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Seminole, Fl, Us

Seattle, Washington, United States

Greater Seattle Area

- Closely monitor and manage the progress of shipyard, designers, and other service providers to ensure agreed detailed project plans are maintained and followed and delivery times are met. - Ensure well defined, structured and robust lines of communication and collaboration are established between design and engineering firms, shipyards, other project contractors, and suppliers.- Approve drawings and change orders the yard or subcontractor submits to owners. Negotiate on behalf of owners for best pricing. - Sourcing and purchasing components, equipment and materials to achieve better pricing - Ensuring adherence to appropriate health and safety legislation/standards and ensure the safety standards are maintained in the shipyard - Identifying the need for, and supervising, vessel repairs or alterations - Supervising Yard progress and quality of the ship construction with respect to all areas of new-build- Providing technical advice on new-builds and retrofits

Greater Los Angeles Area

- Utilize NAPA by Design to validate ship models accounting for lightship growth, modifications made during dry docks, compartment/tank corrections, and official loading conditions to ensure accurate and timely on-board stability adjustments.- Exercise meticulous oversight monitoring day-to-day stability for 43 vessels worldwide, saving millions of dollars in fuel and ensuring the ships are operating at their safest design conditions.- Direct senior ship’s officers to make immediate alterations to their loading conditions as required to improve stability and support fuel reduction in accordance with calculations done using NAPA.- Complete multiple Lightship assessments, inclining experiments and assisted on sea trials as well as act as a liaison between the ships, flag states and regulatory bodies. - Create and review stability information booklets, lightship reports, damage control booklets and plans, damage survivability reports, incident reports, structural drawings and ship mooring/towing optimization that would otherwise be contracted to third parties at an elevated cost to the company. - Manage ship dry dock projects with regards to weight assessments, structural modifications and safety and environmental compliances. - Maintain fleet compliance with Carnival Corporation ‘Health, Environmental, Safety & Security’ (HESS) protocol, Flag State, Classification, local and international regulations.- Visit all ships to review operating conditions and train ship’s deck officers with regards to stability, optimal loading conditions for fuel efficiency, On-Board NAPA and damage control to ensure ships are operating safely and efficientlyMarine Naval Architect | Marine ServicesHolland America Group | Serving Princess Cruises, Holland America Line, Seabourn, and P&O Australia

Greater New Orleans Area

- Completed structure reports for various crane and winch foundations as well as high stress concentrated areas throughout the vessel. - Utilized GHS to develop hulls and tanks of various vessels in order to complete intact and damage stability reports for ABS and IMO approval. - Worked on weight and moment calculations that utilized Excel and GHS for stability purposes. - Used first principles method to develop the most efficient structural arrangement for a vessel that was weight sensitive.

Morgan City, Louisiana

-Designed all structure drawing for production of various OSV’s, including all frames, plating, girders, stringers and machinery foundations. -Developed all aspects of vessels structural design including cut parts and scantling arrangements.-Worked closely with clients to ensure that all structural drawings met their standard of production.-Became familiar with international and domestic regulatory agencies such as CFR, ABS, BV, and DNV regulations such as IMO, SOLAS, ISM, and IACS.

Gulfport, Mississippi

- Calculated the hydrostatic properties of multiple vessels using Model Maker and AutoHydro for different loading conditions.- Planned and implemented multiple incline test procedures in accordance with ABS regulations for pleasure yachts.- Developed detailed interior sections drawings with the use of Rhinoceros 3D modeling.- Enhanced communication and teamwork skills while working closely with project engineers and naval architects to problem solve.

Norfolk, Virginia Area

-Spent three weeks aboard the U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt constructing free hand structural drawings.-Fluent in drafting and reading blue prints after designing structural foundations for naval vessels. -Held security clearance.

Bachelor Of Science & Engineering (B.S.E.), Naval Architecture And Marine Engineering

Mechanical Engineering