Experience

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  I-ENG-A of Western Idaho (Division of Leavitt & Associates Engineers, Inc)

  • Nampa, ID

  • Director of Forensic Engineering

    • Oct 2015 - Present
    • Nampa, ID

    Forensic and investigative engineering startup (new division). Responsibilities included: Create business plan, setup divisions organization and electronic directories, solicit work from the insurance industry and attorney markets within southern Idaho area, monitor costs and income, create brochures, and establish training.Investigate claims for the insurance industry and attorneys using the scientific method.

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  Power Engineers

  • Meridian, ID

  • Senior Mechanical Engineer

    • Nov 2005 - Jun 2015
    • Meridian, ID

    • Lead mechanical engineer and discipline management of various multi-disciplined industrial and power projects including companies’ first and two concurrent binary geothermal power plants, companies’ first solar augmentation project for a coal fired plant for Aveva at Tuscon Electric.• Lead mechanical engineer and project engineer of small projects of retrofit work and stress analysis.• Built engineering work packages for combined cycle and carbon capture projects• Trained mechanical department junior engineers in pipe stress and supports in B31.1 analyses.• Developed the following standard department documents for power projects. Standards included: o High pressure and temperature Piping Material Specifications, Valve Material Specifications, Piping Specialties Specifications, construction specifications, and valve vendor databaseo Fire Protection Specification package based on API 850 requirementso Excel programs to automate ASME B31.1 pipe wall thickness calculations for use with the standard or nonstandard piping material specificationso Project checklists for various mechanical documentso Standard pipe stress analysis templates and calculation documents• Developed weld sizing calculation for mechanical and structural departments use based on AISC requirements • Developed method to analyze underground high pressure electrical casings that are to be exposed during excavation • Led the mechanical department introduction of Intergraph’s Support Modeler (Pelican Forge) for PDS and training of piping designers in its use.

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  Washington Group International

  • Task Order Engineer

    • Jun 2004 - Oct 2005

    Mid-East Construction (various projects) Task Order Engineer for the rehabilitation of sanitary waste systems and drinking water canal for the reconstruction program in Iraq. Responsibilities included developing WBS for project use on individual task orders, developed project management plans, reviewed and developed estimates and schedules, located resources for specific project needs. Chaired weekly meetings and trained Romanian engineers in project engineering.

  • Pipe Stress and Support Engineer

    • Jan 2003 - Jun 2004

    • Developed standard pipe supports for large and small-bore piping (up to 72” diameter). • Qualified CAESAR II software for nuclear work, and developed design criteria for pipe stress analysis of product, safety-significant, and safety-class piping systems with a slant on seismic analysis. • Lead pipe support engineer. Developed a design criteria and qualified standard supports for use within the facility.

  • Mechanical Engineer

    • Feb 1998 - Jan 2003

    o Completed constructability reviews of the main sewer pumping stations piping systems, piping material take-off, and reviewed secondary pumping stations pump sizing. o Developed for the Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project, Idaho Falls, ID piping and valve construction specifications, completed pipe stress analysis and pipe support design, reviewed P&IDs; including firewater underground system for code compliance and pipe sizing. Sized manipulator and shredder hydraulic piping systems. Served as mechanical lead for the waste retrieval portion of the project.

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  MK Furguson Co

  • Cleveland, Ohio

  • Pipe Stress and Support Engineer

    • Jan 1994 - Feb 1998
    • Cleveland, Ohio

    ASME B31.3 pipe stress analyst and pipe support engineer for various projects. Projects include petro-chemical and cryogenic services

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  Raytheon Engineers and Constructors

  • Cambridge, Massachusetts

  • Pipe Stress and Support Engineer

    • Nov 1990 - Mar 1993
    • Cambridge, Massachusetts

    ASME B31.3 pipe stress analyst and pipe support engineer for styrene plants (Junior Engineer).