Project Management Water Treatment
Resume:
Address:
Antonio, Texas.
Mobile:
E-mail:
*********@*****.***
Employment eligibility in the U.S.:
Lawful permanent resident status
(Green Card). Visa E22 (R3045554)
I am authorized to work in the U.S.
(Without Sponsorship)
COVER LETTER
I am a proactive professional with over 15 years of experience in Oil & Gas Companies, working as a
Corrosion, Process, and Commissioning Start-up
engineer. I have a bachelor’s degree in chemical
engineering, a Master’s degree in Mechanical
Engineering, and a Master's in Business Administration in Project Management.
In my previous roles, I have developed strong skills in Water Treatment, Corrosion Management, Failure
Analysis, Designing equipment, LPG Plants, Acid
Recovery, Natural Gas Processing, Forecasting,
Specifying units, Planning and evaluating case
scenarios. Business organization, Management, and
Technical knowledge of the different types of
infrastructure used in the oil and gas industry.
I am also a team player, and I am skilled at leading and motivating groups to achieve their goals. I can deal with changes and challenges effectively, and I am
always looking for new ways to improve my skills and knowledge.
I am eager to experience new challenges in other
industries and believe my skills and experience would be an asset to your company. I am also interested in learning about new cultures, and I am confident that I could adapt quickly to your work environment.
Mobile: +1-210-***-****
Email: *********@*****.***
EDUCATION
• March 1998 – November 2003
Bachelor s Science degree in Chemical
Engineering
University of Los Andes – Venezuela
• January 2010 – May 2014
Master s Science degree in Mechanical
Engineering
Major: Computational Thermoscience
University of Zulia – Venezuela
• October 2016 – April 2018
Master Business Administration in
Project Management.
Instituto Europeo de Posgrado – Spain
University Rey Juan Carlos – Spain.
Project Management Professional (PMP)
certification (in progress)
TRAINING
o March 2000 – November 2002
Student – Research Assistant at Lab.
FIRP (Formulation, Interfaces, Rheology and
Processes, Merida - Venezuela)
o February 2002- September 2003
Internships
Cement Lafarge (Tachira – Venezuela)
o August 2006
NACE: Internal Corrosion for Pipelines
o November 2014
Aspen HYSYS: Introduction to
Dynamic Modeling (EHY223)
o September 2022
NACE: Cathodic Protection Technician
Certificated Level 2 (CP2)
o April 2023
IBM – Data Analysis (SQL, Excel, R,
Python, Tableau)
EXPERIENCE
CORROSION ENGINEER
Petróleos de Venezuela, SA (PDVSA) – Venezuela
Petroleum, exploration, and production March 2004 - January 2005 Corrosion Engineer (onshore/offshore production facilities) Provide technical assurance for corrosion and materials engineering as well as pressure equipment engineering, fitness for service, the approval of all risk- based inspection plans, and the selection and interpretation of advanced NDE techniques. Technical expertise in corrosion engineering in the areas of chemical treatment, corrosion monitoring (corrosion and scale coupons, determination of sessile and planktonic bacteria), material selection, specifications of coatings, linings, troubleshooting/monitoring of cathodic protection, unit preservation, corrosion evaluations of equipment and infrastructure offshore and onshore (compressor plants, oil flow stations, water treatment plants), application of methods of prediction, prevention and corrosion control. Failure analysis in pipelines, equipment, and petroleum facilities (apply root cause analysis).
Duties & Main Responsibilities
Participate in establishing and implementing a comprehensive program for IOWs. Participate in selecting new materials for constructing and repairing units, equipment, pipelines, etc. Test for identifying grades of alloys and pure metals as input for developing welding procedures. Design, operation, and maintenance of corrosion control methods covering corrosion monitoring and inspection activities, including preparation and delivery of annual and periodic reports, corrosion status of systems, identification, and assessment of critical information from surveys to offer corrosion engineering support services to the company. Provide technical evaluation and interpretation of corrosion/inspection monitoring data and recommend changes in corrosion control methods and inspection programs. Provide technical expertise in Corrosion Engineering areas, such as chemical treatment, cathodic protection, material selection, coatings, linings, thermal insulation, refractory, and equipment preservation to ensure and increase the durability of equipment and infrastructure, security, operational continuity, and reliability of existing and future facilities by detecting and conducting evaluations. Provide corrosion expertise to multidisciplinary risk-based inspection (RBI) or other process groups. Undertake or coordinate failure investigations of materials and corrosion issues by prescribed or approved failure investigation procedures. Participate and provide input for corrosion management, such as corrosion control and key performance indicators. Set up and share corrosion and integrity management review meetings and coordinate actions to improve the case studied. Provide methods of chemical testing for the analysis and interpretation of these results. Monitor and record chemical usage rates, inventory, and Pump settings. Monitor the overall performance of cathodic protection systems to meet established schedules and instructions and highlight deficiencies in the existing system.
SKILLS
• Microsoft Office
• AutoCAD / Autoplant software
• ASPEN PLUS 9.0, 9.3, 11.0, PRO II SIMSCI,
HYSYS, PIPEPHASE, PIPESIM, ProMax
• Intermediate knowledge of Pressure
Equipment Integrity programs.
• Intermediate knowledge of
troubleshooting fixed equipment
recurrent problems and applying root
cause analysis practices to equipment
failure investigations.
• Advanced knowledge of chemical process
design, optimization, and simulation.
• Intermediate knowledge on international
codes and practices for Engineers (API
580,521/512/630/12J, ASME
B31.5/B31.3/B31.4/B31.8/BPV, NACE
MR0175, SSPC-SP5/10/6/7/13/14) API
RP 579.
• Intermediate knowledge of Metallurgy,
materials, welding.
• Advanced knowledge of thermal
isolation and refractories.
• Advanced knowledge of the Rheology of
heavy oil.
• Advanced knowledge of Emulsions, O/W,
W/O systems.
• Advanced knowledge of Petroleum
Industry Corrosion.
• Advanced knowledge of Computational
Fluid Dynamics (CFD/CFX/FLUENT).
• Advanced knowledge of fluid chemical
treatment in the Petroleum Industry.
• Advanced knowledge of coatings and
linings, and cathodic protection.
• Advanced Knowledge of cement
manufacturing and business practices.
• CCMS, Zenator, ICAPS, CMMS, SAP PM /
SAP MM.
PROCESS/PROJECT ENGINEER
Petroregional del Lago, joint venture PDVSA-Shell
Petroleum, exploration, and production / Refining
January 2005 - March 2015
Process Engineer (onshore/offshore production facilities) Chemical process designing and simulations. Mechanical Design calculations of units (heat transfer, separator, tanks, vessel, columns, gas lift compressors, among others). Hydraulic evaluations of pipeline (single phase and multiphase). Process optimization of Gas, Water, and Crude (Blends) plants. Sizing vapor recovery units, vapor destruct equipment (combustor/flare), and the associated vent piping systems. Develop and support basic and detailed engineering (LNG, LPG, sour gas, sour oil, acid recovery). Review and optimize control and process philosophy. Participate in HAZOP review. Provide technical support for oil, sour oil, gas & sour gas facilities, central process station, and gas capacity & support daily production, hydrotreating, distillation, carbon absorption, and acid recovery. Review pipeline, tanks, separators, reactor, and column design (oil, gas & water). Risk assessment for MoC (Management of Change process). Participate in Audits about process and quality control. Development of PFD review of P&ID and documentation development such as datasheets, manuals, and maintenance specifications. Technical assessment of plant capacity to evaluate future expansion. Process simulation and development of mass & energy balance to support plant design, including heat and material balance review. Evaluation of separation equipment and equipment sizing calculations. Supported project execution through chemical and petroleum lab-scale experiments. Processed data compilations and generated reports for monitoring and troubleshooting separators, pumps, compressors, oil and gas separators, column distillations, and gas sweetening units. Participate in plant shutdowns and drilling sequences planning. Teardown evaluations of process units. Simulations with Hysys, Pipephase, Aspen, Pro II, ProMax, and Pipesim (piping process equipment evaluations and nodal analysis). Responsible for monitoring gas/oil process (separation, sweetening, transportation, and dehydration units), evaluating gas oil production forecast to propose upgrades to handle the future production profiles, and executing conceptual engineering and FEED of facilities projects.
Duties & Main Responsibilities
Hydraulic evaluation of oil distribution lines from the flow stations (offshore) to the farm tank onshore. Evaluation of fuel gas system of steam generators. Optimization of the air supply for combustion of steam generators by finite element techniques. Optimize the time for steam generator opening to improve maintenance time and cost. Evaluation system for pumping raw water to steam generators. Evaluation of the dehydration process of oil. Assessment of the control system of furnaces. Evaluation of the use of demister in separators and scrubbers. Design and specification of valves, relief, and blow-down—mass and energy balances. Planned, executed, and coordinated projects such as Gas Lift Expansion Project, HP Pumps and piping upgrades, 12 ESP (Cluster offshore with electrical supply, diluents supply, instrumentation and control of the production and well-test system), Sour natural flow well (Piping design based on ASME), Gas Lift Manifold Design (Hydraulic evaluation of a complicated existing net), Gas scrubber design (To solve carryover), Displacement and hydrostatic test of inactive pipelines (Operational procedure), Tank Farm Expansion Project (added three more tanks), Hydrocarbon Recovery Tank System Retrofit, Onshore Well Pad Development and Hookup Initiative, Emergency Shutdown System Integration for Well Hookup, and study of plant load-shedding. Managed, tracked, and reported on multiple simultaneous projects while meeting safety, budget, and schedule goals. Strong communication skills to coordinate with a cross-functional team (operations, engineering, measurement, automation, environmental, regulatory, safety, contractors & inspection personnel) on design, layout, equipment selection & proposed facility operations strategy.
PROCESS/PROJECT ENGINEER (CONTINUED)
Developed project documents like Scope of Work (SOW), cost estimates, Design Basis Memorandum (DBM), Project Execution Plans (PEP), and Authorization of Funds Expenditure (AFE). Conceptualize facility upgrades: Monitor and optimize system operations and well performances. Evaluate gas/oil production forecast to propose facility upgrades. Execute conceptual engineering of facilities projects. Review and approve process engineer documents of basic and detailed engineering of facilities projects. Support Operations and Maintenance team with Teardown, operational challenges, and HAZOP evaluations. Shutdowns planning. Evaluation for changes in equipment or units to improve process efficiency. Process failure modes and effects analysis. Perform troubleshooting and root cause analysis for process and safety issues. Execute and design process hazards and safeguard measures in several equipment and systems (piping, vessels, towers, heat transfer, blow-down systems, valves ESD). Coordinated with third- party engineering firms, construction personnel, and operations for project execution (RFQs, MOCs, PSSRs). Collaborate in the elaboration of the Project Management key documents: Project Charter, Master Development Plan (or Field Development Plan) and Project Management Plan, including subsidiary plans, specifically: Stakeholders Management Plan, Scope Management Plan, Human Resources Management Plan, Quality Management Plan, Permit Plan, Risk Management Plan, and Procurement & Contracting Strategy Management Plan. PROCESS ENGINEER / CSU (COMMISSIONING AND START-UP) Process Engineer / Commissioning and Start-up Engineer Kentz-SNC Lavalin / Petroleum Development of Oman (PDO) Petroleum, exploration and production
March 2017–May 2022
As a CSU and Process Engineer, I have been a key member in different projects in Oman, within those founded Khulud Gas Development Project (off-plot and on- plot) and Fahud Compression Project (Stations B, C, D, and E). I have controlled, planned, and monitored all activities in their phases (Mechanical, Pre- Commissioning, Commissioning, and Start-up). Comprehensive working knowledge of all commissioning activities and procedures related to the relevant PDO Piping, Mechanical, Electrical, and Instrument disciplines. Extensive working knowledge in Project Management Systems CMS. Ability to review engineering design drawings and undertake commissioning readiness reviews. Liaise with the construction and operations team in preparation for commission and handover of systems/sub-systems and equipment. I was responsible for verifying the design, installation, and testing of cathodic protection systems for pipelines, storage tanks, separators, wells, columns, compressors, and other oil and gas infrastructure.
Duties & Main Responsibilities
Site Execution Phase-Coordinate the pre-commissioning verification scope of work completed by the Construction contractor based on all disciplines. Coordinate the execution of all dynamic commissioning activities. Ensure that all commissioning activities are conducted per PDO health, safety, environmental, and quality policies and procedures, project-specific HSE and Quality plans, and agreed-upon interfacing requirements with PDO, subcontractors, and others as appropriate. Manage and be accountable for the commissioning mechanical team and develop the commissioning mechanical management structure. Establish and implement project commissioning mechanical plan. Participate in the risk review process. Define Systems and Sub-System Limits. Understand and apply third- party-supplied equipment commissioning procedures. Identify the work scopes to maximize, where possible, any onshore commissioning requirements and the logical sequences for completing these activities. AUTHORSHIP
BRICEÑO M. I., CELIS M. T., SERVIGNA
F., SALAGER J. L.
Evolution of physical properties of
concentrated o/w emulsions during
mixing: influence of physic-chemical
formulation.
Paper 344. 4th World Congress on
Emulsion, Lyon, France. Oct. 3-6, 2006
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PROCESS ENGINEER / CSU (COMMISSIONING AND START-UP) (CONTINUED) Provide input to the Completions Manual and/or Completion Strategy Documents. Identify temporary plant and equipment required for commissioning the facility systems and liaison with the procurement department and temporary equipment suppliers. Assist with the review of FAT requirements for new plant and equipment. Support establishing strategies, plans, and targets for commissioning, ensuring that crucial project objectives are met. Assure mechanical/process commissioning schedule activities are updated biweekly, and a plan is developed with a 3-week look ahead with a vision to execute. Coordinating Pre-Start-up Safety Reviews (PSSR) with engineering, construction & operations personnel. Contribute to developing an overall CSU logic and schedule, develop progress monitoring tools, and provide timely information on progress to the CSU Lead. Develop Mechanical/Process Commissioning Staff Mobilization Plan and staff model. Prepare mechanical/process equipment, system commissioning, energization, and test procedures following project specifications. Verify and validate the Contractor’s compliance with its scope of work in support of Mechanical/Process CSU activities. Prepare and support the development of the Commissioning & Completions Management System (CCMS) and business controls as required, ensuring overall project objectives and budget are met. Ensure the alignment of mechanical and process pre-commissioning and commissioning activities under the Project Handover Procedure for seamless transition and handover. Provide technical support in the resolution of issues during the CSU phase.
CHEMICAL ENGINEER
Analyst STEM projects
REMOTASKS
Artificial Intelligence
June 2023–Present
As a Chemical/Mechanical engineer, I have been training several AIs to resolve STEM problems.
We are designing and implementing machine learning algorithms to solve complex STEM problems, including chemical process optimization, physics simulations, and mechanical system analysis.
We employ supervised learning, reinforcement learning, and natural language processing techniques using TensorFlow and Scikit-learn to create highly accurate and efficient AI models.
Successfully trained and deployed X AI models, achieving Y% improvement in problem-solving accuracy and Z% reduction in computational cost. Collaborated with a team of engineers and scientists to develop innovative solutions for real-world STEM challenges.
REFERENCES
- GLENDER VICUNA, Lead Commissioning and Start-Up Process Engineer, PDO Oman, +507********, ********@*******.***
- BRIAN REX DRAYTON, Accomplished Senior Project Manager/Director, ************@*****.***
- REZA TAHMASEBI, SC Manager, KENT Oman, ****.*********@*******.***
- ALBERTO ARTEAGA, Lead Manager C&A, Albermarle Inc, +1-832-***-****, ***********@*****.***
- HENDRIK NAVA, Lead CSU, Kuwait, +569********
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