The Becht Team

Ida Soto, M.S.
Ida Soto has 18 years of experience in Consulting, Engineering Design, Project Management, Curriculum Design, and Training. Ms. Soto’s broad practical experience includes work at a variety of facilities and engineering offices in refining and petrochemicals, both domestically and internationally.
As a native Spanish speaker, Ms. Soto has the unique ability to impart knowledge and training to both English-speaking and Spanish-speaking audiences, while understanding unique cultural considerations of the population. She has developed and taught in-language training programs in Mexico, Colombia, and Venezuela.
Ms. Soto is a resourceful and detail-oriented project manager with highly developed leadership skills. As part of an effort to create a new office in Bogota, Colombia for her previous employer, she was responsible for screening, interviewing, hiring, and training new personnel to serve the needs of downstream refining and petrochemical clients in South America. She fostered a collaborative working environment that helped a multicultural and multidisciplinary team excel and achieve outstanding results.
As part of her supporting role with Kuwait National Petroleum Company, Ms. Soto trained consultants from the India office to perform competency analysis for operations and maintenance personnel, develop and deliver training content including process and equipment manuals, operation and maintenance procedures, and training guides.
Ms. Soto earned a BS degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico, and a MS degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Houston.
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- Advisor Resources
- Becht Canada
- Business Administration
- Business Development
- Business Strategy
- Capital Projects
- Corrosion Materials
- Due Diligence
- Fired Heaters
- Heavy Lift
- Inst/Elec Controls
- Leadership
- Machinery
- Maintenance & Turnarounds
- Mechanical Eng
- Mechanical Integrity
- Nuclear
- Piping
- Process Eng
- Reliability
- Training