VALDEZ A. CHAVIS

Civil/Structural Engineer

Summary: Project engineer with experience in capital projects both in a lead role for civil/structural projects and in a supportive role for primarily projects. Experience includes providing engineering calculation, & plans for civil and structural projects, writing scopes of work (SOW) and evaluation reports, project cost estimations and scheduling for the Department of Defense via the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Potash Corporation (PCS).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

North Florida Shipyard Inc, 2012 – present

• Provide field inspection of work at shipyard & projects location to insure Company’s safety culture are being followed in all activities, particularly with respect to contractor work & provide a safe and health environment.

• Ensuring employees & contractor groups are made aware of pertinent health, safety, & environmental hazards and aspects.

Self Employed Work 2009 – 2012

Civil/Structural Engineer

• Provide residential and commercial site investigations and expert forensic analysis to clients on an array of projects including site drainage, roofs, walls & floor slab with differential settlement.

• Provide residential recommendations & reports for structural additions & reinforcements.

• Provide honest, unbiased analysis & consultation on various structures - for repairs of roofs, walls and floors after the tornado damage in Alabama in 2011.

• Provide written and accurate reports on completed projects in a timely manner to churches, residential and commercial.

• Have provided expert testimony for court cases as need.

Potash Corp (PCS Phosphate) White Spring, Fl. 2007 - 2009

Project Engineer

• Manage multiple capital projects concurrently from inception through start-up in Authorization for Expedition (AFE) system including - Business justifications, scope development, cost estimates, budgets & schedules.

• Identify changes & develop appropriate documentation to communicate these changes to the project team & contractors.

• Prepare reports &/or make presentations to management regarding items such as project scheduling & costs.

• Ensure that the Company capital management process is followed throughout projects life-cycle.

• Facilitate the development of RFI, review of all engineering documentation & ensure that Company’s design standards & specifications are followed.

• Assist in developing capital plans & appropriate requests from an engineering standpoint for purposes of strategic planning.

• Manage contractor activities as they pertain to all stages of engineering & construction.

• Follow & enforce Company’s procedures, standards & practices for these activities.

• Prepare detailed specifications & plans for construction projects to obtain competitive bids on platforms for spa heat exchangers in the Chemical Plant, utility road pipe crossing, Pole Barn roof renovation and upgrade, & railroad scale project.

• Responsible for reviewing bids, analysis & making recommendations on contractor selection on liming pond dredging project.

• Stay abreast of latest technologies, materials of construction, and design techniques as related to the chemical process and mining industry through technical/vendor literature reviews, participation in appropriate professional organizations, etc.

• Support the field construction efforts through interpretation of plans, specifications and schedules, and did field inspection of construction sites to ensure a safe, timely, cost effective and quality projects for mobile tractor shop floor repair, demo & construction; fuel truck containment area; liming pond dredging project; dewatering, sandblasting, coating, & painting of various field tank containment walls.

• Complete post project completion critique in conjunction with normal closure documents and procedures.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineer Jacksonville, Fl. 1994 – 2006

Project Engineer/Structural Engineer

• Assess disaster related damages to public infrastructure; develop scopes of repair and associated cost estimates for water control structures for the Central & Southern Florida Flood Control, Four Rivers Basin, and Cross Florida Barge Canal Projects throughout Florida & Puerto Rico.

• Assist in the development and review of PA Program project deliverables (Project Worksheets and other documentation) for a Arms Vaults & Security Fencing, Ft. Buchanan, Puerto Rico, a Base wide Fire Alarm System, Naval Station Mayport, Fl., for the addition to Family Service Center, Naval Station Mayport, Fl.,

• Provided other contract and program management tasks for Design/Build for the Guest House Facilities project, Ft. Buchanan, Puerto Rico, and Quarantine & Research Facility (MQF), Davie, Fl.

• Coordinated & conduct field recon, meetings & site investigation to obtain pertinent date for the development of architectural & engineering design plans for Rio Grande de Arecibo, Rio Santiago Canal control 2, & Rio Guamani flood control, C-43 Basin Storage Reservoir, Upper St. Johns Spillway 5-257, Three Forks Marsh Conservation Area, River Acres Flood Protection, & Kissimmee River Restoration Control 15.

CSI Inc. 1997 – 2003

Structural Engineer

• Provided structural engineering and detailing for roads, retention walls and bridge widening for projects in the Duval County and Jacksonville, Florida area.

• Follow Company’s CPM system in the performance of project work.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineer Jacksonville, Fl. 1982 – 1994

Technical Manager/Civil Engineer

• Supervise the activities of contract engineers, designers and constructors as needed to accomplish project goals. Provide mentoring to more junior engineers (and co-ops) as needed.

• As a Professional Engineering, I also communicated with all levels of upper management and field personnel both verbally and written on the operating regulation of lake, reservoirs, storage areas, pumps & flood control structures of Central & Southern Florida Flood Control, Four Rivers Basin, Cross Florida Barge Canal Projects.

William Gravely Architects & Associates 1982

Architectural Draftsman

• Provided drafting detailing for churches, residential and commercial projects.

Aminoil Inc. 1981

Civil Technician (Summer Roustabout)

• Provided flow rate calculation on offshore oil platforms’ to determine amount of gas from platforms’ wells to land storage areas.

• Assisted in the day-to-day maintenances and operation of the platforms.

PROJECT EXPERIENCE:

Guest House, 66-unit; Ft. Buchanan, PR

Quarantine Facility, Davie, Fl

Mayport Base Housing; Mayport, Fl

Lime Spoils Disposal Dredging, Swift Creek Chemical (SCC)

Mobile Tractor Shop Floor Repair, Suwannee River Mobile (SRM)

Utility Pipe Crossing CR-137, Swift Creek Mine (SCM)

Fuel Truck Containment, Swift Creek Mobile (SCM)

Railroad Culvert Replacement, Suwannee River Chemical

Roof Addition to TSP Warehouse, Suwannee River Chemical

Structural Design for Access Platform #33 Evaporator Area, Prayon Plant, Suwannee River Chemical

12 Above Ground Containment – in SRC, SRM, SCC, & SCM

damages for FEMA due to catastrophes after Hurricane Andrew 1992, for Northridge Earthquake Events 1994, for the El Nino Events in 1998 on roads, bridges, parks and boat ramps in Columbia & Madison Counties, Lake City; and retention pond & parking lots for Suwannee County, after Hurricane Georges 1998

ADDRESS

507 East 2nd Street, Jacksonville, Fl 32206

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science

Architectural Engineering, 1982

North Carolina Agricultural &Technical State University

YEARS OF

EXPERIENCE

24 year 9 months with U.S. Army Corp of Engineers,

2 year 8 months with PCS Phosphate

CONTACT INFORMATION

Phone - 904-***-****

acsnzp@r.postjobfree.com

CERTIFICATIONS

Had P.E. in the following states: Fl, Ga, NC, & SC. Licenses not up-to-date may be updated in 3-6 months.

Technical Skills/Training

Working knowledge of

• Word

• Excel

• AutoCAD

• MicroStation

• GIS & Mapping

• Welding Design

• Construction Quality Management for Contractors

• Ethics & Professionalism

• Intro to High Wind workshop

• Designing for High Wind workshop

• Wind Load part 1 & 2

• Paint, Coating & Quality Assurance

•Basic Blast Design phase 1

• Design & Construction of drilled Shafts

• Corrosion Control

• Specification Writing for Construction contracts & Overview

• Bridge Engineering

• Design/Build Training

• POA Media Training

• ProPresentator

• EOC Field Inspector training

• Debris Operation workshop

• Construction Planning & Scheduling

• LEADS

• Concrete Technical

• Specsintact

• ENG Link

• DSR & Debris Management

• Architect-Engineer

(A-E) Contracting

• DD Form 1391

• Best Value

• Marine Construction

• Public Assistance Inspector

• Troubleshooting Concrete Construction

• OHSA 30 certification

• MHSA training

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