Brandon Merrill Email & Phone Number

St. Louis, Mo, Us

Career Engineer (Engineer 3) in the Transmission Substation Design group for 345kV, 161kV, & 138kV substations. Engineering Lead within the Transmission Group that works with Protection, Communication, Transmission Line, Civil, internal Drafting, and Engineering Consultants on planned or unplanned emergency projects to design, procure materials, and ensure in-service deadlines. Direct contact with construction & protection Ameren crews or contractors, to ensure plans are carried out correctly on-time, and on budget. Leading design for full new green field substations, up to 6-position ring buses, breaker & a half, or even vertical straight bus designs. Also, leading design for brown field (existing) substations upgrades & expansions. Experience with EHV transformers, shunt reactors, control enclosures, SSVTs, etc. Design responsibilities: initial layout, project estimate, work orders & PCRs, cash flows, schedule creation & coordination, material requisition, project constructability review, voltage calcs, lightning strike & ground grid analysis, outage request/coordination, mark-up/review/approve drawings, help review & discuss new equipment possibilities for substation improvements.Consultant Liaison to coordinate workload, quality, update on standards & processes, and handle any questions/problems.Control Cable subject matter expert for Transmission Sub Design, and standard holder.

St. Louis, Mo, Us

Engineer (Engineer 2) in the Transmission Substation Design group for 345kV & 138kV substations. Project Manager (lead or main manager dependent on project size) within the Transmission Group that works with Protection, Communication, Transmission Line, Civil, and Drafting on planned or unplanned emergency projects to design, procure materials, and ensure in-service deadlines. Direct contact with construction & protection Ameren crews or contractors, to ensure plans are carried out correctly on-time, and on budget.Design responsibilities: initial layout, project estimate, work orders & PCRs, cash flows, schedule creation & coordination, material requisition, project constructability review, voltage calcs, lightning strike & ground grid analysis, outage request/coordination, mark-up/review/approve drawings, help review & discuss new equipment possibilities for substation improvements.Control Cable subject matter expert for Transmission Sub Design, and standard holder.

St. Louis, Mo, Us

Associate Engineer (Engineer 1) in the Substation Design group for 345kV & 138kV substations. Project Manager (lead or main manager dependent on project size) within the Transmission Group that works with Protection, Communication, Transmission Line, Civil, and Drafting on planned or impromptu projects to design, procure materials, and ensure in-service deadlines. Direct contact with construction & electrical Ameren crews or contractors, to ensure plans are carried out correctly on-time, and on budget.

St. Louis, Mo, Us

St Louis, Missouri, Us

Sound & Vibrations Lab. -Run multiple different types of motors in either the Semi-Anechoic or Reverberation Chamber using the Artemis Suite program to analyze sound with microphones or vibration with single or triaxial accelerometers, utilizing Excel to summarize data. -Familiar with using Pacific Power Source with UPC manager, Yokogawa Power Analyzer, strobe light for rpm detection, and high speed camera for minute operation details.

Grapevine, Texas, Us

Part-time job while I was earning my Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineer. Low tier store manager that managed the store behind the Store Manager and Assistant Manager. Learned exceptional customer service, how to engage a variety of people, and how to multi task a variety of duties while handling customers. Was trusted with store key to open/close and handle daily cash management.

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

-Obtained rank of Staff Sergeant, E-5. -Completed Airmen Leadership Course (Managerial School). -As a Lead Aerial Gunner, I managed 4 additional crew members in high level operations of ensuring safety of aircraft and delivering operational ordinance.-Maintained operational knowledge of aircraft systems for inflight maintenance troubleshooting.-As Lead Aerial Gunner, held expertise in the three aircraft weapons to do inflight troubleshooting in order to get weapons back online if safely mechanically possible, while also being able to provide training to other aerial gunners during training operations.

Bachelor Of Science In Electrical Engineering (Bsee), Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Bachelor Of Science In Electrical Engineering (Bsee), Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Associates Degree In Engineering Science, Engineering Science

Managerial Course

High School Diploma