Felix Cardona

1-787-***-**** • acttce@r.postjobfree.com

WORK EXPERIENCE

CESE - Carolina Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant April 2013 – February 2016 Construction Project Manager

Managed $8.406 MM of improvements to comply with two deadlines mandated by U.S.E.P.A.

Delivered a fully integrated treatment plant that’s monitored and parameters logged via SCADA. CH2M Hill/ HKA Enterprises September 2010 – March 2013 North Region Infrastructure Director Assistant

Trained and advised five area managers on water and wastewater treatment collection & distribution.

Collaborated with Capital Planning, Water Distribution Regionalization & Sludge Treatment Improves. CSA A&E, LLP / CSA Group June 1999 – June 2010

Start-Up, Operation, and Optimization Specialist

Saved PRASA $300,000.00 in operating costs while improving reliability and customer satisfaction.

Performed Water Distribution Systems (WDS) electromechanical evaluations.

Contributed to hydraulic modelers and GIS technicians optimizing distribution systems. Post-Construction Manager / Design Manager

Supervised 12 engineers & technicians on water & wastewater treatment Operation and Maintenance.

Managed O&M contracts of six facilities for two years contracted with OMI (CH2M Hill owned firm)

Lead an experienced construction estimates crew performing constructability reviews during design. Design Contracts Manager

Conducted weekly QA/QC inspections on twelve design contracts from four design firms to meet tight government bidding & construction commencement schedules (i.e. Carolina-Canovanas WDS).

Ensured compliance with policies and procedures; conducted quality audits and plant improvements. Senior Technical Reviewer

Northeast Regional Aqueduct, Mayagüez Secondary WWTP, Tertiary Wastewater Treatment System, Martin Peña 80 MGD WW Pump Station, and Puerto Nuevo Multiple-Hearts Furnace Incinerator.

Implemented designs, test load/ energy consumption analysis, and performed mechanical calculations. Thames-Dick Super Aqueduct Partners January 1997 – April 1999 North-Coast Super Aqueduct Project Coordinator

QA / QC Engineer and utilities coordinator to five major construction sites: Raw water intake, 360 MG reservoir and pump station, 100 MGD WTP, Telemetry antenna, and two 10 MG potable water tanks.

Managed & implemented: Shop testing, equipment / spare parts delivery, O&M procedures & Training EATON – Cutler Hammer,

Maintenance Contractor

Supervised a crew of twelve technicians at a breaker manufacturing facility for five Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) about to be merged to its parent facility. PATHEON Pharmaceuticals,

OHMEDA Project Coordinator

Vertically integrated chemical batch reactors, mixing, sterile vial fill and dry packaging areas on a single indoor train for a European pre-anesthetic injection. FRITO-LAY® CARIBBEAN

Construction Inspector

Wastewater pre-treatment plant expansion for a manufacturing plant. Capacity of 100,000 gallons/day.

1997 CIAPR Island-wide Project Award

UPJOHN Manufacturing (now PFIZER)

Project Manager

Monitored managers to achieve timely completion of capital projects within budgetary limits.

Cost estimated and executed the Superfund mandated facility main process sewer replacement. SmithKline Beecham (now Glaxo SmithKline) America Plants Corporate Engineer

R&D Chemical Pilot at Upper Merion, PA, Managed Design/Process Team from conceptual design through 90% complete drawings and construction estimate in four months for capital appropriation.

Implemented Optimization, process equipment validation, energy assessments, and HVAC systems. IQ, OQ and Startup of two ultra-pure water systems in a Bulk-Chemicals Plant at Piscataway, N Jersey.

Commissioned a high temperature incinerator for the destruction of liquid waste streams with residue collection mechanisms in a Bulk Chemicals Plant at Cuernavaca, Mexico.

Proposed and implemented GMP audits to a consumer product manufacturing facilities at Atkins, SC. Pharmaceutical Projects Engineer

Chillers and Cooling Towers Bldg., Dry-Products Pilot Plant, Bactroban® and Paxil® Mfg. Facilities.

Modified a fluid bed dryer explosion vent, designing and constructing a enlarging cross area elbow. Ely Lilly Industries

Project Engineer

Chilled Water System Expansion, Freeze Dryer Condenser, and Compressor Replacements and Dry Compressed Air System Installation. First Real-Time Laboratory Data Collection System in PR.

Developed and implemented sustainable solutions for HVAC Systems. Perform assessments; develop technical specifications, and critical parameters on Class 100 Suites. Utilized JD Edwards software. General Electric Technical Services Company

Field Engineer for Canada and Latin America

Advised through the installation of a combined cycle power plant at Huinala, Nuevo Leon, MX TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Thermodynamics Professor Puerto Rico Polytechnic University EDUCATION

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York

Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering Magna-Cum-Laude Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York

Master in Business Administration Magna-Cum-Laude

University of Puerto Rico

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Magna-Cum-Laude LICENSES AND LANGUAGES

Water Treatment Plant Operator License

Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator License

Professional Engineer License

English

Spanish

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

National Fire Protection Association

Water Environmental Federation

Construction Specifications Institute

American Water Works Association

Puerto Rico College of Engineers and Surveyors

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