Robert Ewing

Engineer with 29+ years experience for a Contract (no benefits req’d.) or Direct Hire position; Any size company within 30 miles of Pueblo, CO; Interested in renewable energy, process, industrial, manufacturing, maintenance and commercial/residential construction

Summary of Work Experience

Designed and operated process piping, vessels and mechanical systems in commercial and DOE contracted plants in the following configurations: underground; underwater; pressure protection systems & confinement; seismic; high vacuum, low pressure and high pressure for hazardous, corrosive, radioactive & non-radioactive gases and liquids

Summary of Skills

• Mechanical and Process Design: Piping; Vessels; Welded and non-welded fittings; Jacketed & monitored; Pressure Protection; Instrument process connections; Process control; Pressure & Leak Testing; NDT specifications (examination, inspection and evaluation); Gas pumps & compressors; Gloveboxes (basic hazardous process HVAC); Nuclear Waste Processing
• Design Deliverables Development: Research; Scope of Work; Codes, Standards and required Safety, Seismic & Quality performance; P&IDs; Support for CAD personnel; Design Process Hazards Review reports (Structured What-If Technique); Equipment Procurement Specifications; Input to Schedules; Preliminary Review by appropriate parties; Comment resolution, incorporation & final issuance; Design & Field Change Control; NCRs
• Design Management: Maintenance Work Order Design; Construction Project Design; Design Group Working Lead; Lead Engineer of Multi Disciplines; Oversight Support
• Computer Skills: Microsoft Word and Excel; Open to learning other programs
• Personal Attributes: Organizing; Writing; People Skills; Independent but seeks input from stakeholders, operations and craftsmen; Operations background

Most Significant Accomplishment

Lead Engineer organized multi-discipline engineers and CAD personnel in developing design issuance to prevent the potential explosion of an evaporator vessel capable of sending a radioactive plume over nearby population centers. The design incorporated risk assessment criteria (developed by systems engineers) requiring a fail-safe, seismically qualified, automatic steam isolation valve and associated instrumentation, piping and supports. Appropriate levels of quality control, inspection and testing were specified for Construction Organization installation with uncommonly minimal design changes and a smooth turnover to Operations.