Engineer Mechanical

PAUL E. AMBROSE

E: *************@*****.*** M: 678-***-**** Graniteville, SC

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Quality Assurance Engineer / Sr Inspection Specialist

I am a conscientious, diligent, reliable Senior Inspection Specialist, who accepts responsibility for complex assignments, delivers viable solutions, and unquestionable, superior performance. I possess practical knowledge and have experience with many Technical Trades and Machine Shops. I am able to apply quality assurance principles to maintain optimal processes with repeatable results. I have an ABET accredited Mechanical Engineering degree supported by 20+ years of practical experience.

Core competencies include:

Plant Maintenance Personnel Management Shop Source Inspection Preventive and Predictive Maintenance Machining Metal Fabrication Piping Design ASTM Code Green Belt Quality Assurance

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

WECTEC, LLC Charlotte, NC August 2013 – August 2017

A wholly owned subsidiary of Westinghouse Electric Company, a group company of Toshiba Corporation, the world's pioneering nuclear energy company and a leading supplier of nuclear plant products and technologies to utilities throughout the world.

Senior Inspection Specialist

Execute internal assessments for Westinghouse management to gauge compliance with Westinghouse Nuclear Quality Program requirements. Actively promote and maintain the tenets of a robust Nuclear Safety Culture. Provide oversight of WEC Corrective Action, Prevention and Learning System (CAPAL) including review and documentation of subcontractor compliance with major and minor engineering package requirements, including work package validation and verification (V and V). Ensure subcontractor compliance with NQA-1 program requirements.

Generated goodwill between WECTEC and subcontractor leading to on-time deliveries of products and required document packages.

Improved teams’ understanding of the CAPAL requirements increasing employee efficiency in reviewing document package and recording inspection results.

Conducted compliance reviews in support of regulatory requirements as well as various codes and standards (ASTM Standards, AWS Codes) including first line and oversight roles in the inspection and documentation of fabrication activities for drive trains, pumps, valves, tanks, piping, hangars, supports and anchors.

CB&I AREVA MOX SERVICES, LLC Aiken, SC January 2010 – August 2013

Partners CB&I and AREVA, the world leaders in construction and nuclear technology, are building the first-of-a-kind MOX Fuel Fabrication Facility (MFFF) in the US for the National Nuclear Safety Administration (NNSA) in support of an international nuclear material disposition treaty between the US and the Russian Federation.

QA/QC Program Support

Provide technical expertise to help resolve issues for internal stakeholders in order to improve and validate quality of construction work packages prior to issuance to the field. Actively promote the stringent requirements of the MOX QA Program by maintaining a keen understanding of the requirements and working with technical personnel, management, and support personnel to help apply the requirements consistently.

Demonstrated and shared knowledge of codes, standards and QA Program requirements to ensure consistency, reliability and traceability of fabrications and construction installations.

Provided on-the-job training to lesser qualified quality inspectors to grow the MOX QA/QC program.

Source Inspector

Perform inspections on behalf of MOX to verify suppliers’ fabrication processes are in compliance with project specifications and engineering documents. Identify conditions adverse to quality and assure, if applicable, that further processing, installation, or use is controlled until proper disposition of a non-conformance, deficiency, or unsatisfactory condition has occurred.

Reviewed and interpreted engineering drawings, specifications and other design documents and performed field walk downs to determine work conformed to design documents, applicable codes and standards and procedures at over 40 vendor shops in support of MOX construction activities.

Reported inspection, examination, and testing results and evaluated the validity and acceptability of inspection examination and test results for MOX procurements.

G.D. BARRI AND ASSOCIATES, INC Aiken, SC September 2008 – October 2009

G.D. Barri & Associates, Inc. is a contract labor solutions specialist placing highly qualified engineers, designers, technicians, construction and operations, procurement and union professionals within organizations that make up their impressive client portfolio including over 90 Fortune 500 companies.

Mechanical Piping Engineer / Subcontract Technical Representative

Expedite the flow of materials, activities, and documentation during the procurement cycle for the Procurement Engineering Group at the MOX Fuel Fabrication Facility construction site. Function as the primary point of interface, after subcontract award, between the company and the supplier to monitor supplier performance, resolve technical issues, and coordinate company “hold point” and “witness point” activities. Key member of the team to procure nuclear level quality and non-nuclear level pipe, HVAC, electrical and equipment supports valued at approximately $260 million dollars.

Developed written procurement plans, cost estimate summaries and pre-buys scenarios to ensure complete, accurate and competitive procurement.

Recommended bidders lists, refined statements of work to ensure technical accuracy, delivery schedules, material requisitions, and created technical proposal evaluation criteria and reports to justify MOX procurement actions.

WAUPACA FOUNDRY, INC Etowah, TN January 2008 – July 2008

Waupaca Foundry, Inc. is among the world’s largest independent iron foundries producing gray, ductile, and compacted graphite iron castings serving industries such as automotive and light truck, commercial vehicle, agriculture, construction, material handling and other industrial sectors.

Project Manager

Manage engineering of $162M expansion to add a new ductile iron production line to the existing facility. The automated line, including up to 50 robots for material handling, was to be operational by 2009, increasing the facility’s size from 272,000 sq ft to 472,000 sq ft. The project was terminated in mid 2008 and the foundry was idled in 2010 due to a significant downturn in business.

Redesigned the system that allowed parts to move thru the continuous cleaning machine (initiated an adjustment to the blast wheels and redesigned the curtain to keep the blast inside the machine) which reduced downtime related to this machine from 6 hours per day to 1 hours per week

DIE-TECH INDUSTRIES, INC Carrollton, GA August 2007 – November 2007

Die-Tech Industries is a full service die shop offering design, build, repair and run production stamping dies. The company uses prototype design and manufacturing to help with all of needs to plan and build a benchmark manufacturing line of products.

Maintenance/Mechanical Engineer

Maintain facilities and implement projects for the manufacturing of heavy equipment. Provide facilities and equipment maintenance and repair as well as personnel training for the manufacturing of machines and equipment, such as robotic welders, HVAC, plasma cutter, others jigs, weld fixtures, rotators, powder coated paint products and conveyors.

Maintained 25 to 800 ton stamping presses including extensive preventive maintenance that reduced downtime.

Provided maintenance and repair for hydraulic and pneumatic systems, conveyors, and other industrial manufacturing machines to ensure consistent operation.

Bobcat / Ingersoll-Rand Carrollton, GA July 2005 – July 2007

Bobcat makes compact construction equipment that is often used in homebuilding. The weakening homebuilding market in 2007 led Ingersoll-Rand to sell this business division.

Maintenance Engineer

Maintained facilities and implemented projects for the manufacturing of heavy equipment. Provided facilities and equipment maintenance and repair as well as personnel training for the manufacturing of machines/equipment such as robotic welders, HVAC, plasma cutter, others jigs, weld fixtures, rotators, powder coated paint products and conveyors.

Developed a Total Preventive Maintenance (TPM) program that significantly reduced downtime and increased production, installed all equipment from the ground up.

Staffed and supervised 6 employees on 2 shifts.

Purchased all parts and equipment for the plant, anticipating the need for parts while balancing inventory load.

PRIOR TO 2005

Held a number of positions in the construction trades including millwright, pipefitter, welder, and boilermaker. Completed projects for Flour Daniels, Foster-Wheeler, Bolt-Spirit, and Metric Construction while working in pulp and paper, chemical, and coal-fired power plants. Served as Millwright Instructor for Flour-Daniels on special assignment. Built four machines for Savannah-based giftware manufacturer, eliminating their subcontractor needs. Significant experience in weld design, applications, and inspection.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, Savannah State University, Savannah, GA

Associate of Science, Gupton-Jones College, Atlanta, GA

Associate of Science, Business Administration, Technical College of Low County, Beaufort, SC

ADDITIONAL TRAINING

PMI – Project Management Professional (PMP) - Aiken, SC - 2009

Hazardous Materials Technician - Dalton, GA - 1999 & 2001

Toxic Hazardous Waste Disposal - Nashville, TN - 1999

Beloit Paper Machine Maintenance School - Beloit, WI - 1997

Aiken Technical College – Radiation Protection Program Coursework and Nuclear Quality - 2013

American Society of Quality (formerly ASQC), Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) Prep Course - 2014 & 2015

AFFILIATIONS

Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Member, American Society of Quality

Former Member, American Welding Society

Former Member, PMI (Project Management Institute)

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