Brian Levitt is a professional mechanical engineer with extensive experience in various industries such as water, power, energy, mining, and defense. He has over 30 years of experience in engineering and project management roles. He has specialized expertise in materials handling systems design. Levitt holds professional engineering licenses in multiple states and has managed numerous projects involving design, procurement, and construction of material handling systems.

1. BRIAN J. LEVITT, P.E., M.S.M.
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PROFESSIONAL MECHANICAL ENGINEER
Professional mechanical engineer with excellent technical and communication skills as evidenced
by the extensive and diverse types of completed in a successful manner. Passionate, motivated
and enthusiastic about providing clients with value added engineering projects. A team player
with communication skills to support management, motivate personnel and drive projects to
successful completion on time, within budget and with superior quality to promote future
professional client relationships. Diverse industry background in Water, Power, Energy &
Environment, Nuclear, Mining, Petroleum and Petrochemical, Industrial/Process and Defense.
TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS
Subject matter expert (materials handling) Professional license in six States
Process Flow Diagrams Master of Science in Project Management
Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams Vendor and Client interface
Belt Analyst software Technical studies
Pro-Belt software MS Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)
Fathom software Microsoft Project & Primavera
AggFlow software Prior OSHA and MSHA training
Technical specification packages including equipment lists, data sheets, bid evaluations and
recommendations
Field experience troubleshooting system installations and liaison with manufacturers, suppliers,
operations and maintenance personnel.
Current CPR/AED/FA certification
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Tetra Tech, Golden, Colorado 2015 – Present
 Senior Mechanical Engineer supporting Tetra Tech on a part time basis with engineering and
sales projects and proposals for Coal Combustion Residuals (CCR) and Emission Limit
Guidelines (ELG) opportunities within the power industry.
CH2M HILL, Englewood, Colorado 2013 - 2015
 Lead Mechanical Engineer supporting the sales effort to convert coal fired power plants with
wet ash slurry hydraulic handling systems to dry ash pneumatic conveying systems to meet
Coal Combustion Residuals (CCR) and Emission Limit Guidelines (ELG) Federal
regulations.
 Lead Mechanical Engineer in the design development of material handling enhancements to
a potash processing facility including two technical studies evaluating the refurbishing or
replacement of material handling equipment and a tradeoff study of truck versus positive
pressure pneumatic conveying system to move potash.
 Lead Mechanical Engineer Design and procurement of 36%HCl 158,000 gallon holding
tanks, process pumps and sump pumps for a rare earths processing facility.
 Project Engineer and Project Manager providing technical, supervisory and management
support for two existing eastern United States Power Generating Stations to blend low BTU
coal to achieve an economical fuel source for the boilers.

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Jacobs Engineering Group, Denver, Colorado 2009 - 2013
 Technical Consultant and Senior Mechanical Engineer for the development and design of a
gypsum mobile screening and crushing system in a sub –zero environment.
 Project Engineer responsible for design upgrades to an existing gypsum mine and the
modification of existing conveyors, incorporation of a new nuclear rock analyzer and changes
to the current controls philosophy.
 Mechanical Material Handling Engineer supporting a proposal and presentation for a copper
concentrate storage and port loadout facility for in Mexico.
 Project Engineer coordinating the design, fabrication and delivery of belt conveyors and
belt feeders for copper and molybdenum processing plants in Safford, Arizona.
 Lead Mechanical Engineer supervising the preliminary design for a gold mine to process
gold ore through a pressure oxidation process in the Country of Turkey.
 Senior Mechanical Engineer supporting the upgrade of material handling system for a
boron processing facility.
 Lead Mechanical Engineer for the upgrade of a material handling system at a soda ash
facility, integrating with local client and offices in Mumbai, India.
 Lead Mechanical Engineer responsible for the supervision of a staff of mechanical
engineers and designers in the design development, procurement and construction support
for a 10.2 million tons per year molybdenum ore processing facility.
URS Washington Division
(Formerly Washington Group International, Inc.), Denver, Colorado 1997 - 2013
 Senior Mechanical Engineer in the preparation of ash handling specifications for the upgrade
of a four (4) 200 megawatt fossil fuel power plant.
 Project Interface Manager responsible for establishing the downstream process, tools and
training for Interface Point Management, by monitoring the implementation of the process
and improving the process through the implementation of necessary corrective actions and
by facilitating integration between silos when necessary to ensure effective Interface
Management.
 Supervising Discipline Mechanical Engineer directing twenty-five mechanical engineers and
designers in the submittal of CAD drawings including general arrangements, details,
remote handling equipment and mechanical flow diagrams for a radioactive sodium
bearing liquid waste and converting it into a solid form through a steam reforming process.
 Project Engineering Manager assigned to the technical direction of a multi-discipline project
team to design a research facility that would demonstrate a proliferation-resistant fuel
cycle.
 Senior Mechanical Engineer coordinating the layout development of a sulfur handling
system with two portal stacker/reclaimers and two ship loaders.
 Lead Mechanical Engineer providing technical supervision to engineers and designers for
specialty fixtures for remote handling, AGV’s, storage and retrieval systems, pumps,
compressors and specialty conveying systems.
 Senior Mechanical Engineer in the development and analysis of multiple unit train coal
delivery routes to a coal fired power plant.
 Lead Mechanical Engineer and Project Engineer in the design and procurement
supervision for a material conveying and storage system, dust collection system and fines
screening system to improve plant performance and reduce plant emissions.
 Senior Mechanical Engineer in the development of a conceptual design for the glovebox
removal of highly contaminated charcoal pellets from HVAC filter trays in preparation for

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incineration to render the pellets inert.
KILBORN SNC LAVALIN, INC., Englewood, Colorado
 Senior Mechanical and Project Engineer in the design and supervision of the conceptual
design for a seven-mile-long overland conveyor system along with crushing operations and
slip formed concrete silos.
 Lead Mechanical and Piping Engineer responsible for the supervision and development of
engineered drawings and the procurement of all equipment for the crushing, screening,
conveying and processing of gold ore for a Greenfield site.
 Senior Mechanical Engineer in the preparation of performance and construction
specifications for a belt conveyor and screen associated with the modification of an existing
copper concentrate filtration process.
 Mechanical Engineer responsible for the calculation of horsepower requirements for all of the
belt conveyors on a gold project including the review of arrangement and details for the
primary crusher area, surge bin, stationary magnets, and coarse ore conveyors.
RAYTHEON ENGINEERS & CONSTRUCTORS, INC., Englewood, Colorado
 Mechanical Engineer developing material handling concepts to remove and process a
radioactive contaminated earth berm and to relieve the static loads on the bin set vault walls.
 Lead Mechanical Engineer supervising the development of conceptual design drawings and
preparation of specifications for a coal truck unloading facility including a 65-ton-capacity
truck scale, 125-ton-capacity coal unloading hopper, belt conveyor and radial stacker.
 Mechanical Engineer responsible for the design of a system to collect, grind and reinject
sand, gravel and drill muds into disposal wells at a facility on the North Slope of Alaska.
 Mechanical engineer supporting multiple nuclear waste projects at facilities in the United
States utilizing remote handling tools and systems.
 Mechanical Engineer performing a fast-track field design modification of the gob, ash and
limestone handling systems to restore the facility to full load operation.
 Mechanical Engineer developing the conceptual design for a coal blending facility at a coal
fired power plant.
 Field Resident Mechanical Engineer in charge of overseeing the installation and testing of the
complete fixed mechanization system for the U.S. Postal Service Denver General Mail
Facility.
 Mechanical Engineer responsible for the design, testing and procurement of remote handling
equipment for the disposal of chemical agent munitions from World War II stored on
Johnston Island.
 Mechanical Engineer for the conceptual design of excavation and backfill handling systems
for an underground nuclear waste disposal system in basalt.
 Project Engineer for the design of explosion vent panels in dust collectors handling coal
dust at four major coal fired power plants.
 Lead Mechanical Engineer for the design of a barge delivery coal handling facility, slag
handling system and sludge dewatering/mixing facility for a coal-to-methanol plant.
 Mechanical Engineer in in the preparation of multiple unit train delivery system studies.
FLUOR ENGINEERS & CONSTRUCTORS, INC., Los Angeles, California
 Mechanical Engineer responsible for the preparation of specifications, equipment evaluations,
vendor selection, and request for quotations, bid analysis, equipment selection and drawing

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approvals for a coal gasification plant.
 Mechanical Engineer in the design and specification of remote handling equipment such as
fixtures and master/slave manipulators, hoists and radiation shielding windows.
 Area Project Manager of Materials supervising the manufacturing of pumps at vendor
facilities prior to shipment to Saudi Arabia.
ROBINS ENGINEERS & CONSTRUCTORS, Los Angeles, California
 Mechanical Design Engineer responsible for the design of traveling trippers, chutes and
skirtboards, slide gates, belt conveyors and drive systems, plow feeders and bents.
MARTIN MARIETTA CEMENT, Lyons, Colorado
 Maintenance Relief Foreman responsible for assisting the scheduling and directing of work in
the maintenance of a cement manufacturing facility.
EDUCATION
M.S., Management, Colorado Technical University, (Emphasis on Project Management)
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Colorado State University
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATIONS
Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, Idaho, South Carolina
PATENTS
7,375,143 B2 – Catalyst Recovery from a Slurry – Granted on May 20, 2008 – Kopponen et al.
SOCIETIES/AFFILIATIONS
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
TECHNICAL PAPERS
Coauthor, "Pacemakers; Pawnee, How to Blend Coal to Comply With Air-quality Regulations,"
Electric Utility Generation Planbook. McGraw-Hill, Inc. New York, April 1981.
Coauthor, "Combining Digital and Analog Controls in the Design of a Unique Coal Handling
System," Instrument Society of America, 1981 Mining & Metallurgy Industries Symposium. Salt
Lake City, Utah, April 29 & 30, 1981.
Coauthor, "Belt Conveyors," SME Mining Engineering Handbook.