Tetra Tech Inc. (Elko, Nevada) QA/QC Supervisor
REC Silicon (Moses Lake, WA) Owners Representative – Mechanical Inspector
KJM & Associates (Bellevue, WA) Project Manager
City of Tukwila (Tukwila, WA) Resident Inspector
PB Buildings Inc. (Seattle, WA) Infrastructure Asset Auditor
Flad & Associates (Seattle, WA) Construction Administrator
Montgomery Watson (Pasadena, CA) Senior Resident Engineer
Morse Diesel International (Victorville, CA) Combination Inspector
Caliber Inspection (Seattle, Washington) NDT Technican
Past and Present Registrations/Certifications;
Construction Specifications Institute Certified Construction Contract Administrator, Construction Document Technologist, City of Newport Beach Special Inspector, Spartan School of Aeronautics Industrial Testing & Inspection, City of Irvine Special Inspector, American Welding Society QC-1 Welding Inspector, I.C.B.O. Special Inspector, County of Los Angeles Deputy Building Inspector, City of Los Angeles Deputy Building Inspector, Clark County Building Department Approved, Caltrans, ADOT & WSDOT Approved, ICS Home Inspector, ASNT Level III in RT, MT, UT & PT, Safety Training by A.S.I., B.A.T.T. & LA RSO, Federal Aviation Administration Private Pilot, Red Cross CPR and First Aid Certified.
MQS Inspection Inc.
Santa Fe Springs, California
Project Manager
1995 - 1996
Responsible for the scheduling, coordination, and supervision of all Welding Inspectors and NDT personnel covering the Hyperion Waste Water Treatment Plants, Digester Expansion Project. Daily activities were to supervise or perform the in-house training and development of staff, ensure adherence to policies and procedures, coordinate staffing and scheduling while having good interpersonal skills with co-workers and clients. Utilized planned and systematic methods for continuous review, certification, inspection and testing of project components, including persons, systems, materials, documents, techniques and workmanship to determine whether or not such components conform to the plans, specifications and applicable standards. Provided Level III duties to interpret and write QA/QC procedures as well as review radiographic film for code compliance. Address safety issues, questions and problems, conduct site-specific safety meetings on a weekly basis, and conduct safety audits. Record OSHA 200 forms. On-site radiation safety officer.
Level III RT and MT certified.
Professional Service Industries, Inc.
Modesto, California
Project Manager
1991 - 1992
Responsible for scheduling, coordination, and supervision of all Welding Inspectors and NDT personnel statewide covering the Boeing Expansion Project located in Everett, Washington. Responsibilities included overseeing daily activities, supervise or perform the training and development of staff. I utilized systematic methods for continuous review, certification, inspection and testing of project components, including persons, systems, materials, documents, techniques and workmanship to determine whether or not such components conform to the plans, specifications and applicable standards. Maintenance of all inspection and test reports, material certifications, updating of contract drawings, and QC documents. Issuing RFI’s, DCR’s, NCR’s and CN’s as required. Telephone interfacing with jobsite construction and client personnel. Address safety questions and problems, conduct safety meetings on a weekly basis, conduct safety audits, record and report OSHA 200 forms. Level II UT, PT and MT certified.
Western Technologies Inc. Phoenix/Tucson, Arizona
Manager of the Non-Destructive and Special Testing Department
1983 – 1985
Responsible for overseeing daily departmental activities, ensuring adherence to policies and procedures, performing training and development of staff and coordinating staffing and scheduling. Industries included water transmission and power plants, aerospace, airport expansions including the Phoenix Sky Harbor terminal and Tucson Int’l terminal, parking garage and runway, coal and copper mines, high-rise and tilt-up buildings, hospitals, ADOT highway and bridge inspections, schools, pipelines and heavy equipment. Worked with US Corp of Engineers on the Central Arizona Project (CAP) on all pump stations, power transmission lines and underground caissons. Work at military facilities performing load tests; pipeline and other classified special testing. Wrote quality assurance and quality control procedures for clients ranging from wood truss manufactures to railroad maintenance yards; wrote welding and brazing procedures for industries ranging from vendors of nuclear products to computer products. Worked at the University of Arizona on TI work and inspected new elementary schools being built. Performed outside audits of manufacturers in specific areas for in-house in process and out-going final product inspection programs. Certifying welders to AWS, ASME and API codes. Special testing including gas/vapor detection and air purity, holiday/leak, proof loading, roofing, vacuum seismic and air blast and airborne noise transmission. Coordinate failure analyses of conveyors, arch’s and structures in the field and laboratory that included static, dynamic and cylindrical. Responsible for radiation safety training, with the use of nuclear gauges, x-ray and isotope cameras, geotechnical materials testing and Ultrasonic, Radiographic, Magnetic Particle and Liquid Penetrent inspection. Performed field and in-house testing and inspections of structural and civil samples and he addressed safety questions and problems. Testing performed this department conformed to the following codes: API, AWS, ASME, ASTM, UBC, AWWA, MIL-STDs and client specific requirements. Level II UT, RT, PT and MT certified.
GEO Construction Testing Palo Verdes, Arizona 1982 - 1982
Sonic Systems International Houston, Texas 1982 - 1982
Quality Control Inspector and NDT technician responsible for testing and inspections at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating plant. Certified welders to the ASME code.
Level II UT, PT, RT and MT certified. Security Clearance
Klienfelder, Inc. Diamond Bar, California 1997 - 1997
High Desert Inspection Adelanto, California 1996 - 1997
Smith Emery Company San Francisco, California 1987 - 1991
Pittsburgh Testing Laboratory Emeryville, California 1986 - 1987
Continental Testing & Inspection, IESCO, Total Western, Irwin Industries, Inc. Conam/MMP as needed
Quality Control Inspector and NDT technician responsible for testing and inspections at various job sites, fabrication plants, commercial and industrial facilities. Areas were of Caltrans bridge and overpass retrofitting, casino expansions, airport expansions, parking structures, high-rise buildings, hospitals, schools, correctional facilities, pipelines, power plant and petrochemical facilities, erection of tilt-up panel buildings and conveyor structures. Also, turnarounds at various oil refineries around the San Francisco Bay area and the Los Angeles basin with inspection of Crude, Coker, Cracking, FCCU and Alki units, power boilers, turbines, valves, pumps, vessels, towers, drums, heat exchangers and piping systems. Wrote welding procedures and certified welders in accordance with AWS and ASME. Caltrans visual inspector and NDT inspector on various projects throughout the LA basin. Inspections ranged from overpass and pedestrian bridge seismic upgrades to new wing walls and bridge decks where I performed CWI and ultrasonic inspections. Worked on elementary school seismic upgrades, Pasadena Community College TI project and the University of Los Angeles new aerospace facility in Culver City.
Level III UT, MT, PT and RT certified.
General Welding Works Houston, Texas 1981 - 1982
Ultrasonic Specialists, Inc. Houston, Texas 1980 - 1981
Bayou Testers, Inc. Amelia, Louisiana 1979 - 1980
Quality Control Inspector and NDT technician performing testing and inspections in the oil field industry. Ships, barges, pipelines, pressure vessels and heat exchangers, jack-up drilling rigs, oil platforms, petro-chemical and oil refineries with dimension checks, hydro tests, brinel and rockwell hardness testing. Radiation Safety Training.
Level II UT, PT, MT and RT certified.