Cole Matteson, Mechanical Engineer, CSS, Consultant

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•     Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering 

Texas A&M University - 2015

•     Educated in the physical sciences, applied mathematics, and material sciences related to mechanical engineering, including but not limited to physics, statics, dynamics, kinematics, materials science, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, hydraulics and pneumatics, failure mode effects analysis, pipeline design, vibration analysis, fixed machinery design, rotating machinery design, structural design, electrical design, sensor and instrumentation design, engineering ethics, among others.

•     Years of practical, technical, academic, and operational experience in engineering applications, trucking and transportation safety, trucking and transportation maintenance, organizational/company fleet vehicle operations management, journey management, commercial motor vehicles, organizational/company fleet vehicles, materials handling equipment, fixed machinery (tanks, pressure vessels, etc.), rotating machinery (pumps, compressors, blowers, etc.), pressure-relief systems, data management, logistics, GPS applications, heavy equipment operations, industrial, warehouse, organizational/company fleet and workplace safety, vehicle combination operations, materials handling operations, automotive systems performance analysis, and telematics systems and data, GPS systems and data, tablets and other interfacing devices, cameras, video cameras, mass storage devices, and other consumer electronics.

•      Certified North American Transportation Management Institute (NATMI) – Certified Safety Supervisor (CSS), Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) Certified Medium/Heavy Truck Technician, Human Factors for Traffic Crash Reconstruction, Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA) – Occupational Safety and Health Professional, OSHA – Oil and Gas Safety Health Professional – OSHA – Construction Safety and Health Professional, OSHA – Fleet Safety Management, National Safety Council (NSC) – Professional Truck Driver Trainer, Event Data Recorder Use in Traffic Crash Reconstruction, OSHA - 30 Hour General Industry Outreach, OSHA - 30 Hour Construction Industry Outreach; Smith System – Managing DOT Safety & Compliance; American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Bolting Specialist; Tire Industry Association (TIA) Basic Commercial Tire Service

•     Practical design and construction experience: Designed, created budgets, created schedules, bid projects,

hired construction crews, supervised and managed construction, completed facilities, developed start-up and operational procedures, developed facilities drawings (P&IDs), develop trucking unloading/loading plans, performed process hazard analyses, performed ergonomic reviews for brownfield and greenfield, sour and sweet gas, on-shore and off-shore, topside oil and gas facilities (pressure vessels, piping, pipelines, valves, wellheads, compressors, pumps, tanks, foundations, supports, instrumentation, roadways, gates, security, utilities, etc.) and oil and gas plant facilities. Lead project manager of the customer side of technology development for a first of its kind, world-class, and industry leading subsea downhole fiber optics project.

•     Practical experience in commercial motor carrier operations, commercial motor vehicle (CMV) operations, organizational/company fleet vehicle operations, oil and gas facilities operations, oil and gas plant and refinery operations, operation of various materials handling equipment, operation of organizational/company fleet vehicles, operation of various materials handling equipment, load securement, pre- and post-trip inspections of organizational/company fleet vehicles, materials handling equipment, off-road construction equipment, cranes, and other warehouse and organizational/company fleet related operations. I have practical experience in organizational/company fleet vehicle operations equipped with telematics systems (200,000+ miles driven). I have practical experience in organizational/company fleet dispatching, routing, and journey management, organizational/company fleet delivery operations, client relations, product throughput, and reporting to supervisory and regulatory entities.

•     Extensive experience performing analysis and application to elements of accident reconstruction, validation, testing, performance analysis, ESI/evidence preservation and analysis involving automobiles, motorcycles, Straight Trucks, Truck Tractors and Semi-Trailers, off-road construction and recreational equipment, utility trailers, materials handling equipment, Mobile Elevated Work Platforms, telehandlers, cranes, pneumatic, hydraulic, electric, equipment, oil and gas facilities and equipment, and electronic devices including but not limited to telematics systems and data, GPS systems and data, tablets and other interfacing devices, cameras, video cameras, mass storage devices, and other consumer electronics in general.

•      Primary areas of consultation: transportation safety, workplace safety, driver qualification, hiring, entrustment, and training, commercial motor carrier and organizational/company fleet operations compliance, FMCSA/DOT compliance, commercial motor vehicle driver/operator qualification and compliance, ANSI/OSHA/ASTM/ASME/ITSDF compliance, and workplace and transportation safety. Telematics systems and data, GPS systems and data, tablets and other interfacing devices, cameras, video cameras, mass storage devices, and other consumer electronics, video and image analysis, photogrammetric analysis, Airbag Control Modules/Bosch® Crash Data Retrieval/event data/DTC and Freeze Frame data and performance analysis, elements of accident reconstruction, kinematic and time-motion analyses, automotive, motorcycle, autocycle, CMV/truck, heavy industrial equipment, construction equipment, materials handling equipment, Mobile Elevated Work Platform, Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV), recreational vehicle, and other mechanical, hydraulic, and electronic systems performance analysis, Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), wheel-detachment analysis, driveshaft detachment analysis., design drawing analysis, journey management and route analysis.