Lou Valenzuela

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Quality Assurance Manager

Experience
11 Years in Power Generation
31 Years in Engineering and Construction
Qualification Summary
* Quality Assurance Engineer, Manager, Calpine Corporation
* Technical Compliance Manager, Calpine Corporation
* Manager, Quality Assurance, Wicks and Associates, Power Plant, Refinery and Co
nstruction Projects
* Manager Quality Assurance for BRM.CO. for Natural Gas Pipeline Construction
* Quality Control Manager for Gulf States Inc. - managed all phases of ASME Code
work
* Supervised crews and performed QC and/or production functions at more than 60
power plants, paper mills, and refineries, many of them multiple times
* Installed over 100 miles of pipeline as Certified Welding Inspector and Manage
r
* ISO 2001-2008 ASQ Certified Lead Auditor
* Inspected pipelines to API 1104, ASME 31.8 and DOT for 25 years
* Managed, audited and inspected over 60 Substation and Transmission Line Projec
ts

CDI/TransCanada
2009 - Present Contract Quality Engineer, Energy Projects
* Perform construction audits for wind and combustion turbine projects across th
e US and Canada
* Perform vendor surveillance for many types of equipment including but not limi
ted to boilers, pumps, condensers, transformers, turbines and generators.
* Quality Assurance/Control with Electrical Transmission and Substations for Nor
th America projects.
Calpine Corporation
2000 - 2009 QA Manager, Quality Assurance
* Manage all aspects of the field Quality Assurance/Control Program for installa
tions and repairs for the Company
* Hire, train, assign and supervise an increasing number of Quality Control Spec
ialists, as high as 27 personnel at a time
* ASME Certificates of Authorization
* NDE Examiner
* Quality Program and Procedures Development
* Training of Quality Control and Field Management Personnel
* Project Audits and Quality Management
* Code Interpretation
* Interface with Customer, Authorized Inspector and Calpine Management
* Audited 60 Power Plants, High Voltage Substations, Gas and Electrical Transmi
ssion Lines
* Pipeline Manager for new construction
Wicks and Associates, Inc.
1998 - 2000 Quality Assurance /Quality Control Manager
* Quality Assurance /Quality Control Manager for Plant outages and modernization
 Bartlesville, Oklahoma, United States
* Life study analysis on equipment
* Manage staff up to 40 Quality Assurance /Quality Control personnel
* Performed all duties at approved owner / user sites
Tosco Corporation, Inc.
1989 - 1997 Assistant Chief Inspector, Martinez, California
* Managed Inspection staff up to 60 Inspectors
* Determined repairs necessary
* Refinery Authorized Inspector
* Supervised welding repairs and installation of new components
* Reliability Supervisor. Responsible for PSM and Equipment life assessment
* Managed from start to operation, Computer Corrosion Analysis Program
* Managed all large outages and modernization
Tosco Corporation
1980 - 1989 Metallurgical Inspector / Tosco Refinery, Martinez, California
* Performed all visual inspections on mechanical and stationary equipment for co
ntinued service
* Trained Inspectors to applicable standards and specifications (Trainer)
* Determined welding procedures needed and tested welders
* Monitored construction activities and documented project
* Performed ultrasonic thickness surveys on piping and pressure vessels to deter
mine corrosion rate
Education and Registration
* Bachelor Degree - MBA St. Mary's College, Moraga, California
* Associates Degree - Industrial Technology Contra Costa College
Personal Construction and Inspection Skills
* Excavations * Surveys
* Welding * Mass Concrete Placements
* Sub Sole Plate/Grout Placement * CTG Inspection and Placement
* Structural Steel Erection * Procedure and Program Development
* Drafting/Piping Design * Electrical Transmission
Regularly Used Code and Standards
* ASME Sections I, II, V, XIII, IX * ASME B31.1, B31.3, B31.4, B31.8
* AISC * ACI Manual of Concrete Practices
* ASNT * CTG Inspection and Placement
* NEC * AWS D1.1
National Certifications
* National Board Inspector * ASNT - TC - 1A
* AWS Certified Welding Inspector
* API 510,653
* ISO 9001-2008 Lead Auditor