CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name ÁLVARO BLANCO BLANCO
Phone Numbers +34-645-******
******-******@*******.***
Emails
******.*******@*****.***
Nationality Spanish
Birth date August 20, 1980
EXPERIENCE
• Company TÉCNICAS REUNIDAS S.A.
• Start and end dates From October, 2009 until today
• Sector E.P.C. oil & gas.
Stress analyst of pipes and supports and designer of pipe supports. Leader of small groups
•General activities
(around 5 people) of engineers.
• Project and client OPTARA Project in Antwerpen (Belgium), TOTAL
• Start and end dates From March 14, 2014 until today
Modular project made in Tarragona (Spain) and transported to Belgium. Working as stress
• Activities and responsibilities
engineer in solvent deasphalting unit and calculating the shipping reactions
• Contact supervisor Carlos Galache Ramos (Stress & Support Supervisor, mail to: ********@****.**)
• Project and client PETROKEMYA Saudi Elastomers Project in Al Jubail (Saudi Arabia), SABIC
• Start and end dates From October 12, 2012 until March 14, 2014
Stress & support unit leader for EthylenePropyleneDiene Monomer(EPDM) unit and chemical
• Activities and responsibilities
storage unit, with a group of five engineers supervising the analysis and the designing of
supports and collaborating with pipe design.
• Contact supervisor Eva Maria Alonso Alonso (Stress & Support chief, mail to: ********@****.**)
• Project and client Refinery modernization in izmit (Turkey), Tüpras (Field supervisor)
• Start and end dates From July 20, 2012 until October 12, 2012.
Giving support as specialist in the construction site and collecting data and measurements for
• Activities and responsibilities
feed the detail engineering of the "tie in's" and Interconnection design. Also, I supervised the
subcontractors and prepared different kind of reports.
• Contact supervisor Zuriñe Achalandabaso Arrizubieta (Piping Supervisor, mail to: ***********@****.**)
Jesús Rodríguez Rodríguez (Project Manager, mail to: *******@****.**)
• Project and client Refinery modernization in izmit (Turkey), Tüpras
• Start and end dates From June 20, 2011 to July 20, 2012.
Stress & support unit leader for utilities unit with a group of one engineer and one designer.
• Activities and responsibilities
Collaborating as stress analyst on tank farm area and hot oil units.
• Contact supervisor Carlos Galache Ramos (Stress & Support Supervisor, mail to: ********@****.**)
Raúl Moreno Perez (office director, mail to: *******@****.**)
• Project and client Distillation and hydroprocessing units in Al Jubail (Saudi Arabia), SATORP
• Start and end dates From May 10, 2010 to June 20, 2011.
Stress analyst for the distillation and fractionation unit with Caesar II software and manual
• Activities and responsibilities
methods for less important lines. Designing pipe supports with SupportModeler and Microstation
and preparing the construction drawings.
• Contact supervisor Ramón Martínez Martín (Stress & Support Supervisor, mail to: ********@****.**)
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• Project and client Refinery expansion and polyethylene plan in Sines (Portugal), GALP and REPSOL
• Start and end dates From October 8, 2009 to May 10, 2010.
Apprentice with the stress supervisor. Preparing and drawing a wide range of documentation
• Activities and responsibilities
and designing pipe supports with Support Modeler and analyzing medium important lines
• Contact supervisor Ignacio Camacho Sobrino (Stress & Support Supervisor, mail to: ********@****.**)
• Company VINFRA S.A.
• Start and end dates From September 2008 to July 2009.
• Sector Digitizing historical documents
Digitizing, handling and the safekeeping of historical documents from the Simancas National
• Activities and responsibilities
archive. Control of databases, document management, imaging, scanning and data recording
• Contact supervisor María Framit (Phone num.: +34-627******)
• Company MICROSER ELECTRONICS (TYCO ELECTRONICS)
• Start and end dates From June 2006 to September 2006.
• Sector Design and manufacture of printed circuit boards.
Process engineering on finishes and coatings section for conservation and welding prepared.
• Activities and responsibilities
Production control, chemical process control, sampling and laboratory tests.
• Company CADALSA EVENTOS
• Start and end dates Itinerant dates
• Sector Organization of sporting and cultural events.
• Activities and responsibilities Coordinator of the mobile office for the cycling tour “Tour of Castilla y Leon”.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
• Certification DEGREE IN CHEMICAL SCIENCES.
Currently enrolled in the U.N.E.D.
• Certification CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Passed the bridging course from Chemistry and various 4th and 5th subjects.
• Certification GRADE “DESIGN AND ENGINEERING OF INDUSTRIAL FLUIDS INSTALLATIONS”
By the University of Zaragoza. 2009
• Certification PIPING DESIGN WITH PDS
April 2013. 60 hours.
Working with modules of piping, equipment and isodrawing. Course was imparted by Técnicas
Reunidas to training new designers.
• Certification PIPING DESIGN WITH PDMS
December 2009. 80 hours and final Project.
Create basic and complex equipment, basic civil structures and Piping lines and layouts. Clash
for interference detection. Managing modules Draft, Auto Steelwork, Drawing and Retailing.
• Certification PIPE STRESS AND SUPPORT COURSE
From November 2, 2009 to February 8, 2010. By Técnicas Reunidas.
Computer stress analysis with Caesar II and manual analysis with Qui Tron, Simple ASME and
Guided Cantilever methods. Stress analysis in nozzles by different standards like API520, 610,
618, 650, 661,662, ASME VIII. Earthquake and wind analysis. SupportModeler and T.R.
specifications management. Spring load calculation. Pipe design codes such as ASME B31.1
“Power Piping” and B31.3 “Process Piping”. Pipe fittings, flanges (ASME b16.5 and B16.20)
valves and instrumentation. Pipe material, insulation and thickness calculation. Documentation
management, P&ID, isometrics, civil construction plans.
OTHER STUDIES
- “How to implement quality systems management in test and calibration laboratories under ISO
University extension courses and
17025” December, 2005 (20 hours).
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continuing education at the - “food quality” October 2005 (30 hours).
University of Valladolid. - “Implementation of environmental management systems under ISO 14001” March, 2005 (30
hours).
- “Internal quality audits management system under ISO 9001:2000” October, 2004 (30hours).
- “Food handler certified” (Dynámica Consulting) October, 2005.
- “Basic course in business management” October, 2007 (20 hours).
Curses at the U.N.E.D. - “Fuel Cells: From Chemical energy to Electrical energy”. July, 2007 (18 hours).
LANGUAGES
English high level certificate by:
Valladolid chamber of commerce (September, 2005 to June, 2006). 112 hours.
Intermediate I interactive course at the University of Valladolid (July and august, 2006). 30
hours.
Mandarin Chinese Basic level by Valladolid chamber of commerce (September, 2007 to June, 2008). 112 hours.
COMPUTING SKILLS
Caepipe, CaesarII and PVelite (stress analysis), Cadworx, pds, pdms, SupportModeler (pipe
Pipe Software
design) PipeData, Documentum (information) Pipeflo (fluid mechanic analysis) Impulse
(pump analysis). SmartPlant Review (3D model browser) SupportModeler).
CAD software Autocad y Microstation
Matlab, LabView, Office suit, OS Windows n’ Linux, virtual machines. Programming html xml,
General
php, javaScript and SQL.
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