Mechanical/Project Engineer

Tansel Basci

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League City, TX 77573

Cell: 832-***-****

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Mechanical Engineer with eighteen years of combined experience in the petroleum/petrochemical and aerospace industries working for engineering contractors and operating companies. Experience with project management, project development, construction engineering, equipment maintenance/reliability, design, cost estimating, cost budgeting, project scheduling, plant start-up/shut-downs/turnaround, hazard analysis and safety.

Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, May 1990

Texas A&I University, Kingsville, TX

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Jacobs Engineering, BP, Texas City, TX

Project Engineer, Infrastructure Group, (2/2008 to 1/2009)

• Project engineer for Jacobs Engineering at the BP Texas City refinery managing multiple projects in the Infrastructure group.

• Responsible for all phases of project from scoping until construction completion

• Responsibility includes project design basis, project options, project development, finalization of scope of work and construction management

• Develop project estimates at 3 phases with 50%, 30% and 10% target

• Monitor labor, schedules, budget forecasts, project deliverables on approved projects and report to upper management on status

• Conduct advance research and resolve technical issues

• Leads work of project team members

• Projects included Docks Couplers & PLC Replacement, $2.5M, Docks Shoreline, Erosion Protection, $5.7M, Oil Movements de-watering to Pipestills, $5.7M & Thermal Relief Protection, $6.7M

• Ensure all projects incorporate all safety concerns to the refinery and industry

SAIC, (Science Applications International Corp), NASA, Johnson Space Center

Reliability Engineer, (06/2000 to 02/2008)

Houston, TX

• Shuttle Safety & Mission Assurance (S&MA) engineer for the space shuttle.

• S&MA Subsystem Engineer for APU (auxiliary power unit), PV&D (purge, vent & drain) & hydraulics systems

• Interfaces with design contractor and Problem Resolution Team (PRT) that reviews design problems, design changes & upgrades to the system and monitor real time orbit flight data

• Follow all issues and recommend S&MA perspectives to the team

• Monitors orbit flight anomalies which may pose safety of flight & return of Orbiter

• Report and recommend resolutions to customer

• Follow and recommend changes to system documentation after failure analysis completion

• Understand and update all Hazards & Critical Items List for the APU, Hydraulic & PVD systems

• Insure all reports and document have incorporated

• Ensure all shuttle missions have a safe and successful return

Bay Area Technology, Hamilton Sundstrand

Project Engineer, (03/1999 to 05/2000)

Houston, TX

• Project/Systems Engineer for the space shuttle Waste Collection Subsystem (WCS)

• Design space shuttle subsystem Waste Collection Subsystem (WCS) test unit. The project responsibilities included project scoping, monitoring budget, schedule and leading construction team.

• Review and updated WCS hazard analysis on all ground support equipment at Sundstrand

• Review and updated all pneumatic & electrical schematic drawings for all onsite test stands

• Developed & maintained the maintenance refurbish book for all WCS units

Nassau Engineering Corporation

Project Engineer, (8/1996 to 2/1999)

Houston, TX

• Project Engineer which preformed front end detailed engineering and design

• Developed project estimates to customers

• Developed project scope, P&ID's, sized & specified equipment

• Presented customers with project options tables

• Monitor labor, schedules and report to upper management on status

Formosa Plastics Corp, VCM unit

Maintenance Engineer, (6/1994 to 8/1996)

Point Comfort, TX

• Maintenance Engineer which focused on maximizing production by reducing equipment failure & lowering maintenance costs and minimizing safety/environmental issues

• Initiated unit T/A’s, assembled contract bid packages for improvements & repairs, coordinated contract services, scheduled manpower

• Maintained historical records for mechanical equipment, evaluated repair summaries, identify & resolved abnormal issues

• Developed, estimated and budgeted mechanical improvement project proposals, monitored monthly cost

Formosa Plastics Corp, 1.3BPY Ethylene plant

Grass Roots Project Construction Engineer, (8/1990 to 6/1994)

• New ISBL & OSBL 1.3 bpy MWK, $550M unit took 30 months to construct

• Assembling & issuing mechanical above/below ground and tank farm bid packages for field construction

• Reviewed vendor bids, P&ID's & isometrics for bid packages

• Managed inventory for mechanical construction materials (primarily valves)

• Confirm progress for payment; resolve design issues & changes orders.

• Gained extensive knowledge of design & construction engineering, API, ANSI & ASME specifications

COMPUTER PROFICIENCY: Excel, Projects, Word, Power Point

REFERENCES: Available upon request

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