Richard Ramirez

P.O. Box ******

Chula Vista, CA 91921

adj42k@r.postjobfree.com

619-***-**** (cell)

Objective

Skilled Shipbuilding and Managerial professional eager to utilize skills in a capacity as a Production Manager/Estimator/Sub-Contracts Administrator.

Career Profile

• Over 40 years of shipbuilding, repair, and maintenance and staff supervision experience.

• Used technical manuals, drawings and NavSea standard items.

• Participated in cost and pricing reviews with management, government and supplier representatives.

• Experience with contracts, subcontracts, estimating and pricing.

• Enforced health, safety and environmental regulations.

• Estimated labor hours to accomplish inspection, removal, repair/overhaul, test, and re-installation of equipment per Work Specification

• Initiated Request for Quotes (RFQ) to accomplish Work Specifications for the following Sub Contractors (not inclusive);

a. Technical Representative (Tech Rep) per work specification

b. Rigging Sub for staging and containments

c. Tank Cleaning: (1) To gas free space and certify safe for men/safe for hot work.

(2) To drain and fill of liquids

(3) To clean piping and accomplish flushing

(4) To clean and remove Hazardous waste material

d. Paint Sub for touch-up paint

e. Lagging Sub for removal and installation of lagging/insulation

f. Motor Sub for overhauling or rewinding of motors

g. Vibration Sub to accomplish final shipboard vibration analysis

h. NDT Sub to accomplish Non-Destructive Testing

• Initiated Request for Quotes (RFQ) from Suppliers for procurement of materials

-Worked at San Francisco Naval Shipyard; Aircraft Carriers and Surface ships:

-Worked at Mare Island Naval Shipyard; New Construction of Nuclear Submarines:

-Worked at SupShips San Diego; Estimator, Production Controller (Advance Planning-Type Desk);

-Worked over 15 years at Ship Repair Facility, Subic Bay, Philippines; General Foreman Marine Machinist.

BAE /Systems Ship Repair, San Diego, CA April 2014 - present

Machinery Estimator

Receive Work Items for Firm-Fix price and Cost-Plus contracts for US Navy ships; DDG, CG, LHD, LSD, LHA. Provide baseline estimates for various ship’s availabilities; SRA, DSRA, DPMA. Establish work priorities to meet 50%, 80%, and 100% schedule dates. Update estimates from Craft Reviews, PM Reviews, and Material procurement. Coordinate with Sub-Contract personnels to finalize all Sub-Contractors hours, material, and total cost. Review technical manuals, drawings, NavSea standard items, Federal, State, and local environmental requirement.

Unemployed: March 2013 - April 2014

Laid-off due to sequestration with Department of Defense (Navy)

Professional Experience

Propulsion Controls Engineering (PCE), San Diego, CA Nov. 2011 – March 2013

Estimator/Contracts

Provided machinery, piping, and electrical labor estimates for Request for Quotes (RFQ) from prime contractors. Prioritized in-coming work specifications to meet schedule completion dates. Analyzed proposals to establish cost and price objectives from customers and supplies. Submitted RFQ to sub-contractors for availability of material and cost of work specifications. Computed cost factors and prepared estimates for management in planning, organizing and scheduling work.

BAE Systems Ship Repair, San Diego, CA Feb. 2008 – Nov. 2011

Machinery Estimator

· Recruited to draft estimates and work specifications, coordinate work flow and set project priorities.

· Collaborate with Program Managers, subcontractors and material estimators at all stages of construction.

· Lead Estimator for LHA class ships.

Hawaii Shipyard, Inc., Honolulu, HI July 2004 – Dec. 2007

Superintendent of Machinist, Mechanics and Rigging Departments

· Directed work repair and overhaul of US Navy and Coast Guard ships.

· Work involved hydraulic, steering, pneumatic, valving, gear reduction, gas turbo generator, diesel engine, seawater and fuel delivery systems.

· Enforced company safety, health and environmental policies.

Southwest Marine, Inc., San Diego, CA Feb. 2002 – June 2004

Machinery Estimator

· Identical responsibilities with BAE Systems Ship Repair position.

Solar Turbines, Inc. Sept. 1998 – Feb. 2002 Package Mechanic

· Assembled gas turbine generators.

Prior Background

General Foreman Marine Machinist for Ship Repair Facility (SRF) supervising 50 Foreign Nationals engaged in repairing and overhauling US Navy shipboard mechanical systems. Verifying subordinate safety meeting attendance, directing repair work on propulsion, mechanical and tactical systems aboard diesel submarine. Enforcing corporate policies and government regulations, authorizing tool and repair part procurement and accomplished 15 years of this activity without incurring a single time losing accident.

Production Controller & Ship Superintendent employed by Sup Ships San Diego coordinating operations and communicating with NavSea, vendors and contractors.

Planner & Estimator with Mare Island Naval Shipyard planning and estimating new construction of auxiliary submarine systems, drafting work specifications for submarine machinery, checking parts interferences and locations and estimating labor hours.

Marine Machinist Apprentice employed by Hunter’s Point Naval Shipyard. Served four years of apprenticeship involving Trade Theory, English, Drawing and Mathematics on US Navy shipboard equipment and systems such as arrestor gear, sea valves, pumps, turbo generators, turbines and reduction gearing.

Night Shift Production Manager for Toppan Electronics, Inc. supervising production of printed circuit boards; Tool Room Mechanic with SWATH Ocean Systems, Inc. Issuing company owned maintenance tools; Assistant Golf Course Mechanic at CJ Resort, Inc, maintaining golf course equipment and tools; Federal Employee 1962-1994 in various capacities with the U.S. Navy and as Marine Machinist Apprentice, Journeyman Marine Machinist, Planner & Estimator, Production Controller and General Foreman.

Education

San Diego Community College, San Diego, CA

Management of Acquisition, Defense Contracts, 1983

Principles of Contracting, Pricing & Negotiation, 1983

Government Contract Law, 1983

Computer Literate using Microsoft; Words and Excel

Vallejo Community College, Vallejo, CA

Associate of Arts, General Studies, 1971

Hunter’s Point Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, CA

Marine Machinist Apprenticeship, 1966

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