Javier Urdaneta - Mechanical Engineer

To provide a suitable technical and business response based on experience and research that boosts team work towards organization goals.

11/01 – present day
ITT Corporation / Bombas Goulds de Venezuela
Worked in Caracas, Venezuela
www.itt.com / www.gouldspumps.com
Application Engineer
• Centrifugal pump selection
• Building technical and commercial proposals
• Technical support to customers, pumping systems technical recommendation to customer.
• Analysis and comments to technical and commercial specifications.
• Meetings and direct interaction with customer (technical clarification / kick-off meeting).
• Handling of Industry standards: API 610, ANSI B73.1/2, PIP RESP73H, NACE MR0175, MR0103 and general customer specification guidelines and requirements for plants in power, oil, mining and general industry.

07/98 – 10/01
Inelectra, S.A.C.A
Worked in Caracas, Venezuela & Bogotα, Colombia
www.inelectra.com
Project Engineer:
• Equipment selection (vessels, pumps, air coolers, compressors, solids handling, etc.), calculation and dimensioning.
• Building of requisitions, technical evaluation.
• Project coordination.
• On-shop pump inspection.
• Procurement works: commercial evaluation, purchase orders.
• Knowledge area: General equipment and Start-up – Oil & Gas, Power, Mining.
12/97 – 06/98
Sociedad de Ingenierνa, SODINSA.
Worked in Caracas, Venezuela
Mechanical Engineer:
• Equipment selection, calculation and dimensioning.
• Belt conveyors, mining plants.
• Building of specifications.

Universidad Central de Venezuela Caracas, Venezuela 1991 – 1997

Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering
• Teacher assistant for Positive Displacement Machines subject
• Trainee: Airline maintenance activities (maintenance schedules, aircraft turbines)
• Thesis: API 650 atmospheric tanks design software

• Visual Basic programming. Utility software for Windows: Microsoft Office, PageMaker; Lotus Freelance. Basic knowledge in Autocad.
• Plant design (Equipment placement / static & rotating equipment selection and design).
• Solid handling systems (belt, pneumatic, vibrating, screw and airslide conveyors).
• Internal combustion engines: Aeronautical and power generation turbines, and piston engines.
• Pre-commissioning, commissioning and, start-up labors, as well as troubleshooting and work leading in Power Plant for general equipment and plant installation: Centrifugal pumps, positive displacement pumps, turbines, heat exchangers, cranes, piping, valves, etc. Plant operation general knowledge, DCS assistance.
• Courses:
 Steelmaking Process (Inelectra, Caracas, Venezuela – 11/98)
 Heat Exchanger Mechanical Design (Solditeca, Caracas, Venezuela – 05/99)
 Atmospheric Tanks (Solditeca, Caracas, Venezuela – 09/99)
 Pressure Vessel Inspection Procedures during Manufacturing (Solditeca, Caracas, Venezuela – 05/00).
 Goulds Pump Training (SFO) (Goulds Pumps, Seneca Falls, NY, US – 04/02)
 Goulds PumpSmart pump variable speed controller (Goulds Pumps, Seneca Falls, NY, US – 02/04)
 Goulds Vertical Products Operation Pump School (Goulds Pumps, City Of Industry, CA, US – 10/04)
 Lean Leadership Value Based Six Sigma (Goulds Pumps, Houston, TX, US – 01/2007)