Quality Assurance Engineer

SUMMARY

Project Engineer/ Manager with over ten years of experience in Geotechnical, Environmental Engineering, Construction Material Testing and Civil Engineering. Key responsibilities include project scope and cost development, project management, project supervision, interface with construction design team, and client interaction and development.

EDUCATION

B.Tech – Civil Engineering (BSCE Equivalent) - Mysore University, Mysore, India.

CERTIFICATION

Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas (#99420).

Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Louisiana (#0033542).

Texas State Certified LBP Risk Assessor.

Certificate for Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments, Texas A&M University Utilities and Public Works Training Institute.

Certificate for Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation & Management Program, Richard Chinn Environmental Training, Inc.

Certificate for Management Planner for Asbestos from Envirotest.

COMPUTER SKILLS:

Mainframe, COBOL, CICS, DBS, VB, ASP, Java Script, VB Script, SQL Server, IIS, HTML, MS Office, AutoCAD, GINT, LPILE, APILE, Shaft, Settle 3D

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ASSOCIATED TESTING LABORATORIES INC., 2002 – PRESENT

ISANI CONSULTANTS, LP,

ATL-SWL GROUP, INC. (SOUTHWESTERN LABORATORIES-BEAUMONT AND TEXAS CITY)

PROJECT ENGINEER/MANAGER

Geotechnical Engineering: Performed and managed various geotechnical investigations for a wide variety of projects including commercial, industrial and manufacturing facilities; wastewater treatment plants; utilities and lift stations; tank foundations; schools; hospitals; and residential subdivisions. Project scopes varied from routine to complex, requiring sophisticated geotechnical engineering analysis and regular interactions with the design team and contractors. Overseeing the geotechnical drilling operation, assignment of laboratory testings and review of the laboratory results, preparation of logs and review of logs and writing reports. Overseeing of installation of Inclinometers and recording the readings and plotting the results to monitoring slopes and landslides to detect zones of movement and establish whether movement is constant, accelerating. Performed Axial Pile Analysis, Lateral Pile Analysis, Settlement analysis etc. Perform pavement design which includes Rigid and Flexible Pavement. Depending on site conditions, designed foundation systems consisted of timber/concrete/Auger cast/H-piles, drilled and under reamed/straight shafts, ring foundation and spread footings. Attended Pre construction meetings with clients and explained tests and inspections required for their projects, discussed about the depth and number of the soil borings requirement and explained to them the acceptable and non-acceptable work related to quality assurance. Worked as deputy QA/QC manager for maintaining the accreditation of American Association of Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA), and conducting QA, QC audits on bi-annual and annual basis for A2LA for the geotechnical department.

Geo-Environmental/ Environmental Engineering: Performed and managed Environmental Investigations Phase I & Phase II projects for commercial and industrial properties, Waterline Replacement Projects, Sanitary & Storm Sewer replacement projects, Utilities and Pavement Rehabilitation Project, Neighborhood Street Rehabilitation Projects and oil and gas exploration and production sites. General tasks included field exploration, laboratory data validation, and engineering analysis.

Construction Material Testing: Performed and managed various Construction Materials Testing and Inspection Services including direct involvement with a wide variety of commercial, industrial, and government projects which include, but were not limited to scheduling testing services, review of test reports and invoices, communication with the field inspectors, design engineers, and owner to assure that proper testing was performed and reported correctly. Also has extensive experience in testing and inspection of excavation, fill and backfill, soil stabilization, retention systems, reinforcing steel, large mat placements, high strength and normal strength concrete, Shallow, drilled and straight shaft foundations, pile foundations (timber, h-piles, Auger cast piles), post tension foundations utilities like waterline, storm and sewer lines, lift stations and pavements. Attended Pre construction meetings with clients and explained tests and inspections required for their projects, and explained to them the acceptable and non-acceptable work related to quality assurance.Interacted regularly with the project management company and the construction design team. Review of the invoices and reports

Civil Engineering: Performed civil engineering design like preparation of utilities layout like waterline, storm sewer, and sanitary sewer and create paving and drainage plans with on-site detention using in-pipe storage and storage above parking area for required detention for a variety of projects including commercial, residential building. Project scopes varied from routine to complex, requiring sophisticated engineering analysis and regular interactions with the design team and contractors.

Lead Based Paint Risk Assessment: Performed and managed various LBP Risk Assessment for a variety of projects mostly includes Multi-family houses and single family buildings. Project scopes regular interactions with the project management team, residents and contractors.

SELECTED KEY PROJECTS

GEOTECHNICAL

Shell Office Building – Beaumont, Texas.

Multi stored Office Building for US Coast Guard – Galveston, Texas.

Small to large tank foundation from 20 to 205 ft Dia and height from 40 ft to 250 ft for Martin Gas, ISP Elastomers, Chemtrade in Beaumont, Texas.

Culvert structures on pile foundation for screening the waste in Retention Ponds for ISP Elastomers- Beaumont, Texas.

Utilities Replacement and Pavement Rehabilitation for City of Beaumont and City of Dickinson, Texas.

Garcia Sports Complex for City of Texas City, Texas.

Commercial and residential buildings-Houston, Galveston, Beaumont, Texas.

Multi storied building and Garages-Houston, Texas.

Hanger Buildings in Sugarland and other local Airports.

New school building and additions for Beaumont and Houston ISD.

ENVIRONMENTAL:

Phase I and Phase II Environmental site assessments for :

Commercial properties like Auto stations, Gas stations, Motels etc. in Houston and around areas in Texas.

Utilities Replacement and Pavement Rehabilitation projects for City of Houston, Texas.

Neighborhood Street Rehabilitation projects for City of Houston, Texas.

Jefferson County proposed Court Building.

Residential subdivision in and around Houston for Compass Pointe Homes.

CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL TESTING:

Cheniere LNG (Phase I & II) Project for Bechtel in Cameron, Louisiana.

Sabine Pass LNG project in Beaumont, Texas.

Memorial Herman Hospital in Beaumont, Texas.

Utilities Replacement and Pavement Rehabilitation projects for Harris County, City of Houston and City of Beaumont.

Commercial, Residential Buildings in Houston, Beaumont, Jasper, Port Arthur etc.

Utilities and Pavement for subdivisions around Houston, Beaumont, Texas City, Galveston.

Multi stored Office Building for US Coast Guard – Galveston, Texas.

Liquid Petroleum Pipeline work from Sabine pass to Louisiana for Sheehan Pipeline Construction.

New school building, remolding and additions for Beaumont and Houston ISD.

CIVIL ENGINEERING:

Five story Apartment complex-Calhoun Vilas at 5116 Calhoun St, Houston.

Larkin Townhomes at 5235 Larkin, Houston.

Heights Esplanade at 1801 Ashland St, Houston.

Antoine Housing at 1302 Antoine Dr, Houston.

Victorian pine at West 14th St, Houston.

LBP RISK ASSESSMENTS:

Hurricane Ike Recovery for single family residential houses in Harris County and City of Galveston.

SOFTWARE ENGINEER: 1998 TO 2002

COMPQSOFT-HOUSTON, TEXAS

MILLENIUM SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS-DALLAS, TEXAS

TATA CONSULTING SERVICES-INDIA

CIVIL ENGINEER: 1995 TO 1998

BALAJI CONSTRUCTIONS LTD- Magunta Oberio- 21 Storied Star Hotel in Chennai

BALAJI BIO-TECH LIMITED Asian one of the largest Aquaculture

Preparing project specifications, bid estimates, bid evaluations.

Reviewing the plans and schedules on daily, weekly and monthly basis of the project and made necessary adjustments to critical tasks to meet the project dead line.

Study of the drawings to identify any lack of required information and prepared Request for Information(RFI) to the Architect and the structural engineers

Coordination of meetings with conntractors and Design Engineers for Clarification on the design drawings.

Estimation of quantities and preparation of bid documents and project specifications.

Construction phase supervision, quality assurance and control as per the project specification and as per design drawings.

Coordinating meetings with other contractors to ensure proper work coordination and to see that the project is on schedule and all related works are completed on time.

Review and inspection of onsite reports from contractors like compaction and concrete were as per project specifications.

Coordination of work and meetings with other departments (mechanical/ electrical engineering).

Review of the reports and verifying the contractors pay estimates based on the work finished with respect to the project drawings.

Pre-construction and construction meetings with the contractors to discuss the schedule of the progress of the work and regarding the quality and estimations of the work.

Coordinated monthly progress meetings with the contractors and obtain project progress updates and look ahead schedules.

GRADUATE ENGINEER 1992 TO 1995

CVR CONSTRUCTIONS

Estimation of the quantities for different project based on the design drawings.

Preparation of bid estimates and bid submittals for the projects based on the design drawings.

Procurement of the construction materials for the projects.

Getting quotes from the materials supply contractors for the materials.

Construction supervision includes site layout verification, quality assurance and quality control.

Sub contractor's quantity and pay estimates.

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