Lee Vest, P.E.

Experience

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  12,000 Lakes Construction LLC

  May 2013 - Dec 2017

  Carpenter

  •Managed a team who produced garages and other residential buildings•Manufactured wall frames, installed roof trusses and oversaw the repairs on garage roofs, and driveways along with other residential buildings, to their original fabrication•Executed the installation of windows, garage doors and exterior doors on garages and other residential structures•Acquired footings and other materials for custom gazebo, and for other residential buildings •Designed a produced small water tower within a budget and time-frame Show less

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  Western Refining

  Jun 2016 - Dec 2016

  Maintenance Engineer, CO-OP

  •Championed and wrote a procedure to facilitate a process of over 100 systems, while fulfilling the company’s requirements and expectations•Planned jobs to be completed around the refinery that increased the reliability of the equipment that was operating •Communicated with external companies to validate if piping circuits were able to operate at their current conditions•Coordinated a group of 20 contractors to accomplish critical tasks during a refinery turnaround •Produced budgetary quotes for multiple projects throughout the refinery, including labor estimate, time standards and procedures•Applied knowledge learned in a classroom setting to solve problems and provide support to the reliability department Show less

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  Lake Superior Consulting

  Jan 2017 - Jun 2020

  -Applied technical knowledge to provide clients with remediation recommendations and quality documentation regarding pipeline assessments -Collaborated with field technicians and contractors to complete critical tasks, such as assessing and repairing a pipeline-Simplified workflows and procedures for field technicians to follow and provide more relevant information while working in the field -Gained necessary certifications to facilitate the pipeline inspection process and aid in pipeline inspection -Worked with a team of engineers to provide a list and the locations of over 400 statistically significant atmospheric inspection locations on a pipeline -Completed Fitness for Service assessments via Finite Element Analysis on pressurized storage vessels, utilizing design information and industry codes and standards Show less • Familiarized with industry codes and standards to facilitate engineering tasks for multiple projects • Modeled piping circuit in AutoPIPE to verify that proposed modifications did not affect the integrity of the pipeline • Drafted multiple sections of, an operation and maintenance manual related to safety, integrity management, design and construction • Produced three materials estimating calculators for proposed bill of materials and provided solutions for repetitive tasks • Redlined series of documents to meet the company’s qualities and standards, such as, P&IDs, 3-D models, and bill of materials, etc.• Communicated with different departments and venders to acquire needed information, for active projects Show less

  • Integrity Engineer II

    May 2018 - Jun 2020

  • Integrated Engineering, Intern

    Jan 2017 - May 2018
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  Campos EPC

  Jun 2020 - Jan 2025

  Integrity Engineer

  Work with oil and natural gas pipeline operators to ensure their assets are in compliance with federal codes and regulations, by leading and collaborating on projects that utilize a variety of pipeline assessment and inspection techniques.

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  SoCalGas

  Jan 2025 - now

  Integrity Engineer
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  The Select Group

  Jan 2025 - now

  Integrity Engineer Consultant