Paulie Santos, P.E., PMP, M.ASCE

ac1wfo@r.postjobfree.com

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Kennewick, WA 99337 Cell: 509-***-****

Experience:

March 2016 - Present Senior Operations Specialist AECOM – Hanford Site, WA

Hoisting and Rigging Subject Matter Expert – Owner of the Hanford Tank Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) Commissioning and Operations (C&O) Hoisting and Rigging (H&R) Program. On track to provide program documents such the program description, the implementation plan and the critical lift procedure that serve as the basis to administer the C&O H&R Program. Successfully provided a C&O H&R program implementation Basis of Estimate (BOE) to support the program’s Request for Equitable Adjustment (REA). Successfully formulated a program wide cost-benefit analysis methodology to assess the efficiency of providing training in-house versus a subcontractor.

Operations and Maintenance Functional Area Coordination Team (FACT) team member – Active Member of the Supervisor Skills Training Working Group to ensure that operations lessons learned and best practices are disseminated throughout the government nuclear complex.

Work Control System Turnover Lead – Primary contact between the Maintenance & Work Control Requirements Area Team and the System Turnover Requirements Area team so ensure seamless transition of H&R equipment from the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) organization to the C&O organization.

April 2006 – March 2016 Engineering Manager Kurion, LLC - Kennewick, WA

Project Management – Grew Kurion’s Engineering Service Contract supporting Washington Closure Hanford (WCH) from an annual revenue of $20K to over $2 million. On track to support the WCH project to completion. Formulated and implemented task lists (WBS Level 3/4/5) and resource plans that met monolith waste packaging and disposal milestones. Reviewed scope and provided cost and man power estimates for product implementation that captured and grew the number of internal and external projects for the civil engineering team. Provided planned hour estimates for the civil engineering team and allocated resources accordingly to obtain the goal of 100% utilization.

Engineering Management – Provided guidance, resource management and risk mitigation for a major Hanford Area soil remediation project midstream to help meet an Issue for Construction (IFC) design milestone. Provided technical input and resource management to successfully construct infrastructure on-schedule to support Japan’s Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry (METI) efforts regarding Ion Specific Media (ISM) experiments under ISO9001 Quality Assurance Requirements. Successfully implemented professional development and team efficiency initiatives to develop a highly motivated lean workforce that is attentive to internal and external customer requirements. Established metrics to reduce documentation delinquencies to achieve NQA-1 2005 quality standards compliance. Successfully implemented a mentoring program to accelerate the development of young engineers.

Structural Engineering Technical Leadership, Washington Closure Hanford - Leads the WCH Engineering Services Group that successfully designs and implements demolition, cocooning, and waste transportation activities during the Deactivation, De-commission, Decontamination & Demolition (D4) phase and Final Remediation (FR) of the Hanford River Corridor Nuclear Facilities (100, 300 Areas) and waste sites (618-10). Provided structural engineering simulations that safely demolished more than 5 building structures. Performed and managed personnel to provide scaffolding & personnel safety designs to meet WISHA requirements during asbestos abatement. Performed Structural Inspections that assessed Interim Safe Storage Buildings (ISS) and recommended action plans for structure upkeep. Successfully promulgated design and analysis of ISS structural components to meet design requirements (WCH-56) for subcontract award. Reviewed specifications and documents that met technical requirements for subcontract promulgation. Mentored personnel on providing transportation configuration design of Waste Packages to meet One Time Request for Shipping (OTRS), Special Packaging Authorization (M-SPA) and/or FHWA Code of Federal Regulation requirements. Provided Hoisting and Rigging Designs to support building maintenance and critical lifts of Very Large Monolith Waste Packages. Provided technical guidance and evaluation of very large equipment next to temporary excavation slopes. Provided guidance on structural weld repair of roll off hoist trucks. Performed fatigue analysis and crack growth predictions to design a maintenance plan for the roll off hoist trucks.

Mechanical Engineering Technical Leadership, Apollo Sheet Metal – Successfully broke an impasse by providing calculation packages that met customer specifications for the Waste Treatment Plant Analytical Lab. Successfully received CODE 1 package status within approximately one month of contract award. Managed technical expectations of customer that reduced fabrication costs and met technical standards. Mentored less experienced engineers in structural analysis of duct supports that met SMACNA and UBC1997 industry standards.

Aerospace Engineering Technical Leadership, Smith’s Aerospace – In addition to performing stress analysis of proximity mechanism assemblies, successfully resolved a conflict regarding the adequacy of calculation design package contents. Mentored less experienced engineers regarding static and fatigue analysis of aerospace parts. Mentored Smith Aerospace’s Contractor counterpart regarding vibration & natural frequency requirements of aerospace mechanisms. Able to manage resource to meet critical milestones in a timely manner that met schedule.

May 2003 – April 2006 Project and Sr. Structural/Thermal Engineer Infinia Corporation - Kennewick, WA

Engineering Design and Development Leadership – Coached the SRG110 engineering team to successfully find solutions that improved the performance and manufacturability of Stirling Converter Assemblies (SCAs). Built analysis templates and a lessons learned database that improved company efficiency and reduced errors. Mentored staff engineers in structural and thermal analysis methods using FEA and hand calculations to make Stirling Heater Heads structurally efficient. Performed Thermal, Structural Static, Fatigue, Frequency Response, Dynamic, and Damage Tolerance Analysis of Heater Head Assemblies for Infinia’s major programs to qualify hardware by analysis. Led the engineering development of maximizing a Heater Head burner interface that was incorporated into Infinia’s 3kW Generator Design. Successfully performed a thermal resistor network analysis that matched test data to understand efficiency loss sensitivities of Infinia’s 10W Generator Design. Wrote Design Plans that implemented Statistical Process Control for data fidelity when verifying generator reliability.

Testing, Quality and Operations Leadership – Successfully formulated & implemented test plans that structurally qualified the 55 Watt Heater Head Design and that verified flexure reliability. Successfully led the fabrication and test support of SCA Units that were vibration tested to Delta IV Space Launch requirements in NASA Glenn Research Center. Implemented Failure Modes Effects and Analysis (FMEA) as well as Error Prevention Methods to ensure that all Infinia government processes, methods and hardware comply with Infinia’s Quality Assurance System. Actively reduced SRG 110 Program Corrective Actions to meet program requirements. Promoted Design for Manufacturing and Producibility efforts within the Program team to ensure Product Specification compliance.

Project Management – Successfully led the SRG110 Program that delivered Engineering and Technology Demonstrator Stirling Converter Assemblies (SCAs) to the customer. Served as the primary interface to the customer to ensure that program goals and requirements are met successfully and timely. Provided durations, resource projections and schedule timelines used by the Comptroller for the SRG 110 Program Technical Volume Proposal Cost Data.

Nov 2001-May 2003 Senior Principal Structures Analyst Pratt and Whitney - Middletown, CT

Engineering Leadership - Successfully led efforts to incorporate Organic Matrix Composite (OMC) parts into the F135 Engine Program. Mentored engineers regarding composite material analysis methods and material behavior. Successfully led a Compression Systems Module Center Engineering Research and Development team that finalized an advanced compressor configuration used for Pratt & Whitney’s Commercial Turbine Engines.

Program Management – Managed suppliers to ensure that outsourced activities were developed to meet program requirements and were delivered on-time to support production. Wrote Statements of Work (SOW) for materials testing for composite joints using the RTM process.

Jan 2001-Nov 2001 Principal Opto-Mechanical Engineer ASML Lithography - Wilton, CT

Project Engineering - Successfully led a Design and Built Team to get the MS V (193nm) Asphere Assembly Mechanical Housing production ready. Provided direct product definition as a design and analysis engineer. Provided manufacturing direction to solve assembly anomalies. Provided Procurement, Tooling, and Fringe Testing support to complete tasks on-schedule.

Jan 1989-Feb 2001 Sr. Stress Engineer The Boeing Company - Seattle, WA

Structural Analysis and Development Engineering Leadership - Led the stress analysis portion of integrating Special Technologies and Products in Boeing's JSF Program. Successfully designed and analyzed Old & New Generation 737 trailing edge components that met design requirements. Material Review Board Member that performed engineering dispositions regarding 737 & 757 airplane assemblies and machine components.

Advanced Structural Composites Instructor- Instructed and certified airline engineers in structural repair engineering theory. Certified airline mechanics in hands-on composite repair.

Education University of Washington - Seattle, WA

Master of Science - Engineering - Civil Structural, March 1998

University of California, Davis - Davis, CA

Bachelor of Science – Mechanical Engineering, June 1989

Skills: PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Proficient in MS-Project Schedule and Critical Path Modeling, Vista Engineering Technologies, LLC Qualified Project Manager. Proficient in PMBOK

FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS: Expert in the ANSYS and NASTRAN Analysis, MASTAN2 packages, novice in SAP2000 FEA package.

SOLID MODELING: Intermediate expertise in CATIA and Solidworks; Intermediate expertise in Pro-Engineering & Autodesk Inventor Pro; Novice Expertise in Unigraphics; Novice Expertise in AutoCAD.

ANALYSIS: Proficient in MathCAD; Proficient in manipulating Excel Spreadsheets, Mid-level expertise in AFGROW Crack Initiation and Damage Tolerance Analysis

Licenses: State of Washington Professional Engineering License, Civil Structural – No. 41951

Quality Function Deployment (QFD) – Green Belt Status

Error Prevention Certificate – December 2005

Project Management Professional (PMI ID: 0000000057419697)

M-ASCE (Member No. 505141)

MSA/WCH Qualified Fall Protection Person (09/02/09)

Structural Condition Assessment of Existing Structures Certificate (10/23/09)

Scaffold Training Institute “Train the Trainer” Certificate (06/23/10)

WCH Scaffold Qualified Person (06/23/10)

WCH Qualified Rigging Engineer (09/30/11)

Hanford Rad Worker II Qualified Personnel (current)

Inventions Hybrid T-Seal - Titanium Substrate

Hybrid T-Seal with coatings

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