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SCOTT A. MILLER

Senior Mechanical Engineer
Katy,Tx

Summary

Over 12 years of experience designing API 6A and 16C chokes. Expert in designing and developing flow control equipment for the oil and gas industry. Experience in engineering operations, maintenance, management, and systems integration/interoperability. Attention-to-detail and troubleshooting skills, high adaptability, and aptitude for flow visualization. Mechanical Engineering Troubleshooting Engineering Management SAP/Optimus Autodesk Inventor Leadership/Mentoring Design & Development Design Documentation Design Evaluation

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Mechanical Engineer

Valveworks
04.2023 - Current
  • Responsible for establishing Choke product line within Valveworks
  • Sole Choke Engineer within company – I performed and completed all modeling, drawings, and calculations
  • Completed design for a 2” hydraulically operated drilling choke and a 3” electrically operated drilling choke
  • Performed all modeling and drawing work in Autodesk Inventor and stored them in Autodesk Vault
  • Performed all design stress calculations based on ASME BPVC and API 6A requirements utilizing both Mathcad Prime and MS Excel
  • Performed tolerance stack-up analysis in MS Excel
  • Created new choke sizing program in MS Excel
  • Acted as consultant on development of new production choke designed by outside contractor
  • Performed troubleshooting and root cause analysis on our sister company’s mechanical products.

R&D Program Manager / Senior Mechanical Engineer

SAFOCO, Inc
03.2022 - 04.2023
  • Led R&D department consisting of 3 personnel
  • Managed design evolution of 5 simultaneous projects
  • Led effort to streamline and standardize engineering design and development within the company
  • Interfaced on daily basis with company owner, management and procurement teams, and plant personnel.
  • Performed testing operations of cutting-edge R&D designs to evaluate the performance and feasibility of new technologies
  • Spearheaded training of engineering department personnel in proper design documentation, GD&T, and engineering drawings
  • Created choke product line from ground up, expanding company offerings from only gate valves and hydraulic fracturing control equipment.

Packaged Equipment Engineer / Project Engineer

SOFEC
06.2020 - 02.2022
  • Performed vendor oversight for 30-meter tall complex rotating equipment used for fluid/electrical transfer to be installed onboard floating production storage and offloading vessels
  • Fluids managed included hydrocarbons, chemicals, air, and water
  • Reviewed and approved over 100 vendor-submitted engineering design and testing documents
  • Controlled over 75 interfaces between SOFEC and equipment purchased from vendors
  • Designed supporting structure for 200 metric ton, 30-meter-tall swivel stack using 3D design software
  • Created 2 technical design requirement documents and 2 design calculation reports
  • Tracked design progress and delivery time on $2.5 million dollars of equipment from 6 vendors
  • Coordinated design efforts between multiple engineering disciplines and vendors
  • Managed communications between more than 25 project personnel from 3 different companies.

Senior Rapid Response Engineer / Value Engineer

Cameron, a Schlumberger
01.2018 - 05.2020
  • Responsible for the project management of, and design and development of, Wellhead and Christmas Tree-related products
  • Responsibilities are same as Flow Control position with added responsibility of overseeing multi-component design projects as team member or as project lead. This includes review of customer and regulatory documents, assigning/reviewing/executing work; and evaluation/approval of designs to meet customer delivery requirements
  • Experienced in Cameron Wellheads, Tubing Head Adapters, and Tubing / Casing Hangers
  • Coordinated between multiple disciplines to perform Value Engineering, resulting in over $5 million in savings for the company.

Senior Flow Control Engineer

Cameron, a Schlumberger Company
02.2012 - 12.2017
  • Subject Matter Expert in design and development of surface production and drilling choke products in accordance with API Q1, API 6A, API 16C, NACE, and ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code to meet all customer requirements
  • Awarded two patents for choke trim designs; o US 20190032792 A1 “NEEDLE TIP AND SEAT FOR A CHOKE VALVE” o US 20200124185 A1 “LOW-TORQUE DISC FOR A MULTIPLE ORIFICE VALVE”
  • Skilled in sizing chokes and recommending most advantageous style and design based on a customer’s current and projected complex flow conditions
  • Responsible for representing choke products during all API and customer design audits
  • Experienced in preparing and submitting over 15 design packages for approval by third-party agencies such as ABS, DNV, and ABSA
  • In charge of creation, maintenance, and approval of all choke Mathcad design documentation
  • Experience conducting API 6A Appendix F PR2 testing
  • Tasked with preparing for, providing, and tracking training for entire department
  • Specifically, responsible for mentoring department new hires and training them in company policies and procedures while overseeing their technical development
  • Responsible for reviewing all Finite Element Analysis work for accuracy.

Capability Test Team Leader / Project Manager

US Navy
09.2010 - 02.2012

Assistant Operations Officer

US Navy
01.2009 - 08.2010

Engineering Department Head

US Navy
09.2007 - 12.2008

Reactor Plant Evaluation Officer

US Navy
05.2005 - 12.2006

Assistant Reactor Mechanical Assistant / Reactor Mechanical Division Officer

US Navy
03.2003 - 04.2005

Education

Masters - Engineering Management

Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
08.2017

GPA: 4.0, Project Management, Operations Research, Quality Systems Design, Logistics, and Supply Chain Management, Engineering Financial Analysis, and Engineering Risk Management

Nuclear Engineering

Navy Nuclear Prototype School, Charleston, SC
02.2023

Class standing: 1 of 9 – Hands-on study of the design and operations of mechanical and electrical systems in a nuclear power plant.

Nuclear Engineering

Nuclear Power School, Charleston, SC
07.2002

Class standing: 4 of 34 - Advanced coursework in Math, Thermodynamics, Chemistry, Physics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials, and Plant Operations

Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering

University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
08.1999

GPA: 3.35

Skills

  • Personal / Other Skills
  • Hard Skills:
  • Solidworks; PLM; Documentum; SAP R3; SAP Optimus; Value Engineer Certified; AutoCAD;
  • Autodesk Vault; Autodesk Inventor; Mathcad; API Q1; API 6A; API 16C; API 6X; NACE; ASME BPVC

Timeline

Senior Mechanical Engineer - Valveworks
04.2023 - Current
R&D Program Manager / Senior Mechanical Engineer - SAFOCO, Inc
03.2022 - 04.2023
Packaged Equipment Engineer / Project Engineer - SOFEC
06.2020 - 02.2022
Senior Rapid Response Engineer / Value Engineer - Cameron, a Schlumberger
01.2018 - 05.2020
Senior Flow Control Engineer - Cameron, a Schlumberger Company
02.2012 - 12.2017
Capability Test Team Leader / Project Manager - US Navy
09.2010 - 02.2012
Assistant Operations Officer - US Navy
01.2009 - 08.2010
Engineering Department Head - US Navy
09.2007 - 12.2008
Reactor Plant Evaluation Officer - US Navy
05.2005 - 12.2006
Assistant Reactor Mechanical Assistant / Reactor Mechanical Division Officer - US Navy
03.2003 - 04.2005
Old Dominion University - Masters, Engineering Management
Navy Nuclear Prototype School - , Nuclear Engineering
Nuclear Power School - , Nuclear Engineering
University of Kansas - Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering

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