Rotating Machinery Engineer

Planning, management, execution of engineering studies, troubleshooting and failure investigations. Inspection, Maintenance, Planning and Direction of Major Overhaul of all kind of turbomachinery.

RELIABILITY TECHNICAL SUPPORT TEAM LEADER. Company WOODGROUP COLOMBIA. Provide engineering support of day to day production and maintenance activities of different Maintenance Contracts of Wood Group Colombia. Undertake project works, support overhauls and conduct plant investigations, RCFAs and develop cost effective solutions. . Years: 2006 to date.

ROTATING MACHINERY ENGINEER. Company: EQUIPO DE SERVICIOS PETROLEROS (currently WOODGROUP COLOMBIA). Planning, management, execution of engineering studies, troubleshooting and failure investigations. Inspection, Maintenance, Planning and Direction of Major Overhaul of all turbomachinery of British Petroleum Cusiana and Cupiagua Central Process Facilities (CPFs) in Colombia: 5 Frame V GE Gas turbine generator, 12 Frame 5002 Nuevo Pignone gas turbines for reinjecting gas, 12 Nuevo Pignone reinjection compressor, 4 Siemens-Demag Gas Process Compressor, 3 Weir water injection pump. Years: 2002 to 2005.

ROTATING MACHINERY ENGINEER. Company: MONOMEROS COLOMBOVENEZOLANOS Inspection, Overhaul Planning, Troubleshooting of Rotating Equipment of the Petrochemical Plant in Barranquilla, Colombia: Detroit Diesel Allison Gas Turbine, 2 ea 4MSG Joy Air Compressor, Axial Sulzer compressor, Nuevo Pignone Compressor, 2 Siemens Steam Turbine Generators, Nuevo Pignone Centrifugal Compressor, Elliott Plant Air compressor, Ingersoll Rand Centrifugal compressor, 2 Ingersoll Rand XLE Reciprocating compressors, 2 Sulzer-Buckhart reciprocating compressors. Hands on work during equipment overhauls. Years: 1993 to 2002.

MAINTENANCE SUPERINTENDENT. Company: SMURFIT CARTON DE COLOMBIA. Planning and execution of maintenance activities of Mill No. 5 in Barranquilla, Colombia. Managerial skills, maintenance planning, personnel handling. Paper Mill main rotating machinery: 2 Solar Centaurus-Taurus Gas Turbine Generators, 1 steam turbine. Years: 1992 to 1993.

INSPECTOR & MAINTENANCE ENGINEER. Company: MONOMEROS COLOMBOVENEZOLANOS. Inspection, Modification and Maintenance of Gas and Steam Turbines, Pumps, Compressors, Power Boilers, Tanks, Pressure Vessels, Steel Structures, Piping. Handling of ASTM, ANSI, NFPA, API, and ASME Standards. Hands on work during equipment overhauls. Years: 1983 to 1992.

THERMODYNAMICS LECTURER. Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia. 4 Semesters. Years: 1985 to 1986.

UNIVERSIDAD DEL NORTE, BARRANQUILLA, COLOMBIA. SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING. First Class Honor Degree. Years: 1979 to 1983.

CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY. CRANFIELD, BEDFORD, ENGLAND. SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING. Scholar of the British Council.
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN THERMAL POWER: ROTATING MACHINERY ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT. Years: 1989 to 1990. These studies include: Administration and Planning of Projects; Design, Selection, Operation and commissioning of Aeroderivative and Industrial Gas Turbines, Steam Turbines, Reciprocating Motors and Compressors, Electric Motors, Centrifugal and Axial Compressors, Centrifugal pumps; Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM), Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA), Design and modifications of all these equipments.
Thesis: Experimental Investigation into Squeeze Film Damper Bearings with Flow Restrictors for Gas Turbines.

CMRP (Certified as Maintenance and Reliability Professional) by SMRP (Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals), valid to 15/3/2010.

SPECIAL TRAINING

CONTROL TECHNIQUES FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINES, CRANFIELD INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Cranfield, England. One week course. July, 1990.

TURBOMACHINERY REPAIR PROGRAM. ELLIOTT TURBOMACHINERY LTD, ELLIOTT WORKSHOP, Basingstoke, England. 2-month training. October to December de 1990.
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TA/MSG TURBOCOMPRESSOR SEMINAR. COOPER TURBOCOMPRESSOR. Buffalo, NY. One week course. October 1999.

TURBOCOMPRESSOR TRAINING SEMINAR, SULZER TURBO, Zurich, Switzerland. One week course. March 2000.

MECHANICAL SEALS AND COUPLINGS, JOHN CRANE - FLEXIBOX, HOUSTON, TX. One week course. September 2003.

INDUSTRIAL MAINTENANCE ENGINEERING COURSE. UNIVERSIDAD DEL NORTE. Barranquilla, Colombia. Four month course. April to June 2001.

RELIABILITY OF ENGINEERING SYSTEMS. UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES. Bogota, Colombia. Four month course. September to December 2006.

BUSINESS DIRECTION PROGRAM. UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SABANA (EDIME-INALDE). Bogota, Colombia. Four month program, August to November 2007.