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St Augustine, Florida, United States

St. Augustine, Fl

Lead Security BIM Designer responsible for design of Intrusion Detection & Access Control Solutions. System designs including floor plan layouts, risers, and installation details for access control equipment, cameras, and other security products for fortune 500 companies. Use Revit, AutoCAD, and Navisworks as the main tools for design. Partner with building architects and project managers using Building Information Modeling (BIM) intelligent 3D modeling process to provide insight and efficiency in the plan, design, and construction processes. Use Bluebeam Revu for the markup and tracking of robust solutions thus enabling automation of complex processes, streamlining document collaboration during the revision process. Create detailed reports for requirement groups, clouding, and other project documentation.

Saint Johns, Fl

System Engineer responsible for design of Intrusion Detection & Access Control Solutions. System designs including floor plan layouts, risers, and installation details for access control equipment, cameras, and other security products for fortune 500 companies. Use Revit, AutoCAD, and Navisworks as the main tools for design. Partner with building architects and project managers using Building Information Modeling (BIM) intelligent 3D modeling process to provide insight and efficiency in the plan, design, and construction processes. Use Bluebeam Revu for the markup and tracking of robust solutions thus enabling automation of complex processes, streamlining document collaboration during the revision process. Create detailed reports for requirement groups, clouding, and other project documentation.

Jacksonville, Fl

Engineer responsible for providing state-of-the-art technology solutions utilizing intelligent video, automation and control, process engineering, custom mechanical design, and data networks design for seaport, rail, hospital, airport, U.S. and international border, and site security for the military as well as commercial, industrial, and government entities. Provide custom post-9/11 solutions integrating leading-edge technologies such as facial recognition and tracking, collision alert and impact analysis, virtual fences, virtual gates, and intrusion detection wherein alarm handling is customized on a per-project basis. Design custom Command and Control centers that provide a visual and audio portal for human interaction with the security automation. Incorporate infrastructure components including fiber, wireless and RFID, satellite, traditional hard-wire, and ground/buoy-based radar. Integrate radiation, chemical, nuclear, petroleum, seismic, IR break, meteorological, and explosive detection units, as well as infrared, thermal, and traditional fixed and PTZ cameras. Utilize tools such as AutoCAD, AutoCAD Electrical, AutoCAD Mechanical, and Inventor to create schematics, 3D fabrication details, 3D restraint and stress tests, and site models as well as utilize rendering to validate the design under various environmental conditions. Export designs to Adobe Acrobat Professional, eDrawings (Solid Works), and MS Office for sales presentations. Consult to project management team by validating bill of materials, statements of effort, statements of work, and responses to requests for proposals and requests for quotes. Standardized power and networking components as well as set standards for engineering practices and created a standards database for electrical and mechanical design.

Engineer responsible for providing electrical and mechanical design, as well as project management for the integration of complex power delivery systems for substations and switch-yards. Utilize tools such as AutoCAD and AutoCAD Mechanical to provide wiring schematics, bill of materials, system overviews, as well as architectural/structural, civil, and site diagrams. Design relay protective schemes and custom control enclosures. Assist with development of electrical standards to facilitate consistency and reduce expenses. Assist with development of project management principles and guidelines to ensure quality projects that are delivered on time and within budget.

Farmington Hills

Engineer responsible for providing custom solutions for municipal and industrial water and wastewater treatment facilities, water and sewage metering, pumping systems, industrial/commercial process controls, as well as chemical, petrochemical, and natural gas commercial systems focusing on instrumentation, process control automation, and variable speed drive systems. Provide detailed electrical control schematics, instrument loops (ISA standards), one-line diagrams, power drawings, and panel layouts. Set engineering standards focusing on accuracy, detail, and cross-referencing of electrical and instrument components. Incorporate infrastructure components including Ethernet, Interbus-S, Modbus, CCLink, DH485, Wireless RF, and RS-232/485/422. Integrate Allen Bradley, Cutler Hammer, Modicon, Omron, and Opto 22 PLCs into complex control systems. Utilize AutoCAD for electrical design, Opto 22 Factory Floor, RS Logix, RS Linx, RS Networx, and DirectSoft for PLC programming, and Visual Basic, RS View and Wonderware Factory Suite to provide the customer with a GUI interface into the control system. When hired in 1993, began in control panel construction and was promoted based upon merit and technical abilities through AutoCAD technician, AutoCAD designer and then electrical engineer in 1995. In 1996 promoted to senior electrical engineer and project manager. Pursued degree during tenure.