Andy Rodriguez, PE

Senior Project Manager at Fincantieri Infrastructure
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Credentials

  • Professional Engineer - State of Florida
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  • Professional Engineer - State of New Jersey
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  • Professional Engineer - State of New York
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Experience

  • Fincantieri Infrastructure
    • Italy
    • Civil Engineering
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Senior Project Manager
      • Jun 2021 - Present

      Project Manager for a new Cruise Terminal and marine berths for MSC Cruise Line in the Port of Miami. Includes two cruise ship berths for World Class ships with a combi wall bulkhead of sheet piling / king pile apron with water service and drainage. Includes anchoring bollards for cruise ships. Total lengths of berths is 2400 ft. Also includes a 250,000 sq ft state of the art glass facade terminal of modern curved design to accommodate about 25,000 passengers and three large cruise ships. Project Manager for a new Cruise Terminal and marine berths for MSC Cruise Line in the Port of Miami. Includes two cruise ship berths for World Class ships with a combi wall bulkhead of sheet piling / king pile apron with water service and drainage. Includes anchoring bollards for cruise ships. Total lengths of berths is 2400 ft. Also includes a 250,000 sq ft state of the art glass facade terminal of modern curved design to accommodate about 25,000 passengers and three large cruise ships.

  • Southern Company
    • United States
    • Utilities
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Site Engineering and Contruction Work Plan
      • Sep 2017 - Sep 2020

      Working at Vogtle Nuclear Power Plant - twin AP1000 reactors with Hire Technologies and reporting to Southern Co. Central Planning Group preparing work packages and looking and reviewing upcoming work activities for the (2) 1000 MW Nuclear Power Plant in Augusta, GA. Includes Nuclear Island, Turbine Bldg, Annex and Radwaste Bldg and Yard structures. Working at Vogtle Nuclear Power Plant - twin AP1000 reactors with Hire Technologies and reporting to Southern Co. Central Planning Group preparing work packages and looking and reviewing upcoming work activities for the (2) 1000 MW Nuclear Power Plant in Augusta, GA. Includes Nuclear Island, Turbine Bldg, Annex and Radwaste Bldg and Yard structures.

  • Westinghouse Electric Company
    • Nuclear Electric Power Generation
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Lead Field Engineer
      • Jan 2013 - Sep 2017

      2000 MW VC Summer Nuclear Power Plant Units 2 and 3 (Jan 2013 - Present) Chicago Bride and Iron Corporation (CB&I) (formerly was Shaw Group) Owner: SCE&G – South Carolina Electric and Gas Utility Jenkinsville, SC, USA Nuclear Island Lead Field Engineering Manager for Units 2 and 3 at the VC Summer Power Plant in charge of all field engineering activities at the Nuclear island which include the containment and the Auxiliary Building of these AP1000 Nuclear Plants. Responsible to lead the field engineering team of 20 engineers to perform field inspections, and monitoring of the construction work that is being self-performed (EPC) by CBI on this Project. Work scope included large structural module construction weighing in rage of 100 to over 1000 tones as this plant was largely construction on the modularization concept for structural modules, mechanical equipment modules that included rotating equipment, piping and HVAC components. Responsible for preparation of work packages to perform all civil, mechanical and electrical field work. Preparation of design change documents and clarifications of design documents Also, interfacing with Design Engineers on site and Home Office to resolve design issues occurring at site as well as constructability issues that are encountered in the Project. Supporting all other field activities including interfacing with Quality Control in the preparation of quality documents such as N&Ds and responding to Inspection Reports as needed and interfacing with Survey team to provide survey support to the site activities.. I am is also involved in providing schedule input and assuring compliance with our schedule and support the Site Safety Program. Show less

  • Shaw Group (Stone & Webster, Inc.)
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Field Engineering Manager
      • Jul 2009 - Dec 2012

      2000 MW Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2 – Haiyang, China Shaw Power GroupOwner: Shandong Nuclear Power Co HaiYang, ChinaI was Field Engineering Manager for this twin 1000 MW AP1000 Nuclear Power Plant. This power plant uses an innovative new design of passive pressurized water nuclear reactor with extensive modularization. I was responsible for all the field engineering activities at the site which included interface with the Design Engineers in both the Home Office and the site for the resolution of design changes, non-conformances, and design conflicts. I prepared and presented Engineering Progress Reports and Project Status to High Level Government Officials of China and the Owner and prepared.I had a team of over 35 local Field Engineers as well as 15 Expats – Engineers. I reviewed and prepared in some cases Project execution Procedures, and interfaced with Quality control team to assure meeting the required level of quality for the Project. Provided leadership and management for the overall Field Engineering effort of the Project and acted as Director of Construction in some cases as needed. Involved in all design constructability reviews and planning for construction activities. Participate in Lessons Learned site program and implementations of new Protocols / Design Guidelines to assist the Project improve performance. Perform training and mentoring to local Chinese staff about and field engineering as well construction methods and improvements of work activities Show less

    • Field Engineering Manager
      • Jan 2005 - Jun 2009

      750 MW Coal Fired Power Plant – Comanche Unit 3 Project Shaw Power Group (EPC Contract)Owner: Xcel Energy Inc, Pueblo, CO, USAAs Site Engineering Manager for this coal fired power plant I was is responsible for all site engineering matters for this Project including interface with home office to resolve and coordinate engineering issues at the site, inspection of work, technical assistance to construction team for all installations, preparation of rigging and lifting procedures, manage document control, preparation of construction work packages, input to Project schedules, constructability review of all design documents, perform supplemental site design work as required for concrete, structural steel and piping work, and piping inspection of field work, and manage all other site engineering matters.This is a 750 MW Coal Fired Supercritical Power Plant. Shaw has EPC responsibility for the construction of all foundations for the Project, the Steam Turbine Building, erection of the steam-turbine generator that was manufactured by MHI, interface with Boiler and AQCS EPC Subcontractors. Responsible for all power piping for the Project and auxiliary systems, all electrical systems, coal handling / storage facilities and other support utilities including supplemental gas fuel systems. Show less

    • Field Engineering Manager
      • Oct 2002 - Dec 2004

      1200 MW Black Point Power Station – Units 7 & 8 – Gas Fire Combined Cycle Power Plant (Oct ‘02 to Dec 04)Shaw Power GroupOwner: China Electric Power (CLP) - ExxonNew Territory, Hong KongAssigned as Sr Engineering Manager in charge of all field engineering work for this combined cycle power plant station including site engineering to handle all interface with designer, preparation of scope of works for all subcontracts, preparation of field facilities drawings, resolving engineering issues occurring at site, interfacing with Consortium Co. responsible for design with respect to design changes or conflicts, design / coordinate temporary facilities, managing document control department, preparation of subcontract field work orders and technical changes to Subcontracts, prepare project estimates, and other construction site management duties. Show less

    • Construction Manager
      • Oct 1999 - Sep 2002

      575 MW Apex Generating Station – Unit 1 – Combined Cycle Power Plant (Oct 99 to Sept 02)Shaw Power Group – EPC ContractorOwner: Mirant CorpAssigned as Construction Manager in charge of all field construction activities to assure the Project is constructed on schedule and within the established agreed Target Estimate on this EPC Contract with Mirant where we self-performed some of the work and Sub contracted portions of the work.. This combined cycle plant is composed of a 2 x 1 GE 7FA+ gas turbines using steam augmentation and a D-11 steam turbine. The two HRSGs are manufactured by Voght – Nem with a triple pressure design using CO and SCR features. The plant has an air cooled condenser and a 500 KV switchyard.The total site team was composed of 125 professional staff with administrative support for safely executing this combined cycle Project in northern Las Vegas area. I lead bid/award efforts for all Sub-contracted for HRSG erection, structural steel installation, and Gas Turbine erection. We inspected and monitored progress of all subcontracted work to a successful completion that met the schedule without any significant safety incident. Self-performed work included all steam and process piping, erection of steam-turbine set, orbital welding work and supply of crane equipment. Show less

    • Construction Manager
      • Oct 1993 - Sep 1999

      3420 MW Ratchaburi Power Plant – Combined Cycle / Thermal Plant Stone & Webster Thailand LtdOwner: Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT)Ratchaburi, ThailandWorking as Construction Manager assigned in Thailand on a 3420 MW Power Plant complex which is the largest in SE Asia. This Plant consists of three blocks of Combined Cycle rated at 650MW each, and two supercritical steam Thermal Power Plant Units rated at 735 MW each, and including a Waste Water/Water Treatment Plant, oil / gas storage and handling facilities and associated pipelines, and 500Kv/230Kv Switchyards all in one grassroots site. The Combined Cycle Power Plant contains GE’ s 9FA ++ gas turbines (gas/oil fired), each combined with one horizontal flow, three pressure Hitachi-Babcock HRSG. The plant included ( 4) 250,000 barrel oil storage tanks and associated truck unloading and transfer pump stations. The overall Plant capital expenditure will amount to almost USD $2 billion.As Construction Manager I was managing the work for EGAT for all construction activities providing leadership in managing the project including leading all meetings, performing field supervision and monitoring of the EPC Contractors work as well as EGAT’s own force account work, resolved engineering/design and procurement problems and conflicts, interfaced with HQ engineering to coordinate design and material/equipment issues, negotiated change orders, performed full planning and scheduling services using Primavera Planning program to determine critical paths, and provided leadership at the overall Site Coordination and other construction Meetings with Owner and Contractors. My staff consisted of 10 expatriate supervisors/engineers and 68 local staff. My duties carried thru part of the commissioning of this Project so I was very much involved with operations procedures and safety related for this operating plant. Show less

  • The Shaw Group
    • United States
    • Oil and Gas
    • 200 - 300 Employee
    • Construction Manager
      • Oct 1989 - Sep 1993

      1300 MW Lummut Gas /Oil Combined Cycle Power Plant Project (Oct 1994 - Sept 1997) Stone & Webster Engineering (Malaysia) Shd Bhd Owner: Segari Energy Ventures (IPP) – an MRCB Company Lummut, Malaysia Assigned as Site Construction Manager and acting as the Owner’ s Engineers at site for this gas/oil fired 1303 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant Project near Lummut, Malaysia. I was totally responsible for monitoring and managing work site activities being performed by ABB, the EPC Contractor for the Owner. The project involved construction of (6) modules of gas turbines, ABB model 13E2, each with natural circulation dual pressure HRSG units, and two HP/LP steam turbine sets, along with 6 km of offshore cooling water outflow/intake pipes, and other associated support facilities such as water treatment plant, fuel oil storage tanks, gas / oil pipelines, electro-chlorination unit, black start diesel generator, 275 kV switchyard, and gas receiving/pressure reducing station. Early during the Project, provided consulting services to the Owner for managing the EPC Contract, leading project progress meetings, input to Environmental Impact Analysis, preparing and present Project presentation, coordinated design review, providing engineering and construction schedules input and assisted the Owner in resolution of all Project design/procurement issues and problems. During construction, provided Site Management with a joint expat/local Owner staff team which was responsible to assure the quality of the construction work, and the compliance of the Projects Design documents as well as, monitoring work progress and quality. Also responsible for certifying progress milestone payments, resolving claims from the EPC Contractor, strongly lead the Project to uphold / enforce safety Programs and assure there Zero incidents/accidents, and provided overall construction management assistance to the Owner. Show less

  • Stone & Webster
    • United States
    • Oil and Gas
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Field Engineering Manager
      • Oct 1986 - Sep 1989

      MTBE/Propylene and Polypropylene Projects Stone & Webster Engineering (Malaysia) Shd Bhd Owner: MTBE Malaysia Sdn Bhd / Neste Oy Kuantan, Malaysia Worked first as Site Engineering Mgr, and then moved to Construction Manager responsible for twin projects: (1) MTBE/propylene Project with capacity of 300,000 MTPY of MTBE and 80,000 MTPY of propylene; and (2) Polypropylene Project with capacity of 80,000 MTPY of polypropylene. These grassroots projects shared the same site, which was located on the east coast of Malaysia. The projects included, in addition to the main process site, a port storage facility with product/feedstock storage of 365,000 barrel capacity; a marine loading pier facility capable of handling 40,000 DWT tankers; and the associated interconnecting pipelines (total corridor length of 15 km) between all three sites. Overall project value was about USD $400 million. As Site Engineering Mgr I was responsible for all site engineering activities, including review and evaluation of design drawings and specifications, resolving engineering/design conflicts at site, managing the field quality control program for Stone & Webster, supervision of subcontracted work using local staff, contract administration, monitoring of project schedules, and document control. Later half way into the Project I moved to Construction Manager position where I was overall responsible for monitoring the EPC Contractor operations for the owner and implementing Safety measures and system to improve safety culture at this site, assured the quality of the work was maintained complying with Codes and design, lead all Project meetings, had direct interface with owner and Project Management to resolve Project issues and disputes. Show less

  • Shaw Group (Stone & Webster, Inc.)
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Construction Manager
      • Nov 1984 - Sep 1986

      Rastanura Refinery Expansion Project and Juaymah NGL Plant Stone & Webster Engineering Inc Northern Territory – Juaymah NGL / Rastanura Refineries Expansion Owner: ARAMCO Juaymah and Rastanura, Saudi Arabia As Construction Manager, assigned in the ARAMCO Petrochemical Services contract for various Projects in Saudi Arabia I was responsible for managing and directing construction of these two Projects for ARAMCO which included installation of new refinery expansion equipment at the Rastanura Refinery and the re-construction of the Juaymah NGL Plant after the accident in this Plant. Responsibilities included all supervision and monitoring of construction to assure compliance with design, preparation of construction Procedures and tracking progress / monitoring schedule using Key Performance Indicators and Primavera Planner, and enforcing the Safety Program of the Project and assuring that all Project personnel are well trained in hazards recognition and in safe practices while working in this operating plant. Safety was promoted as the No1 Priority. I had direct overall interface with ARAMCO (Project Managers) personnel for resolving all Project issues. The services to ARAMCO also included design work for these two Projects and my duties included interface with Stone & Webster Engineering Managers to assure the design work was integrated with construction and supported all site activities. Also provided other technical and construction management assistance to ARAMCO for various northern area Projects, such assistance included special reports for modularization of plant components, and review /advice on marine structures. Prepared and presented Power Point progress reports to management. Show less

  • Stone & Webster Engineering Corp.
    • Malaysia
    • Field Engineering Manager
      • May 1983 - Oct 1984

      Peninsular Gas Utilization Project – Units 1, and 2 Stone & Webster Engineering (Malaysia) Shd Bhd Owner: Petronas Gas SDN BHD Kerteh, Malaysia I was Field Engineering Manager (finished the Project as Construction Mgr) responsible for all site engineering, inspection of field works for civil, mechanical and electrical/instrumentation work. The Project consisted of a gas processing plant with feed capacities of 250 MMSCFD non-associated offshore gas and 32 MMSCFD associated gas, including dewpoint control, glycol regeneration, acid removal, and LPG units, as well as propane, butane, and LPG export terminal site with four double-walled insulated refrigerated storage tanks of 30,000 M³ capacity each. Pipeline work included construction of a coated 36-inch steel sales gas and two 8-inch liquid propane/butane lines from the GPP to the ET with associated gas distribution systems. Included all off shore platforms and piping to the remote terminal hook up. My duties included handling all design and engineering issues at site, prepare RFI and design change documents as necessary, contract administration, perform supplemental design of process systems as needed, and document control. Resolved engineering issues at site, and conducted inspection of construction work being performed by EPC Contractor. Reviewed lift plans Assignment duration included the complete construction phase of the project from site preparation through startup activities and commissioning. During final months of assignment, responsibilities were increased to those of Site Construction Manager to finalize the construction of this facility. Show less

  • Stone & Webster Engineering
    • Valmy, Nevada
    • Resident Engineer
      • May 1979 - Apr 1983

      750 MW North Valmy Coal Fired Power Station Stone & Webster Engineering Corp – EPC Contractor Owner: Sierra Pacific Power Company As Resident Engineer, responsible for all site engineering on two coal-fired units in Valmy, Nevada, with staff consisting of ten engineers and one draftsman being performed under EPC Contract.. My work duties included inspecting and assisting construction with all design issues / problems, as well as material procurement, preparation of field specifications, field inspection of contracted work, preparation of field drawings, and managing document control. Also having responsibility for Contract Administration of the project, I lead preparation of Subcontract documents, and was responsible for entire bid cycle including Contract package preparation, bid solicitation, and bidder evaluation; conducted pre-bid, pre-construction, and biweekly status meetings; generated and issued change orders; contributed to resolution of design problems and provided field with technical direction. I had several engineers inspecting sub-contractors' work in the field. Major contracted work included the boiler, turbine generator erection, structural steel erection, and metal siding. Contract administration duties included ensuring that the work was performed in accordance with specifications and drawings, approving progress payments, monitoring work progress using Primavera scheduling program, and coordinating work among contractors. Show less

  • Stone & Webster Engineering Corp
    • Deputy Project Engineer
      • Sep 1976 - Apr 1979

      Home Office AssignmentStone & Webster Power GroupVarious Power Plant ProjectsBoston, MassAs Deputy Project Engineer working in the home office I was involved in design work of various power plants for pipe hangers and cable tray supports working in various Power Plant Projects such as Canal Coal fired Power Station in Mass, and Astoria Gas Fired Power Station in NY City, and other Combined Cycle Projects in the west coast region. I prepared Engineering reports and studies of various natures such as structural steel and Boiler installation. I also assisted in preparing Project Quality Procedures and Work Execution Procedures for Power Plants. Show less

    • Field Engineer
      • Nov 1974 - Aug 1976

      Big Bend Station Units 1 and 2 900 MW Coal Fired Power PlantStone & Webster Engineering IncOwner: Tampa Electric Company Tampa, Florida, USAAs Field Engineer, responsible for field inspections, and engineering resolution for structural steel work and pipe supports, as well as process tank installation. Preparation of field sketches and specification, preparation of correspondence and change orders to contractors, also performed inspections for subcontractors work for slag tanks under the Boiler. Prepared rigging and lifting plans. Inspected and supervised insulation installations. Show less

Education

  • University of Florida
    Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Construction Engineering

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