Greater Orlando
Professional Electrical Engineer excelling in power engineering, electrical design, protection and controls (P&C), and substation physical design. Delivering superior quality engineering for unique challenges. Project & Team Management: •Engaged in project organization, budgeting, schedule planning, and resource management. •Excellent quality control with experience in process development, mentoring, and meticulous documentation. •Developed 9+ design processes to streamline engineering from project kickoff through closeout. Implemented to increase efficiency and shorten training time. •Mentored 15+ engineers, designers, and drafters while successfully maintaining individual project work within client schedule and budget. •Experienced in Bluebeam Revu, ProjectWise, Smartsheet, POWER BI, and SAP among other skills. •Collaborated with client to develop project scope, budget, schedule, and internal resource management for substation upgrades. •Communicated effectively with internal and external clients to develop change order scope and budget when unique design challenges arose. Design: •Successfully completed broad range of substation engineering projects ranging from $100,000 to $8M+. •Skilled in schematic and wiring design, physical layout, grounding, cable and conduit design, materials/equipment research and management, calculations, and AutoCAD. •$2M+ in client costs avoided through the identification of solutions to 4+ design challenges. •Researched, selected, and managed procurement of project assets and materials including transformers, circuit breakers, and switches among others. •Performed site visits to gather critical information for project scoping, while improving client relationships. •Provided owners engineering services to recommend upgrades and improve documentation for 200+ utility owned substations. Focused on providing greater value to internal and external clients. Enthusiastic team builder striving daily to learn and share new skills, while delivering superior results. Consulted for well established utilities including: -XCEL Energy -Dominion Energy -Duke Energy -Water/Wastewater MEP exposure
Designed upgrades and expansions to 30+ medium and high voltage substations for utility clients XCEL Energy, Dominion Energy, and Duke Energy. Full project execution, including scoping activities, complex design, and final closeout. •Engineered complex protection and controls (P&C) and physical designs for projects ranging from $100,000-$8M+. •3 scope increases successfully managed on a major project by estimating scope, budget, and schedule changes. Executed scope changes 10% under original budget. •6+ Engineering professionals from multiple offices engaged for multi-discipline projects, ensuring project scope, schedules, and budgets were met. •15+ engineers, designers, and drafters mentored while maintaining project execution within client schedule and budget. •+4 direct hires to local engineering team. Engaged in team building by leading college campus recruitment efforts and interviewing candidates. •9+ technical design processes developed and implemented to increase efficiency and shorten training time by 30%. Provided quality-assurance quality-control (QAQC) checks to ensure superior quality deliverables. •Engineered AC/DC 3-line and single-line schematics, equipment connection diagrams, wiring, communications diagrams, control panel elevations, and bill of materials. •Performed detailed engineering calculations for AC/DC loading and voltage drop, conduit fill, lightning protection, and corona considerations. •Excelled in substation physical engineering through design of construction drawings and managing material procurement. •Designed layout of substation equipment to accommodate electrical clearances, cable and conduit, grounding, and accessibility. •$2M+ in client costs avoided through identification of solutions to 4+ design challenges. Prevented distribution structure rebuild, while averting additional unplanned outage time.
Collaborated with electrical engineers to formulate quality and enduring power systems designs for water/wastewater industrial clients in the MEP space. •10+ Electrical Engineers supported through completion of engineering design tasks. •Engaged in electrical/arc fault analysis using SKM Power Tools, one-line diagram development, AC/DC load calculations, interdisciplinary review, shop drawing review, and operations and maintenance manual review. •Designed circuit breaker, cable, and motor sizes based on application of NFPA 70: NEC. •Modeled numerous projects in Autodesk AutoCAD while also providing design support. •3+ client site visits completed to collect data for design and verify construction progress.