William G. Boytim, Jr., P.E. Naval Architect, Marine & Mechanical Engineer

Professional Engineer (PE) with experience in marine engineering, naval architecture, ship and shipyard management. Industry experience in all aspects of ship and boat design life cycles from development of performance requirements, through to detail design, construction oversight and sea trial testing. History of supporting ship owners, including beneficial owners, with technical and financial management. Expertise in modifying and modernizing existing ships.

30+ years of engineering and large project management experience including the design, installation, start-up, commissioning, operation, inspection, and maintenance of machines and machine safeguards associated with all types of large industrial, commercial, and construction equipment including fans, motors, pumps, turbines, compressors, cranes, gearboxes and drive systems. Supervised highly complex construction and repair events completed on very compressed schedules. Detailed steel fabrication, machinery, power distribution and piping knowledge. Participated in multiple billion-dollar projects and have been responsible for budgets in excess of $70 million.

Expertise in Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) operations and ROV tooling design and fabrication, including building an ROV services company from the ground up to service a new market with repurposed technology. Trained and led engineers and ROV pilots onshore and offshore.

Areas of Expertise

• Marine Engineering
• Naval Architecture
• Mechanical Engineering
• Ship Superintendent
• Tankers
• Barges
• Tugs
• Small Craft
• Planing Craft
• Oil/Oil Products
• Chemicals
• LNG/FSRU
• Hyperbaric Medicine
• Arctic Operations
• Icebreaking
• Steel Fabrication/Repair
• Coatings
• Diesel Engines
• Steam Power Plants
• Inclining Experiments
• Simplified Stability Testing
• Damage Stability
• Dynamic Positioning (DP)
• Ship Salvage Engineering
• Shipyard Engineering
• Drydock Engineering
• Offshore Oil and Gas
• ROV Operations
• Technology Integration
• Training
• Financial Analyses
• Regulatory Compliance
• USCG/Class Society
• Diving Operations
• Non-Destructive Testing (NDT)
• Computer Aided Design (CAD)
• Mooring Analyses

Manufacturing Processes: General machining, metal forming, welding, brazing, grinding, soldering, oxyacetylene cutting, abrasive cutting, shrink fitting, composite laminating, slurry handling, liquid handling, paint preparation, painting, plastic welding, cavitation cleaning, ultrasonic cleaning, chemical cleaning and flushing.

Piping and Pressure Vessels: Pipe welding and threading, flanges, butt weld fitting, socket weld fitting, thread-o-let, sock-o-let, fired, unfired and repaired pressure vessels, piping supports, insulation, inspection, fouling, corrosion, failure analysis, saddles, blind flanges, spectacle flanges, bypass and blanking fittings, pigs, plugs, damage control and emergency repair.

Manufacturing Procedures, Standards and Specifications: Pressure vessels, pipe welding, structural welding, steel specifications, drawing standards, and hazardous area requirements.
Testing methods and specifications: Hydrostatic testing, material testing, thermal mapping, non-destructive testing (NDT).

Management systems and standards: QHSE Systems, Safety Management Systems (SMS).

Engineering Systems: Steam, condensate, feedwater, liquid fuel systems, diesel fuel, marine gas oil, bunker fuel, aircraft refueling, natural gas, process water, potable water, deionized water, refrigeration, salt water service, ballast, tanker cargo, fire protection, waste water, hydraulic power, pneumatic power, pneumatic control, heating, ventilation and air conditioning, vacuum, exhaust, cryogenic.

Machinery: Diesel engines, diesel electric drives, diesel hydraulic drives, high speed centrifuges, cable winches, centrifugal pumps, positive displacement pumps, piston pumps, drive gears, clutches, compressors, fans, distillers, heat exchangers, chillers, cooling towers, air handlers, valves, boilers, steam turbines, jib cranes, monorail cranes and hoists, overhead bridge cranes, milling machines, boring mills, bandsaws, power hack saws, bending machines, lathes, presses, lifting and rigging gear, glue dispensers and applicators, cyclones, airlocks, catalytic reactors.

Machinery Safeguarding: Safety interlocks, drive guards, operational guards, pinch point guards, fail safe modes, caution and warning signs, instruction manuals. Applying the design, guard, warn hierarchy of risk control to safeguard hazards.

Safety Procedures and Requirements: Safety data sheets, right-to-know, confined space entry, working at heights, lockout/tagout, scaffolding, training, policies, inspections, Simultaneous Operations (SIMOPS), reliability centered maintenance processes, failure mode and effect analyses (FMEA), hazard analysis and risk assessments, Job Safety Analyses (JSA), permit to work.

Tools: Pneumatic, electric, hydraulic, gas powered, drill presses, lathes, milling machines, table saws, circular saws, routers, planers, power nailers, hammers, chisels, portable drills, biscuit jointers, screwdrivers, laser levels, die grinders, jig saws, reciprocating demolition saws, chain saws, center punches, bending machines, hole saws, plug cutters, gear pullers, chain falls, wrenches and drivers, torque wrenches, sand blasting, wood working equipment, tractors and farm equipment, saw mills.

Buildings: Structural design, electrical design, domestic water systems, wastewater systems, heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), construction inspection, metal roofing.
Products: Motorboats and associated equipment, jet skis, wave runners, sailboats and associated equipment, canoes, rowboats, kayaks and associated equipment, grating.

Products: Motorboats and associated equipment, jet skis, wave runners, sailboats and associated equipment, canoes, rowboats, kayaks and associated equipment, Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV).

Professional Experience

Provide technical investigations, analysis, reports, and testimony toward the resolution of marine, manufacturing and mechanical engineering related incidents.

• Provide engineering and design support to production boat builder producing high-performance military and industrial planing craft.
• Founding partner of robotic inspection firm. Built, modified and repaired robots for inspection projects. Developed and adapted new tools and sensor technology to satisfy customer requirements. Managed quality and regulatory issues. Performed and supervised offshore inspection work. Managed staff of offshore inspectors. Tracked and analyzed financial performance data. (www.proceanic.com)
• Contract Superintendent for liquified natural gas (LNG)/floating storage and regassification unit (FSRU) shipowner.
• Owner's Representative for the construction of two large floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) assist tugs and three large oil sands dredges.
• Performed valuation and pre-transfer inspections of floating assets for marine and financial customers.
• Provide engineering support for shipyard operations including drydock blocking plans and mooring analyses.
• US Gulf Coast Dealer for VideoRay, maker of inspection class Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs). Managed VideoRay Houston Authorized Service Center. (www.videoray.com)
• Provided structural, mechanical and operational support for customer owned fleet of tugs, push boats, barges and tankships. Prepared and submitted successful repowering proposals to the State of California (Carl Moyer program).
• Lead Inspector/Engineer for Condition Assessment Survey of Battleship TEXAS (BB35). Aided in developing dry berth concepts for the vessel.
• Marine Engineering Advisor to the Marine Well Containment System project.
• Developed performance specifications for support vessels and tugs used at LNG and crude terminals worldwide, including icebreaking vessels. Involved in procurement, contracting and construction oversight for vessels at multiple terminals.
• Provided technical support and vessel optimization for Sakhalin oil field development. Prepared support vessel specifications for icebreaking tugs, world’s largest icebreaking supply vessels, support icebreakers and icebreaking oil tankers. Provided technical input during bid evaluation process. Involved with contract execution and oversight during construction and upgrade of vessels.
• Provided technical support and project review for design development of Q-MAX and Q-FLEX LNG tankers.
• Completed engineering and permit applications for a floating barge cleaning facility to be built in Baton Rouge, LA.
• Managed project to adapt land-based oil-sensing equipment for use on oceangoing tankers. Completed onboard testing and first permanent installation.
• Coordinated development of biocide-based Ballast Water Treatment system for major US shipowner. Adapted land-based equipment for shipboard use.
• Manufacturer's Representative on synthetic mooring projects for ship and platform-based systems, including deepwater Gulf of Mexico and West Africa.

• Engineering partnership providing support to the offshore and shipping industries.
• Performed pre-transfer inspections of a fleet of tankers sold between major oil companies.
• Prepared technical review documents and performed an operational cost analysis for the completion and reflagging of an ice-breaking roll-on/roll-off (RORO) freighter.
• Developed plan for US Coast Guard (USCG) certification of existing customer owned skimmer barge. Prepared USCG submittal documents, drawings and shipyard specification.
• Served as corporate officer.

• Fleet consisted of parcel tankers ranging from 5 kDWT to 40 kDWT.
• Guarantee Engineer - Developed and implemented system for identifying, tracking and correcting defects found on the INNOVATION Class of parcel tankers. Developed solutions for defects encountered. Attended the ships during required turn-around repairs. Tracked all costs incurred during both routine and emergency repairs and invoiced the builder's yard appropriately. Enforced contracts dealing with warranty and spare parts issues.
• Superintendent Engineer - Superintendent for 23 kDWT parcel tanker. Back-up Superintendent for 16 other parcel tankers ranging in size from 23 kDWT to 40 kDWT. Responsible for the complete technical management of assigned vessel; including budgeting and manning issues as well as hull and machinery maintenance. Responsible for drydocking vessel.
• Project Development - Performed cost-benefit analyses in conjunction with preparing ships’ budgets.

Marine Engineer/Naval Architect 1992-1995

• Fleet ranged in size from 10,000 bbl clean oil barges to 211 kDWT crude tankers.
• Project Engineer - Managed projects performed in-house and by outside contractors. Projects included: development of approved cargo lists for SeaRiver's specialty product carriers, development and installation of vessel load computers, development of optimum vessel ballast patterns for stress reduction and damage stability studies.
• Project Manager for construction of two double skin clean oil barges.
• Vessel Engineering Contact - Served as primary contact engineer for four crude ships and SeaRiver's entire inland boat and barge fleet (product and crude). Projects included: cargo venting system upgrades, vapor exchange installations, tank gauging upgrades and steering gear modifications.
• Shipyard Support - Developed and issued shipyard specifications including engineering, drawing preparation, regulatory approval, cost estimating, cost tracking and inspection during implementation. Projects included: vessel life extension conversion packages and specialty ship cargo and venting modifications.
• Salvage Response - Implemented and maintained HECSalv database for inland and ocean fleets. Designated response engineer for marine casualty situations.

Intern 1991-1992

• Served two paid internships in 1991 and one paid internship in 1992. Began many projects that were continued after becoming a full-time employee.

Volunteer Experience

• Standardized Field Sobriety Testing (SFST).
• Marine Safety Enforcement Officer (MSEO).
• Police Diver.
• Academy Instructor.

Professional Credentials

Licensed Professional Engineer: Alabama, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Oregon, Texas, Washington
Licensed Private Pilot (VFR, Complex), 1997
USCG Recreational Boat Regulatory Specialist
ABYC Marine Standards Advisor

Education

B.S., Naval Architecture/Marine Engineering, Webb Institute of Naval Architecture, Glen Cove, New York, 1992

Continuing Education

• ABYC To Bond or Not to Bond, 2026
• ABYC Electric Shock Drowning: The Invisible Killer, 2026
• ABYC Common Misunderstandings Within the ABYC Standards, 2026
• ABYC Surveying Electrical Systems-Sweat the Small Stuff, 2026
• ABYC Troubleshooting Dock Wiring and Finding AC Ground Faults, 2026
• Comet Understanding Marine (Weather) Customers, 2nd Edition, 2026
• ABYC/NMEA Joint Electrical Webinar, 2026
• Boat Builders MIC Certification, 2026
• Louisiana Laws and Rules, 2026
• Louisiana Professionalism and Ethics, 2026
• TBPELS – Professional Engineering and Surveying Practice Updates/Ethics, 2025
• Drydock Training Course (32 hours), 2025
• Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) for Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury, PTSD and Depression, 2025
• Visual ARQ, 2025
• Rhino3D 6 and 7, 2024
• Ethical Issues in Design Build, 2024
• Engineers Guide to Influencing Public Policy, 2024
• Biofuels Basics, 2024
• Bearing Capacity Analysis, 2023
• Hot Mix Asphalt Pavement, 2023
• Rigid Pavement Design, 2023
• Landfill Gas Systems, 2023
• Ethics Professionalism and Disciplinary Actions, 2023
• Small Flow Waste Treatment Systems, 2023
• T-HUET EBS, 2021 and prior years
• Soils: Identification and Classification, 2021
• Soil Stabilization Portland Cement, 2021
• Engineering Properties of Soil and Rock, 2021
• Retaining Walls and Excavation Support Systems, 2021
• Building Design Specification and Tools, 2021
• Solar Cooling Systems, 2021
• Cathodic Protection Inspection Testing, 2020
• Cathodic Protection Principles, 2020
• Cathodic Protection Maintenance, 2020
• Cathodic Concepts, 2020
• Marine Fueling Facilities, 2018
• Air Quality Boiler Plants, 2018
• Tropical Engineering Concrete, Wood, Metals, 2018
• Tropical Engineering Building Envelope, 2018
• Tropical Engineering Mechanical, Electrical, Miscellaneous, 2018
• Solar Energy System Fundamentals, 2018
• Secondary Wastewater Treatment, 2018
• Primary Wastewater Treatment, 2018
• Personnel Transfer Basket/Swing Rope, 2017
• Permit Required Confined Space Entrant/Attendant/Rescue, 2017
• Fall Protection User Safety, 2017
• Fly Ash Concrete, 2017
• Solar Collectors: Heating and Cooling of Buildings, 2017
• Solar Cooling Systems, 2017
• Professional Conduct and Ethics for Texas Engineers, 2017
• Basics of Fire Protection Systems, 2016
• Solar Thermal Energy, Concentrating the Sun, 2016
• Introduction to Hydraulic Fracturing, 2016
• VideoRay PRO4 Advanced Maintenance, 2014, 2016
• General Machining Operations – Best Practices, 2015
• Incinerators Mobilization Construction, 2014
• Standard Practice for Concrete Pavement, 2014
• Outdoor Burning in Texas, 2014
• Solar Powered Livestock Watering Systems, 2014
• SAFEGULF RIGPASS (IADC), 2013
• UT Digital Thickness Measurement (DTM) Level II, Operator and Supervisor, 2013
• Selecting a Centrifugal Pump to Handle a Viscous Liquid, 2013
• Unconventional Construction Methods, 2013
• Principal Agent Issues Facing the Engineer-Manager, 2013
• Overview of Arc Welding Fundamentals, 2012
• Ethical Issues from the Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse, 2012
• Ethical Issues from the Panama Canal Failure, 2012
• Ethical Issues from the St. Francis Dam Failure, 2012
• Ethical Issues from the Kansas City Hyatt Hotel Collapse, 2012
• A Short Introduction to Ethics, 2011
• Diesel Engine Fundamentals; Heat Exchangers; Pumps, 2011
• Impact of Building Envelope Airtightness on HVAC Energy Use, 2011
• Open Channel Flow – The Manning Equation & Uniform Flow, 2011
• VideoRay PRO4 Operator Training, 2010
• OCIMF Offshore Vessel Inspection Database (OVID) Inspector Familiarisation Course, 2010
• HECSalv Update (16 hour), 2005
• Search and Recovery Diver, Harris County Sheriff’s Office, 2002
• Marine Safety Enforcement Officer, Harris County Sheriff’s Office, 2002
• Texas A&M, TEEX, Advanced Marine Firefighting, 1998
• Alfa Laval Plate Heat Exchanger Course, 1997
• Scandinavian Boiler Service Boiler Seminar, 1997
• FRAMO Cargo Pumps Training Course, 1997
• Wartsila Diesel Vasa 32 Follow-up Course, 1997
• Jamestown Marine, 2nd Annual Course in Salvage Response, 1996
• Wartsila Diesel Vasa 32 Basic Training Course, 1996

Professional Memberships

American Boat and Yacht Council (ABYC)
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
International Association of Marine Investigators (IAMI)
American Waterways Operators (AWO)

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