Charles (Skip) Brunner Smith Jr Email & Phone Number

Houston, TX, US

United States

Belcan is a global supplier of engineering, supply chain, technical recruiting, and IT services to customers in the aerospace, defense, automotive, industrial, and government sectors. Belcan engineers better outcomes for customers – from jet engines, airframe, and avionics to heavy vehicles, automobiles, and cybersecurity. Belcan takes a partnering.

Houston, Texas, United States

• Examined, assessed, scrutinized and vetted proposed intellectual property (IP) initiatives related to innovative products/services aimed at enabling technologies and increased market shares. Mentored less experienced.
• Managed engineering documentation and deliverables; evaluated and approved design changes, specifications and drawing releases; exceeded MBO metric requirements (>95%) for on-time delivery.
• Applied RCA to address/resolve internal/external nonconformance (NC) and warrantee issues; achieved 100% success rate regarding NC and warrantee resolutions and exceeded on-time delivery MBO metrics (>95%).
• Cooperated with OEMs to customize products; enabled/achieved strategic goals and mutual market opportunities. Applied FMECA and created best available qualifying technology for harsh environments.
• Accomplished leading-edge technological innovations related to traditional and Open Water Intervention, Workover and Completion Systems (IWOCS) resulting in increased company revenues and services.
• Created and designed novel techniques that eliminated confined space entry permit requirements during offshore override operations of locked IWOCS Reel Drums; prevented personnel and equipment hazards.

Houston, Texas, United States

• Managed engineers, analysts, designers and test personnel for a start-up umbilical manufacturing facility by providing mentorship and leadership. Exercised supervisory responsibilities; assigned, examined and reported.
• Conducted materials research (electrical conductors, strength members, plastics/insulators, fillers, etc.); vetted suppliers and defined procurement and design specifications governing development and production of.
• Mentored direct reports and additional staff personnel as a technical subject matter expert (SME) concerning best engineering and manufacturing practices; initiated and enforced quality control standards and continuous.
• Researched and vetted CAE tools for predicting cabled product responses; developed proprietary software using C# and VBA to analyze and evaluate cable performance for a variety of external loads and environments.
• Designed advanced test equipment to perform cyclic bending under tension, fatigue resistance, hyperbaric pressure, crush, ultimate strength and torsional/elongation response measurements of ROV umbilicals, tethers and.

Houston, Texas, United States

• Trained, managed, coordinated, scheduled and reported production activities of engineers, analysts, and designers. Exercised supervisory responsibilities; assigned, examined and reported weekly work assignment.
• Established guidelines; trained engineers, analyst and designers on how to create efficient and complete design packages through structured requirement objectives and best engineering principles and practices.
• Generated and coordinated preparation of design documentation for internal and external clients and authorities; methodologically attained regulatory approvals and compliance (e.g., ABS, DNV, ASME, API) as required.
• Allocated personnel resources and provided technical oversight on design and validation of components and complex assemblies and systems; exceeded MBO expectations (>90%) for on-time delivery by 20% (108%).

Houston, Texas, United States

• Scheduled training activities, and directed and coordinated the output efficiency of engineers, analyst and designers.
• Defined and implemented improvements in tools and processes to develop and promote excellence across business environments (Engineering, Procurement, Quality Control and Manufacturing) in a matrix organization.
• Trained engineers and ensured engineering output satisfied minimum industry accepted standard requirements.
• Authored proprietary corporate engineering policies and effected stage-gate procedures for communicating project requirements and progress across two continents; identified and implemented improvements to existing.
• Analyzed and redesigned an OEM’s substandard Manned Saturation Diving Bell Launch and Recovery System; accomplished ABS certification and turned idle offshore vessel $100K daily rate losses into net utilization profits.

Houston, Texas, United States

• Participated in all aspects concerning sales, design, analysis, manufacturing, testing and installation of subsea umbilicals and related equipment. Processed internal and external client inquiries and specifications.
• Established and held responsible for defining divisions’ global performance relating to design, analysis and testing of subsea static and dynamic composite umbilicals. Normalized and authored divisions’ global.
• Comprehensively applied industry accepted CAE products and classical (first principle) theory to demonstrate strength, fatigue, and on-bottom stability compliance in accordance with industry standards, customer.
• Acted as Principal Engineer on a task force to review, troubleshoot, diagnose and mitigate OEM design flaws and facilitate overhaul and renovation of world’s largest contemporary Steel Tube Planetary Cabling Machine..

Houston, Texas, United States

• Participated in conceptual design, detailed analysis and engineering of drilling, completion and production equipment for onshore, offshore and subsea O&G industry.
• Identified improvements for existing products, procedures and processes and developed cost-effective solutions to satisfy internal and external standards and specifications.
• Performed engineering calculations and analysis; reviewed product designs for compliance with engineering principles, appropriate standards, contracts and related specifications.
• Generated, evaluated and approved designs, specifications, procedures, drawings, bills of material and related documents with regards to safety, reliability and manufacturability.
• Considered material capabilities and compatibilities, ensuring that designs were suitable for their intended service and operating environments.

Houston, Texas, United States

• Participated in conceptual design, detailed analysis and engineering of drilling, completion and production equipment for onshore, offshore and subsea O&G industry.
• Attended customer meetings and processed customer inquiries and specifications; addressed customer change orders, project scheduling, gate reviews and procurement requirements.
• Reviewed/led scope definition, planning and execution of projects while observing adherence to project budgets.
• Addressed customer change orders, project scheduling and procurement requirements.
• Ensured projects were delivered on time, within scope and within budget.
• Applied ANSYS, Pro-E, Excel and Mathcad to Improve design cycle-times for subsea equipment (well-heads, trees, connectors, etc.), running-tools, tubing hangers, pressure vessels, conventional and ram style drilling and.

Houston, Texas, United States

• Participated in conceptual design, detailed engineering and analysis on a variety of projects.
• Wrote and reviewed assembly and test procedures for prototypes and test fixtures.
• Established techniques and methodology for designing and analyzing a proprietary composite to metal interface (CMI) for offshore composite production and drilling risers.
• Utilized FEA (ABAQUS) to evaluate the CMI per API 6A and ASME Section VIII, Div. 2.
• Designed, created and tested software for generating and post processing two and three dimensional FEA input decks for composite risers and composite choke and kill lines.
• Combined proprietary software and implemented a visual interface that produced a general, fully coupled, non-linear, three-dimensional offshore dynamic riser simulation software package (similar to and tested using.

Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, United States

• Performed all of the duties required of a Level I International Project Engineer.
• Attended customer meetings and processed customer inquiries and specifications.
• Generated compressor performance calculations and consolidated project design requirements.
• Prepared project cost estimates and produced product pricing and delivery quotations.

Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, United States

• Reviewed customer specifications, project cost budgets and scheduling requirements.
• Frequently encountered and discussed engineering issues with customers.
• Worked closely with standards, marketing, drafting, purchasing, and manufacturing.
• Corresponded with and coordinated equipment suppliers and subcontractors.
• Applied a variety of governing/non-governing codes, standards and approval agencies (e.g., ASME, ANSI, API, NACE; NEC, IEC; CSA, SAA, BASEEFA, PTB, CENELEC).
• Designed pressure vessels and devised process instrumentation and control systems.

Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, United States

• Learned the basics of Dresser-Rand's manufacturing, marketing, engineering and quality control philosophies, standards and procedures.
• Used computer programming experience to modify and enhance existing proprietary software applications including the division's primary cost estimating program.

Corpus Christi, Texas, United States

• Fulfilled each of the duties required of a Mechanic.
• Developed, tested and maintained proprietary software for a variety of applications.
• Became familiar with various Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations.
• Performed and prepared exhaust/fugitive emissions and test reports.
• Analyzed and evaluated emissions control systems; created design alternatives.

Corpus Christi, Texas, United States

• Helped install, repair, overhaul and maintain centrifugal, integral and high-speed separable gas compressors, steam turbines, electric generators, and pumps.
• Worked at various locations and refineries managed by large oil and gas producers.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Mechanical Engineering, 3.96 (Graduated Summa Cum Laude)

Activities and Societies: Tau Beta PiMinor in Computer Science (36 semester hours)

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Physics

Activities and Societies: Alpha Phi Omega