Engineer Mechanical

Saj Mathura

(Mech/Civil Engineer)

**** *********** ******, *****, ** 33647

Phone: 813-***-**** (H) / 813-***-**** (C) * Email: **********@*******.***

Experience Summary

A Senior Mechanical / Civil (Structural) Engineer with 40 years experience in the design development of various mechanical, structural and civil engineering projects in the petroleum refining, oil and gas (including onshore gas projects), mining, sugar and chemical industries. Responsibilities have included providing supervision of mechanical equipment engineers and management of the flow of all mechanical engineering documents involved in the execution of a project. In addition, provided technical expertise in the selection of equipment, design and specification preparation, bid evaluation and vendor data review for a variety of pressure vessels and rotating equipment, coordinating equipment layouts, participating in acceptance testing, facilities decommissioning and interfacing with client specialists.

As Owner / Managing Director, provided supervision and engineering input on all projects handled by the company. Input consisted primarily of mechanical, structural and civil design with the major focus being engineering and construction for new and upgraded facilities.

As Senior Structural Engineer, experience includes performing seismic and fire risk analysis, multi-story building structural design, and design of support facilities for various types of pressure vessels and rotating equipment.

As a Lead Design Engineer, responsibilities included design and specification preparation, bid evaluation and vendor data review for a variety of pressure vessels and rotating equipment.

Education

Paisley College of Technology, Scotland 1965 - 1968

Higher National Diploma - Mechanical Engineering (Tate & Lyle Scholarship)

University of the West Indies, Trinidad, WI 1972 - 1974

B.Sc. Civil Engineering

• Upper Second Class Honors (Structural Major)

Work Experience

PEGASUS TSI, INC., Tampa, FL 2007-2009

Senior Mechanical Engineer

• Optimal Group of Companies, Malaysia: PROJECT: Incinerator Compliance and Improvement - Responsible for the mechanical engineering aspects during the Basic Engineering Package (BEP), and detailed design phases of the upgrade of an incinerator facility treating aqueous and hydrocarbon wastes to meet new emission levels and provide greater reliability.

TURNER (USA)/ALPHA, Trinidad, WI 2006-2007

Project Manager (Design)

• Hospital Upgrade Program - Largely responsible for review of all Architects’ and Engineering

Consultants’ designs.

eTECK (Evolving TecKnologies and Enterprise Development Company), Trinidad, WI 2005-2006

Manager, Engineering Services

• Review of Engineering Consultant’s design for 700 acres of Light Industrial Estates and MEI designs for 1,100 acre high technology industrial park that includes a new university.

NM WOOD GROUP, Trinidad, WI 2004-2005

Project/Lead Mechanical Engineer

• Design, preparation of equipment specification, bid evaluation and vendor data review for over twenty packages for a 450 MMscfd Onshore gas facility for British Gas. Equipment included centrifugal and reciprocating pumps, generators, gas compressors, fire water pump and piping system, instrument air system, water treatment facility, flare/vent stack, pressure vessels (max 960 psi) heat exchangers, slugcatcher, pig receiver, fuel gas skid, condensate stabilization facility, storage tanks, and mechanical installation scope of work.

• Decommissioning study for two offshore platforms for National Gas Company.

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WESTERN ENGINEERING LTD., Vancouver, BC 2002 - 2003

Senior Structural Engineer

• Completed seismic and fire risk analysis of various multi-storey commercial and industrial buildings.

• Provided formal recommendations on building upgrades required to satisfy Canadian and Uniform Building Code standards.

VECO PACIFIC, INC., Bellingham, WA, USA 2000 - 2002

Senior Mechanical Engineer

• Lead Mechanical Engineer, Tosco FRUP North OSBL - Responsible for design input, specification and data sheet preparation, bid evaluation and vendor data review of all mechanical vendor drawings and calculations for pressure vessels, upgrade of vessel internals for the steam turbines, centrifugal pumps, cooling towers, main fractionator, vacuum tower and tar separator, vacuum system, several heat exchangers, fin fan coolers, and other miscellaneous mechanical equipment.

• Lead Mechanical Engineer, Equilon Gasoline Blending Plant Upgrade - Included the front end engineering study, upgrade of existing piping and equipment and preparation of specifications and data sheets for new pressure vessels, sample compositor and pumps.

• Mechanical Engineer, Tesoro, Rose project OSBL - Review of vendor data and calculations for pressure vessels and heat exchangers, and the design of overhead platforms for five towers.

• Mechanical Engineer, Shell Sulfur Recovery unit No.4 - Design development study (FEL) for project which includes cooling towers, fin fan coolers, new and upgrades for centrifugal pumps.

SNC - LAVALIN, Calgary, AB 1999 - 2000

Senior Mechanical Engineer

• Worked on the new Bitumen Production Plant for the Suncor Millennium Project, 160,000 barrels per day, in the following areas:

- Designed both aboveground and elevated API storage tanks

- Responsible for the layout, equipment specification, bid evaluation of equipment for the Oversize Reprocessing facility

- Review and status of over 900 vendor drawings and data sheets (mechanical and structural) for the Crushing Plant.

HA SIMONS LIMITED, Vancouver, BC 1996 - 1999

Senior Mechanical Engineer

• Conceptual study, plant layout, hydraulic calculations, technical specifications and bid evaluation for mechanical equipment, HVAC design, process piping and plumbing design for the following projects:

- Two high-density sludge effluent treatment plants, Vancouver Wharves Limited - Lead Engineer

- High-density sludge waste water treatment plant, Heath Steele Mine, New Brunswick

- Paste backfill plant for treatment and underground disposal of mill tailings, Noranda Mine, New Brunswick - Lead Engineer

- Paste backfill plant for treatment and underground disposal of mill tailings, Stillwater Mine, Montana - Lead Engineer

- 240 K Mine expansion, Cajamarquilla Peru for Cominco Limited.

SOUTHERN ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS LTD., Trinidad, WI 1977 - 1995

Owner / Managing Director

• Mechanical, structural and civil design input for all projects completed by the company. Major focus was Engineering and Construction for plant construction and upgrade for the following Companies:

- Petrotrin (formerly Texaco) Oil refinery

- Iron and Steel Company of Trinidad & Tobago

- Arcadian Fertilizer and Urea Plants

- Trinidad Cement Plant - Phoenix Park Gas Processors Plant

- Caribbean Methanol Plant

- Tate and Lyle and Caroni Sugar Factories.

• Structural design for several multi-story commercial and industrial buildings using the ACI, UBC, AISC, CISC, CCI and SEAOC Codes.

• Industrial estate design (120 acres) for IDC

• Design and construction of Naparima Bowl

• Air conditioning, electrical and plumbing design for six storey building

• Lecturer in Production Operations Management for the Wilfred Laurier University Extension Program at Roytech.

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TEXACO TRINIDAD LIMITED, Trinidad, WI 1976 - 1977

Senior Design Engineer

• Design of heat exchangers, pressure vessels, piping, steel storage tanks and reconstruction of three steam boilers. The refinery capacity was 360,000 barrels per day.

• Foundation for three steam boilers, pressure vessel and piping supports.

• Investigation into failure of foundations of several oil storage tanks and upgrading of the same.

TRINTOPLAN CONSULTANTS (Trinidad, WI) and CH2M HILL (WA, USA) 1974 - 1976

Senior Design Engineer

• Pumping equipment specification and bid evaluation, hydraulic calculations, HVAC and plumbing design for the main control building, the fitter complex and the alum facility for a sixty million gallon per day potable water treatment plant at Piarco.

• Design of pre-stressed concrete (10 million gals.) and steel storage tanks (5 million gals).

• Structural design of main control building, lime plant and carbon storage silos for above water treatment plant and three booster pump stations.

• Design of foundation for Westinghouse Turbine, Pt Lisas (T&TEC)

TEXACO (TRINIDAD) LIMITED, Trinidad, WI 1969 - 1972

Pump Maintenance Supervisor and Senior Mechanical Engineer

• Maintenance of centrifugal and reciprocating pumps, natural gas and steam turbines, axial and rotary compressors. The total number of rotating equipment in the oil refinery was over two thousand five hundred.

• Mechanical, Electrical and Instrumentation (MEI) department responsible for the design and upgrading of various refining, petrochemical and chemical plants.

USINE STE. MADELINE SUGAR FACTORY, Trinidad, WI 1968 - 1969

Maintenance Engineer

• Operation and maintenance of sugar factory equipment including boilers, turbines pumps, power plant, mills and machine shop.

A & W SMITH & CO. LTD., Glasgow, Scotland 1964 - 1968

Mechanical Engineering Trainee

• Practical training in the heavy and light fitting shops, machine shop, foundry and welding shops for the manufacture of centrifugal and reciprocating pumps, heat exchangers, clarifiers, conveyors and related sugar factory equipment.

Professional Membership

• Association of Professional Engineers of Trinidad and Tobago

• Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists, BC

Computer Experience

• Microsoft Word

• Microsoft Project

• Microsoft Excel

• Mechanical, Structural, Design Programs since 1974.

References

Mr. Tom Kaupilla Project Mechanical Engineer, VECO 360-***-****

Mr. Kevin Connolly Engineering Supervisor, AMEC 604-***-****

Mr. Bill Matthews Project Manager, Pegasus TSI, Inc. 727-***-****

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