thermal oil systems.

Clients' included: Crider, Inc., Stillmore, GA; Clorox Products

Mfg. Co., Forest Park, GA: M&M/Mars, Chicago, IL: Coca-Cola/Minute

Maid, Dunedin, FL: Brown & Williamson, Macon, GA; Riverwood

International, Macon, GA.

Nov 2000 - Aug 2001 Neill and Gunter, Inc.

Jacksonville, FL

Senior Mechanical Engineer

Contract engineering services to the pulp & paper and general

forest products' industries. Clients' projects included Georgia

Pacific linerboard mill in Cedar Springs, GA; Louisiana Pacific

medium density fiberboard mill in Clayton, AL; Calpine/Skygen Power

Co-generation plant at International Paper's Mobile, AL mill.

May 1999-Sept 2000 Watkins Engineers & Constructors, Buckeye

Florida Mill, Perry, FL

Mechanical Design Manager

On-site supervision and mill engineering services providing

fast-tracked scope development and design for small to medium-sized

projects for a major integrated Market Pulp Mill producing fluff

pulp, dissolving pulp and other specialty pulp grades.

May 1989 - Jan 1999 Simons Engineering, Inc.

Decatur (Atlanta), GA

Lead Engineer, Project Engineer, Senior Process Staff Engineer,

Pulp & Paper Division

Clients projects included:

Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Loudon, TN - Process/Project Engineer

for Valmet tissue machine production increase including capacity

expansion for recycled fiber production. Preceded by scope

definition and appropriation estimate project.

Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Loudon, TN - Process/Project Engineer

for proprietary technology rebuild of tissue machine transfer

section. Preceded by scope definition and appropriation estimate

project.

Donohue Industries, Inc., Sheldon, TX - Project/Process Engineer

for study and appropriation grade estimate for 800 T/d deinked

newsprint pulp production increase in newly acquired Champion

Newsprint facility.

Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Loudon, TN - Process Lead

Engineer/Project Engineer for confidential bleaching sequence

modifications. Preceded by scope definition and appropriation

estimate project.

Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Winslow, ME - Process/Project Engineer

for study and appropriation estimate for deink plant expansion.

Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Owensboro, KY - Process/Project

Engineer for study and appropriation grade estimate for a deink

plant expansion.

Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Loudon, TN - Process/Project Engineer

for deink mill pulper and screening addition and water systems

modifications. Preceded by scope definition and appropriation

estimate project.

Andritz, Sprout-Bauer, Inc. - PISA Papel de Imprensa Project,

Jaguariaiva, Brazil - Project/Process Engineer for TMP mill

expansion. Project management and design supervision on-site and

in affiliate's offices in Sao Paulo for equipment vendor-led

project.

Hagerstown Fiber Limited Partnership, Hagerstown, MD -

Project/Process Engineer for EPC design, procurement and

construction project for new printing and writing grade deink

market pulp mill.

Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Roswell, GA - Loan of personnel

assignment to corporate offices in Roswell, GA. Various projects

included process enhancement and feasibility/cost studies for mills

in Loudon, TN, Owensboro, KY and Lee, MA.

Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Loudon, TN - Process/Project Engineer

for deink plant conversion from washing technology to

flotation/dispersion technology. Preceded by scope definition and

appropriation estimate.

PWANCC/Alabama River Newsprint, Claiborne, AL - Process/Project

Engineer for various mill optimization projects and studies for

CTMP mill, Voith paper machine and stock prep areas.

Federal Paperboard Co., Riegelwood, NC - Process/Project Engineer

for kraft batch digester blow tank addition with medium consistency

feed to diffusion washer.

International Paper Co., Texarkana, TX - Process Lead Engineer for

kraft pulp mill optimization project including addition of new

digesters, knotters, brown stock washers, oxygen delignification,

stock screening and rejects handling.

1981-1985; 1987 - 1989 Rust International Corp.

Birmingham, AL

Process Piping Design Engineer and Field Project Engineer

Clients' projects included:

Chesapeake Paper, Chesapeake, VA - Steam distribution and

condensate study to balance flow capacity to 5 paper machines

Newsprint South, Inc., Grenada, MS - TMP mill area design leader

for EPC design, procurement and construction services for a

grassroots newsprint mill.

Bowater Southern Paper Co., Calhoun, TN - Area piping engineer for

rebuild of No. 1 PM; Process piping design for TMP mill expansion

project; field engineering assistance for multiple mill engineering

projects in paper machine, stock prep and TMP mill areas.

S.D. Warren Co., Skowhegan, ME - Design of stock prep and paper

machine process piping systems for two Beloit paper machine

addition projects.

U.S. Steel Corp., Birmingham, AL - Design and field follow-up on a

new seamless pipe mill; Field startup assistance for previously

idled tin finishing facilities; Field project engineer for startup

of previously idled No. 8 Blast Furnace and support facilities.

1986 - 1987 U.S. Pipe & Foundry Co.

Birmingham, AL

Project Engineer

Design supervision, specifications, procurement, installation and

startup for projects in ductile iron pipe casting facilities

located in Chattanooga, TN and Burlington, NJ.

1980 - 1981 Daniel International, Inc.

Greenville, SC

Estimating/Cost Engineer

Area Cost Engineer for TMP mill for Weyerhaeuser, Columbus, MS

lightweight coated paper manufacturing facilities construction.

1976 - 1980 US Environmental Protection Agency

Athens, GA

Engineer Intern (Co-op)

Efficacy and reliability testing of computer simulation models

developed by outside contractors for non-point source pollution

loading predictions from agricultural and residential runoff.

1971 - 1973 The Hudgins Company

Columbus, GA

Salesman (Licensed)

Residential and commercial real estate sales.

1968 - 1971 USMC - Enlisted

Honorable Discharge

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