Construction Manager Quality

AMADOR GARZA, III

QUALITY CONTROL SUPERVISOR

Brownsville, TX 956-***-**** **********@*****.*** linkedin.com/in/amador-garza/ Dedicated and trustworthy quality assurance leader and foreman offering 15+ years of supervisory experience leading key growth initiatives and building productive teams. Known as an expert in delivering creative, cost-saving solutions and strategies that streamline processes and drive business growth in a dynamic environment. Committed, analytical, and detail oriented with a proven track record reflecting confident leadership experience that builds trust and leads proficient, adaptable teams. Highly praised for accountability, excellent communication skills and reliable delivery of work.

CORE COMPETENCIES

● Continuous Quality Improvement

● Quality Control & Quality Management

● Construction Management

● Welding & Pipefitting

● Performance Management

● NCCER Certified - 10723485

● Client Relationship Management

● Mentoring & Coaching

● Safety Procedures

● P&ID Drawings & Isometrics

● Project Scheduling

● AWS CWI Certified Welding Inspector - 19092471

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

QUALITY CONTROL INSPECTOR March 2018 - Present

Danos Midland, TX

● Promote and enforce strong safety culture within quality organization operations, ensuring current certification compliance for 67 welders and production personnel teams.

● Inspect and report defects for all metal and materials received, writing procedures and customized workflows to meet specific client requirements, collaborating with project managers per each crew to drive excellence.

● Coordinate inspection programs, facilitating a continuous improvement product quality and maintaining consistency with established standards and project specifications for teams of 6+.

● Restore trust with unhappy client, collaborating to complete project 2 weeks ahead of schedule, consolidating field personnel to deliver results under budget with 38%revenue, securing 3 additional contracts as a result.

● Control NDE reports to ensure accuracy and attention to detail prior to system hydro testing.

● Plan and schedule work for 5+clients, participating in customer bid walks, ensuring scope completion, and compiling final dossiers.

● Oversee XTO saltwater disposal facility as construction manager, supervising and conducting quality inspection on fiberglass spools for Big Sinks, Platy, and Rambler SWDs fabrication. PROJECT COORDINATOR MATERIALS COORDINATOR February 2017 - August 2018 Specialty Welding And Turnarounds (SWAT), LLC Baytown, TX

● Managed work schedules for crews of up to 76, collaborating with cross functional teams to establish 2 acres of real estate for Chevron Beaumont, supporting budgets, schedules, and deadlines.

● Conducted automated welding for 50 miles of 18” oil export Shell Vito pipelines and 17 miles of 10” gas export pipelines. verifying quantities and PMI Testing for alloy steels per regulations.

● Created BOM for Qatar 12-acre BP expansion facility, assisting management team with planning and scheduling

$12M+project, creating list of tools, equipment, and consumables for international transportation. MATERIALS COORDINATOR November 2015 - September 2016 Turnaround Welding Services (TWS) Sioux City, IA

● Coordinated materials order and purchasing, reducing expenses by expediting lowest cost and fastest shipping and delivery.

● Led materials management for team of 65+working personnel, additionally supporting other crews as needed to successfully complete 6-year, multi-billion dollar project.

● Monitored materials and allocations, designing user friendly filing system for MTRs and COCs, issuing RFIs and suggesting solutions from field supervisors for engineering approval.

● Attended weekly meetings with management, vendors, and clients, tracking weekly progress and providing monthly milestone progress schedule and equipment, machinery, refueling, and consumables tracking. INDEPENDENT WELDING CONTRACTOR October 2011 - March 2018 Casey Industrial, Qatar, Turner, WHM (Dow, Exxon, Chevron, Shell, PPG, Valero) Brownsville, TX

● Oversaw 8-man crew as foreman during Valero Ardmore Refinery shutdown phase, demoing and restoring unsafe lines, valves, supports, and PSVs to working stage and running NDE, working with QC to create job punch lists.

● Supervised crew of 13, repairing 4 vessels by welding wear pads at nozzles and reinstalling 600+feet of tubing.

● Collaborated with Dow Deer Park STO team, presenting and walking with 3rd party QC, customer, and project managers on final products.

● Built hydrostatic pressure test packages and drawings for facility piping system and pipelines utilizing applicable codes, standards, and client specifications.

● Broke out system limits walk-down packages using limits of system handover (LOSH) issued by Phillips 66 commissioning lead for incrementally scheduled completion/ turnover of projects.

● Originated and issued 13 PPG RFIs for engineering and design deficiency clarification, acquiring recommended solutions and engineering approval to problematic situations and delivering to client engineering team for review.

● Coordinated WPS qualifications and welder performance qualification with 3rd party testing facilities, as well as witnessing and documenting welder qualification onsite with approval of CWI QC on site.

● Reviewed IFC packages for material specification and grade combinations to determine assignation of applicable WPS for welder qualification testing requirements and for utilization during the course of projects. PIPEFITTER February 2010 - October 2011

Performance Contractors (Motiva Refinery) Port Arthur, TX

● Performed fabrication, installation, and welding of pipe spools, successfully delivering within various dimensions and metals including stainless steel, duplex, and carbon pipe, checking punch list before customer STO.

● Delivered quality control verification during valve installation, testing for correct location and appropriate line.

● Improved traceability, implementing welding repairs field tracking and clearing NDE before hydro per customer requests.

PIPEFITTER November 2008 - January 2010

Northrop Grumman Avondale, LA

● Managed fuel lines, portable water, sewage, hydraulics, and instrumentation tubing at 254 acre shipyard, fabricating and installing pipe supports and valves for carbon, copper nickel, and stainless steel metals.

● Led 10-man crew of welders and fitters, driving safety standards and QA on “USS Somerset” and other US Coast Guard vessels, ensuring high quality standards and United States military and federal regulatory compliance. ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

FRP CREW MEMBER TEAM LEAD, Troy MFG (PPG, Intel, DOW, Shintech) January 2004 - December 2007

EDUCATION

CAD/CADD DRAFTING & DESIGN TECHNOLOGY TECHNICIAN

ITT Technical Institute Rose, LA

LICENSE & CERTIFICATIONS

AWS CWI (CERTIFIED WELDING INSPECTOR) CONFINED SPACE V FIRST AID BASIC PLUS CPR-AED FALL PROTECTION END USER COMPETENT PERSON INSPECTION TRAINING FORKLIFT CERTIFIED H2S NCCER CERTIFICATION PEC - OFFSHORE PEC - SEMS II SAFE GULF TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES

BLUEBEAM CAD CADD HYDRO TESTING MICROSOFT OFFICE SUITE NAS NAVISWORKS NDE PNEUMATIC TESTING PQR SHEAR WAVES TWIC WPS X-RAY REFERENCES ATTACHED

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