Project Engineer

As a young process engineer I'd like to broaden my horizons and trace a career path in the oil and gas business. I am willing to relocate internationally.

September 2007 – January 2008. INTERGRAPH Venezuela. Project Engineer.
Design of field instruments: valves; flow, level and temperature instruments for different process plants (fertilizers’ manufacturer and oil refining industries). Design and audit of piping and instrumentation diagrams for different process plants (fertilizers’ manufacturer and oil refining industries). Handling of SPI (Smart Plant Instrumentation – former IN-TOOLS) and SP-P&ID (Smart Plant Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams) software.
April – May 2007. MAPFRE VENEZUELA. Staff of the Accountings department (temporal)
Responsible of the clients’ “accounts to pay”. Client management and communication (personal and phone meetings).
June – December 2004. Blockbuster Video C.A., San Luis. Caracas – Venezuela.
May 2001: Host at The Summer Festival of Opera. Alden-Biesen, Belgium.
LONG INTERNSHIP
September 2006 – February 2007. Empresas POLAR C.A., Polar Brewery Los Cortijos. “Technical and Economical evaluation for the replacement of current technologies on process water treatment”. Los Cortijos, Caracas; Venezuela.
SHORT INTERNSHIP
August – September 2005. INTEQUIM, C.A. “Elaboration of a manual for resin filtration”. Valencia – Venezuela.

2001 – 2006: Simón Bolívar University (USB). Caracas – Venezuela. University Degree in Chemical Engineering. GPA: 3.93/5 (79%). Graduation date: March 23rd 2007.
2000 – 2001: Virga-Jesse College. Hasselt – Belgium. 6th grade on Science – Math.
1995 – 2000: Las Fuentes High School. Barquisimeto – Venezuela. High School Diploma. Major in Science. GPA: 17.42/20 (87%).

June 10th – June 14th 2007: OMAE 2007 (Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - ASME) attendee at San Diego – California, USA. Recipient of the Outreach Specialty Forum for young professionals and early graduates (June 12th – June 13th).
January 2006 – Present: founder of the volunteer organization “Regalando Sonrisas” in association with the FANC (Friends of the child with cancer foundation) www.regalandosonrisas.org
June 2005 – Present: member of ASME Intl. (American Society of Mechanical Engineers).
August 2000 – August 2001: AFS Exchange Student. Belgium (Flanders).
LANGUAGES
Spanish: native.
English: advanced level in writing, reading and speaking. TOEFL iBT Score: 102
Dutch: intermediate level in writing, reading and speaking.
French: intermediate level in writing, reading and speaking.
COMPUTER SKILLS
MS Office: Word, Excel, Power Point, Visio, Access
Basic programming on Matlab®. Basic handling of SAP.
Process simulators: PRO II®, INPLANT®, HEXTRAN®, ROSA®.
INTERGRAPH: SPI (Smart Plant Instrumentation) SP P&ID (Smart Plant P&ID)
AMA (World-wide Attendance Application): software used in the insurance company MAPFRE for the management of wrecks.