KEY STRENGTHS
- Electrical Engineer with over twelve years of experience in designing, drawing, hydraulic calculation, supervising installation, testing and commissioning, auditing and maintaining of fire protection systems. It includes: detection & alarm systems as well as systems based on water (fire pumps, wet, dry & deluge sprinkler, foam, hose and mains) and clean agent.
- Some projects related with warehouse protection, malls, large factories and generic commercial areas.
- Design experience with NOTIFIER, HOCHIKI, GAMEWELL, HONEYWELL, EST EDWARDS, HONEYWELL, EVAX, CHEMETRONICS, CHEMETRON CLEAN AGENTS, SIEMENS, PATTERSON PUMPS, FAIRBANK PUMPS, AURORA PUMPS, FIRETROL, CUTTLER HAMMER as well as other well known brands in fire protection market.
- Related experience as loss prevention and asset protection consultant.
- Deep knowledge of NFPA, Factory Mutual, OSHA and other international standards.
- Capability to work as a part of a team, hard worker even under pressure, handles change in working environments and meet deadline.
- Performance and results oriented, self motivated, responsible and committed to customer service.
- Organized, analytical, methodical and rational.
- Computer literate.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
General Manager – SISPROFUEGO, C.A., January 2008 – At the present
SISPROFUEGO, C.A., is a specialized fire safety and fire protection company committed to provide fire engineered solutions. See www.sisprofuego.com or call +58 244 663 2769 for details.
Responsibilities:
- Coordinating and supervising all company’s operations, including sales, engineering and administration.
- Customers assistance and supporting
- Looking for new specific customers, like large corporations customers.
- Supervising and coordinating a staff of 25 workers.
Goals Achieved
- Increasing sales in 70% annually from 2004 to 2010. Increasing customers in 300% from 2004 to 2010
- Improving of company procedures, management styles and administration.
- Company became one of the 20 most important fire protection companies in Venezuela.
Engineering Manager – SISPROFUEGO, C.A., July 2004 – December 2007
SISPROFUEGO, C.A., is a specialized fire safety and fire protection company committed to provide fire engineered solutions. See www.sisprofuego.com or call +58 244 663 2769 for details.
Responsibilities:
- Managing construction of fire protection projects including water based, clean agent based and fire alarm systems.
- Programming and setting of computer based fire panel and pumps control panels.
- Design and drafting of fire protection projects
- Budget and technical proposal elaboration.
- Providing technical and advisory support to Engineering and Sales Department.
- Supervising and coordinating a staff of 10 workers.
Goals Achieved
- Increasing sales in 70% annually from 2004 to 2010. Increasing customers in 300% from 2004 to 2010
- Creating technical and drawings data base
- Elaboration of technical manuals and handbooks and generic terms of conditions for Engineering and Sales Dept.
Project and Budget Manager – INCISAN FIRE, C.A., January 2000 – April 2004
INCISAN FIRE, C.A., is a specialized fire safety and fire protection company committed to provide fire engineered solutions. See www.incisanfire.com for details.
Responsibilities:
- Supervising and consulting of sprinkler, fire pumps, fire detection and clean agent systems.
- Supervising of 6 staff and several sub contractors. Supporting sales and merchandise department for technical proposal.
- Design, installation, maintenance and commissioning of fire pump, water based, detection & alarm, clean agent based, special hazard and foam based systems.
- Developing of projects from the green-field to the “as built” drawings.
- Hydraulics Calculations of water based and clean agents systems.
- Commissioning, programming and hook up of fire pump controllers and fire detection panels.
- Hazard and risk evaluations in plants and factories. Loss prevention and asset protection evaluation and consulting.
- Personal training. Sales Department supporting. Customer’s technical supporting. Contractor and providers supervising.
Goals Achieved
- Improving installation quality and profits in projects.
- Improving company`s procedures, management styles and administration.
- More than 200 projects designed and /or supervised.
QUALIFICATIONS, ACADEMICS DEGREE AND MEMBERSHIPS
- Bachelor degree of Electrical Engineering, University of Carabobo, Valencia – Venezuela, 1997.
- NFPA Member
- SENCAMER Certified (Venezuelan Professional Certification & Quality Bureau)
- OSHA Certified
- Safety and Health Certified. UPEL, Maracay- Venezuela – 2008
COMPUTER SKILLS
- Microsoft application packages: Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Project, Publisher.
- Drafting: Autocad Rel. from 11 to 2011, Mechanical Desktop
- Hydraulic Calculations: SprinkCalc, Hidcalc, Firecalc.
- Specific Software: Programming Suites of Hochiki, FCI and Notifier Fire Panels
- OS: Windows and Linux
- Others: PHP programming
- Miscellaneous: Advanced skills in programming and well understanding of electronic and electrical systems, and control process as well.
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
- FOAM SYSTEMS. 2010. GL & Asociados, C.A. Valencia.
- OSHA GENERAL INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION. 2008 and 2009. 10 y 30 hours respectively.
- SAFETY, HEALTH AND ENVIROMENT SPECIALIST DIPLOMA. Venezuela. 8 months.
- EVAX SYSTEMS CERTIFICATION. 2007. USA. 40 hours.
- BOSCH DINION CERTIFICATION. 2003. Bosch Security Systems. Bogotá, Colombia. 40 hours.
- HOCHIKI FIRENET FACP CERTIFICATION. 2003. Hochiki America. Los Angeles, USA. 16 hours.
- INTERMEDIATE DESIGN SCHOOL. 2002. Automatic FIRE Alarm Association. Houston 36 hours.
- INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL. 2002. American FIRE Sprinkler Association. Dallas. 40 hours.
- UNIVERSITY NOTIFIER. 2002. VENCONTROLS, Caracas. 36 hours.
- FIRE PRO and FM-200 CERTIFICATION. 2002. VENCONTROLS. Caracas. 8 hours.
- DETECTION AND ALARM SYSTEMS. 2001. GL & Asociados, C.A. Valencia. 2 days.
- CLEAN AGENTS CERTIFICATION. 2001. Chemetron. Orlando Florida. 10 days.
- NOTIFIER FIRE INDICATOR PANELS INDUCTION. 2001. Vencontrols. Caracas. 1 day.
REFERENCES
Arnaldo Vivas, Fire Protection Engineer at Complete Fire Design
Telephone: 0453 292 756. E-mail: Arnaldo.vivas@gmail.com.
William Parrales. General Field Engineer at Baker Huges
Telephone: 001 403 585 03 73.