PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Providing clients with experienced project lead electrical engineering and field electrical engineering support with the flexibility of working onsite domestically or internationally on short or long term assignments, as required.
• Focused on applying engineering knowledge & established processes in the execution of deliverables where versatility and expertise in a broad array of cost effective engineering solutions for utility, petrochemical, industrial, commercial, & governmental clients can be applied.

• Ground Fault / Short Circuit Analysis
• Load Flow Analysis
• Selective Overcurrent Coordination
• Arc Flash Hazard Analysis
• Protective Relaying Design
• Grounding Analysis
• Harmonic (Flicker) Analysis
• Insulation Coordination
• Lightning Mitigation Analysis
• Duct Bank Thermal Analysis
• HVAC - Heat Loss Analysis
• Lighting Studies

SPECIFICATION & DESIGN:

• Transformers/Substation
• Switchgear / MCC / Breakers / Panelboard
• Battery (DC) & Charger System
• UPS System
• Grounding System
• Heat Trace
• Cable / Pull & Junction Box
• Harmonic Filter Selection
• Power Distribution Center (PDC)
• Procurement & Installation Documents

• SLD & 3LD
• Control Schematics
• Wiring (Loop) Diagrams
• Plan / Elevation
• P&ID - PFD
• Bill of Material (BOM)
• Design Guidelines
• Project Schedules
• Engineering Reports
• Status Reports
• Budget-Cost Estimate
• MCC/Panel Schedule
• Cable/Tray Schedule
• Project Scope (SOW)
• Proposal (RFP)
• ANSI-IEEE/IEC/NECA
• NFPA (NEC)/NEMA
• API-RP/ISGOTT
• NESC/EPRI/UL/NRC
• IESNA/ICEA/ISO:

CAD, & PROJECT SCHEDULING SOFTWARE CAPABILITIES:

• ETAP
• SKM PowerTools
• EasyPower
• CYME
• AmpCalc
• Acuity-Lighting
• MS-Visio
• Adobe Writer
• MS-PowerPoint
• AutoCAD
• MicroStation
• Javelin Technologies
• MS-Excel
• MathCad
• MatLab w/Simulink
• MS-Access
• Projectwise
• MS-Project
• SAP/EPS
• DOORS/iENG
• Maximo

PROJECT EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Greenville, SC

Project Electrical Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Provided electrical project expertise in the sizing, routing, procurement, and development of plant-wide electrical systems for loadlist, SLD, and power plan development.
• Conducted extensive system capacity calculations, to ensure robust operational parameters, which involved starter sizing, fusible switch, breaker frame and trip sizing, MCC section and cubicle quantity involving various integrated components and smart (Ethernet equipped) MCC technology.
• Issued numerous recommendations for sizing, capacity, voltage drop, grounding, and various electrical protection requirements of plant electrical equipment such as: substation, switchgear, switchboard, motor control centers (MCCs), panelboard, transformers, breakers, starters, VFDs, tray, conduit and power cable.
• Involved in elementary diagram review and development.
• Provided engineering expertise in development of each pulp and paper mill expansion project.
• Each effort would involve system assessment, specification, procurement, loading, sizing, and protection calculations, development and maintenance of project documentation such as installation specification, loadlist, single lines, plans, and installation drawings.
• Attended and participated in numerous group meetings with client, vendors, and project team.
• Ampacity and Voltage drop calculations for cable and motor starting.

Confidential, MD

Project Electrical Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Provided electrical project expertise in the walkdown, routing, and development of plant-wide electrical systems for loadlist and SLD development, system capacity, and safe operation.
• Made extensive recommendations for corrective actions on sizing, capacity, and electrical protection requirements of plant electrical equipment such as: Switchgear, switchboard, motor control centers (MCCs), panelboard, transformers, system power factor correction capacitors, bus duct, breakers, fuses, and power cable.
• Led Belliss compressor upgrade project, which involved system assessment, loading, sizing, and protection calculations, development and maintenance of project documentation such as installation specification, single lines, plan views, and installation drawings, wiring and schematic drawings, specification and procurement of soft-starters, molded case breakers, fusing, bus plugs, and electrical enclosures.
• Issued specification and design drawing package for competitive bid with subsequent review and reward of project.
• Coordinated efforts with oversight between management, contractor, and site personnel, in a close hand-in-hand effort to ensure project installation requirements were met and exceeded.
• Provided per unit basis corrective assessment on electrical protection settings.
• Conducted power factor corrective capacitor efficacy and loading calculations.
• Conducted heat loading calculations of electrical enclosures.
• Examined system protective coordination and arc flash (NFPA70E) requirements for efficacy.

Confidential- Greenville SC

Electrical Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Authored Confidential functional specification (FS) and system design description (SDD).
• Performed Confidential cable tray loading calculation.
• Updated D-RAP and performed Confidential lead responsibilities for panel review board.
• Oversight of Confidential single lines, master equipment list (MEL), loadlist, and various design documents.
• Issued engineering change requests (ECRs), open design items (ODI), & work authorization forms (WAFs).
• Interfaced with Confidential and NuScale plant personnel.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Project Lead Electrical Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Provided Project Lead Electrical Engineering functions in office and onsite for the Enterprise Products “HD5 Stripper” and “PDH C4 Recovery Offsites” projects.
• Interfaced with project management, client, and vendors for project engineering and control, scheduling, engineering, design, and other related duties in the production of engineering packages and subcontracts.
• Drove design and on-time delivery of PCR electrical building, 8000 HP VFD and PDC, 1500 kVA Transformers, Pole Lines, and Power Studies.
• Conducted field surveys, calculations, and design tasks.
• Managed single lines, area classification, and vendor drawing packages.
• Authored SOW and specifications for Pole Line and Electrical Heat Trace packages.
• FAT witness verification of VFD & Electrical building equipment.
• Set up and maintained electrical Loadlist.
• Instituted P.O.’s and managed change orders.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Project Electrical Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Provided Project Electrical Engineering functions in office and onsite.
• Conducted field surveys, calculations, and design tasks.
• Interfaced with plant engineering, design, and project management in the production of deliverables.
• Demolition report & design package for North Rack modification work.
• Electrical and I&C MTO & estimate package with summary executive total.
• Loadlist and cable table: Sub 3, FGRU I/O MCC, and Sub 25.
• LOTOX PDC cable tray design support.

Confidential, Anderson, TX

Project Lead Electrical Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Performed project lead electrical engineering duties at Confidential in the execution of project management, field engineering, and design in the changeout of low voltage Motor Control Center (MCC) units.
• Interfaced with plant management, contractors, and vendors in the execution of deliverables.
• Project management activities included management of projects from staging to closeout, scheduling, project status reporting, procurement, and project oversight.
• Engineering responsibilities included fulfillment of electrical and I&C design requirements, field surveys, revision of drawings, support of multi-discipline design team, and execution of deliverables.
• Executed design packages for 480V Motor Control Center’s 1EA and 1KA with associated equipment.
• Specified MCC units along with dry type transformers, panelboard, and associated wiring and peripheral equipment.
• Authored installation specification for entire package.
• Marked up drawing packages for design and installation.

Confidential - Franklin, TX

Project Lead Electrical Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Served as project electrical lead at Confidential in the execution of project management, field engineering, and design tasks for various outage and non-outage related projects.
• Interfaced with plant management, construction management, contractors, and vendors in the execution of multiple simultaneous deliverables.
• Project management activities included management of projects from staging to closeout, scheduling, estimation, definition of budgetary constraints, financial projections, project status and risk analysis reporting, procurement, and project oversight.
• Engineering responsibilities included fulfillment of electrical and I&C design requirements, revision of drawings, support of multi-discipline design team, and execution of deliverables.
• Designed fusing protection within bus duct for arc flash mitigation of plant generator exciters.
• Executed design packages for arc flash mitigation projects on sitewide 480V switchgear to reduce to protection category 2 or less, utilizing Confidential Entelliguard trip units and RELT switches.
• Performed electrical and I&C design packages to implement RO Trailer & CO2 tank to increase water supply and CO2 capacity of plant. Packages included MCC modifications, Arc Flash calculations and labeling, equipment sizing & location, estimation, material procurement, scheduling, and resource requirements deliverables.
• Executed electrical and I&C design packages for multiple sump pump and water cannon pump strainer projects. The packages included estimation, material procurement, and scheduling deliverables. Oversaw final implementation of electrical & mechanical design through installation of equipment.
• Executed sitewide conveyor roller guarding packages. Project tasks included estimation, material procurement, scheduling, and executing deliverables. Oversaw final implementation design through installation of equipment.

Confidential - Atlanta, GA

Electrical Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Designed Chevron Refinery Wharf grounding system. Produced specification & drawings.
• Responsible for Stennis Space Center electrical system upgrades to in corporate new testing platform for Rolls Royce jet engines.
• ETAP calculations involving Arc Flash, fault analysis, and selective overcurrent coordination for UOP.
• Extensive cost estimation for various projects utilizing P&IDs, motor & load lists, single lines, & plans.
• Onsite walkdowns for lighting, cathodic protection, grounding, lightning mitigation, heat trace, and equipment upgrade & installation.
• Development & utilization of load list for sizing of main power transformers, substations, MCCs, cable, MCC bucket, breakers, fuses, starters, aux transformers & panels, for detailed design of electrical distribution system.

Confidential - Concord, NC

Project Electrical Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Provided Senior Electrical Design Engineering functions onsite at various locations. Conducted field surveys and design tasks.
• Conformed sitewide specifications, sizing & balancing of equipment, location & routing of panel, switchgear, transformer, VFDs, cable, raceway, breakers, disconnect switches, junction & pull boxes, and panel schedules.
• Chaired weekly design engineering / contractor meetings.
• Researched & provided conformance guidelines for IEC standardized design to NFPA 70 & IEEE requirements.
• LES Nuclear Enrichment Facility Complex Interfaced with suppliers such as Confidential & Eaton for Iso-phase and Bus Duct connections & process group for implementation of Design Change Packages (DCPs), Design Change Notices (DCNs), Design Change Memorandums (DCMs), Electrical Load Change Requests (ELCRs), and Field Change Transmittals (FCTs).
• Chaired meetings for scoping, Owners Review Group (ORG), Rev A (50% complete) and Rev 0 (Final).
• Provided protected area (PA) lighting project plan, schedule & budget.
• Provided numerous design packages of electrical systems involving sizing, grounding, feeding, locating, routing, and installation specification throughout site such as: GEVS (Gaseous Effusion Ventilation System), sitewide heat trace, design of automatic floor sweeper system, rooftop HVAC, and added capacity.
• Planned and developed design package for additional main power transformer with cabling and raceway system. Design work included transformer specification, sizing, protective relaying, SLD & plan modification, substation interconnection through plant entrance, cabling, switchgear, routing, and raceway design. Power System analysis performed with SKM Powertools.
• Implemented extensive cost saving recommendations for cable, transformer, motor, and VFD installations.