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Detroit, MI, US

Dearborn, MI, US

Jackson, Michigan, US

• Lead engineer for major capital construction projects at Consumers Energy’s Hydroelectric Dam facilities and Natural Gas Fired Power Plant totaling $25 million
• Completed Hydroelectric Dam detailed designs of retaining walls and embankments to meet the requirements from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for dam safety
• Coordinated scheduled outages with internal operations business partners to ensure power generation is maintained through project construction activities
• Reduced project cost by $50,000 through waste elimination of redundant design processes
• Collaborated with external engineers of record and general contractors to ensure major construction is executed in compliance and adherence to detailed design codes and requirements
• Developed designs in accordance with life expectancy of generation assets

Jackson, Michigan, US

• Lead for the Bending Strain and Pipeline Movement Program o Organized and evaluated Geotechnical and Geohazard Reviews for elevated pipeline strain areas o Managed photo documentation for elevated bending strain.
• Co-lead for data analytics improvements with engineering vendor software
• Analyzed In-Line Inspection data for transmission pipelines and storage laterals for remediation project scoping to remove immediate, one year, and monitored conditions that are considered pipeline integrity threats
• Analyzed pipeline remediation data from Consumers Metallurgical and Non-Destructive Testing labs and determined repair requirements for enhancing pipeline safety and reliability
• Applied API (American Petroleum Institute) Standard 1163 to In-Line Inspection data for verifying inspection tool and data quality
• Created Unity Graph plots to establish confidence intervals of In-Line Inspection anomaly data

Jackson, Michigan, US

• Planned and scoped Standard Pressure to Medium Pressure Natural Gas Conversion in the City of Pontiac to successfully deliver more reliable energy
• Wrote 2021 MPSC (Michigan Public Service Commission) Rate Case testimony resulting in $10 million funding for Phase I of the Pontiac Standard Pressure Conversion
• Developed new Gas Delivery Plan project scopes for Grid Approach Management of distribution gas pipelines in the Metro Detroit area
• Built positive relationships with Metro Detroit area municipality engineers and planners to enable successful permitting processes for projects
• Developed a state-wide, standard project scoping template and Peer Review Process for Engineering Technical Analysts to reduce waste

Jackson, Michigan, US

• Coordinated restoration on the $610 million, Saginaw Trail Pipeline project to deliver gas reliably and reduce strain on natural gas storage fields
• Collaborated with the Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge to restore land from Saginaw Trail by planting 1,000 trees
• Managed $15 million in projects to enhance infrastructure, safety, and reliability of gas storage lateral pipelines
• Participated in Project Performance Rally Room Goal to Budgetary Baseline all portfolio projects in efforts to establish improved cost forecasting
• Facilitated CE Way Problem Solving with project stakeholders (Project Management and Project Controls)
• Attended Project Management training geared towards PMPs obtaining Professional Development Units

Jackson, Michigan, US

• Evaluated Environmental Review Checklists for 400 projects assessing project related impacts on surrounding natural resources
• Utilized GIS Arc Desktop to create maps for Soil Erosion County Jurisdictions to progress projects
• Upgraded storage infrastructure in compliance with the Storage Integrity Management Program model to manage high risk versus low-risk storage wells in relation to 303 Michigan wetlands/water
• Established water usage estimates attribute to the Planet Goal of reducing 1 billion gallons of water by 2025
• Created relationships with local and state permitting agencies
• Managed and facilitated eradication program for invasive species (Heath Snail)

Jackson, Michigan, US

• Participated in an incident command system (ICS) for gas leak management by investigating, identifying, and containing issueso ICS Team identified gas leak operation process being follow 62% of the time, therefore.
• Developed standard leak survey, supporting job aid, and trained employees and contractors
• Created leak management visual dashboards using tableau for metric tracking and DORs
• Trained gas service and distribution employees on the value of the DIMP program and their influence on the success of the program
• Assisted in onboarding new technology related to GIS to enhance company processes as well as maintain the integrity of the natural gas distribution system
• Provided support and implemented new process to satisfy management action plan requested by an internal auditor