RONNIE J. HUNTER
CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER SENIOR LEVEL III
SR. BUILDING PLANS EXAMINER MECHANICAL ENGINEER
SR. CIVIL SITE PLANS EXAMINER
SR. PROJECT SITE MGR.
SR. CIVIL SITE ENGINEER
DoD ANTI-TERRORISM FACILITIES BUILDINGS PLANS EXAMINER
(UFC) UNIFIED FACILITIES CRITERIA UFC 4-010-01 MILITARY HOUSING CIVIL SITE & BUILDINGS

PROFILEADDRESS: P.O. Box 731 SHEPHERDSTOWN,WV 25443


Over 35 years comprehensive and diversified experience as Director of Technical Schools, Staff/Mechanical Engineer, Staff Field Engineer, Mechanical Superintendent, Training Specialist, Industrial Engineer, Overseas Training Consultant, Staff Architect Engineer, Staff Resident Engineer, Mechanical Piping Engineer and Piping/Process Superintendent, Security Specialist/Training Supervisor, Staff Instructor/College Apprentice/Technical Training, Associate Technical Director, Senior Mechanical Estimator, Fire Protection/Security Engineer, Plant Engineer/Senior Product Designer, Senior Designer Mechanical, Senior Industrial Engineer, Technical Illustrator Draftsman, Industrial Designer, Adult Instructor. Construction/Project Management on large overseas and United States assignments in the $15 to $500 million range. Nuclear projects in the $160 million to $2.8 billion range. All projects have come in under cost, ahead of estimated time, with no legality. Have always been able to pick and choose both my employer and projects.

SUMMARY OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE

RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE (TOTAL OF 15 WASTE WATER & WASTE TREATMENT PLANTS)
1/71 to 12/72 - Tidewater Concrete, Charleston, SC Lead Civil designer & draftsman for total of 7 small water & sewage treatment plants. All process design, feasibility studies, QA/QC on site, OSHA guide lines total for plants $22 million. See resume for total information.
12/72 to 10/73 - Barnwell Nuclear Fuel Plant, Barnwell, SC Fluor/Daniel Construction Sr. Mechanical/Piping Field Engineer & Mechanical Superintendent $12 million water treatment plant. Total project $160 million.
10/73 to 11/76 Bechtel R&C Division, Richmond/San Francisco, CA Water Treatment & refinery modernization at Standard Oil of California. Sr. Mechanical/Piping Field Engineer for $2.9 billion project.
4/77 to 10/78 Basic Construction Co., Columbus, MS Sr. Project Manager/Mechanical Field Superintendent of Waste Treatment Plant for $13.6 million project.
3/79 to 4/81 - Ford Motor Co., Norfolk, VA. Assembly Plant Sr. Staff Resident Engineer of Water Treatment Plant for $10.8 million project.
1981 TCP Construction Co., Good Hope, LA Water Treatment Plant & refinery modernization at Good Hope refinery $12.5 million plant part of $500 million project, Sr. Staff Superintendent/QA/QC mgr.
2003 to 2004 Three Water Treatment Plants rehabilitation projects for U.S. Filter/Chester Engineers locations were GM/Saturn Assembly plant Wilmington, Del. GM/Truck Assembly Plant Linden, N.J. Shepherdstown, WV $44 million sewer project 95 miles of pipelines Berkeley County, WV.


IBTS (INSTITUTE FOR BUILDING TECHNOLOGY AND SAFETY), HERNDON, VA
Nov 2005 to Jan 2009 Sr. Building Plans Examiner, Sr. Mechanical & Civil Site Engineer, Sr. Project Mgr. Construction.
Sep 2005 to Nov 2005 - Engineer, Senior Level III, Disaster Response field team for Fluor / FEMA Katrina Project Baton Rouge, LA Operations area Opelousas, St Landry & Lake Charles, LA.
Jan 2006 to Present - Sr. Civil Site Engineer, Sr. Building Plans Examiner, Civil/ Mechanical/QA & QC Mgr. for all Military Housing Family Privatization new home construction USA. Established guidelines and training procedures, wrote and illustrated instruction manuals for 25 on-site field inspectors. Helped with ICC certification of all field inspectors.

HILLIS-CARNES ENGINEERING, HAGERSTOWN, MD
2005 Quality Control/Quality Assurance Mgr., Building Code Mgr., for the city of Ranson, Jefferson Co., WV $25 million project at Potomac Crossing.

CTI CONSULTANTS, MANASSAS, VA
2004 to 2005 Quality Assurance/Quality Control Manager for projects in the Washington, DC area.

GENERAL MOTORS, WILMINGTON, DE AND LINDEN, NJ
2002 to 2003 - Senior Construction Manager, Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA&QC) Inspector. Two $900 thousand water treatment plant rehabilitation projects for U.S. Filter/Chester Engineers at GM/Saturn Assembly Plant in Delaware and GM/Truck Assembly Plant in New Jersey. Also worked on $44 million sewer project, Berkeley Co., WV and $1 million water treatment plant rehabilitation in Shepherdstown, WV.

PSI ENGINEERING, STERLING, VA
1999 to 2000 Quality Assurance/Quality Control Manager. Monitored $12 million expansion project at Washington Dulles International Airport, Bravo ramp US Air.

SCHNABEL ENGINEERING, LEESBURG, VA
1998 to 1999 Quality Assurance/Quality Control Manager. Managed $45 million project for Americold Refrigerator Warehouse, Strasburg, VA.

BEN LEWIS INC., PLUMBING MECHANICAL CONTRACTOR, GERMANTOWN, MD
1986 to 1989 - Senior Mechanical Estimator. Total sales for year $12 million.

SHEET METAL & AIR CONDITIONING CONTRACTOR'S NTL. ASSN., VIENNA, VA
1986 Associate Technical Director. Total rewrite of SMACNA Basic HVAC books. Authored "New Fire Dampener." Total book sales for the year $2.5 million.

NISSAN CORP. OF AMERICA, MEMPHIS, TN
1984 to 1985 Quality Control Director. Wrote and illustrated technical manuals for forklift trucks, marine products, outboard motors, and automotive products.

FEDERAL EXPRESS, MEMPHIS, TN
1982 to 1984 Fire Protection/Security Engineer. Security procedures and training administrator with subcontractor Guardsmark. Part-time employment, full-time student.

HENDERS BOILER & TANK Co., MEMPHIS, TN
1981 to 1982 Process Engineer and cost/process estimator. Performed ASME pressure vessels and API tank design. Total sales were $6.5 million for year.

EBASCO SERVICES, TAFT, LA
1981 - General Craft & Staff Supervisor Piping, Waterford 3, Project Engineering, Nuclear Power Plant. Hanger design manager for all pipe supports and hangers. $2.8 billion plant.


TCP CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, GOOD HOPE, LA
1981 Staff Superintendent, construction. Supervised construction of $500 million expansion, Good Hope Refinery.

FORD MOTOR COMPANY, DETROIT, MI
1980 to 1981 Staff Resident Engineer for Plant Engineering Office, Renaissance Center. Supervised construction of $10.8 million waste water treatment facility, Norfolk, VA.
1978 to 1980 Staff Resident Engineer for Samborn, Steketee, Otis & Evans, Inc. 1980 Ford Thunderbird Program, Chicago Assembly Plant, Ford Motor Co., $350 million expansion project.

BASIC CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, COLUMBUS, MS
1977 to 1978 Mechanical/Piping Superintendent. Supervised construction of $13.6 million treatment plant for city of Columbus, MS.

FMC CORPORATION, BALTIMORE, MD FOR CATALYTIC, INC.
1976 to 1977 Mechanical Staff Engineer for Pesticide Plant, $150 million expansion.

BECHTEL, SAN FRANCISCO, CA
1973 to 1976 - Senior Staff Field Engineer/Training Specialist for Bechtel's Refinery & Chemical Division. Worked in San Francisco and Richmond, CA and Iraq. Worked on $200 million modernization of refinery for Standard Oil of California. Supervised all piping and mechanical process systems. Also worked with Quality Assurance Division for Development to (ASME) code requirements for R&C Division. In Iraq, supervised construction and training of all piping/mechanical programs for $25 million oil field development. ELF/Iraq National Oil Field Project.

DANIEL CONSTRUCTION CO., BARNWELL NUCLEAR FUEL PLANT, BARNWELL, SC
1972 to 1973 Senior Mechanical Field Engineer for Allied Gulf Nuclear Services. Responsible for: review work scope requirements for process equipment, piping, and on-site fabrication work. Helped resolve conflict design conditions with architect/engineer (Bechtel). Conducted on-the-job training for on-site instruction of various mechanical department crafts. Reviewed critical pieces of equipment for installation and erection problems. Wrote and illustrated installation guides for equipment placement and erection. As Mechanical Drafting department head, supervised and training eight mechanical pipe draftsmen. Reviewed and outlined scope requirements for all piping mechanical drafting work. Checked and reviewed all work performed by this department. Helped resolve piping problems with construction personnel. Worked closely with clients to ensure all revisions, both critical and non-critical, were issued and properly documented. Worked with quality control and mechanical department to control code requirements for this $160 million plant.

TIDEWATER CONCRETE, CHARLSTON, SC
1971 to 1972 Plant Engineer/Senior Product Designer. Originated both the Plant Engineering and the Product Engineering departments. Initiated process design, feasibility studies, OSHA compliance and troubleshooting. Established new manufacturing and safety standards in three South Carolina plants. Research and development of new pollution control and water and sewage treatment products. Responsible for providing all engineering and quality control information of new products. Worked with sales and marketing groups on introduction, feasibility, cost and field trial of new waste and water treatment plants. Evaluated and updated all casts and pre-stressed concrete products for domestic use. Total sales $22 million.

RADER PNEUMATICS, MEMPHIS, TN & MONTREAL, QUEBEC
1969 to 1970 Senior Designer, Mechanical. Design of custom machinery and bulk material handling systems. Design of pneumatic conveyors, drives, chutes, bins, hoppers and feeders used in pulp and paper applications. Design and layout of piping process systems. Design of industrial facilities, work rooms, air and water pollution control products for pulp and paper mills. Worked on projects totaling $18 million in capital improvement expansions, pollution control devices for the following corporations: Boise Cascade Corporation, Oxford Paper, Scott Paper Company, Weyerhauser, Domtar Newsprint Ltd. Was also instrumental in designing the new dust and sawdust fines air pollution control filter system. Over 100 have been installed. The filter system utilizes an economical approach to environmental pollution and proposes to be a lucrative product.

HOLIDAY INNS, MEMPHIS, TN
1967 to 1968 Senior Industrial Engineer. Duties involved machinery design, plant layout, general drafting, plant modernization, assisted product development, packaging and merchandising, and point-of-purchase. Worked with Industrial Engineering Department in design of new food manufacturing plant. Assumed complete responsibility for all design work on new plant, $12 million in Southhaven, MS.

ITT TELECOMMUNICATIONS, MILAN, TN
1967 Industrial Engineer. Project Leader for the development and experimentation in using audio-visual aids for job instruction techniques. Developed technical illustrations and new assembly line techniques for electronic assembly. Worked on balance progressive assembly technique for assembling printed circuit boards that are key elements in electronic computer systems. Illustrated color-coded assembly charts for breakdown of work for operators. Increased production 40% and work errors were reduced by as much as 70%. Originated Audio-Visual department for developing in-plant training films, slides, and transparencies. This was put into use in classroom instruction for company policy, security regulations, policies and procedures of ITT. Research and development for telecommunication manufacturing; worked in ITT's first integrated-circuit and computer-controlled telephone switching system. Also worked on the Pentaconta A-1 new telephone switching system for Costa Rica.

SUBMARINE FORCE, U.S. NAVY, ATLANTIC OCEAN
1963 to 1967 Illustrator/Draftsman. Supervised audio-visual drafting section of training aids division, at Fleet Ballistic Missile Training Center in Charleston, SC. In Training Aids Division, developed classroom devices, mock-ups and models of shipboard systems of submarines. Illustrated animated training films for simulated combat and operational situations for closed circuit television. Worked on developing synthetic training methods for complex shipboard systems at the training center. Worked with submarine instructors in setting up classroom instruction for all technical Navy ratings. Was in charge of Special Devices Center for the development of all films and audio-visual aids, which included technical library of publications and training manuals for curriculum use.

SUMMARY OF PROFESSIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE

WASHINGTON COUNTY, MD & JEFFERSON COUNTY, WV SCHOOL SYSTEMS
1999 to 2007 Adult Instructor, part time at night for night school. Course BOCA/International Building Code, IRC, & Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards (UFAS) college level 5.0 semester credit hours, upper level through Shepherd University for adult students, Jefferson County School System, Shepherdstown, WV

STUDIO 5026, SHEPHERDSTOWN, WV
1993 to Present Freelance Writer and Illustrator/Industrial Designer. Full service design firm, museum exhibits, industrial design, architectural models, historical preservation, and code review design service. Website: http//www.studio5026.com

SAUDI ARABIAN EMBASSY, WASHINGTON, D.C.
1988 to 1993 Security Specialist and Training Supervisor under contract to Vance International (Oakton, VA). Originated English as a second language training. Established security procedures for physical site, advanced training for Saudi Nationals. Trained security units for "Royal Family."

MONTGOMERY COLLEGE, ROCKVILLE, MD
1988 to 1993 Staff Instructor, Apprenticeship/Technical Training. Taught Mechanical, Process and Piping Trades, Plumber, Steamfitter, Boiler Operator, etc. Also Basic Drafting, Advanced Drafting, and Cost Estimating, Basic Machine Shop, Welding. Taught total of 26 adult continuing education and Saturday classes.
VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY, FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA
1990 Apprenticeship Representative for Fairfax County. Set up over 150 new training programs for the Northern Virginia/Fairfax area.

CAREER INSTITUTE OF CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATING, LAUREL, MD
1988 to 1989 Director. Involved with total rewrite of curriculum, marketing, and accreditation of school.

MARYLAND DRAFTING INSTITUTE, COLLEGE PARK, MD
1986 Technical Director and Faculty Training Supervisor. Involved with total rewrite of course curriculum, training eight full-time instructors, marketing and accreditation of school.

COMMONWEALTH TUMPANE COMPANY, LTD., MARIETTA, GA
1968 to 1969 Training Specialist. Responsible for writing, editing, and illustrating technical publications for Saudi Arabian Army Air Defense School and Central Training School in Taif, Saudi Arabia. Supervised the Audio-Visual and Drafting sections. Established need for development of visual aids. Reviewed texts published by other firms to determine possible value to the Army. Established curriculum for courses in Graphics, Reproduction, Blueprint Reading, and Topographic Drafting for the Army. Conducted research on the Coast Guards and Frontier Guard for the Ministry of Defense and Aviation. Published the only technical English/Arabic Dictionary for the Ministry of Defense and Aviation, supervised the writing, editing, and illustration of all Arabic/English student texts. Established the usage of audio-lingual methods, including an Audio-visual Language Laboratory for teaching English as a second language to Arabic speakers. Supervised the Electronic Aids Section for the development of Saudi Arabian training films, mock-ups, and devices for the Army. Supervised up to ten people. In Taif worked on the requirements for on-the-job training of Saudi Arabian Army Personnel in Armament Training, Supply, and Intelligence.


EDUCATION

Memphis, TN Cumberland College (BA in Creative Communication 1985), Memphis Academy of Art, Memphis State University, Shelby State College (Associate Degree), Christian Brothers College.
Charleston, SC College of Charleston
Rockville, MD Montgomery College
Total of 32 U.S. Navy and U.S. Army/National Guard Schools
Total of 8 Saudi Arabian Armed Forces Schools for Special Training


CERTIFICATIONS, CLEARANCES, MEMBERSHIPS, ETC.

U.S. Navy Honorable Discharge 1967
National Guard 1980 to 1990 E5 96B Military Intelligence
Clearances Secret (U.S. Navy and National Guard), Washington Dulles International Airport Clearance (IAD)
Technical Committees BOCA, International Code Council, IBC, IRC, IPC, IMC, ANSI A 117.1, ASHRAE, ASME, AWWA, WSSC
Certifications:
oICC 2003 IMC Mechanical Plans Examiner
oICC 2003 Mechanical Inspection
oICC 2003 IEBC Fundamentals
oICC 2003 IBC Accessibility & Usability
oNon-Structural Plan Review Module
oContinued Forestry Education 8.0 Credits of Invasive Plant Species