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HERB EDWARDS


SUMMARY:

Extensive experience in A/E CAD design, structural design, surveying, construction, urban planning, traffic flow, forecasting, scheduling, logistics, procurement, estimating, walkdowns of facilities for conditional assessments of electrical, substation layout and design, utility location and inspection, piping, structural steel and concrete design, machine design, fabrication, overhead cranes, rail and transportation projects, steam turbine generating plants, nuclear safety systems and forensic analysis, structural forensic analysis, HVAC, clean room design, pressure vessels, glove box design, pumps and valves, air flow design, fire protection systems, demand side process, ID/ implementation/ measurement/verification, working with regulatory agencies, soil and material testing, inventory control, budgets, writing procedures, safety training, vendor sourcing, continuous process improvement, logistics, scheduling, document control, verification surveying, project management skills, updating furnaces and support piping.

EDUCATION:

BSME Texas Tech University 

ASME – Eastern New Mexico University

 

Certified ISO 9001:2008 / 14000 CQA / CQE auditor

Certified SIX SIGMA GREEN BELT

Certified HAZMAT / OSHA materials testing / inspection / safety

Certified to teach ANSI 14.5 Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T)

CAD systems including: Catia, Cadkey,  Camax 5 Axis, AutoCAD, Solid Works, ProE,

 P5 / cost mgt., and Microstation.

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

DESIGN SERVICES, Amarillo, Texas – A/E Designer / engineering

Senior Mechanical Engineer November 2007 to present

Pressure vessel design of up to 2 - 5,000 gal. Boilers for a job in Brazil, completed same for project in AZ, and upgrade of fire protection systems, forensic analysis, structural steel and building upgrades, concrete design and layout, upgrading piping, mechanical and structural, surveying, site testing, roads and transportation planning, traffic flow, forecasting, scheduling, procurement, vendor qualifying, site plans, elevations, sourcing, training, energy systems, substation layout, transmission lines, furnace replacement, site inspection for safety procedures and processes.

 

EAGLE EMPLOYMENT, Amarillo, Texas – Xcel Energy

Drafter / Designer – sub stations April 2007 to Nov. 2007

CAD design of sub stations, document control, revisions, structural and concrete design.
Transmission lines, switching, piping, site development, equipment upgrades.

 

DESIGN SERVICES, Amarillo, Texas – A/E Designer / engineering

Senior Mechanical Engineer April 2003 to April 2007

Design of pressure vessels, upgrade of fire protection systems, forensic analysis, structural steel and building upgrades, concrete design and layout, upgrading piping, mechanical and structural, surveying, site testing, roads and transportation planning, traffic flow, forecasting, scheduling, procurement, vendor qualifying, site plans, elevations, sourcing, training, clean room design, energy systems, substation layout, transmission lines, furnace replacement, site inspection for safety procedures and processes.

 

PARALLAX, Inc., Pantex Plant, Amarillo, Texas – A/E Designer / engineering

Senior Mechanical Engineer July 2001 to April 2003

Design and upgrade of systems at a Department of Energy (DOE) Nuclear Weapons Facility Upgrade electrical, piping, and mechanical systems for conditional assessment walkdowns, continuous emissions monitoring, stack testing, emissions inventory reporting, NSR permit processes, Title V compliance, HVAC air systems, duct routing, energy systems testing. Design of plant facilities including fire protection upgrades, pumps and valves, piping, structural, pressure vessel layout, site and material testing, traffic flow, construction, surveying, IT data storage, structural forensic analysis, concrete design and layout, glove box design / containment. Analyze and testing of plant utility locations and inspection, vendor sourcing, safety and risk analysis, planning, forecasting, scheduling, machine and equipment design, master gauging.

 

DESIGN SERVICES, Amarillo, Texas – Engineering Services

Utilities and Planning Engineer August 1999 to July 2001

Design of gas fired turbine power plants, continuous emissions monitoring, Title V compliance, NSR permit action, HVAC air systems, duct routing, piping, mechanical, residential design and construction, site and material testing, creating and updating procedures, planning, forecasting, scheduling, conditional assessments for upgrading existing electrical, structural and mechanical systems, pressure vessels, tanks, pumps and valves, concrete design and layout, utilities locating and inspection, verification surveying, utility map upgrades, continuous/process improvement, surveying, urban planning, logistics, manufacturing factory flow, inventory control, budgets, procurement, infrastructure upgrades, structural forensic analysis, energy systems, document control, training, sourcing, project manager, turbine engine power plants, vendor qualifying, site testing / inspection.

 

TEXAS MANUFACTURING ASSISTANCE CENTER (TMAC), Amarillo, Texas

Utilities & Planning Engineer / Consultant / Development June 1996 to August 1999

Construction design, training, sourcing, facility assessments of electrical, piping, urban planning, flow, structural and mechanical systems, utility location and inspection, residential and commercial construction, energy saving systems, design of HVAC systems/clean rooms, business development, emissions inventory reporting, NSR permits, emissions monitoring, pressure vessels, mechanical processes, robotics, pumps and valves, assembly tooling, structural forensic, concrete design, scheduling, material testing, capital projects, problem solving, continuous process improvement, utility maps upgrading, site inspection procedure safety / testing.

-    Member of Board of Examiners for Northwest Texas Quality Award for Amarillo, Texas

 

STRAMIT, Inc., Perryton, Texas - Manufacturer of Interior Wall Panels

Plant Manager September 1993 to June 1996

Supervised overall production and operation of manufacturing plant making structural wall panels for residential and commercial construction, planning, procurement, scheduling. Maintained and re-engineered production machines for optimum production Supervised a team of 45 professional and factory people, inventory control, logistics,forecasting, budgets, HR, scheduling, capital costs justification, sourcing

 

CROUSE – HINDS Inc., Amarillo, Texas – Foundry Operations

Engineering Manager August 1990 to September 1993

Supervised Tooling / Maint.departments - 50 / pattern makers / CNC machinists / professionals   responsible for maintaining all existing casting patterns, coreboxes, foundry equipment. Responsible for layout of all new tooling / patterns and coreboxes and transferred patterns to assure dimensional accuracy, estimating, CAD design, sourcing, logistics, scheduling, inventory control, forecasting, rail layout and planning, machine design, assembly tooling.