Joe Terpstra
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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Highly experienced engineering professional with almost ten years of experience, and a diverse background with oil and gas equipment. Educational background including a Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, along with a minor in business administration as well as several equipment focused training courses offered by my former employers.
PROFESSIONAL EXPEREINCE
Engineering
Completed several independent engineering studies based on fleet usage of the F-18 Hornet that improved the accuracy of the SAFE Flights fatigue monitoring program
Team member of a product improvement development team that commissioned a new test lab at the Dresser-Rand Olean NY facility
Developed and implemented a test to determine if rotor deflection was a source of intermittent vibration issues with the Dresser Rand test vehicle
Sized equipment based on customer requirements for indirect heaters, separators, API 610 pumps, API 617 Compressors and Glycol dehydration units using proprietary company software
Familiar with Compress, Hysys and Promax
Project management
Monitored and acted as liaison between senior engineers and shop personnel for each test of the Dresser Rand test vehicle.
Acted as project manager for small orders for coupling and gas seal upgrades saving time and company resources.
Managed programing vendor and due to my insistence and a series of missed deadlines, a new vendor was selected. This lead to an early release of the Elliott Price book which allowed for faster quotation process.
Business
Generated over five million dollars’ worth of pump repair and refurbishment quotes for Sulzer pumps
Generated over ten million dollars’ worth of new equipment quotes for Cameron international
Quoted and booked a single order with over three million dollars’ worth of scope for Dresser Rand
Employment History
Sulzer Pumps Applications Specialist Feb 2014- June 2015
Cameron International Proposal Engineer June 2012 – Dec 2013
TAS Energy Applications Engineer Jan 2012 – May 2012
Elliott Group Applications Engineer Jan 2010 – Jan 2012
Dresser Rand Development Engineer Jan 2007 – Jan 2010
L-3 Titan Group Junior Engineer Aug 2005 – Jan 2007
Education
Bachelor of Science Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Business administration
Norwich University, Northfield VT