Benjamin Holko seeks a design and manufacturing engineering position utilizing his extensive chemical and mechanical engineering experience. He has over 12 years of experience in mechanical design, chemical engineering, process control, and maintaining productive working relationships. His professional experience includes managing production groups, central solenoid design for ITER, supercritical water oxidation design, batch hydrolyzer design, and product design and development. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Rochester.

1. Benjamin Holko
ben.holko@gmail.com
648 Olden Rd. • West Falls, NY 14170 • (858) 761-2462
Career Objective
A design and manufacturing engineering position utilizing extensive chemical and mechanical engineering experience
Engineering and Technical Qualifications
 Experience in mechanical design from conceptual design phase through final design, fabrication, inspection, assembly,
installation, test, and operation
 Chemical engineering knowledge base with hands-on experience in fluid dynamics, reaction chemistry, heat and mass
transfer, and process control
 Experience maintaining productive working relationships with work package managers, QA, designers, purchasing, health &
safety, contractors, and technicians
 Organized and developed concise data collection methods for analysis, presentation, and reproducibility of results
 Trained in forklift and overhead crane operation, fall protection, chemical handling and mixing
 Working knowledge of SolidWorks, AutoCAD, Windchill, Mathcad, FileMakerPro, SAP, COSMOS Flow, PDM Works, LabView,
MS Office
Professional Experience
GENERAL ATOMICS, San Diego, CA
March 2004 – April 2016
Fusion Division
Manager of Inertial Fusion Technology Division – Hohlraum Production Group
 Manager of team responsible for providing sub-scale gold and depleted uranium lined targets for laser fusion program
 Daily coordination between customer, corporate management, QA, and production team
 Oversee complete production cycle including receipt of customer specifications, scheduling, lathe micro-machining operations,
gold electroplating, PVD sputter coating, end mill micro-machining, acid leaching, spectroscopy, quality assurance, and
packaging/shipment
 Maintained 98%+ on time weekly delivery schedule
Energy and Advanced Concepts
Central Solenoid Design for International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER)
 Vacuum pressure impregnation design including system requirements documentation, equipment sizing calculations,
specification control drawings, and P&ID’s used to procure VPI system components
 Developed welding procedure specifications, procedure qualification records, and welding operator performance qualification
documentation for orbital welding equipment
 Design and procurement of welding fixtures required during orbital welding of liquid helium piping spools
Advanced Process Systems
Supercritical Water Oxidation (SCWO) Design Engineer for Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP)
 Prepared Statements of Work for fabrication of structural steel, effluent heat exchangers, and reactor preheaters for
competitive vendor bids
 Developed relationships with vendors, including on-site visits to perform documentation package reviews, intermediate audits,
and Factory Acceptance Tests
 Participated in resolution of contractor welding defect issues
 Oversaw and documented orderly receipt and installation of skid mounted SCWO equipment at General Atomics facility
 Performed systemization to optimize the SCWO process and ready the system for final testing
 Trained and successfully performed as reactor operator during multiple 24 and 100 hour reliability tests
Advanced Process Systems
Energetics Batch Hydrolyzer (EBH) Design Engineer for Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant
 Material compatibility research and selection for EBH drum
 Utilized Solidworks, AutoCAD, and Windchill to produce design documentation package used to procure EBH system
components
 Prepared bidder technical evaluations for award of purchase orders
 Oversaw and provided technical guidance for fabrication, installation, systemization, and operation of skid mounted primary
components
 Successfully installed, tested, and delivered all equipment to site in Kentucky

2. PUREPULSE/MAXWELL TECHNOLOGIES, San Diego, CA
August 1999 – September 2003
Applications Engineer – Product Design & Development
 Designed, fabricated and tested point of use water sterilization unit for household use
 Researched and developed polymers on which core technology was based
 Designed and modeled mechanical and electrical components for fabrication
 Computer modeled flow dynamics of various systems to optimize performance
Chemical Engineering Studies
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER, Rochester, NY
Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering, May 1999