John K. Walker, P.E. Email & Phone Number

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

• Manage an engineering staff of architect, engineers, and designers covering Mechanical, Civil, Electrical, and Instrumentation disciplines responsible for delivering sealed engineering designs for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve.• Staff also performs construction management and design roles at Veteran’s Administration hospital and national cemetery projects across the United States.• Create technical and cost proposals consisting of key staffing resources, relevant experience, past performance, and technical approach to engineering design and construction management. • Conduct regular project meetings to monitor project status, schedule, discuss problems, and proactively resolve conflicts early in the design process.• Guided the engineering team through the shift to remote work with no delays in deliverables in response to office closure due to COVID-19.

New Orleans, Louisiana

Project manager responsible for leading multidiscipline design teams on major maintenance projects complete with associated cost estimates and construction scheduling for the Department of Energy’s modernization of crude oil delivery infrastructure. Mechanical engineer of record for major maintenance projects on the U.S. Department of Energy’s four Strategic Petroleum Reserve sites located along the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Texas.Design work includes both replacement and new construction of facilities for the transportation and storage of crude oil, brine, and fresh water. System designs include pipes, tanks, pumps, motors, valves, and associated equipment meeting ASME, ASTM, and API standards.

Metairie, La

Oversaw shift in service department strategy towards environmental compliance monitoring of bilge, ballast, and effluent water discharge on Gulf of Mexico drill ships.Designed custom solutions to enable existing lines of equipment to be incorporated in new marketsAssisted the sales staff with process challenges on drill ships and supply boats in the Gulf of Mexico.

Greater New Orleans Area

Developed meter verification and calibration procedures for offshore platformsTraveled extensively both foreign and domestically, onshore and offshore to conduct hydrocarbon measurement system audits and ensure compliance with BSEE and API standards.Utilized UNISIM and Excel software to perform a monthly offshore oil and gas allocation that improved the imbalance from over 8% to fewer than 2% on over $50 million of monthly production.

Trujillo Province, Peru

Constructed small scale wind turbines from stock materials in Northern Peru.Conducted wind studies to establish ideal site locations.Installed self-contained 2.5 KW wind energy systems in rural communities that lack electric distribution.

Greater Memphis Area

Train service representatives in design policy and assist with complicated designs.Assign work requests, approve designs, and calculate customer quotes for residential and commercial construction within the southeastern quarter. Kept individual design versus actual cost variance to 0.94% on construction spending of $430,056 and aided in keeping cost variance for the entire work center to 2.11% on spending of $2,108,604 in 2009.

Designed utility services that connect customers with loads up to 2000 KVA electric, 100 PSI gas, and 2 inch water meters to distribution grids.Assigned work requests, approve designs, and calculate customer quotes for all homes within the subdivisions of Memphis and Shelby County, TN.Worked with customers to review cost saving alternatives and minimize system downtime.Used AutoCAD to complete sketches of designs in an efficient manner and assume the role of drafter during times of need.

Wrote vehicle RFP's, reviewed bids, and made purchasing recommendations for over 442 pieces of equipment.Procured necessary equipment that fell $800,000 under projected $9.25 million budget.Research of alternative fuel options in order to comply with EPA alternative energy provider requirements that led to implementation of hybrid vehicles and a pilot biodiesel program.Researched and implemented new technologies to apply to existing construction and maintenance challenges.

Greater Memphis Area

Closely observed distribution practices and gathered hands on experience by working with Electric, Gas, and Water construction and maintenance crews.Aided in design work during rotations to all engineering areas of the company.

Oxford, Ms

Involved with creating and implementing lean manufacturing and six sigma processes to eliminate steps and reduce manufacturing costs.Worked to reduce safety hazards throughout the facility.Designed various machine components using AutoCAD.

Master, Business Administration

Bachelor'S, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Engineering Student Body President