Engineer Design

John Mitchel Cobb

281-***-**** https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-cobb-990b234a

Humble, Tx. 77346 *************@*****.***

Summary of Qualifications

Offering experiences, but are not limited, in the following: Equipment Design / Testing, Project Management, FEA, CAD, Tool / Material Management, Preventive Maintenance, Electrical / Electronics, Metal Fabrication, Sales / Marketing and Personnel Supervision and Training.

Professional Highlights

Public School Instructor

Substitute Teacher New Caney ISD Oct 2015 to May 2016, Nov 2016 to Present

Provided classroom instruction and classroom management of students when assigned instructor was not present.

Provided long term instruction for the Physics and Freshman Science at New Caney High School. Created required lesson plans, worksheets, quizzes, and tests for the subjects taught.

Organized class work and completed grading of all previous work for a progress report.

Provided a one day review of basic electricity for Physics class before taking the district wide test and increased the passing percentage from approximately 30% to 50%.

Electronics Teacher Spring ISD Jun 2016 to Oct 2016

Using TEKS, created a curriculum for Electronics, Advanced Electronics, and Principle of Manufacturing classes.

Senior Design Engineer

FMC Sept 2011 to April 2015

Designed and tested subsea chokes and gate valves and supporting tools used for assembly and testing. MathCAD was utilized for design calculations. Provided assembly and testing instructions in accordance to API6A and 17D.

Interfaced with internal departments: engineering, design, drafting, manufacturing, as well as external vendors and clients for the development and testing of new thermoplastic seals and metal to metal seals to be used in the 400F, 20,000 psi subsea valves.

Developed solutions to FMC subsea gate valve’s face seal and seat seal failures without having to requalify the valve product line. The solution was used on the third attempt for the valves to pass the Factory Acceptance Test and the valves passed on the first attempt using the new design.

National Oilwell Varco (NOV) May 2007 to Sept 2011

Designed and tested wire-line and coil-tubing tools used in downhole operations. Solidworks was utilized for drawings of tools’ assembly and detailed drawings of individual parts. Provided assembly and testing instructions for downhole tools to be used by shop and field workers.

Led the design development and testing of an over-pull protection device for NOV hydraulic jars. This safety device would prevent the jar from being damaged if the pulling force was greater than the maximum specified pulling load for that jar. A patent was awarded for this protection device.

Redesigned a coil tubing jar to increase the torque specification of the tool. The torque rating was increased from around 150 ft-lbs to 800 ft-lbs at a minimal increase in manufacturing cost.

Assisted manufacturing department in closing of the Poole Control Engineering (PCE) facility. Transferred PCE coil tubing product line to the Houston manufacturing facility. Worked with manufacturing and inspection to integrate the drawings and thread designs from PCE to NOV Air Center standards. Instructed Assembly on proper assembly and testing of coil tubing tools.

Worked with the sales group on the development of a design for sponge coring tools. A patent was submitted for the new sponge design. The sponge would tear out in the original design, but did not tear out in the new design.

Baker Hughes Nov 1999 to May 2007

Designed and tested downhole locks and sliding sleeves and the wire-line and coil-tubing equipment that would be used to install and retrieve tools. Microstation was utilized to provide drawings for the tool’s assembly and individual parts. Provided assembly and testing instructions for downhole tools. Created a development time line and cost estimate for the tool using Microsoft Project and used the same program to track the progress and actual cost of the tool’s development.

Led in the design and development of a selective mechanism for downhole locks that is placed on the lock running tool instead of the lock. The selective device had to be designed to operate with existing Baker locks.

Received Baker Hughes Chairman Award in 2005 for the rapid development and deployment of a Reservoir Control Valve (RCV) for a China well project. A patent was awarded for this tool and a new product line was developed for Baker Hughes. The tool was profitable in the second year of product release.

Design Engineer

Hydril 1998 to 1999

Designed pulsation dampeners to meet ASME Pressure Vessel Codes Section VIII in accordance with customers’ requirements.

Performed field vibration surveys using Snap Master data acquisition software to identify vibration problems in reciprocating pumping systems

Assisted manufacturing and assembly with manufacturing issues with subsea control equipment (surface controls skids and subsea pods). Used AutoCAD 14 and some Pro-E to produce weld map and assembly drawings. Worked on correcting the manufactured item bills of excess or missing parts using the JD Edward and AS400 system.

Additional Experience

Lockheed-Martin Facility Engineer/Test Conductor

Developed and implemented testing procedures for articles designed for use in shuttle and space station operations to meet the requirements for the Crew Thermal System Department.

Owens Corning Cooperative Education Student

Developed equipment hazardous energy lockout procedures for the Owens Corning Houston Roofing Plant. Two other Owens Corning Roofing Plants adopted these procedures. Received a letter of thanks from the company’s vice president.

Big Three (Air Liquide) Cooperative Education Student

Designed on-site cryogenic evaporation units and created a maintenance history of the fleet of cryogenic trailers.

Cobb Metal Art Studio Co-Owner, Fabricator

Designed and produced metal artwork using Acetylene/Oxygen to cut Brass, Copper, and Chrome sheet metal.

Military Experience

USN and USNR Electrician

Education and Training

University of Houston

BS Mechanical Engineer

ASME Secretary Supermileage Project Co-Designer

San Jacinto Junior College

Pre-Engineering Program Transferred Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society Historian

United States Navy Schools

Advanced Electrical & Electronics, Nuclear Power, Leadership Management Education & Training, Maintenance Material and Management, Safety Supervision, and Motor Rewind.

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