Engineer Engineering

GENE A. CORNELISON

**** *********** **** **** *****, MS 39562 228-***-**** ********@**.***

Construction Superintendent Mining Engineer Project Engineer

PROFILE

Talented and accomplished construction management professional with expertise in business operations, construction and mine engineering, project management, and corporate finance. Experience in mining, and marine engineering. Excellent leadership skills.

Areas of Expertise

Construction Management Strategic Planning Engineering Management Project Management

Budget/ Cost Control Structural Engineering Business Development Customer Relations QA

Solution Development Process Improvement Engineering Analysis Site Safety Supply Chain Management Scheduling Surveying Testing Estimating Leadership

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND & ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Mine Engineering

Supervised surveying, engineering, construction, mine ventilation for long range mine planning, roof support, rock mechanics, contractor, and underground activities as Chief Engineer for Gold Fields Mining Corp. Supervised personnel and contractors. Ore reserve modeling, and long-term production planning. Track budget costs and production improvement. Coordinated public relations, managed roof stability and rock mechanics programs. For Reynolds Electric at Nevada Test Site, performed site investigations, supervise tunneling, ventilation, mine support, mine rescue team. Managed capital budget and spending. I have a total of ten years underground mining experience with room and pillar drill and blast, and continuous miner operations. Track budget costs and production improvement.

Reduced costs by keeping projects on schedule and implementing new procedures.

Structural Engineering

Carried out Finite Element Analysis (FEA) modeling using ALGOR and NASTRAN. Reviewed structural drawings to ensure specification compliance on DDG and LHA series ships. Familiar with Regulatory Body requirements associated with Shipbuilding industry.

Communicated extensively with technical teams and vendors facilitating project success.

Utilized Engineering Analysis and FEA to facilitate construction of equipment foundations, with Navy vessels.

Conducted shock, thermal, linear/nonlinear stress calculations, frequency analysis, fatigue analysis, hydrostatics and ship motion. Improved quality by modifying and redesigning foundations. Weight and Balance calculations, stability.

Implemented ECPs. Communicated with vendors and Navy representatives.

Managed failure analyses, MTBF, root cause analysis, RCM’s, PPM’s, FMECA, safety issues.

Conducted anthropometry and ergonomics evaluations. Reliability Engineering.

Construction Management

Directed construction of three methane recovery plants for Pacific Lighting Energy Systems as on site Construction Superintendent.

Managed daily activities for the installation of surface gas lines. Monitor contractor time reporting and invoicing. Worked with project managers to make sure all work was defined and captured in construction plan.

Provided regular updates for management and clients. Served as liaison between company and contractors. Ensure that projects were designed and constructed in accordance with company’s engineering guidelines and specifications, industry codes and standards, and regulatory agency requirements to meet necessary functionality and performance requirements.

Improved productivity by implementing project monitoring and problem solving.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

NORTHROP GRUMMAN SHIP SYSTEMS, Pascagoula, MS (2000 - 2008)

Marine Structural Engineer

ALPINE BAKERY / RESTAURANT, Alpine, Texas (1992-1996)

Owner

REYNOLDS ELECTRIC, Las Vegas, Nevada, Nevada Test Site (1990-1992)

Mining Engineer

PACIFIC LIGHTING ENERGY SYSTEMS, Commerce, CA (1984 - 1987)

Construction Superintendent

GOLD FIELDS MINING CORPORATION, Shafter, TX (1979-1984)

Chief Mining Engineer

EDUCATION

MS in Structural Engineering, Virginia Tech

BS in Systems Engineering, Texas A&M University

MBA, Sul Ross State University, Alpine Texas

BS in Civil Engineering, University of California, Davis

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Mine Foreman / Mine Examiner certificates

Management Training

Mine Roof Support and Mine Ventilation

Private Pilots License,

Civil Air Patrol, 1st Lt. Safety Officer

PADI Rescue Diver

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, AutoCAD, ALGOR, NASTRAN, Vulcan underground design and ring design

SECURITY CLEARANCE

Secret Security Clearance

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