Raul Sorto

Civil/Structural Designer

5516 188^th Av. SW, Rochester, WA 98579

(360) 508 9860

rakeva1961@gmail.com

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EXPERTISE

 

Roads & Highways, Mining, Telecommunications (Wireless and FOC), Water, Sewer and Processesing Water, Oil and Gas and Municipal Engineering, design and drafting

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SOFTWARE SKILLS

 

12D, Civil 3D, AutoCAD, Microstation, Navis Works, Prosteel, ProjectWise, MS Office, PDMS, Autoturn,

Adobe Acrobat, converting data from/to using Mapinfo and ArcGIS, Google Earth, Raster images, PDF

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EXPERIENCE

 

STEELWORK ESTIMATOR

AllconSteel Constructions, (Perth, Australia)                            Feb 2014 - May 2015

·   Steelwork estimating for industrial, commercial and residential construction projects.

·   Services and material procurement.

·   Site visits, measuring and scheduling materials and man power to various projects.

·   Take offs from architectural and engineering drawings.

·   Preparation Bill of quantities and quotations using Excel and MS Word.

·   Customer service and other duties as required.

 

CIVIL DESIGNER

Ausenco, (Perth, Australia) Various EPC Projects                       Oct 2008 - Jul 2013

·   Terrain modelling, 3D model creation and checking using 12D, Civil 3D and AutoCAD.

·   Survey data checking prepare for modelling. GPS and Lidar survey data.

·   Rail and road works including access roads and process plant in roads design

according with project design criteria and specs.

·   Stormwater drainage, deep excavations, process ponds and UG services design.

·   Drawing production coordination, checking models and related drawings for accuracy.

·   Liaising with internal and external parties in day to day engineering activities.

·   MTOs and BOQs generation, resolving TQ’s from site.

·   Revising and customizing civil models to be used in design interdisciplinary reviews.

·   Document control register for reporting to project control activities.

·   Assisting in preparation of design documentation for FEED and detail design.

·   Cad files Check out/in using ProjectWise.

 

CIVIL DESIGNER

Aker Kvaerner, Reliance LNG Project, (Victoria, Australia)                       May 2006 - Oct 2008

·   Responsible for modelling various underground services using PDMS.

·   Supervising production of construction drawings including associated documentation.

·   Quantities take offs and a wide range of tasks related to Civil/Structural design.

 

Tom Price/Rio Tinto BME Project, (Vic., Australia)

·   In charge of design/drafting of various construction drawings related to re-development of ore stockpiling area using 12D, Civil 3D and AutoCAD.

·   Design variations and As-built drawings register control.

 

CIVIL DESIGNER

Hope Downs/Rio Tinto KBR-Lycopodium JV, (Perth, Australia)                     Sept 2005 - May 2006

·   Responsible for design/drafting ROM pad, stockpiles, ponds and other earthworks

·   Access road earthworks, using 12D, Civil 3D, Microstation and AutoCAD

·   Road works (haul, access and process plant in roads) and drainage design

·   Long and cross sections and data manipulation for construction phase

·   Liaising with different discipline groups within the project to coordinate quick and accurate results and meet deadlines, MTOs, BOQs reporting as required.

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CIVIL DESIGNER

EastLink Freeway Project, Parsons-HyderJV, (Vic., Australia)                     Mar 2005 - Sept 2005

·   Responsible for design/drafting of 17km from Knox to Dandenong section part of the 36 km of the East Link freeway in Melbourne using 12D and Microstation

·   Plan, long and cross sections and details drafting ready to construction phase

·   Alignments, pavements, drainages, line marking, kerb set out, including pedestrian safety detailing and general design duties as required.

                           

CIVIL/STRUCTURAL DESIGNER

Rio Tinto Comalco Mining & Refining, (Weipa, Qld., Australia)                    Jun 2004 - Mar 2005

·   Design/drafting of civil/structural projects using 12D, AutoCAD & Microstation

·   Stockpiles, earthworks, drainage and sewer design.

·   Demolition and make              good plans for various structural projects within the mine site.

·   Work scope writing as well as liaising with vendors for supply and construction of various projects in accordance with the company standards, site investigations.

 

CIVIL/STRUCTURAL DESIGNER

Connell Wagner, Various Projects                                                                   Mar 2003 - Jun 2004

Martha Cove Development Project, (Vic., Australia)

·   Design/drafting of drawings including overpass/bridge and main slab

              reinforcement, support (piles) and miscellaneous details using AutoCAD.

·   Line marking, traffic signals, road layouts, kerb and channel, storm water drainage.

·   Salt water reticulation detailing, pit and pipe scheduling, other duties as required.

 

Ligh Rail and Overpass Removal, (Vic., Australia)          

·   Design/drafting of functional design plans for overpass removal using AutoCAD.

·   Setting up of layout base to generate a number of drawings needed to specifically detail civil works to be carried out.

·   Proposed light rail alignment, track works, stops details and overhead services.

·   Kerb and channel, line marking, traffic signals, survey plans, pavements details, long and cross sections.

·   Street lighting and underground services for Flinders St. between Spencer to Queen St.

·   Manipulating data generated in MX Roads and AutoCAD.

CIVIL/STRUCTURAL DESIGNER

Water Industry Group (Vic, Australia)          

·   Design/drafting of the construction plans for a waste water treatment plant at Dunolly.

·   Setting up of treatment plant site base made up of various 12D output files to assemble layouts, raising mains, drains, facultative and irrigation lagoons, winter storages.

·   Access roads, long and cross sections, embankments details and outlet and inlet pits and piping details, under minimum supervision.

 

STRUCTURAL DESIGNER

Optus Wireless Project, (Vic, Australia)

·   Design a number of Optus GSM Network sites

·   Site investigations, survey detailed plans of the proposed base station installations, prepare initial purpose plans, provision of information for planning and site acquisition.

·   Liaising and coordinating with internal and external parties involved in the design process

·   Drafting of site layouts, site set outs, elevations, structural design concerning GSM

              technology and related fields.             

·   Other duties included drafting of floor layouts for Connell Wagner occupancy at 60 Albert Rd., Melbourne Offices

·   Design/drafting production of roads, drains, surfaces & traffic plans for tendering of works of Kimberly Clark processing plant, to be constructed in South Australia.

·   Drafting of plans using of AutoCAD, in-house software and routines besides my own developments (hotkeys and routines to accelerate processes), model and paper space.             

·   Steelwork take offs for costing and manufacturing

 

STRUCTURAL DESIGNER

John Holland P/L (Vic, Australia)                                                                      Nov 2002 - Mar 2003

·   Design/drafting of formwork, working platforms, initial work methods and instructions for tendering process and planning for Sakhalin phase II concrete gravitational sub-base project, offshore oil rig off the coast of Sakhalin Island in the Sea of Oshstok.

 

STRUCTURAL DESIGNER

Ove Arupt & Partners (Vic, Australia)                                                                       Sep 2002 - Nov 2002

·   Auditing GSM bases for sound structural condition to support new transmission and antennas equipment according to Hutchison Telecoms Specs in 150 sites around metropolitan Melbourne

·   Design/drafting new supporting structures according to clients’ specifications and standards in relation to alterations to existing structures and equipment using AutoCAD, model & paper space, also QA for correctness and completeness

·   Manipulate and convert Microstation cad drawings into AutoCAD compatible format.

 

TELECOMUNICATIONS DESIGNER

Telstra-Network Design and Construction (NDC), (Vic, Australia)                Feb 2002 - Sep 2002        

·   Design/drafting GPS surveyed data of the proposed cable routes using AutoCAD

·   QA for correctness and completeness detail maps from projects different stages.

·   Interpreting aerial and surveyed data for preliminary, engineering, construction and as-built drawing to client standards

·   Auditing drawings as part of client’s requirements

·   Inputting Xdata related to cable specs and coordinated location ready to be

              translated into a Mapinfo Pro and ArcGIS base. dxf input/output.

 

LEAD TELECOMUNICATIONS DESIGNER

Earth Tech Eng., (Vic, Australia)                                                                              Oct 2001 - Feb 2002        

·   In charge of production of construction plans for the 3500 Km FOC Networks to link Melbourne to Perth

·   Duties included cad set up of drafting templates and standards for design-drafting of GPS surveyed data of the proposed cable routes using AutoCAD to client specifications, set up and LISP trouble shooting, model & paper space.

·   Supervising 5 drafters in a daily basis to meet company’s working standards.

·   Liaising with GIS experts to obtain spatial data to prepare preliminary base plans.

·   Data extraction using ArcGIS tools, dxf input/output.

·   QA for correctness and completeness of detail maps.

·   Reporting for progress on plans production and productivity to meet project targets.

·   Liaising with field crew to receive data on a daily basis to be translated into AutoCAD format ready to be drafted, also liaising with route designers, archaeological and

              environmental experts, land access and services engineers to integrate relevant

              information into plans.

·   Administrative tasks, timesheets, control drafting activities and progress.

 

LEAD TELECOMUNICATIONS DESIGNER

Leighton Contractors P/L, (Vic, Australia)                                                          Oct 2000 - Oct 2001 NEXTGEN  $800M Project to construct 8,400 km of FOC nationwide

·   Design/drafting GPS surveyed data of the proposed cable routes using AutoCAD.

·   QA for correctness and completeness detail maps from different stages of the project.

·   interpreting aerial and surveyed data for preliminary, engineering,               construction and as-built drawing to client standards

·   In charge of a               team of four, training and directing them in daily activities

·   Data extraction from MapInfo database to be used to inform property owners/land access.

·   Designing splice distances for the different regeneration sections of route Adelaide to Perth in accordance to clients’ technical standards.

 

TELECOMUNICATIONS DESIGNER/ESTIMATOR

Telstra-Network Design and Construction (NDC)                                                     Apr 2000 - Oct 2000

·   Estimating Bill of Materials and QA checks to NDC-OneTel Wireless Project.

·   Preparing design and construction drawings for GSM sites ready for construction and implementation phase.

·   Liaising with sub-contractors to engage in the construction of wireless sites as well as the implementation of RF equipment, antennas, transmitters and steelwork.

·   Planning, estimating, material control and request, ordering and delivering of material ready to start construction of wireless sites in Melbourne.

 

Visionstream Pty Ltd (Vic., Australia)                                                             Nov 1997 - Apr 2000

·   Design copper cable, pit & pipe plant for New estates areas within Telstra’s Distribution Areas according to Telstra’s structural and distribution design standards.

·   Estimating BOQs as well as quality assurance checks per project designed.

·   Drafting Telephony network construction plans using AutoCAD.

·   Liaising with Telstra officers and Visionstream construction teams during design process.

·   Interpreting Code of Compliance to notify Federal and Local governments as well as heritage authorities and individuals.

·   Producing NextGen Optic Fibre proposed route maps using MapInfo and ArcGIS.

 

RF DESIGNER/CAD DRAFTER

Visionstream Pty Ltd (Vic., Australia)                                                                           Nov 1994 - Apr 1997

·   Analysing & understanding Telstra telephony network plans.

·   Design and optimise HSA using Lode Data Design

·   CAD checking design printouts against RF drawings.

·   Preparing Bill of Materials for each designed areas.

·   Inputting design information into data base.

·   Liaising with regional designers, walkers and construction teams.

 

Technical Officer                                                                                  May 1990 - Nov 1994

Broadmeadows City Council, (Vic., Australia)

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EDUCATION

 

El Salvador Polytechnic University, El Salvador

BE (Civil), 1988 -1993

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MEMBERSHIP

 

Member of Engineers Australia (Reg. No. 82903)

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OTHER INFORMATION

 

Authorized to work in US, Current Washington Driver's License holder

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INTERESTS

             

Reading, tennis, cooking, fishing and community activities

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PROFESSIONAL REFEREES

 

To be supplied upon request

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AWARDS AND CERTIFICATES

 

To be supplied upon request

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