Project Engineer - Pipeline Integrity Management

• Oct 2016 - Present

Lab Manager

• Nov 2011 - Aug 2016

Manage a department of eight employees.Responsible for completion of Qualimet’s PQR testing as requested by Qualimet’s project managers utilizing internal lab equipment and outsourcing as requiredManage a separate lab testing department with growing revenuesDeveloped company budget for 2016 FYPurchased and implemented new and upgraded lab equipment including an automatic hardness tester, corrosion testing assemblies, induction heaters, welding equipment, microscopes, PWHT ovens and other machinery (mills, CNC lathe, automatic surface grinder)

WPS Project Manager

• Jul 2009 - Nov 2011

Quoted, consulted and wrote a wide variety of welding procedures (hot tap, temperbead, Z662 Annex I Steamline, P15E, overlay) to all major welding codesReviewed acts and regulations, codes and standards, owner specifications and engineering designs to ensure compliance to welding requirementsCarried out CWB retained engineering audits under the management of Qualimet’s CWB retained engineerRecertified B Pressure welders both in-house and at client’s facilities as an ABSA welding examiner

IAESTE Exchange Program - Summer Student

• May 2008 - Aug 2008

Worked at a company that designs and builds gear grinding machines for major automobile manufacturers such as Ford, GM and CitroenAssisted an operator at a robotic, 3000+ sq.ft CNC workstation for three weeks Worked with a team to assemble two different machine axes while working in their assembly area for two weeksEnrolled in their training program for six weeks where I learned how to operate manual drill presses, lathes and milling machines

Quality Assurance Summer Student

• May 2006 - Aug 2006

Worked in the quality assurance department of a large company that manufactured wellhead, production gate valve and check valve equipment for the oil and gas industryExamined the incoming steel valves, making sure that their chemical and mechanical properties met the necessary standardsHelped certify new welders via test couponsHelped create new weld procedures for fully automated, hot-wire TIG machines in their ERC welding divisionWorked closely with quality control to ensure that the finished products were defect freePerformed a heat treatment furnace temperature calibration as per ASTM standards