Profile: Hard working, responsible, and outgoing individual seeking to advance my Engineering career in the oil and gas industry. My focus is to be an effective leader and difference maker for an industry leading company. My experience, education, and strong work ethic have translated into valuable leadership and organizational skills that will benefit the oil and gas industry. I am independent and willing to relocate for the right opportunity.
Professional Experience:
Virginia Natural Gas September 2010 to Present
Position: Associate Engineer
Accomplishments:
While at Virginia Natural Gas, I have learned a great deal about natural gas infrastructure, project management, attention to detail, and how to thrive and succeed as professional employee. I currently manage a high profile pipeline renewal project to insure contract scope completion and approve of contractor invoicing. In addition, I have overseen all critical aspects of New Business installation projects to margin expectations. Working as a project coordinator, I am also responsible for inspecting and coordinating contractor installation of gas pipeline to strict engineering standards. This has taught me a great deal about job site management, motivating contractors, and customer relations.
Core responsibilities:
• Implement company construction program, coordinate natural gas pipeline infrastructure projects, inspect company contractor work for safety, quality, and compliance.
• Oversee and monitor projects from initiation through installation, provide progress reports to relevant departments, field records and guidance to contractors as needed.
• Recognize obstacles/issues that put project safety/cost effectiveness at risk
• Perform inspections and audits to ensure job safety, contractor work quality and compliance to company Construction Maintenance Manual.
• Communicate with external project parties (i.e. homeowners, business owners, permitting jurisdictions, etc) to resolve complaints and or concerns.
• Suggest field design changes to keep construction projects on schedule and at or below budget.
• Maintain working knowledge of relevent technologies and best practices. Ensure engineering standards, methods, and practices are in regulatory compliance.
• Under senior supervision, provide on-call supervisor support to service center (i.e. after standard hours, weekends, on a weekly rotational basis) related to gas emergencies, leaks, concerns, etc.
• Review and invoice contractor as-builts and pay items.
Minerals Management Service: May 2008 to August 2008, May 2009 to August 2009
Position: Summer Intern
Offshore Regulatory Programs, Engineering and Research Branch
Accomplishments:
Working at MMS as a Summer intern gave me the opportunity to grasp in the ins and outs of working in a professional business environment. I gained valuable knowledge of upholding company values while working as a team, and accomplishing goals on a deadline. While working as an intern, I was given the challenge of inserting fresh ideas into established company systems and offering suggestions for improvement.
• Create technical documents (i.e. Metocean data used for planning the structural design of alternative energy wind farms.)
• Research technical issues related to offshore structures with respect to inspection, maintenance, and decommissioning.
• Review and make recommendations on technical and budgetary White Papers and proposals for the Technology Assessment and Research (TA&R) program.
• Gather Regional Contingency Plans for the 13 Regional Response Teams with respect to clean up of oil spills, mainly pertaining to the use of In-Situ Burn and dispersant clean up techniques.
• Determine knowledge gaps and areas where research should be done on the Technology Assessment and Research (TA&R) web page.
• Assisted in revising Federal Register Regulations for alternative energy facilities in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).
• Provide advice and leadership to fellow employees (i.e. on various technical reports and computer programs)
Wegmans Food Market, Inc: January 2005 to April 2008,
Produce Department, Fairfax, Virginia.
Accomplishments;
Wegmans is a great environment due to their exceptionally high quality standards. While working there I learned the value of quality communication skills in providing service to customers and working alongside my fellow ...
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