SUMMARY

A proven Professional Engineer with the ability to focus on the significant technical and nontechnical issues needed to successfully complete major, fast track projects.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Consultant

Confidential

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Assessed fire damage to floors three and four. Supervised clean - up and emergency repairs. Recommended updates to fire safety processes, including emergency planning and preparedness programs. Evaluated means of egress including exit signage and emergency lighting. Recommended upgrades to electrical, mechanical, lighting and fire systems.

Sr. Electrical Engineer

Confidential

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Developed design and installation specifications for UOP's Merox, mercaptan oxidation chemical process, modular standardization project. Developed electrical bid tabs for Parco's Revamp Project which increased refinery capacity from 100,000bpd to 120,000bpd. Verified all purchased electrical equipment complies with Confidential codes for the AE Cote Nord RTP Project. Project employed Confidential 's fast pyrolysis process to convert 66,300 BDM Tons of wood per day into liquid fuel. Worked with Confidential, Confidential and Confidential electrical hazardous area location codes.

Sr. Electrical Engineer

Confidential

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Developed IFC packages for Arcelor Mittal's profile gauge upgrade project for their 80” Hot Strip Mill. Developed IFC package for Citgo's Biodiesel Blending Project. Developed IFC packages for caustic injection and multiple remediation projects for BP. Deliverables included: one-lines, conduit and cable schedules, scope of works, etc.

Construction Observer

Confidential, Lyons, IL

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2338ACSR conductor was replaced with two 1033ACSR conductors on multi circuit towers. Project included new insulator strings, vibration dampers, upsized static lines, one river and two canal crossings, four highway crossings and multiple railway crossings. Activities included: site preparation involving vegetation removal with 'brush hog', leveling with earthmoving equipment, placement of mats and crane pads, temporary grounding, removal of lattice tower and addition of self-supporting steel monopole on concrete drilled-shaft foundation. Contractors included: Aldridge Electric for 34' deep foundation with rebar cage, and stub/anchor bolt and base plate assembly; MJ Electric for reconductoring, removal of steel tower and new pole tower erection with cross arms; and RailPros for railroad coordination.

Team Lead

Confidential

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Conducted a detailed engineering assessment of Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs’ properties/buildings at the International Zone in Kabul, Afghanistan to determine if they comply with security and construction standards. Formal report identified corrective actions, cost and materials estimates, and construction timeline for U.S. Department of State.

Sr Electrical Engineer

Confidential

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Conducted field investigations of boiler plants, electrical rooms, emergency and standby systems, Dragon Hill Lodge, schools, broadcast studios, restaurants, banks, sports complexes, work areas and housing to determine as-built conditions. Deliverables included: electrical inspection checklists, photos, thermographic scans, and a database of deficiencies requiring corrective work. Surveyed equipment included switchgear, MCCs, switchboards, transformers, generators and panelboards.

Sr Electrical Engineer

Confidential

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Assessed contractors' safe working practices. Performed life-safety audit. Designed electrical system upgrade for power station 4; equipment included 69kV GIS, transformers, MV switchgear and MCCs, PDC and LV equipment. Developed requisition packages for 34kV GIS switchgear, MV MCCs, power transformers and LV equipment for Shell Scotsford Upgrade Project in Edmonton, Canada. Designed and developed requisition packages for temporary construction and commissioning power for BP Whiting's PDC 31 Upgrade Project. Developed electrical demolition and power distribution plan for Sandy-flooded, Owens Corning, Kearny, NJ shingle plant. Checked IFC electrical and instrumentation packages for Confidential refrigerant project and Phillips 66 Compressor SIS Upgrade Projects. Performed electrical bid evaluation for new Simplot 600 ton/day ammonia plant in Rock Springs, WY. Design included 34.5kV, 13.8kV, 4160V and 480V systems and scope of work. Designed electrical system for Sunoco, Marcus Hook, PA, Railcar Propane Unloading Project including: 2400V MCC, specs, one-lines, schematics and hazardous locations. Designed preliminary petrochemical facility security layout including; guard houses, turnstiles, TWIC, cameras and perimeter intrusion detection systems. Developed IFC package for PES Bakken Crude Rail Car Unloading Project including; scope of work, one-lines, 12kV lines, xfmrs and 300hp motors. Developed high voltage and emergency power design for Chemical Additives Electrical Upgrade project. Equipment included 225kV and 63kV towers, substations and generators.

Consulting Engineer

Confidential

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Inspected vendor-supplied equipment for conformance to specification, compliance with Confidential, Confidential and other codes, and connect-ability of field wiring for three 260MVA gas turbines and one 450MVA steam turbine for Confidential 's Wayne County Combined Cycle Project at the H.F. Lee Energy Complex. Equipment included: Steam Turbine Generator; circulating water, condensate and feedwater; HRSG; duct burner and boiler plant; Air Quality; CEMS and ammonia handling; Water Supply and Treatment; oxygen scavenging, amine, phosphate, HRSG, STG and aux boiler sample analysis; Plant Electrical; 230kV and 115kV switchyard and grounding, GSU xfmrs, MV and LV switchgear, ISO phase bus; ST Primary Systems; auto voltage regulator, EHC and generator controls; and BOP; Emerson Ovation DCS, grounding and lightning.

Sr Electrical Engineer

Confidential

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Performed Confidential 95003 assessment of TVA’s Browns Ferry Nuclear facility to verify systems’ capabilities to fulfill their intended safety functions. Systems included emergency diesel generators, high pressure coolant system, reactor core isolation cooling and residual heat removal.

Sr Electrical Engineer

Confidential

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Developed IFC package for Alyeska Pumping Station 6 generator replacement project. Replaced one 300kW with two 410kW diesel generators, associated controls, switchgear and two 9000 gallon fuel tanks. Designed lightning package; and modified grounding, cable tray and switchgear design packages. Visited pumping station on Arctic Circle to develop Scope of Work, installation procedures and power changeover execution plan.

Field Engineer

Confidential

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Supervised expansion of Protected Area perimeter and constructed new Security Access Facility including search train, PCR, etc. to comply with No Single Act Options 10CFR73.55. Project included security lighting upgrades with UPSs and generators for XCEL’s Monticello, MN nuclear plant. Cleared for unescorted access to plant and Safeguards materials.

Sr Electrical Engineer

Confidential

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Designed PA Boundary security lighting upgrades to comply with 10CFR73.55 for First Energy’s Beaver Valley, Davis Besse and Perry nuclear plants.

Equipment included generators, UPSs, ATSs and MCCs. Cleared for unescorted access to plant and Safeguards materials. Assisted engineers with Confidential and electrical design.

Sr Electrical Engineer

Confidential

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Developed maintenance and testing procedures for generator and transmission protection and control equipment, and commissioning plans for severely flooded Alliant Energy’s Prairie Creek Power and Steam Generating Station in Cedar Rapids. Units included one GE 40MW STG and one Westinghouse 140MW STG. Equipment included HV and MV electrical distribution, control and coal handling systems.

Assistant Lead Electrical Engineer

Confidential

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Designed ring bus, pilot relaying replacement for ConocoPhillips’ Belle Chasse oil refinery. Developed transformer, generator, medium voltage switchgear and capacitors, caustic heater, heat trace, testing and power center bid packages and Scope of Work for wet gas scrubber project. Reviewed short circuit study.

Commissioning Engineer and Consultant

Confidential

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Commissioned six 750kW - 1.5MW data centers. Equipment included MV paralleling switchgear and generators, substations and UPSs. Performed life-safety audit and evaluation of electrical systems of Massachusetts’ Central Artery/ Tunnel Project - Boston Big Dig. Systems included MV power distribution, standby and UPS systems, tunnel ventilation and lighting, and emergency systems.

Principal Engineer

Confidential

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Upgraded relay protection with numerical relays and added 38kV gas circuit breaker for ExxonMobil's $300 million NSR Project in Joliet, IL. Managed electrical teams in design of two MV substations, underground bus duct and grounding, and water and waste water design packages.

Sr Electrical Engineer

Confidential

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Designed electrical control relay protection schemes for MV switchgear for Cleco's 600MW coal-fired power plant in Rodemacher, Louisiana. Designed isolated phase bus system. Designs included schematics, one-lines, interconnections, panel layouts and metering circuits. Equipment included arc-flash design, equipment specifications and requisition packages. Checked MV switchgear and vibration monitoring system drawings and bids for Duke Power wet gas scrubber projects.

Lead Electrical Engineer

Confidential

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Provided technical oversight of electrical and instrumentation systems at Sutton 2 Burner Upgrade project in Wilmington, NC. Designed and supervised installation of electrical and instrumentation systems for Lee 2 Burner Upgrade project in Goldsboro, NC. Equipment included A-B PLC, Fisher Provox DCS and Burner Management System. Designed power distribution for Lee 3 Rotamix and air/coal flow projects. Design included power factor correction capacitors to increase capacity of 20MVA transformer, modifications of metal-clad switchgear, cable tray, heat trace and motor control centers. Reviewed relay protection of Roxboro and Lee substations. Developed Scope of Work, Cable Schedules, Equipment and Installation Specifications, Short Circuit Studies, Conduit Fill and Voltage Drop Calculations.

Sr Electrical Engineer

Confidential

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Designed control houses and 4160V power distribution for an underground limestone mine in Bartlett, IL. Control houses included substation, motor control centers, MV drives and PLC controls. Upgraded secondary 480V, 2500kVA substation to primary 24.9kV, 4500kVA substation in Sussex, WI. Performed short circuit calculations, fault coordination studies and arc flash hazard analysis.

Construction and Engineering Consultant

Confidential

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Renovated building to accept three printing presses, prepress and bindery. Installed support columns to reinforce ground floor. Removed section of second floor to allow operator clearance while working on ground floor presses. Removed cylinders, reworked and replaced in single color Miehle. Designed and installed new electrical system including 12,470V lines, posts and transformers. Rewired and repaired all presses and auxiliary equipment. Implemented preventative maintenance program.

Construction Manager

Confidential

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General Contractor of luxury homes. Managed concrete pours and installation of: cinder block walls and stucco, metal stud walls and drywall, doors and windows, A/C and heat pumps, plumbing, electrical, kitchen and baths, tile, marble and wood flooring, Roman columns, fencing and sprinklers.

Engineering Manager

Confidential

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Implemented drawing checking procedures, equipment specifications and installation standards. Designed electrical distribution and grounding for Ice Harbor Hotel in Dubuque, IA; power distribution and protective relaying for two Niles High School cogen projects; new substation, MV feeders and grounding for Oscar Meyer in Madison, WI; and resolved power quality problems for numerous customers. Assisted Project Managers with electrical and instrumentation design, and National Electric Code issues.

Power Quality Engineer

Confidential

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Designed high availability power distribution systems for data centers, IT depts and mission-critical facilities. Equipment included switchgear, generators, UPSs, transfer switches, harmonic filters and power factor correction capacitors. Used power disturbance analyzers to resolve power quality problems for numerous customers.

Engineering Manager

Confidential

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ISO 9001 Registered, process mechanical and electrical engineering company. Managed engineering and CAD departments. Checked all drawings. Designed MV power distribution system for ash handling of 1200MW power plant. Equipment included switchgear, substations, MV motor control, grounding, cable tray and lighting. Managed Kraft Foods’ Taco Bell Sauce project. Areas included electrical, mechanical, HVAC and architectural services. Upgraded 7.5MW substation to 10MW for Millennium Chemical. Designed substation upgrade and new MV feeders for Kraft Foods in Springfield, MO. Supervised engineering team in design, installation and start-up of an ethanol plant for Kraft Foods in Melrose, MN.

Sr Electrical Engineer Confidential

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Checked substation and MCC prints for Anheuser Busch’s $300 million Benchmarking Project at their Los Angeles Brewery. Reviewed relay protection schemes. Translated German drawings and designed electrical and instrumentation systems for yeast recovery, beer batch expansion and ammonia compressor controls upgrade projects. Developed Scope of Work and Request for Quote packages.

Sr Electrical Engineer

Confidential

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Designed and installed DCS with fiber optic network for A.E. Staley’s 175,000 bushel/ day corn processing facility in Indiana. System included two main control rooms and seven satellite control rooms with Sun workstations controlling seven thousand process points. Supervised installation and start-up of a data acquisition and control system, sequence of events recorder and smart transmitters for Cleco's 360MW, gas-fired, power plant in Baldwin, Louisiana.

Sr Electric Engineer

Confidential

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Designed and installed a hydrogen fluoride mitigation system in the 80,000 barrel/ day Clark Oil refinery in Illinois. Equipment included two control rooms with redundant programmable logic controllers, operator consoles and uninterruptible power supplies, sensors, camera system and water cannons.

Sr Electric Engineer

Confidential

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Designed and installed electrical and instrumentation systems for a waste water treatment plant. Designed and supervised installation and start­up of high voltage feeders, substations, ground grid, cable tray, heat tracing, lighting and motor control centers for a synthetic sweetener facility.

Project Manager

Confidential

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systems integrator to glass industry. Designed and installed a distributed control system with electromechanical backup for ACI glass manufacturing facility in Melbourne, Australia. Equipment included Bailey Net 90, Sun workstations and Citect software. Process areas included three furnaces with electric boost and a batch house.

Sales Engineer

Confidential

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manufacturer of distributed control systems and instrumentation. Designed plant wide system for Nabisco. Designed fully automated system for Hall’s cough drop line. Designed DCS with Modcomp supervisory computer for USI's polyethylene plant.

Project Manager

Confidential

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systems integrator providing process control and factory automation solutions to packaging, food and beverage industries. Designed power distribution with redundant, prime power generators, conveyor and machine controls, and supervised installation and start­up of a Coca-Cola plant in Lagos, Nigeria.

Field Engineer

Confidential

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Responsible for AC and DC systems for heavy industry in Northwest Indiana. Equipment included AC and DC crane control, MV switchgear and substations. Industries included steel, automotive and oil. Performed short circuit calculations and fault coordination studies.