Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Timeline
Generic

Sandy Torres-Chavez

Bakersfield,CA

Summary

Highly motivated Project Engineer. Detailed-Oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to Handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy. Seeking for the opportunity to expand experience, skills, and education with an Engineering team to promote mutual growth and success.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Project Engineer

Madera County
10.2023 - Current
  • Maintained records for each project and engineering discipline.
  • Monitored installation of materials and equipment for compliance with drawings and specifications.
  • Completed construction tasks while providing safe working conditions, staying on budget and meeting project deadlines.
  • Identified technical risks within managed projects.

Student Intern

State Water Resources Control Board
03.2023 - 09.2023
  • Inspecting Water Systems: Inspecting water wells, tanks, booster pumps, and hydropneumatic tanks.
  • Approving VOC.SOC waivers for water systems
  • Assisting with Sanitary Survey reports.
  • Assisting with bacteriological data reports.
  • Reviewing Water System's are in compliance with the Division of Drinking Water Regulations.
  • Analyzing monitoring plans.
  • Assisting with citations.
  • Familiar with Division of Drinking Water (DDW) Regulations.


Document Controller/Safety Admin

Bakersfield Renewable Fuels, LLC
01.2023 - 03.2023
  • Reviewing Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs) and Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs) for accuracy and completeness.
  • Aid with inbound and outbound document processes, document sorting, logging and work order creation.
  • Provide P&IDs, equipment with tags, & PFDs from eQuorum.
  • Complete transmittal logs and stored in files for specified durations.
  • Review permits such as Confined Space and HotWork.

Data Technician

Sentinel Peak Resources
04.2022 - 12.2022
  • Reviewing well histories from CalGEM data and well files from SPR to identify key data necessary to construct wellbore diagrams and populate database in the software WellView.
  • Analyzing cement data with the appropriate amount of cement volume, sacks, yield, and additives to prove that every casing is 100% cemented.
  • Reporting hole sizes, hole depths, casing sizes, casing weight, casing depth, cement tags, cement volumes (CF), cement returns, and top of cement (TOC) at surface.
  • Calculating split cement for combined cement-plugs between the production casing and the tie-back or the inner string, as well as for the following wells: target and intercept wells, sidetrack wells, and injector wells
  • Entering cement calculation such as primary cement for every casing (surface, intermediate, production, and tiebacks).
  • As well as for the following wells: sidetracks wells, target and intercept wells.
  • Entering zone tops for Tulare UCL and Diatomite.
  • Correcting perforations statuses in WellView.
  • Calculating holes per foot at a given depth interval.
  • Correcting and calculating casing joints for every casing.
  • Correcting 2-3/8 inch tubing, 4-1/2 inch tubing, packers, swell packers in WellView.
  • Correcting injector wells with the appropriate perforation status and correcting mandrel cups.
  • Correcting underreamed hole sizes and gravel packs.

Projects| Sentinel Peak Resources

The purposed of doing cement calculations is to be able to prove that SPR is in full compliance with CalGEM and to enable SPR to drill new wells. I participated in three projects: Package 11 & 12(Tulare and Cymric Diatomite), Package 13 (Tulare), and Cymric Diatomite. By reading well histories from CalGEM data and well files from SPR, I enable the wellbore diagram team to construct wellbore diagrams. By providing them with the correct cement jobs, casing information, cement tags (from primary cement), damage of the well, perforations, tubing, packers, cement retainer. I was able to develop cement calculations for every cement job such as cement behind casing (annular cement), squeezed cement, casing remedial, and cement plugs. There are different well types such as producer, injector, and observation wells. Most of the wells are plugged and abandoned, but other wells are active wells or zone and abandoned. For injector wells, I calculated how much cement is in the A string and B string by using the split cement calculator. The split cement calculator is also used for: sidetracks, target and intercept wells, and cement plugs. Cymric-Diatomite is a very high thermal area, which Silica Flour (additive) plays an important role to prove that wells are properly cemented. I was able to confirm that there is cement 100 feet below and above the diatomite zone. With this information from CalGEM data and well files from SPR, I was able to develop cement calculations to be able prove that SPR is in full compliance with CalGEM .

FAB LAB Intern

California State University of Bakersfield
08.2016 - 12.2021
  • Designing 3D objects with Fusion 360 and Solidworks with 3D printer named CE3PRO with a SD Card.
  • Using Shopbot(2D-Model).
  • Using Shopbot with 3D designs.
  • Helping students how to do molding and casting.
  • Assist students to utilize and program Arduino using C-Language to create control circuits.
  • Drafting with AutoCAD.

Intern

Chevron
06.2013 - 02.2016
  • Create a history from Production well status-history (Energy components ) to see the dates that the well has been Shut in, abandonment approves, abandonment deferred, abandonment submitted, and hole abandoned.
  • Find the depth perforations of the well in LOWIS (in the Current wellbores tab) to create a report.
  • Reviewing work permits in MSW-Permit database for South and North production, South and north plants, and thermal.
  • Entering different jobs in LOWIS such as; bump down jobs, Level 4 Audits, well tests, DOGGR Idle Well Testing, Fluid level history, creating a Job Wizard, unplug flow line.
  • Analyzing and entering cold oil (well number, date, and cost) into the Blowback spreadsheet.
  • Entering temperature and pressure entry to Energy Components(EC, new program).
  • Tracking Job Safety Analysis and permits.

Projects| Chevron

  • Abandonment Project (North Production and South Production): The project was to validate abandonment data, such as well status and well names, for wells with incorrect information. The object was to find wells previously abandoned. Then, to confirm abandonment with DOGGR information and submit update to Field Data team to update our in-house data warehouse.
  • Steam Project: Create an Excel tracking sheet of every UIC Project Permit in TTA. This included projects for Steam Floods, Gas Injection, and Water Injection. I documented all the conditions on these project permits which required an action on Chevron’s part, such as scheduling a Mechanical Integrity Test every 5 years. I captured subsequent revisions to the project permits and any changes to the conditions on the new revision. I documented every well assigned to each project permit as well as their status at the time of the most recent annual project review. Then I captured the wells that had been assigned to the project permits over the life of each permit, providing a historical record for Chevron. By doing this work, I enabled Sherise, a Heat Management Technician to prove that Chevron is in full compliance with all the conditions of every UIC Project Permits in TTA.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Petroleum Engineering Sciences (ABET Accred.)

California State University - Bakersfield
Bakersfield, CA
05.2023

Associates of Mathematics -

Taft College
Taft, CA
05.2022

Associates of Science - Engineering

Taft College
Taft, CA
05.2022

Associates of Math & Science -

Taft College
Taft, CA
05.2017

High School Diploma -

Taft Union High School
Taft, CA
06.2013

Skills

  • Engineering Programs: SOLIDWORKS, Autodesk Inventor, Fusion 360, MATLAB, AutoCAD
  • Oil industry specific computer Programs such as: WellView,LOWIS, Catalyst, Energy Components (EC), andMSW-Permit
  • Familiar with CalGEM regulations
  • Microsoft Programs: Excel,Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, And Access
  • Presentation skills and teamwork
  • Networking and Communication skills
  • Efficient time management and organizational skills
  • Problem solver/critical thinker/analytical

Timeline

Project Engineer

Madera County
10.2023 - Current

Student Intern

State Water Resources Control Board
03.2023 - 09.2023

Document Controller/Safety Admin

Bakersfield Renewable Fuels, LLC
01.2023 - 03.2023

Data Technician

Sentinel Peak Resources
04.2022 - 12.2022

FAB LAB Intern

California State University of Bakersfield
08.2016 - 12.2021

Intern

Chevron
06.2013 - 02.2016

Bachelor of Science - Petroleum Engineering Sciences (ABET Accred.)

California State University - Bakersfield

Associates of Mathematics -

Taft College

Associates of Science - Engineering

Taft College

Associates of Math & Science -

Taft College

High School Diploma -

Taft Union High School
Sandy Torres-Chavez