Engineer Engineering
Resume:
Alvaro E. Munoz
Orlando, Fl **837
ac0oqx@r.postjobfree.com
Senior Construction Engineer/Senior Civil QC Lead Engineer
Education
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering.
Universidad Central de Venezuela - UCV.
Caracas, Venezuela. (03/17/1975)
Certifications/Licenses:
API 936 Refractory Personnel Certification Number 30194
TWIC Card: Expires 02/11/2021
Summary:
Forty years of wide professional experience in the engineering of EPC projects in the Oil Industry and Power Generation Plants (Major Equipments installation).
Professional experience on QA/QC Inspections under API, ASME, NACE, ASTM and ACI Specs,
QC Team Leader, Managing QC Personnel, QC Task Assignments for Inspector Coordinators.
16 years experience in Thermal Insulation and Refractory Inspection (API 936).
Twenty seven years of experience in projects execution as field construction and QA/QC civil engineer.
Working knowledge of Civil & Structural specifications, codes and standards.
Ten years as a Project Engineer and six years as a Project Manager in Oil Industry
(Production and Refinery complex) responsible for raising expense and capital budget proposal,
AFE, coordinating EPC and FEL strategies for project portfolio, reporting periodic projects progress status including safety, risk-cost control, schedule, and quality issues. Conduct appraisal of contractor engineering, perform design follow-up and job specification interpretation. Review and approve engineering documents, drawings and specifications issued for bidding and commercial-technical offers for procurement equipment. Monitoring construction activities and perform audits to assure compliance to engineering standards. Skilled in SAP environment.
Working knowledge in preparation of Construction Work Package (CWP), Field Purchase Requisition (FPR), Request for Information (RFI), Non Conformance Report (NCR), and Surveillance Report (SR).
Nineteen years teaching Soil Mechanics and Foundation Design at Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela, Engineering School, Civil Department.
Specific Experience:
● Southern Nuclear Electric Co. Vogtle Units 3 & 4 Nuclear Power Plant, Waynesboro, Ga
Nuclear Island Unit 4, Sr. Field Civil Engineer
● Chevron-Phillips Chemical Plant, Ethylene 1594 Plant, Cedar Bayou, Baytown, Texas
OSBL, ISBL, Furnace and Flare Areas Lead Civil QC Engineering, and Refractory
Inspection (API 936)
● DOW Gulfstream Project, Freeport, Texas: (FLUOR Construction)
PUI 1 QA/QC Engineering, Civil QC Engineer and Refractory Inspector (API 936)
Control Building & Maintenance Room
● BP Whiting, Indiana Refinery: (FLUOR Construction)
Senior Construction Engineer and QC Lead with 6 QC Inspector Coordinators and Refractory
Inspector (API 936)
WHITING REFINERY MODERNIZATION PROJECT (WRMP)
GOHT and Revamp Works for Major Equipment Installation.
OSBL Works for QA/QC Inspection on Civil Works and Refractory Inspection (API 936).
● PDVSA, Venezuela: (ProEnergy Services)
QC Team Lead with 6 QC Inspectors (Civil/Structural, Piping, Electrical and Mechanical)
EPC for Power Generation Plant (320 MW) at El Furrial, Monagas, Venezuela.
● Valero Aruba Refinery: (Maverick Engineering, Inc.
Project Manager/QC Team Lead and Refractory Inspector (API 936) on:
RB1 Fired Heater Revamp, North 40 Area Asbestos Abatement, Plant Landfill System,
Plant wide Asbestos Material Control, Harbor Navigation Lights System, Tank Farm
Piping, Replacement, New 48” Crude Line from RB1 to RB2, Fire Water System in Tank
Farm Area
● CITGO Petroleum, Corpus Christi Refinery (Maverick Engineering, Inc.)
Project Engineer and QC Inspector Coordinator Lead in: Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel Unit
(ULSD), Specifications, Co-generation Contingency, East Plant. Construction, FCCU #1
(piping and bolting), East Plant. Construction Refractory Inspection in Shops for equipment
Job Title
2016
Company: FLUOR
Client: Southern Nuclear Power Co./Westinghouse WECTEC
Project: Vogtle Units 3 & 4 Nuclear Power Plant, Waynesboro, GA, Nuclear Island Unit 4
Position: Field Civil Engineer and Refractory Inspector (API 936)
2014-2015
Company: FLUOR
Client: Chevron-Phillips Chemical Cedar Bayou Plant, Baytown, Texas
Project: 1594 Ethylene Plant OSBL, ISBL, Furnace and Flare Areas
Position: QC Civil Engineer Lead and Refractory Inspector (API 936)
2013 - 2014
Company: FLUOR
Client: DOW Chemical Oyster Creek Plant, Freeport, Texas
Project: Gulf Stream PUI Construction of PUI Unit
Position: QC Civil Engineering and Refractory Inspector (API 936)
2013
Company: FLUOR/Cappo Intl. Ltd/Petro-Chem Development Co., Inc.
Client: Pemex-ICA Fluor
Project: Heater BA-302 Installation and Start-up of 4 Naphtha Column Reboiler Heater
Pemex Refinery in Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Position: QA/QC Construction Advisor and Refractory Inspection (API 936)
2012
Company: FLUOR Construction
Client: Petro Monagas-PDVSA-Curtis Wright
Project: SLIDE VALVES INSTALLATION FOR COKER DRUMS
Install Top & Button Delta Valves on 4 Coker Drums on Crude Upgrader Unit
Jose Complex, Puerto La Cruz, Anzoátegui, Venezuela
Position: QA/QC Coordinator and Refractory Inspection Lead (API 936)
2011-2012
Company: FLUOR
Client: BP Whiting Business Unit, Whiting Indiana
Project: WRMP Whiting Refinery Modernization Project, Construction of Gas Oil Hydrotreater
Unit (GOHT), Revamp in Hydrotreater Units (BOU, DDU, CFHU and DHT), OSBL Works
QA/QC Inspection on Civil Works and Refractory Inspector (API 936)
Position: Lead Civil QC and Refractory Inspection Team (API 936)
Responsibility: Planning and executing civil inspections for Underground Drainage System, Piles,
Earthwork and Backfill, Concrete & Epoxy Grout, Structural Steel, Fireproofing, Grating
Maintaining technical data in the Inspection Data Management System (IDMS)
Managing Corrective Action Inspection Requests (CAIR’s) for civil assets.
Thermal Insulation and Refractory Inspection on vessels and other equipment
Enforcing the site’s safety and integrity goals.
Apply the company’s standards, as well as, industry standards and codes.
2010 - 2011
Company: Pro-Energy Services
Client: PDVSA, Venezuela
Project: Power Generation Plant Combined Cycle, EPC for Power Generation Plant (320 MW)
El Furrial, Monagas, Venezuela
Position: QC Team Lead Engineer
2008 - 2010
Company: FLUOR Construction
Client: BP Whiting Business Unit, Whiting Indiana
Project: OPERATION CANADIAN CRUDE (OCC), Construction of Gas Oil Hydrotreater
Unit (GOHT), Revamp in Hydrotreater Units (BOU, DDU, CFHU and DHT)
Position: Senior Construction Engineer
Responsibility: Apply general working knowledge in the following codes, standards
and guidelines: ACI, AISC, ASCE, ASTM, OSHA, NFPA, API
Construction of Gas Oil Hydrotreater Unit (GOHT)
Revamp in Hydrotreater Units (BOU, DDU, CFHU and DHT):
Installation of Major Equipment as Compressors, Fired Heaters,
Furnaces, Reformers, Reactors, Equipment Modules.
2006-2008
Company: Maverick Engineering, Inc. (MEI)
Client: VALERO ARUBA REFINERY-PROJECT DEPARTMENT
Projects: RB1 Fired Heater Revamp, North 40 Asbestos Abatement, EC, Plant Landfill Facility
design and construction (EPC), Plant wide asbestos material control (EC), 48” Crude
Line from RB #2 to RB # 1 (EPC), Harbor Navigation Lights (EPC), Tank Farm piping
replacement, Phase I, II, and III (EPC), Fire Water System in Tank Farm Area (EPC),
Refractory Inspection on installation on vessels (API 936)
Position: Project Manager
Responsibility: Elaborate engineering package and project design
Create AFE for funds assignment.
Actualize PMETS and RWT with project information updated
Ensure the project steps are conducted appropriately during the project life cycle.
Ensure the cost of project is adequate and the job completed within the budget.
Complete all documentation related with the project.
2005-2006
Company: Maverick Engineering, Inc. (MEI)
Client: CITGO CORPUS CHRISTI REFINERY - CP&E
Projects: Ultra Low sulfur Diesel Unit (ULSD), Gasoline Hydrotreater Unit (GHT) and FCCU #1 –
East Plant, Cogeneration Contingency – East Plant, Risk Mitigation Egress from The
Coker Switch Deck – West Plant, Unit 3 Furnace installation
Position: Project Engineer, Construction Consultant in structural works (concrete and steel).
1993-2003
Company: Diseños Petroleros, C.A., (Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela)
Client: Petroleos de Venezuela PDVSA
Project: New Facilities for Bajo Grande Refinery
Position: Senior Civil/Structural Engineer
Responsibility: Design of Pipe Rack for 12” piping line.
Design of Platform for 30,000 gal. Storage Tank.
Design of Pipe Support and Cable Tray Support for Two (2) Compressors.
1975-1993
Company: Geosonda, C. A..
Client: Petroleos de Venezuela PDVSA
Projetc: Foundation Design and Geotechnical Services for off-shore platforms
Position: CSA Engineer
Professional Associations
Colegio de Ingenieros de Venezuela (Venezuelan Engineers Association)
P.E. # CIV-14553
Training
● Civil Engineering Project Management- Universidad del Zulia, LUZ, Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela.
● Business Administration & Strategic Planning, School of Military Engineering, Caracas, D.F, Venezuela.
● Asset Management for Utility Companies, Florida Utilities Company Assoc., Orlando, Florida
● Budget Evaluation for Engineering Managers, PMI, Corpus Christi, Texas
● Refractory Inspector in Oil Industry, All Tech Inspection Institute, Corpus Christi, Texas
Language
English (speak, read, write)
Spanish (speak, read, write)
Teaching Duties (1976-1995)
University: Universidad del Zulia, LUZ
Faculty of Engineering, Civil Engineering School
Location: Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela
Course: Soil Mechanics and Foundation Design
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