J. David Sauls has over 28 years of experience in precision installation, alignment, maintenance and erection of industrial equipment. He is currently employed as a Mechanical Superintendent by Fluor Corporation, where he supervises mechanical work on power generation projects. Previously, he held superintendent and foreman roles with various construction and engineering firms, managing the installation and alignment of equipment in industries including paper, power, film and foil. He has extensive experience planning and executing shutdowns, overhauls, retrofits and new equipment installation projects.

1. J. David Sauls
5200 Morningwood Drive, Mathews NC. 28105
(704) 907-1019
dsauls07@yahoo.com
Objective
To bring 28 years of experience in the precision installation, alignment, maintenance and
erection of industrial equipment including power, pulp, paper, film and foil; to a company that
is committed to growth, safety, quality and signature service.
Employment History
01/12/2015 –present Fluor Corporation USA Mechanical Superintendent
Performing all the duties as required by site construction management and mechanical
engineering supervision of the position of Mechanical Superintendent. Duties are as follows:
Dominion Power Brunswick County Combined Cycle Power Generation Facility
3/ 350 mw Mitsubishi Gas Turbine Generators on 1/ 587 mw Mitsubishi Steam Turbine
Generator with 3 Alstom HRSGs . This plant has an Air Cooled Condenser.
 Assigning daily, weekly and monthly tasks, according to manpower resources, equipment
availability and strength of schedule.
 Maintaining all employee time records and assigning appropriate and accurate billing
codes as provided by Fluor.
 Overall daily supervision of all mechanical work.
 Insuring all equipment installed by Fluor, meets or exceeds the MPSA and Dominion
required installation specifications.
 Maintaining a safe, efficient and adequate mechanical workforce.
 Spear heading all the daily ongoing training requirements as required by Fluor and
regulated by the NCCER.
 Assisting Mechanical engineering management with job forecasting and completion
status as driven by strength of schedule.
 To perform any duty that is asked of me by site and mechanical management supervision
that will assist and help insure a successful and safe project effort

2. 04/04/2014 – 01/12/2015 Fluor Corporation USA Millwright Senior GF
Performing all the duties as required by site construction management and mechanical
engineering supervision of the position of Senior General Foreman. Duties are as follows:
Dominion Power Brunswick County Combined Cycle Power Generation Facility
3/ 350 mw Mitsubishi Gas Turbine Generators on 1/ 587 mw Mitsubishi Steam Turbine
Generator with 3 Alstom HRSGs . This plant has an Air Cooled Condenser.
 Assigning daily, weekly and monthly tasks, according to manpower resources, equipment
availability and strength of schedule.
 Maintaining all employee time records and and assigning appropriate and accurate billing
codes as provided by Fluor.
 Overall daily supervision of all mechanical work.
 Insuring all equipment installed by Fluor, meets or exceeds the MPSA and Dominion
required installation specifications.
 Maintaining a safe, efficient and adequate mechanical workforce.
 Spear heading all the daily ongoing training requirements as required by Fluor and
regulated by the NCCER.
 Assisting Mechanical engineering management with job forecasting and completion
status as driven by strength of schedule.
 To perform any duty that is asked of me by site and mechanical management supervision
that will assist and help insure a successful and safe project effort,
03/10/2014 –04/01/2014 W.G. Yates Construction USA Millwright GF
 Managing and supervising a crew during the machinery erection of a new wet press retro
fit.
 Working with OEM’s and clients in blending and the upgrading of new technology with
the old, allowing machinery to run faster and more efficiently
 Directing and guiding a millwright crew responsible for the new drive system for entire
machine, new fourth dryer section, and uni- run section installation efforts in the Rock-
Tenn facility at Hopewell Va.

3. 01/12/14-2/12/14 W.G. Yates Construction USA Millwright GF
 Managing and supervising a crew during the machinery erection of a new wet press retro
fit.
 Working with OEM’s and clients in blending and the upgrading of new technology with
the old, allowing machinery to run faster and more efficiently
 Directing and guiding a millwright crew responsible for the new drive installation efforts
in the field.
01/15/13-01/10/14 Precision Plant Services USA Mechanical Superintendent ME
 Mechanical Supervision/Project Engineering Manager
 Sales, procurement and planning of equipment maintenance, installation, and alignment
work
 Shut down and rebuild of various paper machines
 Mechanical installation and startup of various paper machine composites
 Area’s included: winders, calendars, wet end head boxes, press sections, dryers,
scanners, reels
 Several press section rebuilds
 Vacuum pumps, drives, gearboxes and bearing installation and alignment
 Steam power generation turbines inspection and rebuilds
 Precision Optical and laser component alignment
 Precision Layout
 Web handling and engineering consulting
 Machine Root analysis and planned preventative maintenance
03/25/12-01/15/13 Rock Hill Ind. South Eastern USA Millwright Supervision
 Shut down and rebuild of various paper machines
 Mechanical installation and startup of various paper machine composites
 Area’s included: winders, calendars, wet end head boxes, press sections, dryers,
scanners, reels
 Several press section rebuilds
 Vacuum pumps, drives, gearboxes and bearing installation and alignment
 Steam power generation turbines inspection, installation and rebuilds
 Precision Optical and laser component alignment
 Precision Layout
 Web handling and engineering consulting

4. 08/22/11-03/15/12 KBR Sothern Company Scherer Power Pant
Alignment Eng.
 Installation and precision alignment of all rotating equipment
 Precision inspection of all elevations and alignment of all equipment
 Finalize all equipment sets for the Client and the Original Equipment Manufacturer
2/15/2011-04/21/2011 Fluor Daniels Southern Company General Forman
 8 year total rebuild # 2 Steam Turbine
 Managed all aspects of the re-build
 Job completed, turbine returned to grid on time
09/13/2010 -- 10/07/2010 Amec-Kamtech Company Georgia-Pacific Brewton, AL.
General Foreman
 Calendar installation
 Dryer section rebuild
 OEM was Metso
 Job completed from startup to finish
03/28/2010 -- 08/08/2010 KBR at Progress Energy Hamlet, NC. Millwright
Supervision/Optical Engineer
 Performed all readings and necessary alignments on the GE turbine.
 Final inspection and alignment of all rotating equipment
 Turned over all information for final inspection of equipment between KBR, OEM and
Progress Energy

5. 02/2010 -- 03/2010 Southern Construction Company. Bogaloosa, LA. Millwright
Supervisor
 Supervised installation of new Metso headbox
 Completed for Inland Container
03/2009 -- 01/2010 Spirit Construction Company. Brigham, UT. Millwright
Superintendant
 Responsible for installing the entire basement, stock prep, and stock approach system
 Installed combustion fans and air distribution fans
 Andritz tissue machine for Proctor and Gamble
 Final inspection of all rotating equipment
 Project completed
08/2008 – 03/2009 Amec-Kamtech Company. Shreveport, LA. General Foreman
 Erected new Overs recycle paper machine from startup to completion
 Overall supervision of all millwright, piping, and instrumentation from wet end to
winding and roll handling
 Supervision of all digestive agitators to stock approach.
 Final turnover to OEM and client, (Pratt Paper) in 100 days.
01/2008 – 08/2008 B & D Specialty Service. Appleton, WI. Optical Alignment
Engineer
 Erected and aligned eighteen new and used Flexographic printing presses
 Relocated and erected ten drying and slitting lines
 Final alignment inspection and OEM turnover
02/2007 – 04/2008 Amec-Kamtech Company. Carrollton, Ga. General Foreman
 Erected two Polyseus ball mills
 Erected four Woods/Flakt booster fans and four ID fans. All machinery erected from
startup to completion for Ga. Power Company, Wansley Plant.
 All final inspections for turnover from OEM to client

6. 2004 – 2007 Out Sourced Project Engineering, Leadership and Project Management for
the following companies:
Clarkson Industrial Company. Spartanburg, SC. Project Manager
 Relocated and erected various types of industrial equipment
 Procured, organized and planned mechanical work
 Precision optical and laser alignment of all forms of industrial , production and
manufacturing equipment
Fulton Machinery Company. Fulton, NY. Project Manager
 Relocated and erected various typed of lamination equipment
 Optically aligned various types substrate film machinery
AME Industrial Company. Fort Mills, SC. Senior Alignment Engineer and
Project Engineer
 Relocated and erected various types of industrial equipment
 Managed, quoted, and various equipment installation projects
 Direct sales
Fluor Daniels Company. Elko, NV. Millwright/Optical Engineer
 Installed Toshiba 240 mw steam turbine
 All final alignment and turnover from OEM to client
 Turbine completed and placed on grid on time
1997 -- 2004 Owner Puma Industrial Service. Charlotte, NC.
Note: formerly CAROLINA ALIGNMENT PROFESSIONALS
The companies’ focus was installing, relocating, retrofitting and precision alignment of
all types of machinery as well as all forms of rotating equipment.
 Equipment included: Paper, printing, laminating, and foil
 Rolling mills, extrusion lines and presses
 Turn-key installation involved trucking, piping, electrical, civil and millwright support

7.  All duties included sales, proposals, tooling, trucking, final turnover and startup
 Sales exceeded 3.7 million in 2001
 Directed and managed 50 to 100 employees
 Directed and procured all sub-contractors
 All executive direction as to be performed as owner
1991 -- 1997 Oasis Company. Rochester, NH. Project and Alignment Engineering
 Global precision installation and alignment of all types of web handling, rotation,
production and converting equipment
 Strongest in paper mill industry
 Also was recruited to create the existing OASIS Mechanical Division
 Outside sales and project management
1988 -- 1991 Kajima International. Atlanta, GA.
 Planned and expedited all resources for the installation and alignment of various types of
equipment and plant installation for several Japanese Original Equipment Manufacturers
 Responsible for all liaison duties between OEM’s and clients
 Jobs completed from startup to finish
1975 -- 1988 University of Georgia, Coastal Plains Experiment Station. Athens, GA.
 What began as a part time job in high school became a thirteen year educational program
with UGA
 Responsibilities included testing, trialing, performance evaluating of all types of hi-tech
agricultural equipment including harvesting, processing, drying and irrigation equipment
were evaluated and tested. If approved, equipment could be released for commercial
sale.

8. EDUCATION
Outside Training
 OSHA 40 safety Training (national)
 NCCER Certification (national)
 NCCER PLUS Certification (national)
 NCCER FIELD EVALUATOR (national)
 NCCER MILLWRIGHT INSTRUCTOR (national)
OASIS Optical Engineer
Beloit School of Pulp and Paper Engineering
Brunson Optical Engineering
Optical Engineering of Atlanta (P.V. Rice)
Ludeca Laser Training, Miami Fla,
1980 -- 1982 Southern Institute of Technology. Marietta, GA.
 MS Mechanical Engineering
 Majored in hydraulics and fluid power as well as rotating equipment
 Minored in Plane Surveying
1978 -- 1980 University of Georgia. Athens, GA.
 BA in Agricultural Engineering and Business
 Specialized in irrigation, hydraulic and fluid power
 Farm Business Management
1971-- 1975 Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, (ABAC) Tifton, GA.
Triple Associates degrees
 Associates degree in Forestry Technology
 Associates degree in Wildlife Management Technology
 Associates in Agriculture Engineering Technology

9. 1971-- 1975 Tift County High. Tifton, GA.
 Industrial Arts
 Mechanical Drawing
 Machining
 Mathematics